U S Air Strikes Kill Viet Cong in Vietnam Valley
In Binh Thuan Province Vietnamese fighters killed 85 Viet Cong after a 20 minute bomber run. United States Navy planes attacked two military barracks and other sites north of the DMZ in a second straight day of strikes. News notes Hanoi Haiphong region targets and peace talk attempts.
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Coral Sea
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Hanoi-Haiphong
Dong Phuong
Hanoi
Junta Rejects UN Cease-Fire Plea in Dominican War
In Santo Domingo the Dominican junta rejected a United Nations cease-fire appeal as Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera pressed a tank offensive toward rebel pockets north of the east–west corridor. Rebel leader Caamano Deno signaled willingness to a truce while U Thant envoy Mayobre reported mixed signals from both sides. Explosions rocked the capital waterfront and the United States could not confirm accusations of dynamiting by U.S. troops.
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Dominican Republic
United Nations
Jose Antonio Mayobre
Venezuela
U. N
U Thant
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Mayobre
Francisco Caamano Deno
Imbert
De Gaulle warns blocs threaten world peace and calls for balance
President Charles de Gaulle said the East West blocs endanger global peace if left intact. He urged a new equilibrium replacing the Yalta two hegemonies structure with nation based responsibility and emphasized France leading via economic ties and regional cooperation.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Yalta
East
Latin America
Africa
Far East
Mail Order Weaponry Under Fire in Gun Control Debates
Atty Gen. Katzenbach testifies before the Senate Juvenile Delinquency subcommittee arguing that NRA objections to a mail order gun bill are misleading. The measure would curb sales to out-of-state residents, raise dealer licenses, and let the Treasury decide who may manufacture import or deal in firearms.
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Johnson Administration
Nicholas Katzenbach
National Rifle Association
Katzenbach
Senate
NRA
Secretary of the Treasury
McDonald protests as USW vote inquiry opens in Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers executive board meets to hear protests of the February 9 election. President David J. McDonald seeks investigations and a possible recount after Secretary-Treasurer I. W. Abel won by 10,142 votes. Board sessions may span two days as talks on steel contracts continue in Pittsburgh.
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United Steelworkers’ Executive Board
David J. McDonald
I. W. Abel
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McDonald
Basic Steel
Abel-McDonald
Pittsburgh
Abel Men
Ohio Tax Study Bill Aims to Ensure Equitable Burden
The Ohio House moved toward passage of an emergency act creating an Ohio Tax Study Commission to examine state and local tax structures. The bill authorizes a tax research director and staff, with findings due by February 1, 1967, and a $150,000 appropriation for the study. The same day the House approved a $190 million capital improvements measure funded by a 1963 bond issue, with education facilities receiving the bulk of the funds.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Charles F. Kurfess
R Wood
Ohio
Finance Committee
Ralph &. Fisher
R Wayne
House
Little Joe II Rocket Explodes During Test at White Sands
The Little Joe II rocket failed in flight during a high altitude safety test at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico. NASA said the explosion occurred about halfway through a 40 second burn, during a mission to verify rescue and abort procedures for a moon bound Saturn launch. The 14 ton capsule separated and descended by parachutes to the desert floor. capsule damage was not yet confirmed.
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White Sands Missile Range
N. M
New Mexico
Moon
Desert
Senate Votes Today On Poll Tax Issue
Washington report states the Senate will vote on an amendment to the voting rights bill declaring the poll tax has denied Negroes the franchise in some states. Introduced by both parties to mollify liberal critics as the debate continues.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Mosquitoes Flood Areas After Mississippi River Floods
The flood swamped thousands of acres of farm land from Minnesota to Kentucky. Mosquito outbreaks rise in Illinois Missouri and Kentucky with fears of encephalitis. St Louis calls it possibly the worst infestation in modern history.
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Minnesota
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Benton
Paducah
St. Louis
Athens Board Investigated By Educators
Three school administrators named to study problems in the Athens County Board of Education were announced. Paul E. Spayde will head the three member panel with E W Kavanagh and Glenn W Schaller as assistants.
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Athens Board
Columbus
Athens County Board of Education
Ohio Education Association
Paul E. Spayde
Lakewood
DEA
E. W. Kavanagh
Greene County
Glenn W. Schaller
Lucas County
Senate bill moves to curb auto exhaust pollution
U S Senate passes a measure to tighten air pollution controls on auto exhaust as 1968 models approach. In Moscow France and the Soviet Union renew a pact on peaceful atomic energy cooperation with expert visits and information exchange. In Phoenix Edward Suever, 27, was cited for driving 40 in a 30 zone and later booked on vagrancy and obstruction after displaying a sign reading radar check ahead.
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Senate
House
Moscow
France
Soviet Union
Phoenix, Ariz.vp
Edward T. Suever
Phoenix
Suever
Teach-In Goes On Without Hall at Berkeley
The planned Viet Nam teach in at the University of California Berkeley campus will proceed without the State Department speakers and without Gus Hall who said he cannot attend.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Berkeley
U.S. State Department
Communist Party
Gus Hall
Guevara’s Mother Dies in Argentina at 61
Mrs. Celia Lynch de Guevara aged 61, mother of Cuba’s Economics Minister Ernesto Guevara, died Tuesday in Buenos Aires. A noted leftist with aristocratic roots, she campaigned across Argentina Brazil and Uruguay for her son’s ideas.
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Buenos Aires
Celia Lynch de Guevara
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
Brookville Mayor Resigns After False Disappearance Report
Brookville mayor Merrill Q. Games resigned Tuesday night after pleading guilty to making a false report about a brief disappearance. Brookville City Council appointed council president Floyd Payne as the new mayor.
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Merrill Q. Games
Brookville
Floyd Payne
Sheppard Granted Extension to File Rehearings Petition
Dr. Sam Sheppard’s attorneys have been granted until June 14 to file a petition for a rehearing before the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The extension was officially approved by the court.
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Sam Sheppard
Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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