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Post by Globalization41 » 14 Nov 2014, 18:46

5/19/1972, U.S. Jets Stage 250 Raids on N. Vietnam Thursday & Another 250 Friday; B-52s & F-4s Blunt N. Viet Assaults in South

5/19/1972, Ballad of John & Yoko; Antiwar Students to Dig Symbolic/Replica Bomb Craters Near Economics Bld. & State Street

5/19/1972; V.P. Agnew Returns from Viet Trip, Meets with Nixon, & Reports Air Strikes Reduced N. Viet Offensive Sustainability

5/19/1972, White House Accuses New York Times of Being Conduit for North Vietnamese Propaganda

5/19/1972; Aboard the U.S.S. Providence, 14,000-Ton Cruiser, Off the Coast of Vietnam

Photo, U.S.S. Providence, 1970

U.S.S. Providence, News Clips

U.S.S. Providence, Wikipedia

5/19/1972, By Charlotte Saikowski, Life in the Soviet Union

5/19/1972, Mets Winning Streak Reaches Seven, McAndrew & McGraw Edge Expos 2-1, Mike Torrez Goes Distance in Loss

5/19/1972, Baseball Top Ten

5/19/1972, Baseball Standings

5/19/1972, U.S. Corporations Break Profit Records in First Quarter

Note: The U.S. trade deficit for 1971 was $1.3 billion. Nixon also a ran trade deficit of $5.44 billion in 1972, but showed surpluses of $91 million in 1969, $2.25 billion in 1970, and $1.9 billion in 1973.

5/19/1972, British Bulldozers Smash Irish Republican Army Barricades

5/19/1972, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter Declares War on Illegal Gambling

President Jimmy Carter, Wikipedia

Jimmy Carter – 39th President of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center

Lieutenant James Earle Carter, Jr., USN

Carter Determined to Counter Soviet Buildup, U.S. to Begin Full-Scale Development of Soviet-Targeted MX Missile, 1/23/1979

Pres. Carter Freezes Withdrawal of U.S. Ground Combat Troops from S. Korea to Deter Possible N. Korean Aggression, 7/22/1979

South Korean Ruler Mr. Park Shot & Killed by Intel Chief Mr. Kim in "Shooting Brawl"; Carter Puts U.S. Troops on Alert, 10/28/1979

5/19/1972, Rader 3-Run HR in 9th Breaks up Sutton 2-0 Shutout, Frank Robinson RBI Double Ties 3-3, Astros Edge Dodgers in 11

5/19/1972, Baseball Boxscores

5/19/1972, War Minister Gen. Sadek Says Egypt Will Continue Preparations for the "Battle of Destiny" Against Israel

5/19/1972; Pres. Tsiranana Cedes Power to Army in Malagasy Republic (Island off East Africa), Blames Communists for Riots

5/19/1972, Angela Davis Attorney Says He Will Offer "an Abbreviated Defense" Next Week in Her Murder-Kidnap-Conspiracy Case

5/19/1972, Nixon Meets with Soviet Ambassador at Camp David for Conference on Upcoming Moscow Summit, Part 1

5/19/1972, Nixon Meets with Soviet Ambassador at Camp David for Conference on Upcoming Moscow Summit, Part 2

5/19/1972, Indiana Pacers Overcome 20-Point Deficit & Edge New York Nets 100-99 for 3-2 ABA Series Lead, Nets' Barry 33 Points

5/19/1972, Late Wed. Boxscores: Padres' Norman Blanks Dodgers; Texas Tops KC 4-3 in 18 Innings; A's Holtzman Shuts Out Angels

5/19/1972, Bates College Students for Peace Stage Peaceful Rally at Kennedy Park Protesting Nixon Mining of Haiphong Harbor

5/19/1972; Medical Student from University of Lisbon Joins Rebels Fighting for Independence in Tambico, Portuguese Guinea

5/19/1972, Anti-Americanism Due to Vietnam War Has Evolved into Loud Cheering Section Rooting for Hanoi

5/19/1972, Counterfeit Auto Inspection Stickers Circulating in Allegany County

5/19/1972, Moscow Spruces up for Nixon

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5/20/1972, U.S. Jets Strike Oil Center in Downtown Hanoi Using Electronic "Smart" Bombs, Rail Bridge Linking Hanoi & China Dropped

5/20/1972, Hanoi Troops Attempt to Cut off Relief Columns to An Loc, Communists Appear to Be Losing Initiative in 7-Week Offensive

5/20/1972, World Health Organization Attempting to Eradicate Small Pox in Ethiopia & Kenya

5/20/1972, AC-130 Gunship & S. Viet Troops Stop N. Viet Assault of Kontum, Red Gunners Lodged in Ankor Wat Cambodia, Part 1

5/20/1972, AC-130 Gunship & S. Viet Troops Stop N. Viet Assault of Kontum, Red Gunners Lodged in Ankor Wat Cambodia, Part 2

5/20/1972, By William F. Buckley Jr., McGovern Fiscal Program Results in Confiscation

5/20/1972, By James Reston, Hard Realism Guides Superpower Relations

5/20/1972, Newspapers in South Africa Enjoy Surprising Degree of Freedom to Criticize Government

5/20/1972, Congressional Black Caucus Labels Nixon Viet Escalation as Barbarous Act of War & Introduces Impeachment Resolution

5/20/1972; Nixon off to Moscow, Voices Hope in Laying Foundations for Improving World Peace

5/20/1972, Used-Car Dealer & Ten Others Busted by F.B.I. in Early Morning Raids on Huge Northern-Alabama Auto-Theft Ring

5/20/1972, Announcer Ralph Edwards Created "Truth or Consequences" & "This Is Your Life"; "Who Expected a 32-year Run?"

5/20/1972, F.B.I. Investigating Pentagon Blast, Brig. Gen. Daniel James Says Bomber not at Fault for not Killing Anyone, Part 1

5/20/1972, F.B.I. Investigating Pentagon Blast, Brig. Gen. Daniel James Says Bomber not at Fault for not Killing Anyone, Part 2

5/20/1972, Eartha Kitt Ousted by Indian Attendant from S. Africa Seaside Amusement Park Bumper Car for not Being White Enough

Negro Singer Eartha Kitt Lectures Lady Bird Johnson & 50 Women During White House Ladies' Luncheon on Vietnam, 1/22/1968

President Carter Welcomes Eartha Kitt back to White House After 10-Year Ban, 1/31/1978

Eartha Kitt, Wikipedia

5/20/1972, U.S. Fighter-Bombers Blast Oil Tank Farm in Heart of Hanoi, N. Viet Surface-to-Air Missile Bases Neutralized, Part 1

5/20/1972, U.S. Fighter-Bombers Blast Oil Tank Farm in Heart of Hanoi, N. Viet Surface-to-Air Missile Bases Neutralized, Part 2

5/20/1972, Pres. Nixon Will Deliver 15-Minute Speech on Soviet TV During Moscow Visit, Nixon Will Also Visit Cosmonaut Center

Recorded Announcement Paid for by the Committee to Reelect President Nixon

5/20/1972; Police in Salerno, Italy, Recover $850,000 Worth of Stolen Art; Priest & Mother Superior Arrested

5/20/1972, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird Did not Believe North Vietnamese Could Launch Large Scale Offensive, Part 1

5/20/1972, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird Did not Believe North Vietnamese Could Launch Large Scale Offensive, Part 2

5/20/1972, Draftees with Induction Notices Will Be Given Option of Joining National Guard or Reserves

5/20/1972, Mike Ferraro (Who Spent Last 3 Years with Baltimore Farm Club Rochester) Slaps 3 Hits for Brewers in 4-2 Win Against O's

5/20/1972, Boxscore, Baltimore at Milwaukee, Parsons Wins, McNally Loses, Attendance 10,073, Time 2:13

5/20/1972, Milwaukee Brewer Baseball Averages, Brews Hitting .186, Stephenson 16 innings & 0 Earned Runs

5/20/1972, Oriole & Tiger Managers Unhappy, Martin Annoyed by Perry's 'Greaseball', Weaver Locks Out Reporters for 34 Minutes

5/20/1972, Late Night Boxscores, Dodges' Osteen Shades Astros' Wilson, Giants Top Braves, Reds' McGlothlin Outduels Padres' Kirby 1-0

5/20/1972, Three B-52s Make Emergency Landing in Okinawa, Bombers Were Diverted on Return Trip to Guam After Mission over Nam

5/20/1972, Accused Soviet Spy Awaiting Trial in Brooklyn Will Be Allowed to Travel to Russia Pending Court Case

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5/20/1972, Nixon Increases Air Strikes on N. Vietnam from 250 to 340 Daily, Relief in Sight in 44-Day Siege of An Loc, Part 1

