Atty Gen Mitchell, in s warning against irresponsible and malicious criticism of Ct, appears to be speaking in behalf of Justice Douglas without mentioning him by name; claims Justices sincerity, scholarship and devotion are beyond reproach; undercuts many charges that have been leveled against Douglas

Mitchell Warns of Danger In Attacks on High Court

POLICE POSTPONE TIE‐UP OVER PAY

natl antiwar movement in US, drained of vigor in recent mos, appears to have found new rallying point and impetus to renewed protest in US intervention in Cambodia; major univs are scene of student activities ranging from strikes to more violent melees; schools identified; illus; 68 members of Cornell Univ faculty and Natl Student Assn call for Nixon's impeachment

Big Rallies Are Planned

ex-Pres Johnson appeals to pub to support Nixon, s, Chicago; stresses gravity of problem and agony of deciding policy

Ex‐President in Chicago

11 persons injured, none seriously, in bomb explosions in 2 movie theaters (Dale Theater and Loew's Paradise) about 1 mi apart in the Bronx; details

11 HURT BY BOMBS IN 2 MOVIE HOUSES

Allied task force including 5,000 Amer infantrymen sweeps into Cambodia, forms are around suspected Communist hq; total of about 10,000 Amer and S Vietnamese soldiers move out in pincer operation designed to find and destroy Communist base, called Central Office for S Vietnam, in Fishhook area; meet no substantial resistance during 1st day; enemy mounts small probes against Amer troops in night defensive positions; troops illus; map

ALLIES DRIVE AHEAD IN CAMBODIA; NIXON AGREES TO DISCUSS DECISION WITH 4 COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

Premier Lon Nol says Cambodia had not been consulted in advance on Amer and S Vietnamese mil operations on its territory, news conf; says operation violates Cambodian territorial integrity, that his Govt weighs making formal protest; avoids any direct criticism of Amer move but says his preference would have been for US arms aid; his entourage shows undisguised enthusiasm at intervention by US troops; Lon Nol repts Communist penetration now poses threat to Pnompenh; says his Govt remains ready to negotiate with Communists; Lon Nol illus at recent pro-Govt rally

PNOMPENH GIVEN NO PRIOR NOTICE

Nixon refers to some campus radicals who violently oppose his policies as 'bums' and Amer soldiers as 'the greatest', statement to group of civilian employes greeting him at Pentagon; White House press sec repts Nixon cheered by pub response to his TV s; Nixon proclaims natl day of prayer for all Amer POWs and missing servicemen; gets briefing on mil situation from Laird and other Defense Dept officials

Nixon Puts ‘Bums’ Label On Some College Radicals

some foreign and Amer diplomats feel Nixon move on Cambodia may adversely affect its case against USSR rote in Middle East; Adm officials say Nixon weighed risk in making his decision

NASSER WARNS U.S. ON AID FOR ISRAEL

White House sources give expanded account of Nixon's decision to send US troops into Cambodia; say it was based entirely on estimates of dangerous enemy activity in recent days; chronolgy of events

U.S. Action Linked To Drives by Foe

rally begins on Town Green; about 12,000-15,000 youths attend; illus; 'Chicago 7' defendants J Rubin, A Hoffman and D Dellinger and Panther official Hilliard are among speakers; peaceful demonstration seen confirming Brewster's strategy of opening univ to demonstrators; police later use tear gas to disperse bottle-throwing Panther sympathizers who staged evening march from campus into downtown New Haven and confronted contingent of police and guardsmen; Yale student marshals and Coffin are instrumental in diverting crowds from st into green; 11 persons arrested, some minor injuries reptd; disorders began following fiery s by Rubin and false rept of arrest of 3 blacks; 486 Yale faculty members sign petition backing Brewster and scoring Agnew

NEW HAVEN POLICE SET OFF TEAR GAS AT PANTHER RALLY

Sen Foreign Relations Com, in unusual move, requests conf with Nixon to discuss Amer mil involvement, lr signed by Fulbright; Nixon invites Sens to joint conf with HR Foreign Affairs Com; com seen moving with intended restraint to challenge Adm's policy; Fulbright, in nearly unanimous view with com, makes it dear he disagrees with decision to send Amers into Cambodia; questions whether Nixon has legal authority to make such move; Mansfield breaks with Adm over policy, s, Sen; says 'what confronts US is not question of saving face, but question of saving lives; warns against becoming bogged down in another war; Sen Scott replies, s; defends decision; Fulbright discusses dilemma facing his com; says relationship between Legis and Exec branches of Govt should be 'one primarily of persuasion'; Sen Cooper backs view

