Five Thousand S Viets Launch Push In Cambodia
Saigon reports a two pronged drive by five thousand South Vietnamese troops with armor and full U S air support into eastern Cambodia. At least 60 enemy soldiers killed, including 46 by air strikes near Kompong Trach. 14 North Vietnamese Viet Cong killed in two skirmishes with one South Vietnamese dead. Patrols aim to disrupt Communist HQ, training areas in Hau Nghia and Long An.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Kompong Trach
South Vietnam
Hau Nghia
Long An
Kandol Chrumouthway 7
Kompong Track
FBI Has Warrant On Bomb Suspect
The FBI obtained a warrant for Lessie Bacon's arrest in New York and says an undercover informant will testify about a plot to firebomb a First National City Bank branch on Madison Avenue. Bacon, 19, is being questioned as a material witness in the Capitol bombing case and related attacks.
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New York
FBI
Lessie Bacon
First National City Bank
Miss Bacon
Seattle
Wash
U.S. Capitol
Washington
91St Street
Madison Avenue
Bacon
U.S
Clayton Hollinger
Nixon Team Drops Opposition to Busing Desegregation Plan
Washington AP report says the Nixon administration abandoned its opposition to crosstown busing and endorsed a remapping of Austin Texas school boundaries to meet Supreme Court desegregation standards. Officials framed the plan as a model for the South and sought to place the burden on moderate elements while avoiding political backlash. The move followed a federal court request for help from Judge Jack Roberts in Austin.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Austin
Tex
South
Elliot L. Richardson
Sadat reshuffles government after 24 hour purge
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt forms a new government after a purge that saw six cabinet ministers resign or detained. He accuses the ministers of Plotting to overthrow his regime amid a power struggle with deposed Vice President Ali Sabry linked to the Arab Socialist Union.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
Mohammed Fawzi
Cairo
Ali Sabry
Arab Socialist Union
Sabry
Libya
Syria
Israel
Egy T
Mahmoud Fawzi
Mahmoud Riad
Tel Aviv
Mohse Dayan
First female Senate pages begin historic service in Capitol
Paulette Desell a 17 year old from Arlington Virginia becomes the first woman to serve as a Senate page. She is sworn in to help presiding officer Sen Alan Cranston as she joins Ellen McConnell and Julie Price in breaking a 182 year old tradition. Page duties include errands and attending Capitol Page School while earning seven thousand three hundred eighty dollars a year.
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Ellen Rachel McConnell
Dundie
Ill
Paulette Marie Desell
Schenectady
Senate
William A. Ridgely
Miss McConnell
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Miss Desell
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Washington
Paulette Desell
Arlington
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Paulette
Paul L. Desell
N.Y
Ellen
Javits
Julie Price
Bartlesville Okla
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Capitol
Capitol Page
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
House
Senate SST Vote Slated Wednesday
Senate leaders reached a quick agreement to approve a Proxmire amendment reversing a House change that shifts 85 million in SST funds within the 7.2 billion appropriations measure. If approved the Senate would likely pass the supplemental bill and send it to conference.
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Washington
Senate
William Proxmire
DpWis
House
Congress
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Proxmire
SST
Byrd
CSEA plots moves after budget ruling in Albany
The Civil Service Employees Association plans a Tuesday meeting in Albany to decide next steps after the Court of Appeals ruled dismissed state employees had no standing to challenge New York’s 7.7 billion budget. President Theodore Wenz says the case is not closed and explores options while wary of public backlash.
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Civil Service Employer Association
Albany
CSEA
Civil Service Employes Association
Theodore C. Wenz
Court of Appeals
Seven
Wenz
Wenzl
Fuld
Marine sergeant charged with desertion and aiding enemy
Marines announce a general court martial for Sgt. Jon M. Sweeney of West Babylon New York on charges including desertion aiding the enemy while a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He faces noncapital offenses with possible life imprisonment and dishonorable discharge.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Jon M. Sweeney
West Babylon
N.Y
Quantico
Sweeney
Pentagon
Quang Tri
U.S
Allied Officials Oppose U.S. Troop Cuts in Europe
Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Western allies warned that a 50 percent U.S. force reduction in Europe could end NATO and hinder talks with the Communists on central European disengagement. Rogers labeled Mansfield's plan a historic mistake while noting Brezhnev's call for negotiations.
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William P. Rogers
America
U.S
Europe
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
Secretary of
United States
Central
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Tbilisi
U.S.S.R
NATO
Mail Rates Increase Sunday Across U S Postal Service Plans
A U S Court of Appeals refused to block higher postal rates set to take effect Sunday by the Postal Service. The ruling upholds a district judge’s injunction denial, with no clear path to Supreme Court review. First class stamps rise from 6 to 8 cents, air mail from 10 to 11, postcards from 5 to 6, others up about one third.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
District Court
William B. Bryant
U.S. Postal Service
Court of Appeals
Bryant
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Rockefeller urges defeat of Mansfield amendment on NATO
Governor Rockefeller spoke on foreign policy urging defeat of the Mansfield amendment aimed at reducing U S troop strength in Europe. He warned the measure would undermine the fabrics of NATO and noted it could be attached to the draft extension bill scheduled for May 19.
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NATO
Brandt
U.S
Conrad Ahlers
Europe
Albany
N.Y
UPI
Rockefeller
Pay guideline for construction wages up in doubt
The Nixon era wage board head says a uniform 6 percent rise is nonsense and signals approvals of much higher increases, including a 12 percent package for painters in Little Rock. Dunlop warns equity adjustments will push many settlements beyond 6 percent, with no fixed target.
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Washington
Nixon
Little Rock
Ark
John T. Dunlop
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Dunlop
Mitchell Seeks No Bail Power for Certain Federal Crimes
Atty Gen John Mitchell proposed a bill to Congress to allow federal judges to hold defendants without bail for up to 60 days if found dangerous. The measure mirrors DC crime bill provisions and would apply to loan sharking racketeering narcotics bombing kidnapping robbery and assault during attempted hijacking.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Congress
Nixon Administration
District of Columbia
D.C
Justice Department
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