U N Command cites North Korea air superiority shift
Seoul reports UN Command spokesman says North Korea held air dominance until early this year when a U S air buildup followed actions including the Park assassination attempt and the Pueblo seizure. Separate briefs note a postponed execution for Fred Esherick Jr and Wells listed on FBI Most Wanted, plus hog culling threat in Northern Ohio and Nixon GOP support in Ohio women’s groups.
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Park Chung-hee
Pueblo
Youngstown
Ohio
7Th District Court of Appeals
Painesville
Fred Esherick Jr
George M. Jones
Lake County
Drug bought on campus shocks New Mexico Lobo report
The University of New Mexico student newspaper says its staff purchased marijuana on campus in the office, a women's dormitory lobby, and the student union during a five month probe. The piece notes $50 bought enough marijuana for about 100 cigarettes and included LSD, methadrine, and benzedrine capsules.
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Albuquerque
N. M
University of New Mexico
New Mexico Lobo
Czech Reds Open Meeting Amid Reforms Debates
The Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist party opened a historic session in Prague to discuss sweeping political and economic reforms following an unprecedented East German crackdown on liberal movement. In London, Thomas Norman, angered by neighbors parking cars, attacked an offending auto with an ax, denting a hood and grille, then faced court.
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Czechoslovak Communist Party
Norman
Eighth graders enter Science Fair today
Inside Today 200 Eighth graders enter a Science Fair as pages reference events across sections. Anti-Annexation petitions circulate, Red Cross Teen-Aide program held at Logan's Hocking Valley Community Hospital, Coolville mayor to start Athens Marathon, libraries in Meigs and Jackson counties may join a books jobs plan.
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RED Cross
Logan
Hocking Valley
Bis Convanighen
Coolville
Alan Creeger
Meigs
Jackson Counties
Pacification Slowed by Tet Attacks in Vietnam
Ambassador Robert W. Komer says the Tet assault dealt pacification a real setback with heavy civilian losses, but predicts Saigon can rebound faster than the Viet Cong. He notes the other war is now seen as more psychological than physical, with evacuation declines, rebuilding, and restored medical facilities supporting cautious recovery.
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Robert W. Komer
South Vietnam
Saigon
Associated Press
Komer
U.S
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High Point
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Delta
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Abrams Departs For Vietnam
Gen. Creighton Abrams leaves Washington for Vietnam amid questions on future troop plans and succession. He refused to forecast war ends or name a successor to Westmoreland, citing White House silence. Abrams noted Tet offensives hit pacification, while Komer predicted South Vietnam will rebound faster. Fulbright proposed a cabinet level post to end the war, a nonbinding Senate measure sent to the State Department for comment.
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Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
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Army
White House
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Andrews Air Force Base
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Administration fights tax hike amid Senate spending cut clash
The administration pushes to defeat a Senate proposal pairing a 10 percent income tax surcharge with a $6 billion spending cut as House and Senate action race the deadline. Johnson plans to push excise tax bills through, with possible tourist tax revival if tied to import taxes. House panel approves 5 percent tax on international airline tickets and lowers duty-free exemption for returning travelers from 100 to 10 dollars for 18 months.
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Study is completed at Cummins Prison Farm
John Haley, chairman of Arkansas State Board of Correction, said an investigation into reported inmate murders at Cummins Prison Farm found evidence supporting convictions, but all involved are dead. Some graves may hold murdered inmates, yet many deaths were documented as natural causes. Haley emphasized preventing repeats in the system and noted killings and brutality appeared to cease around 1957.
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Ark
John Haley
State Board of Correction
Cummins Prison Farm
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Pig Heart Valve Implanted At Leeds Hospital
A Leeds surgery team implanted three pig heart valves into 38 year old Jean Barstow during a Monday operation. Barstow, a mother of two, is reported recovering satisfactorily. A pig valve had previously been used in a 1966 Oxford operation.
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England
Leeds Infirmary
Jean Barstow
Oxford
Israeli Arab Forces Clash Across Jordan River Front
Israeli and Arab forces fought in an hour long battle across the Jordan River, with both sides reporting exchanges of fire north of Kibbutz Maoz Hayim in the Beisan Valley. No Israeli casualties were reported amid ongoing clashes following last week’s Jordanian front sweep.
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Jordan River
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Sinai
Egypt
East Bank
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Ma’Oz Hayim
Beisan
Jordan
Hamadiya
Jordanian Bank
Jets pound A Shau Valley with massive B52 bombing
U S Air Force B52 bombers launched five missions against the A Shau Valley near Hue, dropping nearly two million pounds of bombs on supply depots and gun positions amid a major enemy buildup. Other B52 raids targeted Khe Sanh while Marine shelling at that outpost remained light. Russian trucks have been seen supplying the North Vietnamese.
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A Shau
Hue
Khe Sanh
Robert E. Cushman
1St Corps
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
U.S
Gagarin Dies In Training Flight Crash
Yuri Gagarin, famed first man in space, perished in a training flight crash along with Col. Vladimir Seryogin. Ashes to be laid at the Kremlin Wall. The 34 year old hero’s death follows the 1967 loss of Col. Vladimir Komarov and mirrors earlier space program tragedies.
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Seryogin
Gagarin
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Red Square
Vladimir M. Komarov
Earth
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Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy enters Indiana primary amid heavy Wisconsin maneuvering
Senator Robert F. Kennedy enters the Indiana primary as Wisconsin campaigns intensify. He is already entered in Nebraska Oregon California and Utah contests, with Indiana set for May 7. He will fly to Indianapolis to file and speak at campaign stops en route.
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Kennedy enters Indiana primary as first battleground
The New York senator files for Indiana, making it the first official Kennedy McCarthy clash over Vietnam policy. Nixon appears on Indiana ballot if no others meet midnight deadline, while Wisconsin voters prepare for Tuesday’s balloting with McCarthy Nixon Stassen and Johnson allies campaigning intensely. Reagan advisers see Kennedy as Democratic-like by August 5 to spark an anti Nixon contingency. Rockefeller wins New York GOP favorite-son designation.
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