Brazil Heads Peace Force in Dominican Republic
General Hugo Panasco Alvim was named commander of the Inter-American Peace Force as 1,250 Brazilian troops join smaller units from Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica in Santo Domingo. U S Marines and paratroopers outnumber Latin Americans ten to one with Palmer as deputy commander. The force aims to restore normal conditions and create a peaceful, functional democratic system while a 24 hour cease fire holds.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hugo Panasco Alvim
U. S
Bruce Palmer
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Ameri
Can
lnter-American Peace Force
Western Hemisphere
Organization of American States
OAS
Donald Reid
Pfc
Robert Pena
Miami
Fla
Supreme Court strikes down 1962 anti Communist mail law
Washington court ruling voids a 1962 law authorizing the Post Office Department to hold up Communist mail from abroad. Justice Douglas writes for the 8-0 majority. White takes no part. The decision frames privacy and free society concerns amid government contention of protecting citizens from harassment and denying propaganda. The law allowed withholding mail from foreign Communist material unless requested by the addressee. undeliverable mail was destroyed. The piece also notes Senate votes on a Republican substitute to voting rights ahead of a major cloture clash with Democrats and White House backing.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Post Office Department
William O. Douglas
Byron R. White
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Montreal Post Office Bomb Scare Follows Downtown Explosion
Two sticks of dynamite wrapped in newspaper were found in Montreal's main post office less than two hours after a time bomb blasted doors and windows of the Prudential of England building. No injuries were reported in the downtown blast. Premier Theo Lefevre resigned in Brussels after his government lost ground in the national election. In Washington President Johnson honored Dominic Donatello of Anchorage as Small Business Man of the Year.
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Montreal
Prudential of England
Brussels
Belgium
Theo Lefevre
House of Representatives
Washington
Johnson
Dominic Donatello
Anchorage
Alaska
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson Opens White House Beauty Conference
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson opened a two day White House conference on natural beauty urging Americans to take initiative to keep the land beautiful. Rockefeller warned beauty must be a national priority and not a luxury as talks outlined plans for city and countryside restoration.
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Washington
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
America
Laurance Rockefeller
William M. Bennett
California
Public Utilities Commission
Calaveras Frog Jump Ends Centennial With Big Winner
In Angel’s Camp California the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Contest marked its centennial with a winner named Hops a Lafayette bullfrog soaring 14 feet 9 inches earning $300. Foreign entries faltered as Impala the South African frog won the international contest with an 11 foot 5 inch leap. Nevada Gov Nuclear Ned stunned California’s Whispering Ed with a 1044 feet finish in a side event.
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Angel
Calif
Calaveras County
Lafayette
Leonard Hall
Mark Twain
Litttle
Sierra Foothills
South Africa
Piem Fourie
T. Botha
Germistown
Angel’s
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
California
Edmund G. Brown
Ned
Air Force Navy Jets Report Viet Nam Casualties and Strikes
An American adviser and 35 South Vietnamese troops were killed in a Viet Cong ambush 150 miles south of Saigon. An American adviser and 25 South Vietnamese are missing. Four other Americans died and one wounded in ambushes near Ben Cat and Song Be. Navy jets sank a North Vietnamese PT boat and damaged six barracks in air strikes. Bombing hit bridges and a span near Ha Tinh as pilots reported heavy fire but returned safely.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Ben Cat
Song Be
Viet Nam
U. S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Rao Nay
Vinh
Bolivian Tin Miners Clash With Troops in Quechisla
Bolivian troops battled miners resisting military occupation of tin mines in the Quechisla region near Catavi. A cabinet member called the fighting a virtual civil war as casualties were reported and a miners radio station urged a 48 hour truce.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Quechisla
Catavi
McNamara Selected for OU Honorary Degree
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters at Ohio University commencements June 6 joining Yousaf Karsh Pauline Frederick Fred H Johnson and Edwin L Kennedy The university hails McNamara as a bridge between business education and government and notes his moral courage He became Secretary of Defense in 1961 after resigning as Ford president two months earlier following a 14 year run at Ford The article traces his Harvard MBA and World War II Air Force service
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Robert S. McNamara
Ohio University
Yousaf Karsh
Pauline Frederick
Fred H. Johnson
Columbus Insurance
Edwin L. Kennedy
Lehman Bros
New York
McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Air Force
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
Ohio
Socialist Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
Vienna report says Socialist Franz Jonas, 65, won a tight presidential race over conservative Alfon Gorbach, 66, by 63,482 votes in a 2,324,474 to 2,260,992 tally with about 94,000 blank ballots. Jonas begins a six year term, succeeding Adolf Schärf who died in February. Gorbach achieved his best Conservative showing since 1945, boosting hopes for gains in Parliament in 1966 elections.
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Vienna
Austria
Gorbach
Sunday liquor sales face House hearing in Ohio
The Ohio House Liquor Committee opens its first hearing on a Sunday sale bill that cleared the Senate by a narrow margin. Cleveland Democrats led by Len. David Matia push the measure to make Ohio a convention state. Observers expect House defeat despite a local option provision. Nine bills sit on tonight's calendar including milk industry regulation and sheriff allowances. Senate actions may include data processing juror selection measures and higher penalties for illegal deer taking.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Liquor Committee
Senate
Len
David Matia
D-Cahahoga
Cleveland
Test Case Of Equality Is Sought In Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana CORE plans a quick test of segregation laws as mayor Jesse H Cutrer Jr vows to keep the park closed amid racial tensions after a Park violence incident. Two white residents face arson charges for an attack on a Negro church. Civil rights leader James Farmer spoke at a rally. Temperature outlook stays around 77 high 53 low with possible showers later.
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Congress of Racial Equality
Michael Jones
CORE
Ku Klux Klan
Jesse H. Cutrer Jr
Cutrer
Cutter
James Farmer
Farmer
Ed Hollander
Commission Council
Igentc Wg
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