Nixon Defends Peace Protests and Stands Firm on Policy
President Nixon criticized May Day demonstrators as aiming to break the peace while pledging continued government action. The DC arrests from May Day were being narrowed as about 2,000 cases remained prosecuteable after court action. He spoke on arms talks, marijuana, Vietnam, women in government, China trade, and civil rights with a focus on legal and strategic outcomes.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Senate
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vietnam
Korea
U.S
North Vietnam
Birmingham
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Supreme Court
Legislature Resumes Wind Up Tasks Amid Budget Shifts
Lawmakers return to complete action on education funding restoring 9 million for scholar incentive and Regents programs while debated abortion law repeal. Voter age amendment momentum and no fault insurance bills loom as they consider weekend adjournment plans and possible extended session.
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Sen. Brydges
State Bar Association
U S to Use Old Laws on Imports
The Nixon administration will enforce historic trade statutes to curb cheap foreign goods. Officials insist the move is not protectionism or a trigger for trade wars, but a tougher message to reduce barriers to U S trade and protect exports.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
United States
State Health Aid Calls VC Epidemic
The state health commissioner appealed for doctor help to curb what he called an epidemic of venereal disease gaining momentum. Dr Hollis S Ingraham and State Medical Society president Dr George Himler urged physicians to report VD cases promptly and completely.
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Albany
N.Y
Hollis S. Ingraham
George Himler
The
State Medical Society
Telegraph Strike Still Stalemated
A federal mediator failed to kick off peace talks in Washington between Western Union and 20,100 union members, with the strike halting telegrams and money orders from Canada to U.S. points. The unions say the company has not moved on wages and job security and are ready to resume bargaining when progress occurs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western Union
E. L. Hageman
Afl-Cio
United Telegraph Workers
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Hageman
Canada
U.S
John Becker
Canadian National Pacific Telecommunications
Tricias Wedding Cake Towered at White House Six Feet High
Washington AP reports Tricia Nixon’s wedding cake will be a White House extravaganza six tiers high, more than six feet tall and weighing over 350 pounds. The lemon flavored pound cake comes from a recipe provided by Mrs. Richard M. Nixon and will be assembled by three chefs.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court Rejects Marine's Vietnamese Atrocity Appeal
The Supreme Court unanimously denied Denzil R. Allen's appeal in the Hue Vietnam atrocity case. Allen, 21, from Lebanon Indiana, had pleaded guilty to premeditated murder of five Vietnamese near Van Duong village and is serving 20 years. His lawyers argued insanity at the time made the plea invalid.
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Denzil R. Allen
Lebanon
Ind
Allen
van Duong
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
Supreme Court
West Point Named Worst Water Polluter by House Panel
Rep. Paul Rogers says the U S Military Academy at West Point dumps barely treated sewage into the Hudson River. He cites repeated overages on bids for a secondary sewage-treatment plant and notes the White House will request more funding to finish the project.
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Washington
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Rogers
House Health and Environment
Hudson River
White House
Nine Arab Guerrillas Sentenced in Gaza Attacks
Nine members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were sentenced to 20 years to life in a Gaza military court after an 89 count indictment. The group carried out grenade attacks and political murders, killing 12 Gaza Arabs and an Israeli sergeant, and smuggling in arms.
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Gaza
Gaza Strip
Gaza City
The
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace formed in Washington
Ten veterans from Brooklyn and others spoke at a news conference denouncing the Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstrations in Washington. They voiced support for President Nixon's Vietnamization and troop withdrawal, criticizing antiwar actions as irresponsible and intimidating to the government.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam ‘Veterans
Nixon
Bruce Kessler
Brooklyn
Vietnam
Coalition
Poll backs Red China's U N seat
Louis Harris reports a shift in American opinion with 48 percent favoring admission of Communist China to the United Nations and 27 percent against while 25 percent are undecided. The change follows the 1968 election cycle and a 1964 antiadmission majority of 73 to 10. Harris cites a table tennis team visit to China and a view that Red China is a major country under Communists for over two decades.
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New York
Louis Harris
China
United Nations
Harris
New York Post
Morrissey of Cohoes Dies Veteran Politician Former Mayor
J. J. Morrissey a Cohoes political figure and former Albany County official dies at age 32. He served as a WWII era veteran, held the postwar Albany County Veterans Bureau directorship, and was active in St. Bernard's Church. Funeral from Fitzgerald Funeral Home and St. Bernard's Church with burial at St. Agnes Cemetery.
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Cohoes
Albany County
Albany County Veterans Bureau
Thomas
Johanna Dee Morrissey
Ella Lyons Morrissey
St. Bernard's Academy
St. Bernard's Church
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
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E. T. Ruane
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Post American Legion
Paris
William T.morrissey
Fitzgerald
Vliet Bvd
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
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