5/20/1972, Nixon Increases Air Strikes on N. Vietnam from 250 to 340 Daily, Relief in Sight in 44-Day Siege of An Loc, Part 2

5/20/1972, U.S. Targeting Small Boats & Barges Off N. Viet Coast in Effort to Cut Communist Supply Lines

5/20/1972, Nixon to Stop in Salzburg, Austria, on Way to Moscow; Mayor Appeals for Peaceful Demonstrations & No Anti-Nixon Graffiti

Salzburg Sees Largest Demonstration in its History, 35,000 Stage Anti-Nazi Torchlight Parade to German Border, 3/3/1938

5/20/1972, Nixon Hopes Moscow Trip Will Bring Agreements on Arms Limitations, Better Trade Relations, & Cooperation in Space Travel

5/20/1972, Snipers Ambush Ulster Defense Patrol

5/20/1972, Pittsburgh's Bob Moose Tosses Brilliant 4-Hitter at Expos, Fans 6, Walks 0; Montreal Loses 5th Straight, Part 1

5/20/1972; Pittsburgh's Bob Moose Tosses Brilliant 4-Hitter at Expos, Fans 6, Walks 0; Montreal Loses 5th Straight, Part 2

5/20/1972; Montreal Baseball Statistics; Hunt's .238 Paces Regular Expo Hitters; Marshall, Stoneman, Torrez Lead Hurlers

5/20/1972, Frank Sinatra Sings 'The Gentleman Is a Champ' to Agnew at Maryland Republican Gathering, Bob Hope Cracks Jokes

5/20/1972, Major League Baseball Leaders

5/20/1972, Massive Traffic Jams Form Along Berlin Wall as Visiting Restrictions Eased into East Berlin

5/20/1972, Royals Practice Batting in K.C. Against Oakland; Piniella (3h), Otis (4h, 5rbi), & Mayberry Homer; Splittorff (3h) Wins 16-1

5/20/1972, Hanoi Broadcast Charges U.N. Chief Kurt Waldheim Eagar to Serve Nixon in Sabotaging Paris Peace Conference

5/20/1972, Rick Langford Shuts Out South Georgia

5/20/1972, Indiana Pacers Hope to Clinch ABA Title in New York Against Nets; Televised Nationally by CBS; Channel 11, 13, 2pm

5/20/1972, Federal Buildings Tighten Security

5/20/1972; Russians No Longer Fear Secret Police Knocks on Door at Night, but Democratic Process Still a Myth

5/20/1972, City of Waycross 1971 Financial Statement, Receipts $1,800,226, Spent $1,922,647 (Police Dept. Revenue $217,910)

5/20/1972, City of Waycross 1971 Water & Revenue Fund, Receipts $533,750.30, Expenditures $519,355.64

5/20/1972, MIT Prof. of History & Psychoanalysis Says Nixon Ambivalent About Aggression Due to Antiwar Mom & Competitive Dad

5/20/1972; Soviet Union Launches Communications Satellite Called Molniya 2, Will Be Used to Relay Radio, TV, & Telephone Signals

5/20/1972, Assn. of Professors Condemns U. of Calif. for Firing Angela Davis, Citizens Must Pay for Teachers Advocating Violence

5/20/1972, By Don Oakley, Nixon Difficult to Analyze

5/20/1972, Baseball Standings

5/20/1972, Everly Brothers Cut Their 26th LP

5/20/1972, Jerry Grote 4rbi, 2HRs; Rusty Staub HR, 3rbi; Mets Dump Phils 8-3 for 8th Straight Win; 1.5-Hour Rain Delay

5/20/1972, Moment of Truth for Riva Ridge in Bid for Triple Crown at Preakness, TV Coverage Begins at 5pm, Radio 5:25pm, CBS, Part 1

5/20/1972, Moment of Truth for Riva Ridge in Bid for Triple Crown at Preakness, TV Coverage Begins at 5pm, Radio 5:25pm, CBS, Part 2

5/20/1972, Bob Moose Shuts Out Montreal then Immediately Leaves Pittsburgh for Lexington for Weekend Marine Reserve Duty, Part 1

5/20/1972, Bob Moose Shuts Out Montreal then Immediately Leaves Pittsburgh for Lexington for Weekend Marine Reserve Duty, Part 2

5/20/1972, Yankees' Mel Stottlemyer Shuts Out Red Sox 6-0

5/20/1972, Peace Rallies Scheduled this Weekend at Pentagon, 'Non-Violent' Protesters Plan 'Blockade' Pentagon

5/20/1972, Israel's Killing of Two Airline Hijackers & Wounding of Passengers Raises Question: Should Security Police Shoot to Kill?

Note: During the May 9 rescue of the hijacked Vienna airliner, 16 Israeli commandos disguised as maintenance men at the Tel Aviv airport, led by Ehud Barak (future Israeli P.M.), successfully stormed the plane. Current Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu (part of the commando team) was wounded in the operation. The code name for the rescue mission was Operation Isotope.

5/20/1972, Soviet Ambassador to U.N. Praises U.N. Chief Waldheim for Being Neutral in East-West Relations

5/20/1972, Baseball Boxscores

5/20/1972, Vic Davalillo Bats 8 for 18 & Reaches Base 12 times in 22 Appearances in 5 Games Since Replacing Slumping Bob Robertson

5/20/1972; Drought in India Dries Up Canals, Rivers, & Wells; Normally Cultivated Fields Turn into Gray Wastelands; 110-120° Daily

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5/21/1972, U.S.A.F. Bombers Destroy Fuel Tank-Farm During Heavy Raids on Outskirts of Hanoi, Part 1

5/21/1972, U.S.A.F. Bombers Destroy Fuel Tank-Farm During Heavy Raids on Outskirts of Hanoi, Part 2

5/21/1972, N. Viet Counterattacks Stall S. Viet Relief Column for An Loc, Besieged S. Viets in An Loc Resupplied by Air

5/21/1972, Miss USA Beauty Pageant Site Location at Dorado Seaside Hotel Bombed by Suspected Puerto Rican Separatists

5/21/1972, City Councilman Believes Seattle Should Turn to 'Flower Power' to Brighten up Downtown District

5/21/1972, Eight Top-Level Scientists/Technicians Working Out of Los Alamos Atomic Test Site Killed in Air Crash

5/21/1972, East Berlin Allows Visitors for Three Days, Traffic Jams-up for Miles at Wall Checkpoints as Border Guards Relax

5/21/1972, Nixon Trip Raises Hope in Poland for Improving East-West Relations, Part-1

5/21/1972, Nixon Trip Raises Hope in Poland for Improving East-West Relations, Part-2

Religious Differences Addressed in Relation to Economic & Industrial Development in Poland, Part-1, 8/22/1919

Religious Differences Addressed in Relation to Economic & Industrial Development in Poland, Part-2, 8/22/1919

5/21/1972, Defense Secretary Laird & Administration Underestimated N. Viets Says Congressional Report Released Saturday

Causes of Conflict in Indo-China, 2/1/1947, Part 1

Causes of Conflict in Indo-China, 2/1/1947, Part 2

5/21/1972, Roger Brown's 32 Points Paces Indiana to 108-105 Win Over Nets for ABA Crown, Barry 23 Points for Nets

5/21/1972, Kremlin Expects Global Equality from Nixon Summit, Nixon Hints Soviets More Important than Chinese, Part 1

5/21/1972, Kremlin Expects Global Equality from Nixon Summit, Nixon Hints Soviets More Important than Chinese, Part 2

Communist World Celebrates Stalin's Birthday, Mao in Moscow, Busts of Stalin Placed on Mountain Tops, 12/23/1949

5/21/1972, Airline Hijacker Who Parachuted into Honduras Jungle with $303,000 May Be South American Revolutionary

5/21/1972; Twenty Die, Three Survive in Angolan Air Crash; Angolan Airlines Twin-Engine Turboprop Goes Down in Fog

5/21/1972, Nixon Stops at Alpine Resort City Salzburg for Rest & Preparation for Moscow Summit Meeting

5/21/1972, Polish Students in Swedish Universities Asked in Letters from Home to Send News of Vietnam

5/21/1972, Moscow Talks to Ignor Vietnam War

5/21/1972, Nixon's '59 Peace Mission to Moscow Recalled

5/21/1972, Released POW Tells of Stay Hanoi

5/21/1972, Increase of Bike Accidents Spurs Safety Study

5/21/1972, Seven Spokane Men Currently Serving Aboard USS Midway off Coast of Vietnam

Photo, USS Midway, April 1972

5/21/1972, 'Brown Power' Movement Growing in South Africa

5/21/1972, Outsider Bee Bee Bee Leads Most of Way to Win $187,800 Preakness Stakes, Riva Ridge Finishes Forth

