Antiwar Rallies Hit 20 Cities as Protests Spread
The Associated Press reports a fifth day of antiwar demonstrations in 20 cities with scattered support for Nixon policy. Clashes occurred in San Francisco Columbus and Ithaca. hundreds more activists were arrested across 17 states. Fort Walton Beach hosted a 12,000 person march in support of the President.
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Nixon
San Francisco
Columbus
Ohio
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Massachusetts House
North Vietnam
Senate
Vietnam
Young Americans For Freedom
Union Square
The
A.I.M
New Haven
Conn
Tampa
Fila
Kansas City
Charlottesville
New York
U.N
Princeton University
Institute of Defense
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reserve Officers Training Corps
South Vietnamese marines retake Hai Lang in Quang Tri front
South Vietnamese marines opened a counteroffensive in Quang Tri Province landing on helicopters and recapturing Hai Lang district town south of Quang Tri City. U.S. Marines aided with air support as PT76 tanks and artillery were targeted and B52 strikes softened North Vietnamese positions.
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Saigon
Quang Tri Province
U.S
My Chanh
Hai Lang
Quang Tri
Hue
An Loc
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Nixon
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Okinawa
Quang Tri City
Arnett
13 Reported Killed In Bus-Truck Crash Near Bean Station
A Greyhound bus and a tractor trailer collided near Bean Station Tennessee. At least 13 people died and 16 were injured. Authorities estimated 35 to 45 aboard, with four or five babies among the passengers. The truck driver was killed. rescue units treated victims at Morristown hospital.
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U.S. 11-W
Dewey Bales
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Jesse Coffee
Glen Debord
Morristown
Morristown-Hamblen
South Holston River
Knoxville
Buck
Greyhound Company
Jailing of Labor Leaders Protests Spread in Quebec
Protests over the jailing of three labor leaders continue across Quebec for a fourth day. Work sites shut down as Sorel calls for repeal of public service walkout limits and for their release. Journalists join a 24 hour sympathy walkout disrupting CBS Quebec broadcasts and Montreal papers halt publication.
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Quebec
Sorel
Montreal
Donald Galliene
Sept-Iles
Canadian Broadcasting Co
CBS
Soviet Ships Headed for Haiphong Reported by BBC
BBC quoted Moscow radio saying eight Soviet merchant vessels bearing fertilisers machinery food and clothing head for Haiphong. The ships were said to be crossing Indian and Atlantic oceans and ahead of schedule with no arrival date given. Also notes an antique show and a teen help line advertisement in the page teaser.
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London
British Broadcasting Corp
Moscow Radio
Haiphong
BBC
North Vietnam
Agnew and Sato Discuss U S Policy on Vietnam Visit
In Tokyo Spiro Agnew, on a four day state visit, met with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to hear Japan's stance on U S cuts of supplies to North Vietnam. The talks, lasting 80 minutes, were attended by ambassador Ushiba who confirmed the discussion.
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Tokyo
Spiro T. Agnew
Eisaku Sato
U.S
North Vietnam
Washington
Nobi Nobuhiko Ushiba
Sato
Agnew
Nixon
Okinawa
Japan
Ashiba
Naval
Gunter Admits Altering Client Statement in Disbarment Case
Attorney E Eugene Gunter testified before a three judge panel that he altered the date on a client statement within days of learning formal charges were filed by the Virginia State Bar. He said the change was to align with a retainer date and claimed the action was justified by circumstances.
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E. Eugene Gunter
Gunter
Seventh District Committee
Virginia State Bar
Ernest G. Garrett, Jr
Richmond
Bar Association
Wallace ends Maryland campaign with rousing Cambridge rally
Gov. George C. Wallace flew to Michigan after a four day Maryland push for 53 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey also left Maryland for Michigan as George McGovern planned a Maryland swing. Maryland voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose delegates. Wallace drew about 1,200 at Cambridge with a call to “put the hay down where the goats can get it.”
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Cambridge
George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Dakota
George McGovern
Washington
Columbia
Wallace
Alabama
Daniel B. Brewster
Lyndon B. Johnson
Four Years Since Vietnam Talks Opened in Paris Peace Effort
Four years after Harriman and Xuan Thuy greeted in Paris the Vietnam peace conference remains stalled with no progress after 149 sessions. Secret talks have continued under Henry Kissinger, David Bruce, and Lodge successors amid renewed accusations and countercharges.
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Paris
Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
International Conference Center
Kleber
United States
Harriman
Thuy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
David Bruce
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
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