Marines Land to Bolster Da Nang Air Base Defenses
U S Marines arrived in South Vietnam by sea and air to reinforce Da Nang air base against Viet Cong attacks. About 1400 Marines came ashore from four 7th Fleet transports off the coast, with a second battalion aboard C130 transports from Okinawa. In all, around 3500 Marines from the 3rd Marine Division were expected by Tuesday night, including a helicopter squadron, while 1200 Marines already manned Hawk missiles at Da Nang.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U. S
7Th Fleet
Saigon
Okinawa
3Rd Marine Division
Marines Hit Da Nang Beach In Viet War Landing
Marines moved ashore ten miles west of Da Nang securing a beachhead then occupied an air base. A C130 was hit by a sniper near landing approach but landed safely. Brig Gen Frederick Karch described a defensive role while two Vietnamese battalions joined to meet any attack.
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da Nang
North Viet Nam
Frederick Joseph Karch
Carmi
Ill
9Th Marine Expeditionary Force
Karch
South China Sea
Garry Parsons
Springfield
Great Society Faces Test With Education and Health Bills
On Capitol Hill Johnson moves a $1.3 billion education aid bill targeting poverty areas. Senate action follows on three-year manpower training expansion and a broadened medical care for the aged plan. Powell seeks a Rules hearing to push education toward a late month House vote.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
Education and Labor Committee
Powell
Ways and Means
Negroes To Try Again In Selma Civil Rights March
Clashes with Alabama state troopers in Selma erupt as 450 marchers clash near Montgomery route. About 40 injured as troopers and posse members disperse protesters with night sticks tear gas and gas masks. Dr. King plans to lead a new march Tuesday while staying in Atlanta.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Atlanta
James Bevel
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Cubans Stage Surprise Protest at Soviet Embassy
Five anti-Castro Cubans from the New York area splattered black liquid on the Soviet Embassy in Washington in a surprise bottle throwing protest. They were arrested and jailed overnight on charges of interfering with a foreign government property.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
Cuba
State Department
Red Army
District of Columbia
New York
Shastri Faces Threat as Kerala Defeat Rocks Congress
In Kerala Shastri’s Congress slumped to 36 seats while pro Chinese Reds won 59. Political infighting grows as S K Patil maneuvers against potential successors Morarji Desai and Indira Gandhi loom as possible heirs.
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Trivandrum
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Kerala
Peking
Congress Party
Shastri
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress
Bombay
Railways
S. K. Patil
Let's Play A Legislative Game Pancake-Turner Bill
The piece riffs on a fictional 106th General Assembly docket with names like Gray-Cloud Pancake-Turner and Knight-Games. It imagines joint resolutions and bipartisan bills by pairs such as Theodore Gray and Roger Cloud, Charles Pancake and Robin Turner, plus Jones Locker and Fuerst Frost.
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Columbus
106Th General Assembly
Senate
Theodore M. Gray
Piqua
House
Roger Cloud
Bellefontaine
Charles L. Pancake
Nelsonville
Robin T. Turner
Tiffin
Washington
Ohio
Monickers
Jones-Locker
Samuel M. Jones III
R-Lucas
Dale L. Locker
Shelby
Fuerst-Frost
Gerald E. Fuerst
D-Cuyahoga, and J. L. Frost, R-Brown
Arclight Baseball
Howard A. Knight
R-Sandusky
William C. Games
LBJ Pushes Ban on Mail Order Firearms and Crime Measures
President Johnson urged Congress to ban mail order firearms and tighten drug controls as part of a broader crime attack. He proposed legislation to restrict interstate shipments of firearms to licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers, stopping mail order sales to individuals. The message hinted at other bills, with some details still vague.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Justice Department
Treasury Department
Four Kings to Attend Queen Louise’s Sweden Funeral
Queen Louise of Sweden dies after emergency leg clot surgery in Stockholm. Four kings Frederik IX of Denmark Olav VI of Norway Constantine II of Greece Gustaf VI Adolf attend her state funeral with her husband amid a six week mourning period.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Louise
Britain
Victoria
Gustaf VI Adolf
Frederik IX
Denmark
Olav VI
Norway
Constantine II
Greece
St. Geeran Hospital
Weather outlook with cool temps and cloud cover
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with little change in temperature. Tonight's low around 30 to 35 and high on Tuesday near 45 to 50 degrees.
Editorial on Congo leader Tshombe in election period
Ohio's Bobcats face Miami in a tourney as Athens Portsmouth Albany and Centralia high schools clash in prep contests on page 4.
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Congo
Moise Tshombe
Ohio
Bobcats
Miami
Athens
Portsmouth
Albany
Centralia
Arab League sessions discuss Bonn Israel talks
The Arab League met in Cairo to address West Germany's offer to exchange ambassadors with Israel. Iraq recalled its ambassador and warned of decisive action, while Nasser pressed a tougher line as Bonn seeks normalization. There was mixed sentiment among Arab states about a united response.
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Cairo
Arab League
West Germany
Israel
Iraq
Bonn
Naji Taleb
Hussein
Jordan
Karl von Sprell
Amman
Erhard
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Nasser
Ulbricht
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