UN Acts In Greek Slayings In Cyprus Tensions Rise
UN forces sealed off the Turkish area of Famagusta after a Monday shooting that killed two Greek army officers and a Greek Cypriot youth leader. Ten Turkish Cypriots were reported missing, believed abducted by Greeks. A wounded survivor said his group entered the Turkish quarter in civilian clothes but were fired upon by armed men. UN said all four men in the car were armed though starting the gunfire was unclear.
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Cyprus
Famagusta
McNamara Arrives in Saigon for 36 Hour War Talks
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara lands in Saigon from Bonn for a 36 hour visit and dives into guarded conferences on Vietnam progress. He travels in Ambassador Lodge’s car with flak jackets and a motorcade of police and Special Forces to deter threats after Viet Cong mined a bridge.
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Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Bonn
Germany
McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Anti Poverty Bill Faces Crucial Votes In Congress
Washington reports the House Education and Labor Committee begins votes on amendments to President Johnson's anti poverty bill. Democratic caucus meetings aim for unity except on the role of parochial schools. Republicans push for a state administered approach and to remove a new federal poverty agency.
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Johnson
House Education and Labor Committee
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Frelinghuysen
Mansfield Threat Promises Year-Long Civil Rights Push
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said Congress would stay in session all year if needed to pass the civil rights bill and other Johnson program measures.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Johnson
Mansfield
Meigs Child Hurt In Fall From Bus
Lola Kay Greer aged nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Greer of Racine Rt 1, suffered serious injuries after reportedly falling from a school bus. She was in semi conscious condition at Holzer Hospital. Fire squadrs and grandparents provided initial care at Middleport before transport. Police and officials had no confirmation at press time.
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Lola Kay Greer
Lowell Greer
Racine Rt. 1
Holzer Hospital
Middleport
Tom Hendrix
Holzer
Hendrix
Lola
Southern District
Maryland Protest Turns Violent in Wallace Rally
In Cambridge Maryland a Wallace campaign stop triggered clashes as about 200 integrationists clashed with a guard cordon. Two demonstrators and five National Guardsmen were injured. 14 arrested and an 11 p m curfew imposed.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
National
National Guard
Husband questioned in Delaware death of Thelma Travelstead
Delaware sheriff deputies questioned 34 year old oil well driller James Travelstead in the death of his wife Thelma Travelstead whose nude body was found along the Scioto River with a three inch skull fracture. He says she disappeared after an April 20 argument and reported her missing two days later.
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Delaware
Thelma Travelstead
Scioto River
James Travelstead
Travelstead
Sheriff’s
Missouri's Cannon Dead at 85, Veteran House Aide
Washington report says Rep. Clarence Cannon, Democratic of Missouri and longtime chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, died at about 4 a.m. EDT. He entered Washington Hospital Center Monday for undisclosed reasons. At his death he was 85 and had served in Congress since 1922, making him the dean of the House by age.
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Washington
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Washington Hospital Center
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Castro Threat Mounts In Cuban Exile Capital
In Miami the anti-Castro movement intensifies talk of possible action against Fidel Castro. Exiles discuss guerrilla war sabotage and defections as leaders like Rogelio Cisneros and Manuel Ray move to plan behind the scenes with JURE and other groups.
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Fla
Fidel Castro
Rogelio Cisneros
JURE
Puerto Rico
Manuel Ray
Cuba
Cisneros
Castro
Havana
Ray
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
MMR
Bay of Pigs
Manuel Artime
Revolutionary Unity Movement
Cuba Labeled Explosive Problem by Rusk at NATO
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned NATO that Cuba remains an explosive crisis risk. He urged continued aerial reconnaissance and reinforced the US aim to press a trade embargo on the Communist island amid fears of a confrontation akin to October 1962.
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Netherlands
Dean Rusk
Cuba
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
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Fidel Castro
Britain
France
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
South Viet Nam
Johnson Boosts Latin American Credit With 40 Million
President Johnson announced 40 million in fresh alliance credits to 13 Latin American nations and pledged double assistance activity. He signed 12 loan agreements after addressing Latin American ambassadors and OAS chiefs, funding malaria control in Brazil, farmer training in Bolivia, and rural electrification in Colombia.
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Latin America
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Alliance For Progress
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Bolivia
Peru
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Mexico
Ecuador
Eight Hour Bridewater Strike Talks End Without Deal
Eight-hour session between Bridgwater Machine of Athens and the United Auto Workers in Logan failed to reach an agreement on seniority in the contract. Federal Mediator George Bell set talks to resume next Tuesday May 19 at an undetermined location.
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Athens
United Auto Workers
Logan
George Bell
Bell
UAW
92 Die Or Missing In Four Plane Crashes
Manila report says 92 dead or missing after four military plane crashes worldwide. Victims mainly American, with a fifth US fighter crash in the Philippines leaving the pilot safe. Crashes occurred in the Philippines, Cadiz Spain, southern England, and Alabama.
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Manila
Philippines
Spain
England
Alabama
Clark Air Base
Cadiz
Cat on roof spooks Gallipolis business during early hours
City police resolved a 4 a.m. mystery at Max Tawney's Studio and Jewelry Store after owner Tawney heard a tip-toe on the roof. Officers North and Hash investigated from the alley and Second Avenue, catching a large cat prowling the tin roof above the studio.
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Gallipolis
Max Tawney
Second Ave
Tawney
Ptl
Paul North
James Hash
North
High Court Appeal Set On Meigs Memorial Hospital Decision
Meigs Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees will appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court a ruling that the trustees broke the lease by excluding osteopathic physicians from staff. Frank Porter, attorney, says the case raises public interest and questions authority in Ohio hospitals with public funds. The Common Pleas Court found lease breach. the Fourth District upheld it on appeal.
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Meigs County Commissioners
Hospital Commission
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Hopalong Cassady Quits Ohio Youth Commission Post
Former Ohio State football star Howard Cassady resigns his $10 320 yearly post with Ohio's Youth Commission. Officials say he is expected to join Twin Rivers Concrete Products Co as an officer near Delaware. In Cleveland a smoking related fire claims the life of 40 year old Mrs Anna Simpkins.
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Ohio State University
Howard (Hopalong) Cassady
Ohio
New Youth Commission
Cassady
Fogle
Twin Rivers Concrete Products Co
Delaware
Cleveland
Anna Simpkins
Global Pilot Reports Trouble With Engine
Oakland California Miss Joan Merriam a 27 year old Long Beach house wife reported engine trouble 250 miles from the California coast and requested Coast Guard aid. A four engine C130 and SA16 aircraft were dispatched to rendezvous with her Piper Apache. The planes reached her at 7 45 a m PDT and her right engine still labored as she held her course.
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Calif
Global
Joan Merriam
California
Coast Guard
Dorian Meredith
Long Beach
Merriam
Miss Merriam
Hawaii
Honolulu
West Virginia Voters Pick Candidates Today
West Virginia voters face light turnout with Nelson Rockefeller unopposed in WV Republican primary and Barry Goldwater alone on the Nebraska GOP ballot. Democratic delegates are expected to favor President Johnson in both states. Write ins are not counted in WV.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
West Virginia
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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Johnson
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
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