Gaza clash and border bombings reported by paper
Arab and Israeli soldiers clashed along the Gaza Strip on Thursday while Israel denied the clash and reported a series of terrorist dynamite charges along its border with Jordan. The fleet cruiser Providence encountered minor damage with no casualties reported. Page 1.
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Providence
Gaza Strip
Israel
Jordan
United Press International
Gaza
Middle East
Final Tuneup Set for Memorial 500 at Indianapolis Speedway
Sports final tuneup tests will be conducted today at Indianapolis Speedway by the 33 drivers for the annual 500 mile Memorial Day race Tuesday. The drivers meeting will be held Monday to discuss rules.
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Indianapolis Speedway
A Summer Job Drive Opens For Youth Employment Service
YES opens its summer program for high school students seeking jobs under the Woodruff Moore Motley agency at 617 W 8th. Bill Moore and Max Motley act as angels guiding youths amid hiring laws and red tape. Tomorrow 600 to 1000 youths may sign up, a strong sign for community work.
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YES
Woodruff - Moore - Motley Agency
W. 8Th
Bill Moore
Max Motley
Labor Department
Peace With Rhodesia dinner sparks Senate drama
The American Southern African Council sponsored a Washington dinner on the theme Peace With Rhodesia. About four hundred attended. Sen Strom Thurmond spoke and said Ian Smith offered 5,000 Rhodesian troops for Vietnam. The State Department declined. Also noted were a student graduation on a Navajo reservation followed by a rain spell, bumper sticker satire in California, requests for Rivers, and a cheeky recital quip. Inmates at Iowa State penitentiary call it the Walled-Off Astoria.
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Washington
Rhodesia
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Ian Smith
Vietnam
State Department
Yanks Leave Egypt Israel Crisis Escalates
Arab and Israeli troops skirmished on the Gaza border, a report denied by Israel which said bombs exploded along its Jordan frontier. Thant returned to New York from Cairo as U.N. plans Security Council action. U.S. and Britain began evacuations, and UAR war minister met Kremlin officials while Johnson and Rusk pushed to resolve the Arab-Israeli crisis.
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Thant
New York
Cairo
Middle East
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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U.S
Israel
United Arab Republic
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Kremlin
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Dean Rusk
Marshal at 71, She's Still Cycling Strong
Esther Winders, 71, is town marshal of University Heights Iowa a suburb of Iowa City. She still rides a Harley Davidson in a helmet leather jacket and boots while serving twenty years in office. Residents say her age and gender do not affect her authority and she has never faced a serious criminal in action.
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Esther Winders
James Mondloch
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Winders
Roy
Kenneth S. Titus
Dreyfus
Studebaker
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Esther
Red Shell Hits U S Cruiser in Viet Nam Action
Saigon reports a 76mm shell fired by Communists hit the 7th Fleet cruiser Providence in the DMZ. No casualties and minor damage. Providence supported Marines pulling back from the DMZ as fighting spikes casualties and missing counts rise across Vietnam.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Providence
U.S
Vietnam
Pearson and Pearson discuss Mideast crisis with Johnson
President Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson spent three hours in Ottawa discussing the gunpowder crisis in the Middle East. They left with a warning that the situation is dangerous but hopeful for a peaceful solution after their intensive talks at Pearson's summer cottage.
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Ont
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Lester B. Pearson
Middle East
Johnson and Pearson discuss Middle East during Expo stop
Harrington Lake in the Gatineaus followed by a joint briefing in Ottawa before the President flew to Andrews Air Force Base. Johnson returned to Washington Thursday night after a side visit to Expo 67 in Montreal. He aimed to review the Middle East and Vietnam with Pearson, stating Pearson is among the great living experts on the region.
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Middle East
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Air Force Sergeant Convicted of Spying for Russia
ALEXANDRIA VA AP Air Force S Sgt Herbert W Boeckenhaupt 24 was found guilty Thursday of conspiring with a Soviet embassy official to send defense secrets to Russia. The jury deliberated seven and a half hours. Sentencing delayed for probation report. He faces possible death penalty. The judge said probation unlikely but noted the defendant is young.
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Air Force
Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt
Russia
Boeckenhaupt
Oren R. Lewis
Lewis
House Remap Alters Plains in Texas Legislature
Austin report notes Panhandle Plains lawmakers welcomed the redistricting plan as it moves Wheeler County out of Marcus Abraham’s 80th District and adds Hansford Carson and other counties. Abraham says he is glad overall though he dislikes losing Wheeler County. Simpson’s 75th District shifts to include Briscoe and Armstrong counties as Carson moves away.
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House of Representatives
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Marcus Abraham
Canadian
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Carson
Abraham
J. M
Red) Simpson
Amarillo
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Coll
Texas House backs referendum on pari mutuel betting
The Texas House narrowly approved a bill to seek voter input on reviving pari mutuel horse race betting on the 1968 primary ballot. The 79 to 62 vote advances the measure with one more vote needed for referral to voters. The bill, pushed through by Rep. Pendleton, would not itself restore betting but gauges electorate sentiment.
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House
House Rules Committee
Rep
R. G. Pendleton
Andrews
Pendleton
Ben Barnes
Texas
Paris Junket to Paris for Congressional Officials
Washington dispatch says about 100 members of Congress staff and officials depart for Paris aboard an Eastern Air Lines DC 8 61 jet for the International Air Show. Taxpayers pay 282.20 round trip per official with State Department covering travel costs. The Department of Transportation organizes the trip. wives may accompany if husbands pay. Flight leaves May 30 at 10 p m arrives May 31 at 11 a m and stays through June 4.
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Paris
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America
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