5/21/1972; Gibson Fails to Win First Game, but Cards Rally in 9th to Defeat Cubs 3-2; Bucs Win 5th Straight

5/21/1972; Baseball Boxscores; Shutouts: Palmer-Jackson, Downing, Bahnsen, McGlothlin, Ellis-Kison; Dick Allen HR

5/21/1972, Angela Davis Says She Purchased Weapons Due to Thousands of Death Threats

5/21/1972, FBI Arrests Laborer & Housewife in Massachusetts for Art Theft

5/21/1972, Europeans Still Profit from Brutal Slave Trade in Senegal in the Form of Tourists Visiting Old Forts

5/21/1972; Billy Martin Impressed with Gaylord Perry's 2-1 Win Friday, Tells Tigers to Begin Using 'Greaseball'

5/21/1972, Mike Epstein's 3-Run HR in 1st Sets up Oakland 8-5 Win in KC, Bando 2 Doubles, Piniella HR for KC

5/21/1972, Baseball Statistics, Astros 148 Runs, Twins' .249 Batting Leads A.L., Ray 7-0, Morgan 14 Steals

5/21/1972, Leonid I. Brezhnez, Stalin's Heir

5/21/1972, Jews Leaving Russia for Israel by the Thousands

5/21/1972; Indians Nip Tigers 2-1; Nettles 2-Run HR in 1st; Aspromonte Uses Four Pitchers

5/21/1972, Baseball Standings

5/21/1972, Toledo Mud Hens Live up to Name in 3-2 Win Over Syracuse Chiefs, Rain Delays Game 12 Minutes

5/21/1972, Mets Sweep Twin Bill from Phils 3-1 & 2-1 for Ten Consecutive Wins, Matlock Improves to 5-0

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5/22/1972, N. Viet Troops Assemble Near Hue, Villagers Flee Hamlets, Heavy Air Strikes Break up Concentration

5/22/1972, Salzburg Police Baton Antiwar Demonstrators at Airport Prior to Nixon's Scheduled Arrival

5/22/1972, U.S. Phantom Jet Bombers Blast Hanoi Oil Tanks & Cut Rail Links to China

Photo, F-4 Phantom Jet Fighter-Bombers, "Flying the Friendly Skies of Vietnam"

Aircraft Losses, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965-1973, "Peace Is not Our Profession"

5/22/1972, Manila Police Fire on Antiwar Demonstrators Attempting to Storm U.S. Embassy

5/22/1972, Willie Mays Does it All as Mets Win 11th Straight, 41-Year-Old Mays HR off Carleton in 8th Decides Contest

5/22/1972; N. Viets 15-20 Miles from Hue; Hanoi Reports Savage Attacks by U.S. Planes; Schools & Women Targeted

Communist Purification in Cambodia, 5/9/1975

Nothing Like Communist Revolution in Cambodia Ever Seen, 5/10/1975

Mass Executions in Cambodia, 6/25/1975

Nearly 300 Cambodia Refugees Gunned Down by Khmer Rouge Soldiers, 7/22/1975

5/22/1972, Chinese Officials Confident U.S. Bombing of N. Viet Railways Will Have Little Effect

5/22/1972, China May Supply North Vietnam with Labor

5/22/1972, Sweden: Beacon to the Persecuted & Underprivileged People of the World

5/22/1972, Soviets May Want Bases & Support Facilities in Indian Ocean

5/22/1972, Klaus Barbie, German SS Commander in France During WWII, Fights Extradition to France in Bolivian Courts

5/22/1972, Expos Lose Doubleheader in Pittsburgh, Montreal Extends Loss Streak to Eight, Cash's Fielding Saves Opener

5/22/1972; Montreal Expos Baseball Stats; Singleton Leads Regulars at .237; Torrez 41.2ip, 28h, 3-1 W-L, 1.96era

5/22/1972, Rhodesia Declines British Demands for More Inclusive Government

5/22/1972, Nixon Relaxes in Salzburg, Kissinger Believes N. Viet Offensive Will Ebb & Flow During Summit, Part 1

5/22/1972, Nixon Relaxes in Salzburg, Kissinger Believes N. Viet Offensive Will Ebb & Flow During Summit, Part 2

5/22/1972, Justice Party & Republican People's Party in Turkey Agree on Coalition Government

Population of Turkey, 5/11/1877

Turkey's War Against Kurds, 12/31/1925

Turko-German Pact Signed, Turks to Operate Greek Railroads, 6/20/1941

Modern Turkey, 5/26/1942

Revolt by Kurdish Separatists Threatens Turkey, Iraq, & Persia; 3/23/1946

Turkey Volunteers 4,500-Man Combat Force for Korean War, 8/19/1950

Turkey Keeps Close Watch on Kurds, 9/29/1952

Power Cuts Daily Occurrence in Turkey, 1/19/1979

5/22/1972, U.S. Increases Daily Air Strikes Against North from 250 to 300, B-52s Support S. Viet Infantry, Part 1

5/22/1972, U.S. Increases Daily Air Strikes Against North from 250 to 300, B-52s Support S. Viet Infantry, Part 2

Note: The B-52s were on temporary loan to the Vietnam War by Strategic Air Command.

Strategic Air Command, "Peace Is Our Profession

5/22/1972, Kissinger Points Out that Complex Issues May Delay Agreement in Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

5/22/1972, Irish Republican Army Sets off Car Bomb in Belfast

5/22/1972, Lolich Cools Cleveland 5-0, Horton & Brown Injured, Cash HR, Martin Says Tigers Will Use Stanley Full Time

5/22/1972, Skirmish on India-Pakistan Border Lasts Six Hours

Preimer of Pakistan Broadcasts Speech on Kashmir, 11/6/1947, Part 1

Premier of Pakistan Broadcasts Speech on Kashmir, 11/6/1947, Part 2

Indian Troops Capture Mahura, 11/14/1947

5/22/1972, Nixon Military & Diplomatic Moves May Force Hanoi to Reassess Battlefield Strategy

5/22/1972, Baseball Standings

5/22/1972, By Anthony Lewis, Vietnamese Chatter & Laugh in Hanoi Bomb Shelters

5/22/1972, Rock-Throwing Radicals Mar Peaceful Antiwar Rally in Washington, Speakers Want Nixon Impeached, Part 1

5/22/1972, Rock-Throwing Radicals Mar Peaceful Antiwar Rally in Washington, Speakers Want Nixon Impeached, Part 2

5/22/1972, Five U.S. Navy Cruisers off Vietnam Coast Provide Rain of Precision Artillery in Defense of Hue

5/22/1972, Lee Trevino Wins Danny Thomas-Memphis Open Golf Classic

5/22/1972, Baseball Boxscores

5/22/1972, Nuclear Plant Hazards Cited

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5/23/1972, Viet Battles Raging on Three Fronts, N. Viets Advancing on Hue, Relief of An Loc Stalls

5/23/1972; Nixon in Moscow, Attends Dinner in Kremlin, Seeks Soviet Help in Paving Way for World Peace

5/23/1972, Pentagon Signals Widening of Targets in N. Vietnam, U.S. Jets Will Begin Bombing Industrial Plants, Part 1

5/23/1972, Pentagon Signals Widening of Targets in N. Vietnam, U.S. Jets Will Begin Bombing Industrial Plants, Part 2

5/23/1972, Heiress & Wife of U.S. Senator Refuses to Pay Quarterly Income Tax of $6,200 as Protest Against Viet War

5/23/1972, Eartha Kitt Laughs off First Encounter with Apartheid in Her Show's South African Tour

5/23/1972, How Long Will N. Viet Offensive Zeal Hold up Under Pounding of U.S. Bombs Above & Below DMZ? Part 1

5/23/1972, How Long Will N. Viet Offensive Zeal Hold up Under Pounding of U.S. Bombs Above & Below DMZ? Part 2

5/23/1972, U.S. Warplanes Destroy Bridges & Power Plants in N. Vietnam, 200 Protesters Arrested at Pentagon, Part 1

5/23/1972, U.S. Warplanes Destroy Bridges & Power Plants in N. Vietnam, 200 Protesters Arrested at Pentagon, Part 2

5/23/1972, U.S. Jets Fly 600 Missions over N. Vietnam in 2 Days, B-52s Launch 5 Waves Against Enemy at An Loc, Part 1

5/23/1972, U.S. Jets Fly 600 Missions over N. Vietnam in 2 Days, B-52s Launch 5 Waves Against Enemy at An Loc, Part 2

5/23/1972, Catholic Wives Protest IRA Execution (Hooded & Shot) of British Soldier, 200 Demonstrate at Belfast IRA Hq.

