U.S. Reports 79 Clashes During Truce in Vietnam; CLASHES REPORTED IN VIETNAM TRUCE
B-52s resume heavy bombing of border area W of Kontum; map
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B-52s resume heavy bombing of border area W of Kontum; map
Prof Bellush scores mayoral candidates for having failed to ask Faculty Sen for facts on dual admission plan before making statements; Lindsay reptdly gratified that plan was tentatively rejected; reptdly studies substitute proposal; Mailer scores plan defeat; Procaccino hopes new proposal rejects quota system; Badillo says dual admissions plan could not have been financed, scores 'worthless promises'; urges other remedies; Bellush says tentative Faculty Sen rejection of plan and acceptance of alternate proposal were by 'decisive' majorities, with 74 of 87 members present
nationwide strike cripples most heavy indus and transportation; heavy fighting continues in Cordoba as 13 reptdly are killed and at least 71 detained; city authorities break up scheduled demonstration march by 2,000; illus; map; Interior Min Borda declares subversion and planning contributed to situation in Cordoba; observers see start of broadly-based defiance of mil regime; note revolution is 1st without armed forces participation; most labor leaders reptdly arrested; BA labor leaders express jubilation with strike results; strike's effects detailed; most of nation remains quiet but tense atmosphere exists in cities; strike in Tucuman reptd virtually total; aide to prov Gov of Tucuman resigns; cites solidarity with students and people
US officials assume intentionally unruffled attitude toward Nguyen Van Thieu statements and communique with Park; there is inclination within Nixon Adm to regard statements as primarily rhetoric directed at hawkish opinion in S Korea and right-wing elements in Saigon; officials say Washington has received no direct word from Nguyen Van Thieu that he has changed his stand; White House and State Dept decline comment on statements; speculation; US and S Vietnamese stands discussed
survey on current crackdown on narcotic users at NYS colls and ensuing student rebellion; coll admrs concerned; students hold raids are selective and reflect attitudes of certain law enforcement officials; raids found to have little effect on narcotics traffic and are not always aimed at pushers; situation at Stony Brook and other colls described; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 28, 1969, covering May 31, 1969.
Original Cast Recording
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Bob Dylan
Glen Campbell
Donovan
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]