Jets Hit Bai Duc Thon Bridge On Third Attempt
U S jets struck the Bai Duc Thon bridge in North Viet Nam buckling a span after two prior attempts. Four Skyraiders conducted armed reconnaissance over Routes 7 and 101 and damage occurred to the Huu Hung ferry pier and storage building. Twenty five U S jets provided top cover as 44 strikes were reported in South Viet Nam.
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North Viet
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bai Duc Thon
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Huu Hung
Kien Giang
U.S. Air Force
South
Viet Nam
U. S. Marine Corps
Wallace W. Greene Jr
XV5A Research Craft Crashes During Public Flight
At Edwards Air Force Base California an experimental XV5A vertical takeoff plane crashed during a public demonstration killing chief engineer pilot Lou Everett of Ryan Aeronautical Co. The jet winged craft failed after lift transition at about 140 mph causing a fatal plunge. A second XV5A pilot William Anderson reported no difficulties.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Ryan Aeronautical Co
San Diego
Lou Everett
Desert Test Center
Army
William Anderson
Four-Month Steel Strike Reprieve Keeps Pay Increase
The United Steelworkers Union and major steel firms reach an 11.5 cent hourly raise for nearly half a million workers in a four month reprieve. Ratification hinges on agreement by all parties with the possibility of retroactivity limited to May 1 for Wheeling Steel and Phoenix Steel.
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Pittsburgh
Johnson
United Steelworkers Union
William E. Simkin
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
McDonald
Simkin
Washington
Wheeling Steel Corp
Big Steel
United Front
Wheeling
Phoenix Steel Corp
Cooper
White House
Dominica Planes Activate as Evacuation Planned
Loyalist air force bombed an insurgent camp outside Santo Domingo as U S Navy prepared to evacuate about 500 Americans. Embass y spokesman said Raleigh would pick up 250 tourists and 250 embassy personnel and dependents. At least 25 killed and 80 wounded as clashes continued.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Puerto Rico
Campment
U. S. Navy
Raleigh
Santo Domin
Alabama and Pennsylvania face racial troubles
In Demopolis Alabama a young SCLC leader Andrew Morrisett vows another march to demand voting rights. More than 20 demonstrators were hospitalized after a tear gas clash with Police Chief A E Cooper. In Parkesburg Pennsylvania a riot followed a fatal shooting of a Black youth while a Selma federal contempt case resumes against Sheriff James G Clark.
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Demopolis
Ala
Andrew Morrisett
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
A. E. Cooper
Cooper
Morrisett
Ed Bailey
Selma
Dallas County
James G. Clark
Sniper’s Shot Claims Life Of Youngster
A 5 year old boy is the third victim of a 16 year old “extra good boy” who became a sniper. Kevin Dean Reida died after brain surgery at Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara following the Sunday ambush that killed two motorists and wounded 11. The shooter Michael Andrew Clark a high school junior, died by suicide with a gunshot to the head 36 hours after the attack. Clark had fled Long Beach and wrecked the family car before opening fire above U S 101 sixty miles north of Santa Barbara.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Kevin Dean Reida
Cottage Hospital
Michael Andrew Clark
Clark
Long Beach
U. S. 101
Here
Relentless Mississippi River Flood Sweeps Illinois Iowa
The Mississippi River drove through Illinois and Iowa towns battering soggy dikes as volunteers fought the worst spring flood. Forecasters projected Burlington crest near 22.5 feet late Wednesday while the Quad Cities region faced repeated inundation and thousands were evacuated.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
Iowa
Burlington
Weather Bureau
Quad Cities
Illinois
Senate committee backs weakened strip mine bill despite sponsor pullout
In Columbus an Agriculture and Conservation panel recommended passage 5 to 2 for a diluted strip mine bill. Sen. Ed Garrigan withdrew as co sponsor after signaling the measure was amended and emasculated. The move left only the sponsors in support. In Washington the Supreme Court struck down Virginia poll tax certificate residency requirements for federal voters. Independence Missouri hosts a million dollar Truman birthday drive to fund presidential research grants. East Liverpool Ohio Gov Rhodes criticizes Johnson tariff cuts on pottery as unjust. Paris reports the Soviet Union backs a French plan to convene a five power disarmament conference including atomic powers.
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Columbus
Senate
Ed Garrigan
R-Summit
Edmund Sargus
Belmont
Senate Agriculture and Conservation Committee
Mayors Named in Athens Democrats Endorsements
Athens voters face a pair of write-in mayoral candidates endorsed by the Democratic party as editorial pages outline party positions and local politics. The notice highlights endorsements and how they may influence the upcoming election in the city.
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Athens Democrats
Athens
Hal Boyle
Viet Nam
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Meigs County
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Pt. Pleasant
Editorial
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Middleport
Glouster Scbeeesebuere Sports Eeepvpeeeseeees
Loganeb
Seeaeeeedens
Stevenson Accuses Soviets of Torpedoing UN Debate
Adlai E. Stevenson charged the Soviet Union with baseless attacks on U S policy in Vietnam that wrecked any chance for a meaningful disarmament discussion at the United Nations. He noted Nikolai Fedorenko spent only 36 seconds on disarmament in a 53 minute speech. Britain and the United States faced nuclear blackmail claims, while Stevenson cited communist aggression in the Baltic states, Iran, Tibet, South Korea and India.
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United Nations
N. Y
Adlai E. Stevenson
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Stevenson
UN Disarmament Commission
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Commission
Geneva
Fedorenko
U. S
Britain
United States
Southeast Asia
Baltic States
Iran
Tibet
South Korea
India
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Gordon Walker
Tokyo
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Andrei Gromyko
Maurice Couve de Murville
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Lodge
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Korea
Chung Hee Park
WTO
General Electric and
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England
Rajasthan Camel Corps
Rann of Kutch
Yau
Atoh
Tiger
Dominica
Peace Corps
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Parkesburg
Supreme Court
Virginia
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Rhodes
LBJ
East Liverpool
James A. Rhodes
Johnson Administration
Chamber of Commerce
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Paris
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