5/23/1972, Australia Must Kill Million Kangaroos a Year, Kangaroo Gestation Period only Five Days Longer than a Rabbit

5/23/1972, Helen Thomas with Nixon in Moscow, Helen Compares Moscow & Peking, No Unisex Cloths in Moscow, Part 1

5/23/1972, Helen Thomas with Nixon in Moscow, Helen Compares Moscow & Peking, No Unisex Cloths in Moscow, Part 2

5/23/1972, Gov. Wallace Condition Unchanged (Shot Four Times by Lone Nut), Bullet Still Lodged in Spinal Cord

5/23/1972, Expos Snap Eight-Game Skid, Fairly HR Big Blow in 6-3 Win over Philly, Torrez (4-1, 2.24) Goes Distance

5/23/1972, Bucs' Willie Stargell Comfortable at Firstbase After Moving from Leftfield to Replace Slumping Robertson

5/23/1972; Pat Nixon, Mrs. Gromyko, Soviet Secret Police, & News Media Ride Subway (Built by Stalin) in Moscow

Moscow, 100 Executions a Week, Bolshevism Means Land of Massacres, 1/4/1919

The Moscow Underground Railway, 8/13/1936

Gigantic German Drive Closing in on Moscow, 10/16/1941

Berlin Reports German Advance on Moscow Requires No Consideration for Life, 12/9/1941

Snow Suspends German Operations Before Moscow, 12/10/1941

Fall of Moscow Not Expected this Year, 12/10/1941

Stalin's Funeral in Moscow, 3/12/1953

5/23/1972, Sammy Davis Jr. Testifies Before House Committee Investigating Link Between Sports & Organized Crime

5/23/1972, Bangladesh (Former East Pakistan) to Get Aid for 200,000 Victims of Rape by Pakistani Troops in Civil War

5/23/1972; Crippled Cubs Get Day Off Before Sizzling Mets Invade Chicago; Santo, Beckert, Kessinger & Pappas Ailing

5/23/1972, Soviet Ship Leaves Haiphong Harbor & Sails Through U.S. Naval Blockade Unmolested

5/23/1972, Majority Africans Reject Agreement Between Rhodesian P.M. Ian Smith & British, Part 1

5/23/1972, Majority Africans Reject Agreement Between Rhodesian P.M. Ian Smith & British, Part 2

5/23/1972, Kingman Doing His Best to Make Giant Fans Forget About Mays & McCovey

5/23/1972, Ex-Roommate Testifies for Angela Davis, Political Activist Davis Charged with Murder in Courthouse Invasion

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5/24/1972, White House Asserts North Vietnam Showing Signs of Strain on Battlefield Due to U.S. Military Pressure

5/24/1972, Nixon in Moscow Exchanges Pledges with Kremlin to Promote World Peace, First Meeting Runs Late

5/24/1972, Pearce Commission Says Settlement Proposals by British F.M. & Rhodesian P.M. Not Acceptable to Africans

5/24/1972, U.S. Jets Strike N. Vietnam with Great Intensity, 1,000 Missions in 3 Days, Laser-Guided Bombs Freely Used

5/24/1972, Nixon & Soviets Agree on Space Exploration, Nixon Visits Tomb of Unknown Soldier Killed in 1941, Part 1

5/24/1972, Nixon & Soviets Agree on Space Exploration, Nixon Visits Tomb of Unknown Soldier Killed in 1941, Part 2

Germans Begin Retreat in Battle of Moscow, 12/10/1941

5/24/1972, S. Viet Raids (Supported by U.S. Air & Naval Power) in Quang Tri Aim to Cut Off N. Viet Supply Lines

Map, South Vietnam, The Spring Offensive, 1972

Map, Principal U.S. Air Bases in Southeast Asia

5/24/1972, McGovern Heads for California (to Battle Humphrey) After Winning in Rhode Island & Oregon

5/24/1972, Baseball Standings

5/24/1972, By Bob Considine, Nixon Trip to Moscow Recalls Two Earlier Nixon Visits

5/24/1972, Boston Sculptress Kay Warden Places Full-Page Antiwar Ad in Ohio Newspapers

5/24/1972, The McGovern Campaign for President in Oklahoma

5/24/1972, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Votes for Total Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Vietnam by Aug. 31

5/24/1972, Drought in India Claims 421 Lives, Blackbirds Fall from Treetops, 112-135-degree Heat

5/24/1972, McGovern Tells Cheering Supporters in Portland There Will Be Bigger Celebrations in California

5/24/1972, U.S.A.F. & Navy Fighters Escorting Bombing Raids Against Hanoi-China Rail Links Shoot Down Four MIGs

5/24/1972, By Joseph Alsop, Grim Courage at An Loc, Heroic Defense, Point-Blank Battles Between Tanks & Bazookas

5/24/1972, Arab Dhows in Indian Ocean (Small Cargo Ships with Sails Known as "Sea Camels") Becoming Obsolete

5/24/1972, Heavy Fighting Flares 60 Miles North of Saigon Near An Loc, Three U.S. Fighter-Bombers Shot Down, Part 1

5/24/1972, Heavy Fighting Flares 60 Miles North of Saigon Near An Loc, Three U.S. Fighter-Bombers Shot Down, Part 2

5/24/1972, More Racial Polarization in Rhodesia Feared

5/24/1972, Six Reporters Called to White House for Briefing in Wake of N.Y. Times Reports from Hanoi on U.S. Bombing

5/24/1972, Hanoi Claims Eight U.S. Warplanes Shot Down While Attacking Populated Areas, Part 1

5/24/1972, Hanoi Claims Eight U.S. Warplanes Shot Down While Attacking Populated Areas, Part 2

Demonstrating Antiwar Marchers Forget Communist Atrocities, 12/10/1969

West Ignores Cambodian Killings, 10/24/1978

5/24/1972, "Facelift Commandos" Set Out to Erase Aerosol-Paint Graffiti Marks & Gang Slogans on Glasgow Buildings

5/24/1972; Pirates Win 6-2 at St. Louis on Dozen Singles, 5 Walks, 2 Hit Batters, & 3 Card Errors; Bucs 8th-Straight Win

5/24/1972, By Bruce Biossat, McGovern in Driver's Seat for Democratic Presidential Nomination

5/24/1972, U.N. Secretary Asks George Bush on Security Council for Possible Measures to Achieve Peace in Vietnam

5/24/1972; Indoctrination Technics Lacking in S. Viet Army; Draftees Trapped Forever, Draft Dodgers Rewarded

5/24/1972, Belfast Suffers Bomb Blast, British Soldier Slain by Sniper, Catholic Women Protest Against IRA Violence

5/24/1972, By Kevin Phillips, The Impact of Governor George Wallace

5/24/1972, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover Wills $551,500 Estate to His Assistant, Hoover's Nieces & Nephews Get Nothing

5/24/1972; Witness Testifies Angela Davis Wept when Told of Courthouse Killings, Did Not Know Her Guns Were Used

5/24/1972; S. Viet Troops Stage Amphibious Landing North of Hue; Two U.S. Choppers Downed, Nine Americans Missing

5/24/1972, School Teacher Claiming to Have Bomb Hijacks Ecuadorian Airliner, Hijacker Shot & Killed, No Bomb Found

5/24/1972, Players Plan Go-Ahead With Second Annual NBA-ABA All-Star Game Despite Opposition from Owners

5/24/1972, Redskins Fined $5,000

5/24/1972, Baseball Boxscores

5/24/1972, U.S. Fighter-Bombers Destroy Hanoi Power Plant, Pentagon Gives Local Commanders More Flexibility

5/24/1972; Two Bombs in Parked Cars Explode on U.S. Army Compound in Germany, Killing 3 U.S. Troops & Wounding 3

5/24/1972, Wall Street Experts Believe Vietnam War May Have Long-Term Adverse Impact on Economy

5/24/1972, Two Men Armed with Dynamite Hijack S. African Jet Liner, Hijackers Want to Join Rebel War in Malagasy

State of Emergency in Malagasy, 5/15/1972

France to Stay Out of Malagasy Internal Fighting, 5/18/1972

Map, Madagascar, Google

5/24/1972, Use of Tanks & Artillery at Start of Late-March Offensive Contributed to N. Vietnam's Initial Successes

5/24/1972, Cubs Snap Mets' 11-Game Streak, Phil Niekro Homers & Tosses Six-Hitter

5/24/1972, Washington Redskins Owner George Allen Fined for Trading Players Not His for Draft Picks

5/24/1972, By David Lawrence, U.S. Learned in WWII it Can Avoid Global Conflict by Helping Small Nations

5/24/1972; Brewer Averages, Team Hitting .187; Lonborg 36 ip, 1.24 ERA; Stephenson 16 ip, 0 ER

