Coup Dims South Viet Nam Rule As Khanh Tops Generals
Major General Nguyen Khanh seized power in a swift bloodless coup in Saigon claiming authority to crush communists and traitors. A new general council formed to govern with US support while four top generals were jailed. three faced charges of plotting with France to neutralize the country.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Red
Khanh
France
South
Charles de Gaulle
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Minh
Ranger VI launches to photograph moon surface from Cape Kennedy
The Ranger VI spacecraft blasted from Cape Kennedy at 10:49 a.m. EST aboard an Atlas Agena rocket on a mission to image the moon with six cameras and relay more than 3000 pictures to Earth. If successful, it aims to cover 230187 miles in 66 hours and crash land early Sunday, marking a break in U S lunar launch failures since 1958.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Earth
Ranger VI
U. S
U.S
Goldstone
Calif
Russia
Apollo Try Next Job For Saturn I
The Saturn I rocket, a weight lifting space milestone, will next lift a mock Apollo lunar module into orbit as part of the drive toward landing men on the moon this decade. The April launch followed its first full scale test, placing a 37,700 pound satellite in orbit and reaching 1.5 million pounds of first stage thrust. President Johnson hailed the flight as a giant step for US space effort. NASA officials said the test could boost confidence in the manned lunar mission plan.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U. S
Johnson
Washington
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Film Star Alan Ladd Dead At 50
Palm Springs California veteran actor Alan Ladd died at age 50 in his desert home. A servant found the body. doctors listed natural causes, possibly a heart attack. An autopsy was ordered as Ladd had been alone for 10 days while his wife Sue Carol was away.
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Gus Kettmann
Ladd
Sue Carol
Los Angeles
Alan
JFK Stamp Due May 29
A five cent Kennedy memorial stamp will be issued on May 29 the late presidents birthday anniversary announced by Postmaster General Gronouski. His widow selects the date and design. Blast hits a Lebanon restaurant causing likely heavy damage but no serious injuries.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
John A. Gronouski
Lebanon
Youth Finds $21,259 in Rented Home Claim by Owner
Akron report says 16-year-old David Morris found a hidden box with $21,259 under a loose closet board in the Morris family rental. Landlord Thomas J. LaCascio, neighbor and owner, disputes the find and has hired counsel to pursue the cash, asserting ownership since buying the house.
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Akron
Harriet Morris
David Morris
Cuyahoga Falls
Thomas J. LaCascio
Morris
Train Smashes Auto in Meigs County Injures Mother and Son
A mother, Margaret Sheets, 35, and her son Gregory, 4, were injured when a New York Central freight train struck their small foreign car at the Dexter Crossing on Langsville Dexter Road. The car was knocked 14 feet after stalling near the tracks. Gwen dolyn, 6, was unhurt. Emergency squads transported the trio to Meigs Memorial Hospital with the mother in fair condition and Gregory satisfactory. a second child escaped uninjured. The locomotive, part of the Columbus Hobson freight, was traveling about 40 mph when the collision occurred.
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Pomeroy
New York Central
Dexter Crossing
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Margaret Sheets
Dexter
Gregory
Gwendolyn
Langsville- Dexter
Sheets
Middleport
Meigs Memorial Hospital
A. E. Erwin
Columbus- Hobson
UC Rejects Wallace as Speaker on Cincinnati Campus
The Conservative Young Americans for Freedom chapter dropped plans to invite Alabama governor George C. Wallace to speak on February 11 at the University of Cincinnati. YAF leaders allege administration pressure on the advisor to withdraw the invitation, while UC officials say advisors have final say on outside speakers.
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Cincinnati
George C. Wallace
Alabama
University of Cincinnati
Young Americans For Freedom
YAF
Jeffery Spragens
Raymond F. Eling
Wallace
Ralph C. Bursick
His Excuse Was Fishy on One Way Streets
Bert Lester Brown 62 faced a charge of driving the wrong way on a one way street in Des Moines Iowa. He told Municipal Judge Harry B Grund I was thinking about going fishing. The case was dismissed by the judge who is known as an ardent angler.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bert Lester Brown
Brown
Harry B. Grund
Grund
Cleveland Picketing To Continue In Desegregation Clash
Civil rights groups plan further picketing at Murray Hill School in Cleveland’s Little Italy as clashes erupted at two other East Side schools. The School Board will not change its position while a Citizens Council study proceeds, a move the United Freedom Movement says ends negotiations over busing Negro pupils to three white schools.
