The "Tonight Show" moves from New York City to Burbank, California

J. Edgar Hoover, the only director of the FBI for 48 years, dies at age 77. He was appointed in 1924.

Harry S. Truman celebrates his 88th birthday with his wife, Bess.

The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the New York Knicks for the NBA title four games to one.

President Nixon orders the ports in North Vietnam mined to cut off supplies to Hanoi.

Actor Dan Blocker dies at the age of 43 from a blood clot in his lung. He was best known as Hoss Cartwright on "Bonanza."

Johnny Carson hosts the 24th Annual Emmy Awards.

Alabama's governor, George Wallace, is shot four times while campaigning for president in Maryland.

The United States returns Okinawa to Japan after 27 years of occupation.

Maggie Kuhn founds the Gray Panthers to fight for senior citizens' rights.

An explosion at the Pentagon destroys a restroom. The blast occurs six hours before stringent security measures were to begin due to anti-war demonstrations.

Tanya Wilson of Honolulu, Hawaii, is crowned Miss USA. Several explosions occur at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Durado, Puerto Rico, where the beauty pageant is being telecast.

President Nixon is the first American President to visit the Soviet Union. Nixon and Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign agreements to limit defenses against nuclear attack and to freeze the number of offensive ballistic missiles for up to five years. They also agree to put American and Soviet astronauts into orbit together by 1975.

In Rome, Lazlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's The Pieta with a hammer. The 472-year-old sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary holding Jesus Christ after the Crucifixion. Mary's left arm is severed, her veil and nose smashed, and left eye disfigured. A protective shield of unbreakable glass was to have been erected before The Pieta next month.

Ceylon gains independence after 24 years as a British Dominion. The new republic changes its name to Sri Lanka.

Astronauts Edgar D. Mitchell, 41, and James B. Irwin, 42, the 6th and 8th men to walk on the moon, announce plans to retire from the space corps and the military.

Mark Donahue wins the Indy 500.

The Duke of Windsor, 77, dies at his home near Paris. On December 10, 1936, after reigning for 325 days as King Edward VIII, he gave up the British throne for the woman he loved, twice divorced American Wallis Simpson.

The last two Morse operators in Canada send their final message. It is the same one that American Samuel Morse sent in his first public transmission on May 24, 1884 - "What hath God wrought!"

The Owego Village Board of Trustees passes an ordinance requiring the fencing of swimming pools in the village.

The Owego-Apalachin School District's 1972-73 budget of $6,122,394 is passed.

Hickories Park opens for the season and entry fees will be charged: 50 per motor vehicle, 1$ per vehicle with a boat, and 4$ per bus. It costs $2.50 per day for the use of a campsite.

Vandals cut open cages at Ross Park Zoo freeing two golden eagles. The federally owned eagles are captured the next day.

WNBF FM and AM radio stations are sold for $1.1 million to Stoner Broadcasting Co., Inc., of Des Moines, Iowa. WNBF has been on the air since the mid 1920's.

Fifty-one State University of New York students are arrested when they try to block the entrance to the Federal Building in Binghamton. This is one of many demonstrations, marches, and sit-ins protesting the blockade of North Vietnamese ports. Similar anti-war protests occur in cities and college towns across the country.

Fire destroys a 90-year-old abandoned house on Hiawatha Island.

The Ti-Ahwaga Players present "Royal Gambit" at the OFA Auditorium. The drama about Henry VIII stars Dr. Philip Nichols.

Residents of Circle Drive in Apalachin complain about odors from the new sewage treatment plant. The Utilities Superintendent says the odor is from sludge deposits near the plant. Most of the sludge is later buried, some is carried away to a landfill. The problem was caused by a series of events which included the failure of an electric pump.

Memorial Day Weekend brings blue skies, sunshine, and temperatures in the 70's and 80's. About 1000 people line the streets of Owego for the parade and about 150 attend the Memorial Day Service at the Civil War Monument in front of the courthouse. More than half of the people at the service wear black arm bands to protest the war in Southeast Asia.

Tioga County Sheriff Ruton E. Beautor says that the law enforcement coverage is spread too thin in the county. He asks the Tioga County Legislature to hire 15 more deputies and buy six more patrol cars. The department has 31 men in the sheriff's department, 18 of those are assigned to routine patrol.

Construction of the Route 17 Expressway between Nichols and Waverly has been at a standstill for two months due to a teamster's strike. Other unions are honoring the strike.

The Vestal Town Board wants to buy the former Loblaw grocery store property and convert it into a library. The 17,000 square-foot building sits on 4.5 acres on the Vestal Parkway. Loblaws moved out several years ago after opening a new store just west of Jensen Road. IBM leased the building for a few years. The old Erie-Lackawanna railroad station would be moved to the site.

Movies playing at local theaters include "Silent Running," "The Last Picture Show," "The Possession of Joel Delaney," "Skyjacked," and "Play It Again, Sam."

Top Tunes in the Southern Tier include "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens; "The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr.; "Walking In The Rain" by Love Unlimited; and "Nice To Be With You" by Gallery.

Tuesday night TV shows include "Hawaii Five-O," "Nichols," "Cannon," and "Marcus Welby, M.D."