5/24/1972; Brewers' Jim Lonborg Back in '67 Form, Blanks Tigers 3-0 on 4 Singles; Reggie Jackson Home-9th HR Wins

Ski Accident Fells 1967 Cy Young Winner & Boston Ace Lonborg, 12/27/1967

5/24/1972; Jenkins Limits Mets; Late Night Boxscores; Dave Kingman Two HRs, Five RBIs

5/24/1972, Boston's Reggie Smith Drives in Three Runs & Scores Winning Tally Against Baltimore

5/24/1972, Boston Red Sox Halt Five-Game Slide

5/24/1972, Lonborg Tosses Nifty Four-Hitter, Briggs' HR Breaks up 0-0 Duel in 7th, Brews Blank Tigers 3-0, Part-1

5/24/1972, Lonborg Tosses Nifty Four-Hitter, Briggs' HR Breaks up 0-0 Duel in 7th, Brews Blank Tigers 3-0, Part-2

5/24/1972, Bud Selig Reelected as Brewers' Chief Executive

5/24/1972, Jabbar to Skip Basketball All-Star Game

5/24/1972, Reggie Jackson Hits First Pitch from Eddie Fisher in Bottom of 9th for Winning HR, A's Top Angels 3-2

5/24/1972; Hot-Hitting Carlos May Sparks White Sox; Bahnsen, Forster, & Kealey Combine for 2-1 Win Over Texas

5/24/1972, Rapidly Melting Polar Ice Caps May Open Artic Ocean Up for Alaskan & Canadian Oil Transport by 2000

5/24/1972, Florida High Court Rules Police Must Have Warrant to Intercept Phone Calls

5/24/1972, Pentagon Discloses Additional B-52s Being Sent to Indochina

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5/25/1972, Min. of Defense Tells Australian House S. Viets Will Hold Out Against N. Viet Offensive, Review Draws Jeers

5/25/1972, Guatemalan Police Release Hijacking Suspect After He Turns Out to Be European Tourist

5/25/1972, (Scotland) Rangers Edge Moscow Dynamo 3-2 in Cup Final at Barcelona, Fans Restless, Riots Erupt, Part 1

5/25/1972, (Scotland) Rangers Edge Moscow Dynamo 3-2 in Cup Final at Barcelona, Fans Restless, Riots Erupt, Part 2

5/25/1972, Extremist Group Baader-Meinhoff Gang Suspected in Bombing of U.S. Army Base Hq. in West Germany, Part 1

5/25/1972, Extremist Group Baader-Meinhoff Gang Suspected in Bombing of U.S. Army Base Hq. in West Germany, Part 2

5/25/1972, N. Viet Gunners Shell Kontum Using Captured U.S. Ammo, U.S. Civilian Advisors Evacuated, Part 1

5/25/1972, N. Viet Gunners Shell Kontum Using Captured U.S. Ammo, U.S. Civilian Advisors Evacuated, Part 2

5/25/1972, Carswell AFB Texas Sends B-52s to Support Viet War, 40 B-52s Alerted for Deployment, No Targets Ruled Out

5/25/1972, New U.S. Army Amphibious Truck Tends to Sink, Other Teething Problems Include Engine & Suspension

5/25/1972, Danger Signals Ahead Over Rhodesia

5/25/1972, Nixon in Moscow Accepts Numerical Inferiority in Missiles but U.S. to Retain Superiority in Deliverable Nukes

5/25/1972, By James Reston, McGovern Is Nixon's Best Friend, Republicans Joyous as McGovern Closer to Nomination

5/25/1972, East Berlin Closes Wall After Second Eight-Day Opening to West Berliners, 700,000 W. Berliners Visited East

5/25/1972, Fire Sweeps Through Jakarta's Main Harbor, 66 Killed, 32 Ships Destroyed, Sea Turns into Blazing Inferno

5/25/1972, By Helen Thomas, Nixon in Moscow Hopes to Get Commitment to Help U.S. Make Graceful Exit from Vietnam

5/25/1972, Ethnic Groups Tend to Vote in Blocks While Most Americans Condemn Ethnic-Block Voting as Un-American

5/25/1972, Senator McGovern Popular in Home State of South Dakoda

5/25/1972, Mafia Linked to Meat Price Hikes

5/25/1972, Two Moon Astronauts to Retire from Space Corps & Military

5/25/1972; College Students: 41% Liberal, 17% Very Liberal, 20% Middle-of-Road, 19% Conservative

5/25/1972, 150 Bus Reservations Confirmed from Youngstown to Washington D.C. for African Liberation Day March

5/25/1972; U.S. Fighter-Bombers, B-52s, & Navy Jets Support S. Viet Raids Behind Enemy Lines in Quang Tri Province

5/25/1972, Irish Republican Army Answers Catholic Call for Truce with New Wave of Violence

5/25/1972, N. Viets Attacking in Force North of Hue, S. Viets Liberate 5,000 Civilians Trapped in Quang Tri Province

5/25/1972, Defense Rests in Angela Davis Murder-Kidnapping Trial After 12 Witnesses (Prosecution Called 95), Part 1

5/25/1972, Defense Rests in Angela Davis Murder-Kidnapping Trial After 12 Witnesses (Prosecution Called 95), Part 2

5/25/1972, Six U.S. Warplanes Lost & 14 American Crewmen Missing in Accelerated Raids Over N. Vietnam, Part 1

5/25/1972, Six U.S. Warplanes Lost & 14 American Crewmen Missing in Accelerated Raids Over N. Vietnam, Part 2

5/25/1972, Head of NASA Praises New U.S.-U.S.S.R. Agreement in Science & Technology

5/25/1972, Newly Released State Dept. Documents Reveal Mao Wanted to Ditch Soviets for Washington in 1946

5/25/1972; Nixon, Brezhnev, & Chou En-lia Triangulate World Policies; China Accuses U.S. & Russia of Controlling World

5/25/1972, Truman Disillusioned with Nationalists in Aug. '46, Marshal Describes Red Chinese Stall Tactics in Dec. '46

Reds Boast They Will Rule China in Two Years, 11/25/1948 (Includes Map), Part 1

Reds Boast They Will Rule China in Two Years, 11/25/1948 (Includes Map), Part 2

5/25/1972, S. African Jetliner Hijacked, 64 Passengers Released in Rhodesia, Jet Then Goes to Blantyre Malawi

Map, Blantyre Malawi, Google

5/25/1972, Defense Minister Dayan Says Israel May Have to Hold onto Occupied Arab Territory as Defensive Buffer

5/25/1972, Sikorsky Describes Arguments by Antiwar Groups Wanting U.S. to Stop Making Helicopters as Nonsense

5/25/1972, Jose Cardenal & Billy Williams Power Cubs Over Mets, White Sox Win sixth Straight

5/25/1972, Late Night Boxscores, Frank Robinson Two HRs in Dodger 8-5 Win Over Giants

5/25/1972, Baseball Standings

5/25/1972, Baseball Boxscores, Manny Sanguillen Five Hits, Stone Outduels Osteen 1-0, Clemente Home Run

5/25/1972; Bucs Grind Out 9-4 Win in 14 Innings at St. Louis; Pirates Strand 19, Bang 19 Hits, & Draw 10 Passes

5/25/1972, Jim Kaat Wins Scoreless Duel, Twins Shade Royals 1-0 in 12 Innings, Kaat Goes 11 Innings, Granger Gets Save

5/25/1972, Ammo Plant Blast Kills Five Women in Mississippi

5/25/1972, Additional B-52s to Vietnam Will Bring Total U.S. Bombers & Fighter-Bombers to About 1,000 in S.E.A., Part 1

5/25/1972, Additional B-52s to Vietnam Will Bring Total U.S. Bombers & Fighter-Bombers to About 1,000 in S.E.A., Part 2

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5/26/1972, Missile-Firing U.S. Choppers Halt Tank-Led N. Viet Assault on Kontom, New Guided Missiles Destroy 13 Tanks

5/26/1972; Nixon Negotiates Historic Nuke Pact in Moscow (Soviets Lead 1,550-1,054 in ICBMs, Trail in Nuke Subs 41-25)

5/26/1972, Anti-Viet War Slogan Shouted During Nixon's Visit to Bolshoi Theater, Shadowy Secret Police Look for Source

5/26/1972, Pittsburgh Priests Fail to Get Fraternal Order of Police to Repudiate Endorsement of Gov. George Wallace

5/26/1972, Gallop Poll Shows Humphrey Leading McGovern in All Categories Except Voters with College Background

5/26/1972, Humphrey Charges McGovern Policies Would Jeopardize National Defense & Cost Thousands of Jobs

5/26/1972, NATO Members Concerned Nixon & Russia Will Reach Their Own Separate Decisions on European Security

5/26/1972, Nixon Suggests Reporters Go to Moscow's Danilovsky Market to Get Pulse of the Real Soviet Union

5/26/1972, Suave KGB Col. Gladkiy & 30 KGB Agents Assigned to Guard Mrs. Nixon, Press Says She's too Protected

5/26/1972, Brezhnev Less Belligerent with Nixon than Khrushchev Was During Nixon's 1959 Visit, Viet War Chills Talks

5/26/1972, Revenue Secretary Estimates Pennsylvania Will End Fiscal Year (6/30) with Modest $22.4 Million Tax Surplus

Tax Revenue Note: In 1972 the U.S. could still afford to police the world, send a man to the moon, and deal with the Cold War because it had not yet redistributed its revenue-generating and wealth-creating jobs away from America.

