274 GIs Killed Matching Previous Viet Record
U.S. military headquarters reported a sharp rise in casualties last week in Vietnam. 274 Americans were killed in action, equaling a weekly high from six weeks earlier, with 1,903 enemy killed, 751 more than the prior week. Marine battles near Da Nang produced 19 dead and 72 wounded, while air and ground actions across several fronts increased total Communist fatalities.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
South
Vietnam
da Nang
Roving bands riot at Jackson State College campus
In Jackson Mississippi a student band riot estimated around 1000 disrupted Jackson State College before police sealed the campus and restored order. Other briefs note Pentagon demonstrators reentering the building, a Kennedy Round grain trade progress, U S troop reassignment in Vietnam, Britain seeking to join the Common Market, Cincinnati Gas and Electric strike actions, and Hoffa’s return to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after judge denies a fourth appeal.
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Jackson
Miss
Jackson State College
Mississippi
Brussels
Belgium
United States
Geneva
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Greater
Ohio redistricting upheld by federal judges in 24 districts
Federal judges 2 1 rule Ohio 24 congressional districts constitutional as drawn in 1946. Appeals planned to the Supreme Court. Dissenting view cites population deviations and use of Chamber of Commerce estimates. NAACP participated, arguing dilution of Black voting power.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Harry J. Lehman
U.S. Dist
James C. Connell
Girard E. Kalbfleisch
Anthony J. Celebrezze
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Chamber of Commerce
Celebrezze
Summit County
Franklin County
Connell and
Kalbfleisch
Connell and Kalbfleisch
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mrs Lyndon Johnson Award Sparks NY Demonstration
Several hundred Women Strike for Peace pickets gathered outside the Hotel Pierre as Mrs Lyndon B Johnson received an award for leadership in the Head Start program. The Wednesday visit highlighted protests against the Vietnam War during the First Lady’s New York stop.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hotel
Pierre
Portrait of Karsh Visits Ohio U as Photographer Turns
Inside Today notes famous portrait photographer Karsh of Ottawa visiting Ohio University and finding himself on the other side of the lens. The issue highlights PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS and a Chekhov stage rendering at Ohio University. Athens High earns a fifth straight SACAL track win with results on pages 21 and 22. Obituaries and regional notices appear around the middle and on pages 16 through 18.
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Karsh
Ottawa
Ohio U
Chekhov
Ohio University Theanailsion
Athens High
Walterial
Wss-Ss
Ssnsecae
Cron Iosesndacs AD
Eweeeeraeree
Nelsonville
Pleasant Il
Pomeroy
U S Destroyer Scraped in Second Sea Clash
The U S Navy destroyer Walker was bumped by a Soviet Krupnyy class destroyer in the Sea of Japan about 300 miles west-southwest of Hokkaido at 1 33 a m EDT. There were no casualties and only light damage as two incidents strain U S Soviet naval tensions amid Vietnam War concerns.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Washington
Red China
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Walker
Pentagon
Sea of Japan
Hokaido
Hornet
Get On With Job Astronauts Urge
Astronauts urged moving forward with the Apollo program after a news conference in Downey California. They urged ending self-criticism as work resumed toward sending men to the moon and back before 1970 despite the January pad fire that killed three astronauts. House committee members expressed satisfaction with NASA safety measures and acknowledged overconfidence after past successes.
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Bat
America
North American Aviation
Space Systems Division
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schirra
Air Force
Virgil J. Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
House Science and Astronautics Committee
George P. Miller
D-Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Committee
NASA
McClellan predicts up to 12 billion for 1300 F111 planes
Senator John L. McClellan told reporters the Pentagon may spend 10 to 12 billion dollars to produce and put 1,300 F111 aircraft in the air, double the earlier 5 to 6 billion estimate for 1,730 planes. He pressed the Air Force for details of a 1.82 billion General Dynamics contract for 493 planes and outlined a fixed price incentive deal with potential 9 percent profit. The contract covers 165 aircraft for the Air Force and Navy with Australia to receive 24 planes and Britain 50. remaining units await funding.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Pentagon
Arkansas Democrat
Air Force
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Navy
General Dynamics
Congress
Australia
Britain
Opponents Blast Proposed Ohio Canal
The Erie-Ohio River canal plan facing a $2 billion price tag drew strong opposition in a House appropriations subcommittee hearing led by Rep. Michael Kirwan. Critics warned it would waste tax money and harm farms homes churches and cemeteries while supporters pushed for $2 million more in planning funds.
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Washington
Congress
Keith A. Johnson
Austinburg
Grand River Reservoir Association of
Ohio
Johnson
House
Michael J. Kirwan
Kirwan
Noel Painchaud
Cleveland
Ohio Grange
Byron Frederick
Columbus
Ohio Dems Otter Aid To GOP
Gov. James A. Rhodes told Republican leaders to expect Democratic cooperation in solving Ohio’s major problems. In a letter to Democratic chairman Morton Neipp he confirmed the offer to help with education mental health welfare pollution control and highway safety. Rhodes said he had alerted Senate Republican Theodore M. Gray and House member Charles F. Kurfess about the outreach.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Morton Neipp
Toledo
Neipp
Rhodes
Senate
Theodore M. Gray
Miami
House
Charles F. Kurfess
Wood
Demonstrators Rally Over Ohio Welfare Boost
In Columbus protesters converged on the Statehouse for House Finance Committee hearings on the 1967 1969 welfare spending plan. Organizers from the Ohio Steering Committee for Adequate Welfare the People’s Poverty Board the Ohio Council of Churches and other groups urged about 70 million more for the proposed 631.8 million welfare budget starting July 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nance
Ohio Steering Committee For Adequate Welfare
The
People’s Poverty Board
Ohio Council of Churches
League of Women Voters
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United Nations
U Thant
Hong Kong
Lester Pearson
Negro Collegians
Defense Department
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
William C. Westmoreland
House of Commons
Cincy
Hoffa
Lewisburg
Fpa
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiaiy
Octagon Club
Davey Crockett
Cassius Clay
George Lovell
Lady Bird
Athens
Chauncizy
Logan
Russia
Downey
Calif
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