Crowds at Transpo Above Expectations
An estimated 560000 people visited Transpo 72 at Dulles during the Memorial holiday weekend, amid plans for a 10 day run and officials noting smooth access despite traffic fears. VIP previews included Gov. Holton and Warren Burger as Virginia touts industrial advantages. Aerial show drew crowds, while a migrant Australian kite flier was killed amid a Memorial Day crowd of about 200000.
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Transpo
Dulles International
William J. Bird
Secretary of Transportation
Bird
Transpo 72
Linwood Holton
Warren
Virginia Business Center
Gov. Holton
Virginia
Navy
Blue Angels
Air Force
Thunderbirds
Red Arrows
North Vietnam raid hits rail yards and bridges
American bombers hit the Uong Bi yard near Haiphong destroying 16 bridges across Vietnam. A Marine A6 jet was shot down but returned to sea. two fliers were rescued. U.S. forces conducted more than 250 strikes in 24 hours, as ground forces report North Vietnamese withdrawals from An Loc amid renewed shelling along Highway 13.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Coral Sea
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
An Loc
Highway 13
Memorial Day Flags Fly Along Parkway Street
Parkway stood out with a sea of flags as about 30 homes displayed banners for Memorial Day observance. The tree lined block presented a patriotic scene reflecting a communal tribute.
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Parkway
Kennedy Kite Flier Dies At International Expo
Robert Kennedy of Escondido California fell from about 500 feet during the Transpor r2 International Transport Expo. Witnesses described a gusty collapse as his kite wrapped and he landed, suffering fatal head injuries and fractures. He died after being rushed by helicopter to a medical station.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
Escondido
Calif
Kennedy
Jack Wallace
Leesburg
Not Target for Gunman in Raleigh Shopping Center Shooting
Sen. B Everett Jordan, campaigning nearby, avoided harm as gunman Harvey McLeod killed three people and wounded eight at North Hills Shopping Center before killing himself. Jordan’s aide was shot. McLeod, a Raleigh janitor, had bought a rifle hours earlier and left a note of self-destruction alongside the weapon.
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Raleigh
N.C
Sen
B. Everett Jordan
Robert Goodwin
Bruce Bland
C.H. Haswell
Jordan
North Hills
Wes Hayden
Hayden
U.S
Nick Galifianakis
Durham
George C. Wallace
Maryland
Harvey McLeod
McLeod
Jackie Wharton
James G. Henry
Broughton High School
Raleigh, N.C
Harvey Glenn McLeod
Memorial Day services honor servicemen and citizens
Area programs paid tribute to servicemen and laboring citizens in Memorial Day services across Winchester Berryville and surrounding areas. Dr. Robert Parker of Shenandoah College urged brotherhood and cited the hymn’s third stanza as a call to liberty in law. Rear Admiral Chester G. Phillips praised Navydom and urged duty with the American Dream, closing with Emerson on men and virtue.
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Star
Robert Parker
Shenandoah College and Conservatory
Chester G. Phillips
George W. Burroughs
Rudolph White
Parker
Admiral Phillips
Naval Security Group Command
Pentagon
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Supreme Court rejects California appeal over death penalty ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review a California Supreme Court decision that the state death penalty is unconstitutional under its constitution. The ruling spared 102 men and 5 women on death row. The case followed debates on capital punishment nationwide with ongoing appeals and a failed California Senate attempt to amend the state constitution.
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Supreme Court
California
Washington
High Court
Sirhan Sirhan
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Charles Manson
Evelle J. Younger
U.S. Supreme Court
Younger
Ronald Reagan
California Senate
Robert P. Anderson
San Diego
Traffic Accidents Claim 532 Lives Over Memorial Weekend
The Associated Press reports 532 deaths from traffic accidents nationwide during the Memorial Day weekend. The National Safety Council predicted 530 to 630 fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, reflecting a three day period similar to prior years.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Nixon wraps eight day trip with Tehran stop after Kiev
President Nixon completes an eight day visit to the Soviet Union with an overnight in Kiev and a planned Tehran stop. Kissinger says no secret Vietnam accords were made and predicts no surprises at the summit. Nixon to Warsaw and then home with Rogers and Olszowski to sign a long negotiating consular pact.
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Kiev
U.S.S
Nixon
Lyashko
Vladimir Scherbitnsky
Ukrainian Communist Party
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Tehran
Warsaw
Edward Gierek
Communist Party
William P. Rogers
Stefan Olszowski
Washington
July Draft Inductions Set With Lottery Numbers
Selective Service announced July draft selections will use a lottery for numbers 1 through 50. Seven thousand two hundred men will be called, raising the year’s total to 22,200. The July call is part of a plan for about 50,000 draftees in 1972, with 1A and conscientious objector classifications shaping June to August inductions.
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Washington
Selective Service
Defense Department
Byron Pepitone
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David Smith
By David Smith
Dulles
Uong Bi
Northwest
China
Shenandoah Man
Henry
Strasburg
Shenandoah County
Harrison
Ivey
First Assembly God Church
Springcrest St
Corrigan
Moscow
Kissinger
Hanoi
Richmond
mid-Atlantic States
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