5/26/1972; Saigon Encouraged by Nixon's Peace Mission to Moscow, but Worried He Will Give Away too Much

5/26/1972; When Watching Nixon in Moscow on TV, Remember U.S. Has 20x More Autos, 9x More Paved Roads, Etc.

5/26/1972; Nixon Proclaims Oct. 24 as United Nations Day, but House Votes to Cut Funding to U.N.

5/26/1972, No. 1 Draft Pick Franco Harris & Pittsburgh Steelers Negotiating; Agent Mentions Canadian Football League

'Mirical' Gives Steelers Win Over Raiders in AFC Playoff, 12/24/1972

Harris in Right Place, Right Time; 12/24/1972

Instant TV Replay Not Used in Harris Touchdown Decision, 12/24/1972

'Immaculate Reception' Still Irks Raiders, 11/30/2000

5/26/1972, Hostages Released from Hijacked S.African 727, Malawian Gov't Blacks Out News Until Situation Finalized

5/26/1972; U.K. Develops New Guided Missile System, Light Weight, For Choppers or Frigates, Code Name CL834

5/26/1972; U.S. Spaceship Pioneer 10 Passes Mars Orbit, Now Bound for Jupiter, Will Take 15 Years to Exit Solar System

5/26/1972, NBA Edges ABA 106-104 in Unauthorized All Star Game, Bob Lanier MVP, $33,000 Split by Winners

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5/26/1972, U.S. Air Strikes Degrading China's Ability to Supply Hanoi by Rail, T-54 Tanks too Heavy for Haiphong

5/26/1972, N. Viets Continue Offensive Northwest of Hue, Communists Overrun S. Viet Dugouts at Perimeter of Kontum

5/26/1972, Nixon & Moscow Agree to End Naval Buzzing, Ships Not to Simulate Attacks by Aiming Weapons at Each Other

5/26/1972, Two Hijackers Remain on 727 at Malawian Airport, Last Four Hostages Escape During Ransom Exchange

5/26/1972, Anthony Lewis of The New York Times in Hanoi: City at War, Bananas & Vegetables Plentiful, Rice Rationed

5/26/1972, Nixon in Moscow: Sense of U.S. Retreat in World Prevails in Moscow as It Did During Nixon Visit to Peking

Truman Vows No Retreat from Russian Berlin Blockade, 6/28/1948

Note: The Soviets had successfully used blockade tactics on a larger scale during the 1932/33 Ukrainian peasant uprising.

Koreans Retreating Before Red Invasion, 6/27/1950

Russians Blame South Korea for Invasion of South Korea, 6/30/1950

Truman Orders U.S. Troops into Korea, 7/1/1950

Suwon Evacuated, Red China Massing 200,000 Troops Along N. Korean Border, 7/3/1950

Heavy Fighting in Korea as U.S. Troops Reposition Defenses Under Cover of Darkness, 7/7/1950, Part 1

Heavy Fighting in Korea as U.S. Troops Reposition Defenses Under Cover of Darkness, 7/7/1950, Part 2

U.S. Troops Falling Back Before Massed Tanks & Crack N. Korean Infantry, 7/13/1950

Blazing Offensive by N. Korean Tanks & Troops Forces U.S. Retreat, 7/22/1950

5/26/1972, Sappers Infiltrate Kontum, Main N. Viet Units Thrown Back; Red Losses for War Put at 839,861, Part 1

5/26/1972, Sappers Infiltrate Kontum, Main N. Viet Units Thrown Back; Red Losses for War Put at 839,861, Part 2

5/26/1972, Explosion Rips Restrooms of Chilean Jetliner en Route from Panama to Miami Forcing Emergency Landing

5/26/1972, U.S. Writer Covering Nixon Moscow Trip Implies Soviet Union Does Not Have Enough Yiddish Newspapers

5/26/1972, Willie Mays Delivers Deciding Hit in 14th Inning as Mets Shade Cubs 3-2 in Chicago, Dyer HR, Williams 3 Hits

5/26/1972; U.S. Trade Deficit Worst Ever, Soars Past $2 Billion in April; Last Year Was First Trade Deficit in U.S. History

Boxscore: U.S. Trade Balance, 1960-Current; U.S. Trade Deficit Maxes Out at $700+ Billion Annually from 2005/08

5/26/1972, V.P. Agnew Gets Father of Year Award, Defends U.S. Viet Role, "Immoral to Turn a Deaf Ear to the Weak"

5/26/1972, Senate Leaders Praise Nixon for Progress on Arms Limitation Agreement, ABM Ratification May Be Difficult

5/26/1972, Radio Hanoi Accuses U.S. of Bombing Irrigation Dikes in North Vietnam Just Before Harvest Time

5/26/1972, Heavy U.S. Bombing of North Vietnam's War-Supply Rail Links Causes Traffic Jam of Boxcars in China

5/26/1972, American League Boxscores, Peterson & Lockwood Toss Shutouts

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5/27/1972; S. Viets Repel Communist Assault on Kontum; U.S.A.F. Strikes N. Viet Power Stations, Bridges, & Fuel Dumps

Map, Kontum, Google

Photo, Bombing Hai Duong Bridge, 5/10/1972, Wikipedia

Photo, Home of the Wolf Pack, U.S. Air Base 200 Miles West of Kontum, 1972, Wikipedia

5/27/1972, British Soldiers in Ulster 'Facing Barbarians'

Map, Ulster (Green = Republic of Ireland; Orange = Northern Ireland)

Map, Northern Ireland, Google

5/27/1972, Rhodesian P.M. Ian Smith Rejects African Proposal for National Convention on Constitutional Problems

Rhodesia, British South Africa Co. Annexes New Stretch of Land, 3/21/1895

Future of Rhodesia, Electric Lights, Water Supply, Stock Exchange, Etc., 5/2/1896

British South Africa Co. Annual Report Shows Rhodesian Territories Economically Sound & Stable, 5/17/1910

High Commissioner for South Africa Issues Report on Operations of Rhodesian Forces Since Start of War, 9/8/1917

Rhodesia Declares Independence, 11/12/1965

5/27/1972, Tighter Security Provisions Imposed at Lucas County Jail Due to Five Escapes in Two Months

5/27/1972, Country Singer Charley Pride to Appear at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall, Pride Began Career as Baseball Player

5/27/1972, Scotland's Members of British Squad for Olympic Games in Munich Train at London's Crystal Palace

5/27/1972, N. Viets Gain Toehold in Kontum as Waves of B-52s Pound Reds; U.S. Jets Hit Bridge Near China, Part 1

5/27/1972, N. Viets Gain Toehold in Kontum as Waves of B-52s Pound Reds; U.S. Jets Hit Bridge Near China, Part 2

5/27/1972; Commerce Dept. Reports Second Largest Trade Deficit in History, $700 Million for April ($23 Million Daily)

5/27/1972; President Nixon Visits Leningrad Cemetery, Walks Silently Past Mass Graves of Russians Who Died in WWII

Hitler's Siege Armies Increase Pressure on Leningrad, 9/26/1941, Part 1

Hitler's Siege Armies Increase Pressure on Leningrad, 9/26/1941, Part 2

Leningrad Siege Grimmest Tragedy of Modern Times, 1/23/1943

Germans Report Red Army Opening Powerful Offensive on Leningrad Front, 1/14/1944

Leningrad Siege Lifted, Moscow Celebrates, Soviets Nearing Estonia, 1/28/1944, Part 1

Leningrad Siege Lifted, Moscow Celebrates, Soviets Nearing Estonia, 1/28/1944, Part 2

5/27/1972, U.S. to Observe African Liberation Day with Rallies in Support of Nations Under Yoke of Colonialism, Part 1

5/27/1972, U.S. to Observe African Liberation Day with Rallies in Support of Nations Under Yoke of Colonialism, Part 2

