North Viet Nam Attacks Surge Across South Vietnam
Reports say the weekend saw the largest number of Viet Minh attacks in weeks with at least 54 shellings and multiple ground assaults. Saigon claims 154 enemy killed in a Dien Ban battle near Da Nang while South Vietnamese forces report 28 soldiers and 12 civilians killed and 131 soldiers plus 18 civilians wounded. US casualties include one killed and 31 wounded. The fighting centered in Da Nang and surrounding provinces with Viet Cong gunners launching rockets into Da Nang and sappers hitting Hieu Nhon and Dong Tam areas as Saigon fights to pacify rural areas.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Hieu Nhon
Area Accidents Kill 6 Persons Over Weekend
Six people died in four highway crashes and two drownings during Memorial Day weekend in the Greater Troy area. Names include Alberta P. Oliver and Mary Suprenant, with other victims from Greenwich Williamstown and Whitehall. The weekend also left 12 others injured, one critically.
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Greater
Troy
Alberta P. Oliver
Maple Hill Road
Castleton
Mary Suprenant
West Beacon St
Glens Falls
George C. Lindsay Jr
Sherman Avenue
Greenwich
John Walker
1St St
Williamstown
Mass
Richard A. Nance
Trinity Avenue
Bronx
Frank Hilder Sr
North William Street
Whitehall
Route 9
Scho
Death Toll Mounts Over Memorial Day Weekend
United Press International reports during the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend the death toll from traffic accidents nears council projections. As of 11 p.m. EDT, 317 lives were lost in traffic crashes with Ohio leading at 26 deaths and California New York tied at 17 each.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Ohio
California
New York
Illinois
Washington
Georgia
Kentucky
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Guerrilla clashes with Jordanian army near Jerash
Guerrilla spokesmen in Beirut claim a six hour battle followed a new offensive by King Hussein's forces near Jerash 25 miles north of Amman four guerrillas were wounded. A Jordanian government spokesman denied large scale fighting resumed. Egypt and Soviet treaty moves also dominate regional diplomacy with Egypt awaiting a response to proposals on reopening the Suez Canal and four Arab states said to be courted for long term Soviet treaties.
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Jordan
Beirut
Lebanon
Jerash
Hussein
Amman
al Fatah
Middle East
Abba Eban
Israel
Suez Canal
Cairo
Egypt
Soviet Union
al Nahar
al Hayat
Syria
Iraq
Sudan
South Yemen
Kremlin
Ky In Running For Presidency In Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky confirms he will run a middle of the road campaign for South Vietnam's presidency to defeat Nguy en Van Thieu. He speaks at the Vietnam Lions Club convention and remarks on reform, possible running mate, and political solution to the war.
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Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tuyet Mai
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Nguyen Cao’ Ky
South Vietnam
Thieu
Duong van Minh
Big Minh
Vietnam Lions Club
Air Force
Sen
George McGovern
D. S.D
McGovern
Funeral Services Held For Victim Of Shooting
In Drew Mississippi an estimated 700 mourners filled the Drew High School auditorium and 600 more stood outside for the funeral of 18 year old Jostha Collier gunned down after graduation from the formerly all white school. Rev Ralph David Abernathy urged increased black voter registration while noting the town’s racial tensions and calling for nonviolent action to honor her memory.
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Drew, Miss
Drew High School
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mississippi
Delta
Drew
Sunflower County
Jostha Collier
J. D. Fleming
Rev
Abernathy
Mariner 9 Rockets Toward Mars From Cape Kennedy
The United States Mariner 9 blasted from Cape Kennedy at 6 23 p m EDT aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket sending a camera payload toward Mars. The craft launched with instruments functioning and a flight toward a 63 million mile target as NASA reported the early phase went perfectly.
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Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jack King
Guerrillas Free Diplomat After Weeklong Kidnapping
Stanley M. F. Sylvester, 58, British honorary consul in Rosario, was released Sunday after a week in captivity by ERP allied guerrillas. He thanked authorities and said he would not speak. The swift plant agreed to conditions including aid to workers as tensions eased.
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Rosario
Argentina
Stanley M. F. Sylvester
Sylvester
Fisherton
Sally
Jaime
John Stanley
Swift de la Plata Meat Packing Company
Swift
People’s Revolutionary Army
ERP
Search Continues For More Bodies In California Case
Sheriff Roy Whiteaker said no new graves were found in a 74 hour search of a peach orchard where 23 transients have been killed. He predicted more bodies exist and expansion of the search, with 25 deputies to scour nearby ranches as irrigation water recedes.
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Yubacity
Calif
Roy Whiteaker
Feather River
J. L. Sullivan Ranch
Sullivan Ranch
Whiteaker
Turkish Police Trap Suspects In Israeli Consul Case
In Istanbul, two youth suspects in the kidnap slaying of an Israeli diplomat seized Maj. Dincer Erkan's teenage daughter and held her in a third floor apartment. Police and troops surrounded the building as residents were evacuated and a tense standoff continued with no force planned.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Sunday
Sebil Erkan
Dincer Erkan
Faik Turun
Vo Law
Turin
Erkan
Erkman
Ephraim Elrom
Elrom
Three Policemen Hurt In Gun Battle At Cairo Station
Three Cairo policemen were injured Saturday night as snipers fired on the city police station from a church rectory. Officers returned fire, wounding two other cops outside the rectory while four suspects escaped. A black group spokesman claimed the officers harassed the black community and that Hoppe could not have been shot inside the station. Cairo has faced racial tensions and violence with the United Front boycotting white businesses as about half of the 76 500 residents are black.
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Warren County
Glens Falls
Arthu
Spitzer
Lindsay
Cairo, Ill
Hershel Hoppe
St. Columba Church
Fred Theriac
Larry Moddlin
Terry Pigg
Theriac
Charles Keen
United Front
Hoppe
Koen
Cairo
Koens
Colgate Graduation Marked by Vietnam Protest and Policy Talk
Secretary of State William P. Rogers spoke at Colgate University's 150th commencement as 159 senior men pledged not to accept a combat role in Indochina if drafted. Colgate President Bartlett apologized for the incident prompting the protest and Rogers defended Nixon administration policy on Vietnam and broader peace initiatives.
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Middle East
China
America
Rogers
Thomas W. O’brien
New York City
Vietnam
O’brien
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Reid Athletic Center
Colgate
Thomas A. Bartlett
Bartlett
Nixon
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Candida Corona
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Jalisco
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