New U S Offensives In Vietnam Target North Provinces
In South Vietnam the U S Command announced two new offensives aimed at destroying enemy forces and matériel. Operation Lamar Plain and Operation Herkimer Mountain reported Korean casualties and enemy losses, with helicopter losses raising total U S losses to 2 678.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Lamar Plain
101St Airborne Division
da Naing
Tam Ky
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Thieu Leads New South Vietnamese Front
President Nguyen Van Thieu assumed leadership of the National Social Democratic Front in Saigon addressing 2,000 delegates. He said the Front unifies non Communist groups to fight the Communists and would resist any Paris peace hastening a Communist takeover. The alliance includes six principal parties, though it omits several southern groups.
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National Liberation Front
Buddha
Saigon
NLF
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
The
National Social Democratic
Thieu
Theu
Paris
Vietcong
Theil
Popular Front
North Vietnam
Mansfield
ABM
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Pennsylvania
White House
Hugh Scott
GOP
Leftists Installed In Sudan
BEIRUT, Lebanon AP reports a bloodless coup in Sudan. A National Revolutionary Council led by Col Jaafar Numairi seized power, banned gatherings, closed banks, suspended newspapers, and dissolved the cabinet. Babakar Awadallah named premier. Numairi promoted to general and defense minister. The regime vows to pursue freedom and socialism.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sudan
Ismail el Azhari
Mohammed A. Mahgoub
Jaafar al Numairi
Constitutional Assembly
Numairi
Damascus
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Revolutionary Council
Babakar Awadallah
Hamadallah Deir el Nil
Town Crier Forecast Warmth With Dry Spell Ahead
Weather outlook shows above normal temperatures for five days with a gradual rise by midweek. Little to no rainfall is expected, keeping conditions dry through the period.
Chicago Teachers Accept Contract End of First Citywide Strike
Chicago teachers voted 9 776 to 585 to accept a one year contract that ends a two day strike and makes them among the highest paid in major cities. Starting salaries rise to 8400 a year and class sizes will shrink while no layoffs occur. Desmond said the deal requires state aid increases and was endorsed by CTU leadership.
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Chicago
U.S
Chicago Teachers Union
Board of Education
Richard J. Daley
John E. ‘Desmond
CTU
Desmond
House of Representatives
Detroit
Illinois General Assembly
Shenandoah Grants Degrees at 94th Commencement
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music awarded 66 degrees and diplomas at the 94th annual Commencement with 26 graduates from the Shenandoah Valley. Baccalaureate speaker Bishop Paul M. Herrick urged growth and creativity to meet life’s challenges, as President Dr. Forrest S. Racey praised contributors to the college’s development. Valley area graduates include Linda Hodson Strasburg and Patricia Pyne Front Royal among secretarial and nursing groups, and Jo Ellen DuBreuill Cornelia Fowler et al. from Winchester and Staunton in various associate and nursing programs.
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Shenandoah College and
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Shenandoah Valley
Paul M. Herrick
Virginia Conference of the
United Methodist Church
Shenandoah
Forrest S. Racey
Administration Sees Antimissile Votes in Senate
The Nixon administration believes it has pledged support for the Safeguard antimissile system. Senate leaders Everett Dirksen and Mike Mansfield signal possible votes, with pressure and absences shaping a likely low-margin result before a June deadline.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Safeguard
Spiro T. Agnew
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Guns Rake Cairo in Racial Disturbance
In Cairo Illinois the police station faced a 10 to 15 minute barrage of 75 to 100 rounds shattering windows and pinning Patrolman Larry Adams. Fire Chief Lewis Edwards sustained minor cuts from glass. State police were dispatched after the attack as officers reported cars fired on and crews out on patrol during the incident.
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Cairo
Larry Adams
Lewis Edwards
Wanted Man and Female Checkers Market Basket Ad
Classified notice advertises items at the Market Basket on Rt. 11 North across from Howard Shockey's with contact phone 667-7903 for a buyer seeking a man and a woman checkers.
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Rt. 11 North
Howard Shockey’s
Youth 12 Crowns in Clarke Pond Drowns in Berryville
A 12 year old boy, Paul Douglas Jello, drowned in a farm pond in Pine Grove Clarke County while friends played nearby. He wandered from a ball game to Ray McClaughry farm pond and could not swim. The body was recovered at 10 15 p.m. by Clarke County Game Warden Blake Denny. Medical examiner Dr James R York ruled drowning as cause. Born June 27 1956 in Alexandria he was a seventh grader at Berryville Junior High and attended Good Shepherd Episcopal Church.
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Berryville
Pine Grove
Clarke County
John Sh
Paul Douglas Jello
Ray McClaughry
Slater
John H. Enders
Blake Denny
James R. York
Alexandria
Good Shepherd Episcopal
Ray seeks full trial in Martin Luther King Jr murder case
Ray Earl James, serving 99 years in Nashville prison, bids in Memphis for a full trial on the King assassination charge. His lawyers may put him on the witness stand if the hearing permits. He argues inadequate counsel and a coerced guilty plea, and cites Judge Battle’s death as grounds for reopening the case.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Lutter Eine Jr
J. B. Stoner
Ray
Nashville State Prison
Memphis
Percy Foreman
King
W. Preston
Battle
Arthur Faquin
Judge Battle
Foreman
Arthur J. Hanes
Notice of Saturday Closures for W H Emmart and Son Inc
W H Emmart and Son Inc will close on Saturdays during May June July and August. This notice informs customers of altered weekend hours and access to services during the summer period.
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W.H. Emmart and Son, Inc
Apollo 10 Returns From Moon Mission to Princeton
Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan landed the command module in the South Pacific about 400 miles east of Pago Pago ending an eight day mission aboard Apollo 10. The Princeton recovered the crew as crowds cheered aboard the carrier.
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USS
Princeton
Earth
South Pacific
America
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Pago Pago
Stafford
Young
Mission Control
Cernan
Space Center
Joe Engle
Weather brings clear skies to Virginia as cold front passes
Richmond reports a cold front delivering cooler drier air and clear skies across Virginia. Meanwhile Bark Mill Theatre announces the production of Two Blind Mice running May 27 to 31, 1969 bringing local arts to the area.
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Richmond
Virginia
Bark Mill Theatre
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Handley
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Miles S
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