More than 100 Europeans Massacred in Remote Mountain Regions Between Algeria & Constantine, 5/19/1945

Mau Mau Natives Massacre Pro-Europeans in British Colony of Kenya in East Africa, 4/14/1953

French Information Ministry Orders Agencies in Paris to Blank Out News from Algeria, 5/20/1958

Senseless Violence Dominates War Between Nigeria & Breakaway Biafra, 5/14/1968

Crime Wave Follows Nigeria's Civil War, 5/20/1970

Armed Robbers in Nigeria Shot Before Cheering Crowds, 7/27/1972

Genocide in Uganda, 5/26/1973

Uganda's Big Daddy Idi Amin Regarded as World's Top Murderer, 6/12/1978

Food & Supplies Airlifted to Ethiopian Famine Victims, 11/1/1984

Genocide Grows in Burundi, 1/20/1996

Thousands Slain in Central African Country of Burundi, 9/4/1996

Albright Says West Shares Blame for Africa Massacres, 12/10/1997

Horrors of Freetown, 8/3/1999

Hutu Leader Convicted in Rwandan Genocide, 12/7/1999

U.N., U.S., France, & Catholics Blamed for Rwandan Genocide, 7/9/2000

U.N. Investigating War Crimes by Rebels in Sierra Leone, 8/15/2000

Zimbabwe Famine Worsens, 7/1/2002

Africa's Two Most Dangerous Conflicts, Liberia & Congo; 6/16/2003

Rwanda: Legacy of Genocide, 6/6/2004

U.N. to Investigate Darfur Genocide, 11/9/2004

Hague-Based International Criminal Court Alleges War Crimes in Central African Republic, 5/23/2007

Refugees Fleeing Latest Congo Battles Tell of Atrocities, 10/31/2007

5/27/1972, N. Viets in S. Viet Uniforms Infiltrate Kontum at Dawn, U.S. Choppers Use Guided Missiles on Tanks, Part 1

5/27/1972, N. Viets in S. Viet Uniforms Infiltrate Kontum at Dawn, U.S. Choppers Use Guided Missiles on Tanks, Part 2

5/27/1972, A's Rally to Defeat White Sox 4-2 in Oakland, Manager Williams Pitches Around Allen, Reggie Jackson Homers

5/27/1972, Motor Vehicle Maximum Noise Law Begins in January

5/27/1972, Former Atty. Gen. & Now Nixon Campaign Manager John Mitchel Sees McGovern as Democratic Nominee

5/27/1972, Sarasota to Celebrate 433rd Anniversary of Hernando De Soto's Expedition Landing on Florida's West Coast

5/27/1972; Jack Nicklaus Tunes Up for U.S. Open with One-Shot Atlanta Lead, Ties Course Record with 8 Under-Par 64

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5/27/1972, S. Viet Coastal Rd. "Street Without Joy" Contested, B-52s & U.S. Navy Bombard N. Viet Tanks & Artillery

Map, Hue, Google

Street Without Joy, By Bernard Fall, Google Book Excerpts

B-52 Strategic Bombers Successfully Adapted for Tactical Infantry Support

N. Viet Assault Caught in Open by U.S. Fighter-Bombers, B-52s, & Chopper Gunships; 5/13/1971

Map, Principal U.S. Air Bases in Southeast Asia During Vietnam War

Map, Easter Offensive, March to May 1972, U.S. Army Military Books

Map, South Vietnam Administrative Divisions & Military Regions, June 1967, Alfa Recon Association

Map; South Vietnam, Southern Laos, Eastern Thailand, Cambodia

5/27/1972, Street Fighting Reported in Kontum, U.S. Jets Cut Hanoi-China Rail Link, Firebase 41 Under Attack

5/27/1972, Heavy Fighting Reported Near An Loc (60 Miles N. of Saigon), U.S. Warplanes Pound Haiphong, Part 1

5/27/1972, Heavy Fighting Reported Near An Loc (60 Miles N. of Saigon), U.S. Warplanes Pound Haiphong, Part 2

5/27/1972, Nixon Accumulates Enough Republican Delegates to Assure Nomination for Second White House Term

5/27/1972, Protesters in Belfast Call for All-Out Military Drive Against Irish Republican Army, Blasts Damage Theatres

5/27/1972, Native American Mohican Indian Turns from Booze to Bible

Generous American Christians Furnish Lesson for Other Nations to Copy, 10/22/1898

5/27/1972, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development George Romney Calls Urban Renewal Programs Wasteful

5/27/1972, Nixon & Brezhnev Step Back from Armageddon, Nuclear Giants Sign Treaty in 27th Year of Atomic Age

5/27/1972, North Vietnamese Offensive Begins 59th Day with Fifth Assault North of Hue this Week

5/27/1972, Gunmen Open Fire on Catholic Drugstore in Belfast, Bomb Wounds 38 & Kills One, 337 Dead in 33 Months

5/27/1972; Cub Thirdbaseman & Injured-Santo Replacement Fanzone Spent Seven Years in Minors, Drives in 3 Runs

5/27/1972, Montreal Expos Baseball Statistics; Torrez 4-1 W-L, 50.2 Innings, ERA 1.96; Marshall 24.1 Innings, 1.44 ERA

5/27/1972, Roberto Clemente Closing in on 3,000 Hits, Clemente Sent Wrong Bats & Must Use Hebner Model

5/27/1972, North Carolina Tobacco Crop Threatened by Blue Mold

5/27/1972, Rocket Expert Dr. Wernher Von Braun Resigns from U.S. Space Agency to Join Private Industry

5/27/1972, Mayor of Monrovia Liberia Visits Richmond, She Says Urban Problems in Liberia & Richmond Are Similar

History of Colony of Emancipated Slaves at Liberia in Africa, 11/1/1832

Map, Liberia, Google

5/27/1972; Rocket Scientist Von Braun to Retire, Behind Moon Flights, Once Built Rockets for Adolf Hitler; Part 1

5/27/1972; Rocket Scientist Von Braun to Retire, Behind Moon Flights, Once Built Rockets for Adolf Hitler; Part 2

German Flying Bombs Kill 2,752, Soviets Drive into Poland, 7/8/1944

5/27/1972, Land Mines Kill 13 Thais Near Jungle Terrorist Camp During Communist Suppression Ops in N. Thailand

5/27/1972, Selling Beer & 213,000 Hot Dogs at Indy 500 Race, 104 Concession Stands, Boss Says It's Down to a Routine

5/27/1972; Baseball Standings; Mets (26-10), Astros (24-12), Indians (18-13), & White Sox (21-11) Lead Their Divisions

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5/27/1972, U.S. Fighter-Bombers Deliver 2,000-Pound Bombs Guided by Laser Beams to Wreck N. Viet Bridge, Part 1

5/27/1972, U.S. Fighter-Bombers Deliver 2,000-Pound Bombs Guided by Laser Beams to Wreck N. Viet Bridge, Part 2

U.S.A.F. Developing Laser-Guided Bombs to Counter N. Viet Missiles, Bad Weather, & Camouflage; 6/28/1967

U.S. Using Laser-Guided Bombs in Vietnam for Improved Accuracy, Errors Down from 400 to 12 Feet, 1/22/1970

A Tale of Two Bridges & the Battle for the Skies Over North Vietnam, U.S.A.F.

Photo, U.S. Fighter-Bomber Configured with Laser-Guided Bombs & Long-Range Fuel Tanks, Ausairpower

Laser-Guided Bomb (LGB) Component Location, Navy Aviation

Bomb Trajectory Equations (Altitude, Gravity, Air & Ground Speed, Drag, Displacement), Crystal Pepper & Chris Wilson

U.S. Air Strikes on Bridges During Vietnam War, Peter Alan Lloyd

5/27/1972; Nixon Signs Guest Book at WWII Leningrad Cemetery, Places Wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier

5/27/1972, East & West Germany Sign Traffic Treaty, Negotiators Now Want Less Minefields & Shootings Along Divide

5/27/1972, Reds' Gary Nolan Shuts Out Padres 4-0, Joe Morgan Homers in 1st to Break Up Norman's Scoreless Streak

5/27/1972, San Diego Padres at Cincinnati Reds Boxscore, Time of Game - 2:13, Attendance - 15,270, Reds Strand 12

5/27/1972, L.A. Manager Walter Alston & Houston Manager Harry Walker Both Ejected as Astros Defeat Dodgers

5/27/1972, Jack Nicklaus Shoots 64 for One-Stroke Lead in $130,000 Atlanta Classic, S. African Gary Player Shoots 65

5/27/1972, Milwaukee's Rodriguez & Ferraro Outdo Abbott & Costello, Red Sox Edge Brewers 5-4 at Fenway Park

