Former President 85 Today From Truman Hallmarks Fade
Former president Harry S. Truman turns 85 in Independence Missouri as arthritis and fatigue reshape his routine. He reads aloud to himself, walks with a cane, and spends days at home with wife Bess while friends note diminished public presence and preserved curiosity about his life. He maintains a daily letter ritual and welcomes VIPs to his Truman House.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Washington
Bess
Truman Road
Delaware
Truman
Kansas City
New York
Henry Talge
Talge
Mike Westwood
Florida Sun
Rose Conway
White House
Nixon
Protesters Seize Senate Rostrum Prompt Colorado Action
In Denver the Colorado Senate faced a brief rostrum seizure by 14 demonstrators including three clergymen and a nun. Lawmakers moved to curb disturbances with fines up to 500 dollars and up to a year in jail for taking over a public building. The group protested 22 stalled bills on farm labor welfare law enforcement and school aid. Government officials pledged to maintain orderly proceedings as the antidisturbance measure moved toward final approval.
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Denver
Colorado State Senate
Senate Chamber
Mark Hogan
Senate
Hogan
William L. Armstrong
John Love
House
Hearing on Basin Plan Is Tomorrow
The Potomac River Basin Compact public hearings proceed in the Valley and West Virginia. Virginia Advisory Legislative Council schedules sessions in Roanoke War Memorial Building at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. in Romey Courthouse. Harrisonburg today. Martinsburg tonight. The compact aims to form an interstate commission for water pollution control flood control watershed management and water supply.
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West Virginia
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
War Memorial
Romeney
W. Va
Harrisonburg
Martinsburg
Interstate
Disposal of Gas Bombs Under Fire
Congress probes Army plan to haul 27000 tons of obsolete chemical bombs by train and sink them off the Atlantic. Gallagher calls for a full committee review amid safety and environmental concerns. Army says disposal would be safe, though pollution risks exist. Trains from Earle N J to unload onto four ships and sink in 7200 feet of water off the continental shelf would be the largest such operation.
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Atlantic Ocean
Congress
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Cornelius E. Gallagher
D.N.J
House Foreign Affairs
Gallagher
United States
Wendell Coates
Army
Naval Ammunition
Earle
N.J
Asbury Park
New York City
Rocky Mountain
Colo
Edgewood
Anniston
Ala
Lexington
Richard D. McCarthy
D-N.y
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Laird
Saigon Faces Suspected New Viet Cong Terror Campaign
Saigon authorities report a suspected Viet Cong terror campaign amid a 24 hour Buddha birthday cease fire set for May 30 31. Five attacks killed five and wounded 49 including six Americans in Saigon as police describe bombs at the central post office and grenade incidents targeting U S and Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
Post
Nguyen van Thieu
Andersons to Accompany Virginia Trade Mission
Mr and Mrs Charles A Anderson Sr of Angar Farm Clarke County are chosen to accompany Governor Godwin on a trade mission to Brussels Belgium next week They join 100 Virginians departing Dulles Airport to open European offices of the Commonwealth of Virginia The trip includes visits to Madrid Rome Germany Holland and Paris with a May 28 return.
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Angar Farm
Clarke County
Godwin
Brussels
Belgium
Dulles
Commonwealth of Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Department of Agriculture
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Madrid
Rome
Germany
Holland
Paris
Andersons
Roy A. Cather, Jr
Robert H. Lewis
Newport News
Charles Anderson, Jr
James T. Anderson
Winchester
Bargain Corner Ad Offers Plants Clothes and Classes
Big Boy Tomatoes in 3 inch pots 15¢ each at Smalls Garden Center. Dungarees priced at $1.50. The Bargain Corner at 141 S Loudoun advertises horseback riding classes for children and adults. Call 837-1335 for details.
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Smalls Garden Center
Big Boy
S. Loudoun
Mountain Town Hit By Flood
Jamestown Colorado faces a severe flood after four days of snow and rain. Five-foot waters flood the main street washing away eight houses and the town cafe. An emergency party reached the isolated community as two pregnant women near term were stranded. Crews dynamited spillways to relieve pressure on dams guarding stolen reservoirs.
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Jamestown
Colo
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Meir vows to fortify Israeli village frontier
Premier Golda Meir said Israeli villages along the Lebanon border will be strengthened if Arab guerrillas use Lebanon as a staging area for attacks. The Lebanon crisis deepened as about 2,000 guerrillas besieged Hasbaya and Al Fatah clashed with Lebanese troops, amid refugee unrest and fears of Israeli retaliation.
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Golda Meir
Lebanon
Israel
Tel Aviv
Daneger
Hasbaya
Beirut
al Saika
Thunderbolt
Syria
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al Fatah
Leebanese
Rashid Karami
Haifa
Montreal Gazette
Dimoesna
Negev Desert
Viet Cong proposes 10 point peace plan for coalition government
At the Paris peace talks the Viet Cong via Than Buu Kiem outlines a 10 point plan calling for a provisional coalition government and leaving the question of Vietnamese armed forces to the Vietnamese people. The plan, backed by Xuan Thuy, aims to let locals settle affairs without foreign interference amid U.S. pressure to resume negotiations.
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Paris
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Than Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
Front
United States
Kiem
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Escapee from Camp 7 Still At Large
A 19 year old prisoner Herman Nathaniel Jones escaped from a work detail at State Road Camp 7 near Double Toll Gate while inmates misled officers. Two other convicts Charles Jackson and Raymond Harris remain at large after an April 19 escape.
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Double Toll Gate
Herman Nathaniel Jones
Norfolk
Charles Jackson
Raymond Richard Harris
F. L. Woolf
R.L. Bruce
Solo
Clarke County Sheriff's Department
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Snyder
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Middle Road
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