A Meeting on War Moves Asked by Fulbright Group

Sen Finance Com rejects Nixon plan, asks Adm officials to rewrite complex legis to integrate new welfare benefits with existing Fed programs; Sen Long says revision will be aimed at eliminating circumstances under which recipient can reduce his family's income by earning more money; Finch announces group of top-level experts, headed by Pres assistant J D Ehrlichman, will undertake task; group includes Shultz, Moynihan, Finch and Dir Mayo; Finch says proposal will be ready within 'a few days;' predicts plan will still be approved by Cong this session; many welfare experts disagree; US C of C hails com's action

SENATORS BLOCK WELFARE REFORM AND ASK REVISION

Vietcong and N Vietnamese at Paris peace talks score 'open and impudent Amer aggression' in Cambodia; appeal for support of Amer pub opinion and of foreign govts to halt Nixon Adm; Hanoi spokesman Nguyen Than Le warns on incursion; Vietcong repr Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh and Chinese Communist Amb Huang Chen conf with French Min Schumann; Mrs Nugyen Thi Binh scores Nixon move; Communist Chinese press agency Hsinhua attacks Amer intervention in Cambodia as 'new monstrous crime'

Reds at Paris Talks Denounce U.S. ‘Aggression’ in Cambodia

Article describes 40,000-man Cambodian army, augmented by over 100,000 unpaid home guardsmen, long used mainly for rd bldg; notes lack of materiel, experience or training but inordinate bravado and optimism on victory; illus

Cambodia's Army: A Force Long Used to Make Roads, Not War

S Vietnamese Gen Do Cao Tri enters Svayrieng, confs with local Cambodian officials; S Vietnamese troops reptdly killed 61 enemy soldiers who attempted to ambush armored cars

A Saigon General Rides Into Cambodian Town

PENANG, Malaysia (UPI) &#8212; S. Ramasamy, a plantation worker, was laboring in the field when a coconut fell on his head. The Straits Times reported that the coconut cracked, hut Mr. Ramasamy, though knocked out and rushed to the hospital, showed no in jury to his skull.

Fishhook area were first re‐ Malaysian Has Hard Head

WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) &#8212;The Defense Department an nounced today that Army Spe cialist 5 David M. Burke Jr. of New Canaan, Conn., had died from wounds in the war in Southeast Asia.

New Canaan G.I. Killed

Norodom Sihanouk attends May Day celebration, Peking

Sihanouk Is With Mao At Peking May Day Fete

Brit W Indian Airways plane with 60 passengers and 8 crewmen diverted to Cuba on Kingston (Jamaica)-Miami flight; hijacker dropped plans for flight to Africa after talk with Cuban and Brit Embassy reprs

Hijackers Give Up in Cuba; Abandon Flight to Africa

Sr US mil planners back Nixon decision as sound; observers in S Vietnam puzzled by Nixon statement that enemy action within Cambodia has endangered Amer troops near Cambodian border; were unaware of any such threat

Military Planners View Nixon Decision as Sound

observers in S Vietnam voice puzzlement over Nixon statement that Amer troops near Cambodian border have been endangered by recent enemy action in Cambodia

Puzzled by Nixon View

Excerpts From Mansfield Speech on War

M Frankel analysis of Nixon decision; speculates that something must have taken place between Apr 20 and 27 to change his mood from confidence on outlook for Vietnamese war to anxiety

Behind the President's Decision

Saigon field comdrs call allied offensive in Fishhook area Operation Ultimate Victory

Saigon Translates Drive Into ‘Ultimate Victory’

ALM Flight 980 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight that originated in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, to Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, on May 2, 1970. After several unsuccessful landing attempts, the aircraft's fuel was exhausted, and it made a forced water landing in the Caribbean Sea 48 km off St. Croix, with 23 fatalities and 40 survivors.

ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23.

May 2, 1970

Headlines from May 2, 1970

Mitchell Warns of Danger In Attacks on High Court

POLICE POSTPONE TIE‐UP OVER PAY

Big Rallies Are Planned

Ex‐President in Chicago

11 HURT BY BOMBS IN 2 MOVIE HOUSES

Billboard 200

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Deja Vu

Hey Jude

Santana

Chicago II

Historical Events

Historical Context for May 2, 1970