5/27/1972, Angela Davis Acquittal Expected in Explosive Courtroom-Shootout Case, Conviction Could Lead to Violence

5/27/1972, Ford 1972 Maverick Tested, Good Gas Mileage, $2,646.73, Highway Cruise Lacks Whine, Top Speed 91

5/27/1972, Pentagon Drops Doctor Draft for Rest of Year, but May Draft Doctors Again in Mid '73

5/27/1972, Brewers Trade Outfielder Motton to Angels for Salt Lake Pitcher Reynolds; Reynolds Assigned to Evansville

5/27/1972, Twins Bert Blyleven Blanks Texas Rangers 7-0, Carew Drives in Three Runs, Blyleven Singles & Scores Twice

5/27/1972, Indy 500 Will Return to Memorial Day (Monday Instead of Saturday) in 1973 Due to Large Volume of Fan Mail

5/27/1972, Indy 500 Starting Lineup

5/27/1972; Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Statistics; Team Batting - .185; Team ERA - 2.72; Stephenson 17ip, 0.00 ERA

5/27/1972, Pinellas County Love Bugs Make Life Difficult for House Painters by Sticking to Wet Paint

5/27/1972, NBA Players Threaten to Quit if Fined for All Star Game, NBA Edges ABA 106-104, Winners Get $3,000 Each

5/27/1972, Brazilian Soccer Star Pele Scores Two Goals in 3-0 Victory Over Japan

5/27/1972, White & Black Rhodesians Reject British Proposals, Blacks Want Independence, Sanctions Have Little Effect

5/27/1972, WWII Still Nightmare for Dutch, 110,000 Jews Killed By Nazis, Moves to Free Criminal POWs Protested

Gentiles Ordered Out of Amsterdam Jewish Quarter After Rioting Jews Beat Up Nazis, 2/15/1941

Dutch Civilians Battle Looting Nazi Storm Troopers in Synagogue, 9/28/1942

Jews of Holland & France Being Evacuated to Extermination Centers, 4/1/1943

Nazis Complete Deportation of Amsterdam Jews to Poland, 6/24/1943

Dutch Jews Evacuated from Liberated Towns Threatened by German Offensive, 12/22/1944

5/27/1972, Nixon in Moscow is Traveling Salesman, Mimeograph Machines Grind Out Agreement or Two a Day

5/27/1972, Navy P3 Orion Patrol Plane from Moffett Field in California with Eight Crewmembers Missing Near Big Sur

P3 Orion Patrol Aircraft, Military Analysis Network

Photo, Lockheed P3 Orion, Wikipedia

5/27/1972, Two Time-Bombs Explode at Columbia University, Antiwar Radicals Protesting Weapons Research Suspected

5/27/1972, Eight B-52s Leave Fairchild for Guam, Gen. James Discloses B-52s Assembling for Strikes on N. Vietnam

5/27/1972, Soviet Union & United States Nuclear Weaponry Boxscore

5/27/1972; Destroyer USS O'Bannon, "Fightingist Ship" of WWII (20 Battle Stars), Sold to Scrap Firm for $87,212.54

5/27/1972, Humphrey Dogged by Financial Woes

5/27/1972, Defense Planners Confident that Arms Agreement Signed in Moscow Does Not Undermine U.S. Security

5/27/1972; Baseball Boxscores; Torre & Simmons Combine for Five Hits, Two HRs, & Four RBIs in Card Win Over Mets

5/27/1972, Baseball Standings: International League, American Association, Southern League

5/27/1972; Dow Jones Industrials Climb to 971.25, Highest Since Dec. 19, 1968

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5/27/1972, Kontum May Boil Down to Infantry as U.S. Choppers Brew N. Viet Tanks, Hanoi Calls Nixon War Criminal

U.S. Investigates Its Own Atrocities While Hanoi Justifies Its Own War Crimes, 12/5/1969

Saigon Undergoing Reeducation, 12/10/1975

Future for Viet Refugees in U.S. Appears Bright, Most Work, Few Need Public Assistance, 5/24/1979

5/27/1972, Nashua to Mark Memorial Day with Parades & Tributes, Servicemen on Leave Urged to Participate, Part 1

5/27/1972, Nashua to Mark Memorial Day with Parades & Tributes, Servicemen on Leave Urged to Participate, Part 2

5/27/1972, Hank Aaron Hits 646th HR, Braves Wallop Giants 9-4, Marichal Loses 8th

5/27/1972, Auditors Discover $7-Million Shortfall at Surety Bank & Trust Co., 5,000 Customers Wait in Line for Money

5/27/1972; U.S. Advisor in Hue Wants More Credit for S. Viet Troops; Says if S. Viets Can't Do It, We'd Be Here Forever

5/27/1972, Florida State League Standings, Tampa-St. Pete Boxscore

5/27/1972, Bases-Loaded Pass Breaks Deadlock as St. Petersburg Cardinals Top Tampa Tarpons 4-2

5/27/1972; Golden Gate Bridge Marks 35th Birthday, Continues to Generate Revenue

5/27/1972, Booming Town in Montana & Hub of Anti-Ballistic Missile Complexes Worried About Arms Agreement

5/27/1972; Indy Payout to Exceed $1,000,000; Al Unser Won $238,454 in '71; Wide, Slick Tires & Wings Increase Speeds

5/28/1972, Waves of B52s Defend Kontum, N. Viet Infiltrators Blow Up Ammo Dump, AC-130 Gunships Strafe Enemy Base

U.S. B-52 Stratofortresses Begin Third Month of Saturation Bombing Along Ho Chi Minh Trail, 12/6/1970

U.S. Gunships Pound Supply Lines in Laos, Bomb Tonnage of 30 B-52s Equals Total of London Blitz, 2/27/1971

AC-130 Gunship Draws Missile Fire in Laos, AC-130s Detect & Destroy Supply Trucks in Jungle at Night, 5/18/1971

U.S. to Add More AC-130 Gunships in Thailand to Hunt N. Viet Supply Trucks in Laos, 7/12/1971, Part 1

U.S. to Add More AC-130 Gunships in Thailand to Hunt N. Viet Supply Trucks in Laos, 7/12/1971, Part 2

Two AC-130 Gunships Shot Down, AC-130s Are Best Weapon in Laos, 12,000 Trucks Destroyed in '71, 4/1/1972

5/28/1972, Nixon Receives Viet War Reports Inside Kremlin, Soviet Security Believes Nixon Safer in Moscow than U.S.

5/28/1972, Chinese Gravely Concerned About U.S. Mining of N. Viet Ports

5/28/1972, Five Men Stabbed to Death this Year in Ohio Maximum Security Penitentiary

5/28/1972, Immediate Trade Training Openings Available in R.A.A.F. for Aircraft Maintenance & Electronics

5/28/1972, Jack Anderson, Secret Service Keeps Close Watch on 400 Organizations

5/28/1972, Wallace Gaining Strength; 200 F.B.I. & Secret Service Agents Investigate Movements of Wallace Shooter

5/28/1972, Book Review, Shaka's War, by John Shelby, Zulu Warriors, Tactics Included Massacring Women & Children

British Troops & Auxiliaries Overwhelmed & Massacred by 20,000 Zulu Warriors, 2/15/1879

The Zulu Struggle, 4/19/1879

The Zulu War, 5/24/1879

Lord Chelmsford's Victory in Zulu War (Near Ulundi), 8/16/1879

What Is to Be Done with Zululand?, 8/28/1879

Map, Zululand, 1879, Wikipedia

Current Map, Ulundi South Africa (Zululand in 1879), Google

5/28/1972, Soviets Take Steps to Curb Future Pollution, Caspian Sea Level Drops Eight Feet in 20 Years

5/28/1972, Inside Scotland Yard, The British Bobby Has Come Under Recent Criticism

5/28/1972, Tickets for Elvis Pressley Concert in New York Go on Sale, Line Stretches Around Block

5/28/1972, Battle of Kontum Still in Doubt, Mobs of Refugees Force Choppers to Drop Cargo Without Landing

5/28/1972; Prosecution Says Angela Davis Plotted Courtroom Invasion; Angela Says She Knew Nothing, Was with Friends

5/28/1972, Lund & Player Lead Atlanta Golf Classic After 3rd Round with 206s, Nicklaus at 209 Falls Back to 6th

5/28/1972, Duncan & Campaneris Power Oakland A's Past White Sox 6-3 into A.L. West Lead, Hunter Goes Distance

5/28/1972, Donohue Passes Sputtering Grant with 30 Miles to Go to Win Indy 500, Al Unser Finishes 3rd, Part 1

5/28/1972, Donohue Passes Sputtering Grant with 30 Miles to Go to Win Indy 500, Al Unser Finishes 3rd, Part 2

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