Colleges Close Across Nation as War Protests Grow
More than 80 colleges closed today amid campus protests over the war and the Kent State killings. Governors and state officials ordered campuses to shut, with National Guardsmen deployed in Kentucky Illinois and Ohio and clashes at Wisconsin.
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Associated
Pennsylvania State University
Ohio State Universit
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
National Student Information Center
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Louis B. Nunn
Kentucky
National Guard
University of Kentucky
Otis Singletary
Nunn
Steve Bright
Virginia
Reynolds Urges Reason and Restraint by Virginia Students
Virginia Lt. Gov. J Sargeant Reynolds told Winchester Rotary Club that the state must keep the democratic process over passion as Kent State and Southeast Asia unrest loom. He urged students to favor orderly dissent and restraint to protect the education system.
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Audrey Coleman
Virginia
J. Sargeant Reynolds
Winchester
Weather swings threaten fruit buds as frost hits 33 in Winchester
The Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory recorded 33 degrees with orchards reporting 29 degrees as a cold spell nears its peak. Forecasters expect a warm push tonight and a return to spring tomorrow with highs near 70 to 78. Postmaster Joseph of Haines warns of altered street box mail collection times and urges patrons to check box listings.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Winchester
Joseph of Haines
Mr. Haines
Flotilla Prepares Mekong River Drive into Cambodia
South Vietnamese flotilla readies for an anticipated Mekong assault toward Phnom Penh to open a 60 mile stretch. American advisers likely accompany the convoy though no U.S. ships are planned. Cambodian towns along the river report heavy fighting and shifts in control as allied and North Vietnamese forces clash across multiple fronts.
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Mekong
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
Sihanoukville
Ream
U.S
Bassac
Neak Luong
Mekong Delta
Ba Thu
South Vietnam
Senmonorom
Mondulkiri Province
Kratie
Arrow
Pointer
Mekifig
Kompong-Som
Dramatic House Vote Defeats Cambodia Combat Ban
In a tense session the House defeated a proposed ban on U S combat troops in Cambodia. An amendment endorsed by Nixon was helped by a parliamentary move, then killed as antiwar spectators jeered and cheered.
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Washington
U.S
House
Nixon Said
Paul Findley
R-It
Findley
Rivers
Reigle
Landing Zone Fox Struggles Under Cambodian Fire
Thirty American soldiers at Landing Zone Fox in Cambodia face heavy enemy fire and equipment failures. Jets bomb nearby positions as relief helicopters suffer repeated losses while medics and squad leaders scramble to maintain control under extreme heat and peril.
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4Th Division
Vietnam
Cambodia
Pleiku
Highlands
U.S
Shenandoah College and Conservatory Supplement This Saturday
An eight page Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory supplement will appear in tomorrow's Star. The inaugural edition leads into the formal inauguration Saturday of Shenandoah President Dr Parker. Drug Addiction Call Concern 667-0145 Wanted Laborers Apply Pine Motor Co. Dodge Chrysler Desier.
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Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
the Star
Shenandoah
Robert Parker
Apply Pine Motor Co
Dodge
Chrysler Desier
Weather in Virginia Quiet and dry through Friday
The AP reports a cool dry air mass keeps Virginia weather clear through Friday. Winchester Democrats hold mass meeting at 5 p.m. May 19 1970 in City Hall Courtroom to elect delegates for the 6th Congressional District Democratic Convention and U S House nomination.
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Virginia
Winchester
United States
House of Representatives
J. Frederick Larrick
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