Viet Nam Leaders Begin Forming New Government
Saigon military leaders moved to organize a new government to replace the fallen civilian regime. Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky was seen as influential in shaping it, with officials uncertain if it would be military or civilian. Premier Phan Huy Quat and Phan Khae Suu agreed to stay as caretakers. Viet Cong attacked north of Dong Xoai while a U.S. pilot was killed. Air strikes inside North Vietnam reported. Catholics and Buddhists urged restraint amid political crisis.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khae Suu
Dong Xoai
Air Force
U. S
North Viet Nam
Muong Sen
Hanoi
Critical Days Ahead in Washington on Vietnam War Outlook
U S officials brief that Viet Cong will likely mount sharp assaults in the next two months during the monsoon. If the guerrillas falter, North Vietnam may seek peace talks. if successful, South Vietnam faces deterioration and reassessment. Deep U S commitment to defense remains.
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Seaon
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S
Cloudburst Death Toll Reaches 16
SANDERSON Texas search parties led by Texas Rangers found three more bodies raising the flood toll to 16 from Friday's flash flood that devastated the railroad and ranching town. The search for about twenty missing continued in the dry canyon east of the town of 2350 people as Rep Richard C White estimated property losses at 2 million dollars. A wrecked pickup was found swept ten miles by a 15 foot wall of water that struck without warning after an 11 inch cloud burst.
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Sanderson
Tex
Texas Rangers
Texas
Richard C. White
Dtex
Resentment Over Johnson Treatment Spurs Congress Action
Congress grows restive under Johnsons White House leadership as war in Vietnam deepens. Senate cuts 200 million from 3.44 billion foreign aid request and caps transfer to international agencies at 15 percent. A new provision bars aid to nations that confiscate American property.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Johnson
Senate
Dominica Deadlock Remains As OAS Mediation Opens
Santo Domingo reports Dominica's crisis in its eighth week with rebel and civilian military junta forces in deadlock. Both sides press for an OAS take-it-or-leave-it solution as mediators arrive June 3 and contact key Dominican figures.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
el Salvador
Ilmar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Drinking Role Big In Mishaps On Rural Ohio Highways
Ohio Department of Highway Safety report on 1964 traffic acci dents shows drinking listed as a factor in nearly one in five rural highway crashes. The study notes 42 of 88 counties had fewer traffic deaths than 1963 while 42 had more, and each county had at least two fatalities. Six populous counties accounted for 30 percent of total deaths: Cuyahoga Cleveland 147 Hamilton Cincinnati 119 Summit Akron 103 Montgomery Dayton 89 Stark Canton 89 and Franklin Columbus 87.
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Department of Highway Safety
Department
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Summit
Akron
Montgomery
Dayton
Stark
Canton
Franklin
Peace Corps Credit Plan Debuts at Western Michigan
Kalamazoo Mich A program offering college credit for Peace Corps service was unveiled by the corps director Sargent Shri ver in a commencement address at Western Michigan University where the plan was developed Western Michigan will grant about one year's worth of college credit for two years of Peace Corps service
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Sargent Shriver
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan
Ohio Drama unfolds over location for atomic plant
Ohio leaders from Gov. Rhodes to lawmakers push for the Ravenna Arsenal as the site for the $280 million atomic energy project. The governor says land availability and a $5 million funding pledge shape the decision, while lawmakers rally for Pike County near the current plant as a strong alternative amid AEC bidding and a June 15 site deadline.
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Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
James A. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce
Rhodes
Ravenna Arsenal
Ravenna
Ohio Atomic Energy Commission
Mount Gilead
Defense Department
Pike County
Atomic Energy Plant
William H. Harsha
AEC
Piketon
Gov. Rhodes
Sheppard Rehearing Requested by Full Circuit Court
In Cincinnati on Saturday Dr. Sam Sheppard’s lawyers asked the Sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals for a rehearing by the full bench. They argue the prior panel failed to review properly and downplayed Judge Carl A. Weinman’s 1954 imprisonment reversal order. The petition cites media interference concerns and notes Sheppard has been free on bond since a May 5 ruling. The filing precedes a June 14 deadline.
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Cincinnati
Sam Sheppard
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bay Village
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
U. S
Carl A. Weinman
Sheppard
LBJ keeps close tabs on Viet upheaval at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson monitored the new governmental upheaval in Vietnam with no public reaction. At the LBJ Ranch in Texas the president and family arrived for a weekend, while Malcom Kilduff's resignation as assistant press secretary was accepted effective next Saturday.
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New Viet
Johnson City
Texa
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
George E. Reedy
Luci
Washington
Houston
Tex
Hill Country
Here
Malcolm Kilduff
John F. Kennedy
Kilduff
Consumer Advisory Council
Richard H. Holton
Commerce
University of California
Flood Plan for Athens Wins Backing
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress endorsed six Ohio flood control projects including Athens Local Protection and Alum Creek Reservoir. It urged faster Army Engineers survey on Logan reservoir and called the Lake Erie-Ohio River canal project meritorious.
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Washington
Ohio
Athens
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Alum Creek
Chagrin River
Chillicothe
Mill Creek
Conneaut Marina
Army Engineers
Logan
Navy Secretary Nitze to Visit Viet Nam Forces
Navy Secretary Paul H. Nitze will leave Monday to visit Navy and Marine forces in and near Viet Nam including units of the 7th Fleet at sea. The trip marks the first such visit by a high Pentagon civilian official in over a year as U S forces ramp up cooperation with South Vietnamese naval units.
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Washington
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Nitze
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Saigon
U. S. Coast Guard
Hearing Set for Route 682 Extension in Athens
Announcement lists a hearing for the Route 682 extension proposal in Athens. The page also notes editorials on U S doctrines from Monroe to Truman and Johnson’s actions in the Dominican crisis, plus views on civil rights by a Negro attorney and a white Protestant minister.
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Athens
James Marlow
U.S
Monroe
Truman
Johnson
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