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Cleveland
Murray Hill School
Little Italy
East Side
Memorial School
Citizens Council On Human Relations
United Freedom Movement
U S and Soviet Clash Over Downed Training Plane
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of brutality after a T39 trainer was downed about 60 miles inside East Germany killing three U S Air Force officers. Washington demands access to wreckage and bodies and punishment of those responsible while Moscow denies error and calls the U S flight provocative.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
East Germany
U. S
Kremlin
U.S
West
William Tyler
Georgi M. Kornienko
Kornienko
Teacher's 3 Children Die In Fire
A two story frame home in Bergholz Jefferson County burned killing Ricky 13 Diane 11 and Debbie 9. Parents Gail and Barbara Ash escaped with their 5 year old daughter Barbara. Ash a science teacher at Springfield Local High School attempted to re enter the blaze.
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Steubenville
Bergholz
Jefferson County
Gail Ash
Barbara
Ricky
Diane
Debbie
Ash
Springfield
Glenn Leads In Poll For U S Senate in Ohio
The Associated Press reports Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. leads in a statewide Ohio Democratic county chairmen poll for the U S Senate race, ahead of Sen. Stephen M. Young. Respondents also weigh who would best face Republican Robert Taft Jr. in a general election. many remain undecided.
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Columbus
John H. Glenn Jr
Ohio
Associated Press
Stephen M. Young
Glenn
U. S
Stephen Young
John Glenn
Glenty Ya
Haan Vetle
Robert Taft Jr
Glenn Lounge
Panama Dispute Talks Collapse. OAS Session Sought
The United States and Panama failed to reach a peaceful settlement in their dispute. Panama requested an emergency OAS session after delivering a note accusing U S armed forces in the Canal Zone of aggression. President Johnson described U S actions as repelling aggression amid Canal Zone riots.
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Washington
U. S.panama
Panama
Hemisphere
Miguel Moreno
Organization of American States
Galileo Solis
Republic of Panama
United States of America
Canal Zone
Johnson
U. S
U. S.-Panama
Inter -American Peace Committee
OAS
Moreno
Senate Debates $11.6 Billion Tax Cut Measure
The Senate opens debate on an $11.6 billion tax cut bill with administration backing for passage likely by late next week. Major rate cuts are expected to survive, with substantial savings for most individuals and corporations. Treasury tables show four person family savings: $82 at $5,000, $159 at $7,500, $287 at $12,500, and $5,542 at $100,000.
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Senate
Treasury
Johnson Attacks Shape GOP Campaign Tactics
In rallies nationwide the Republican leadership criticized President Johnson as hoodwinking the public and riding two horses in opposite directions. Eisenhower urged a party to people approach with roundtables to craft a Republican platform for the August convention.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Johnson
Eisenhower
White House
Detroit
Culmination Of A Dream Is Too Late
Willoughby story about Glen J. Medlin a city road foreman at Eastlake who desired a baby girl and named Donna Jo after his death and his wife Jean gave birth to Donna Jo on Monday night at the hospital.
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Willoughby
Glen J. Medlin
Eastlake
Donna Jo
Medlin
Jean
29th Minuteman Fired From Vandenberg Base
The Air Force reports the 29th Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile has been fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, marking another test at the West Coast launch site.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Air Force
West Coast
United States withdraws 20 F102 jets from Japan
Tokyo reports the United States plans to move a squadron of 20 F102 jet fighters back to the United States before July 1. The withdrawal reduces American air presence in Japan ahead of mid year.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Law Partner Of Baker Is Questioned
Ern est Tucker law partner of former Senate aide Robert G. Baker was summoned for secret questioning by the Senate Rules Committee. Francis Law a local attorney also questioned as the panel probes Baker’s outside business dealings and possible improprieties related to joint stock ventures with Robert F. Thompson Texas business executive.
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Washington
Ernest Tucker
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Francis Law
Baker
Robert F. Thompson
Texas
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