Reds Attack in Laos Front Triggered by Neutralist Counteroffensive
Neutralist forces claim a counterattack in Muong Kheung near Muong Soui drives back the Communist advance on a key east west highway from the Plaine des Jarres. Gen Amkha Soukhavong warns Muong Soui falling would threaten Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng as talks spark regional tensions.
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Vientiane
Laos
Muong Kheung
Plaine Des Jarres
Amkha Soukhavong
Souvanna Phouma
Muong Soui
Amkha
Souvanna
National Assembly
Muong Suoi
Luang Prabang
Vang Vieng
Tokyo
Red China
United States
Thailand
Radio
Peking
China
Pathet Lao
Chen Yi
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
Chen
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Drowned Father Of Four Found Alive On Coast
Akron report confirms George Wesig who vanished in 1962 while swimming at Cedar Point is alive in California under the name Gregory Everett George. FBI fingerprint match tied him to a Sherman Oaks residence after an intoxication arrest. his wife filed abandonment charges.
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Akron
George Wesig
Lake Erie
Cedar Point
Sig
FBI
Wesig
Los Angeles
Gregory Everett George
George
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Goldwater Gets Tough In Stretch In California Primary
In a hard fought stretch to win California's 86 nominating votes Goldwater shifts from easygoing style to a tougher campaign. He teams with New York Governor Rockefeller as the June 2 primary approaches and faces a grimmer, more deliberate battle than in past elections.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Police Lose Billy Clubs In Burglary Probe
Denver officers parked to investigate a burglary at an apartment house and later found their wooden billy clubs missing from the radio cruiser.
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Denver
Seven Hurt In Air Drop Near California Nevada Border
In an operation labeled Desert Strike a mock war over river rights a drop near Searchlight Nevada on the California Nevada border injured seven paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division. Two suffered broken legs others had cuts and bruises as about 1600 troops dropped during the exercise involving roughly 100000 troops.
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Blythe
Calif
Colorado River
101St Airborne Division
Searchlight
Nev
California-Nevada
Buddhists Rally Across Saigon Hue For Buddha Birthday
In Saigon and Hue hundreds of thousands of Buddhists joined orderly processions to commemorate Buddha's birthday. Reports note the gatherings amid ongoing religious tensions linked to the Diem era and earlier crises during 1963.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Hue
Buddha
Ngo Dinh Diem
Three Primaries Stir Florida Oklahoma and Kentucky
Florida and Oklahoma held heated primaries affecting the race for the U S Senate with Bud Wilkinson as the Republican candidate and Senators Edmondson and Harris facing a runoff. Kentucky voters weighed Democratic and Republican U S House nominees amid noted apathy.
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Washington
Florida
Bud Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Oklahoma
U.S
J. Howard Edmondson
Fred Harris
Wilkinson
Senate
Edmondson
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Celebrezze urges wage and price restraint
Cleveland based Welfare Secretary Anthony J. Celebrezze urged both labor and business to follow President Johnson's appeal for tight wage and price control. He spoke to the Ohio AFL CIO Fourth Constitutional Convention and said wage increases should match production gains to prevent a wage price spiral hindering economic expansion. He backed Johnson's war on poverty as a necessary human-values driven program.
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Cleveland
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Johnson
Ohio
AFL Cio
Celebrezze
Gang Wrecks Eight Homes Near Independence Hall
About 100 men wielding clubs axes and sledgehammers wrecked eight houses in a non-union project near Independence Hall in five minutes causing about 15000 damage. Developer Roy Furman said six men were injured fleeing the scene.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Roy Furman
Recreational Development Study for Hocking Hills Sought
Ohio proposes a $52 000 grant to the Area Redevelopment Administration to study recreational needs and development potential across Hocking Athens Ross Vinton Jackson Meigs Perry and Morgan counties. The Institute for Regional Development at Ohio University would lead a broad, systematic analysis for a park complex with land acquisitions water impoundments and facilities. The earlier Hocking County tourism study will be incorporated into the new effort.
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Columbus
Hocking Hills
Area Redevelopment Admin
Washington
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Fred E. Marr
Natural Resources
Hocking
Athens
Ross
Vinton
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Morgan
Institute For Regional Development
Ohio University At
Hocking County
Ohio University College of Business Administration
Martin L. Hecht
Hecht
Moonship Test Delayed by Frozen Valve at Cape Kennedy
The unmanned Apollo moonship model launch at Cape Kennedy was postponed to Thursday due to a frozen nitrogen valve in ground support gear. The timed countdown had reached about one hour 55 minutes before launch when the problem halted the attempt.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Nixon to Speak in Six Cities in June Tour
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon plans speeches in New York Baltimore Atlanta Detroit and Milwaukee from June 4 to June 16. He will address political audiences amid national campaigns and fundraising events across multiple states.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Baltimore
Atlanta
Detroit
Milwaukee
Additional Tax Cuts Foreseeable Within Two Years
Washington reports the Johnson administration plans another income tax cut in 1967 and broad excise tax reductions in 1966. Officials note possible trimming of many excise categories while urging caution for earmarked taxes. The move aligns with a balanced budget aim by fiscal 1967 and could boost chances for further tax relief.
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Washington
Johnson
Ming
Douglas Dillon
Senate
Treasury
Congress
Violence erupts in Cambridge Maryland clashes injure guardsmen
In Cambridge Maryland a National Guardsman was shot and three others injured as integrationist demonstrators clashed with troops using bayonets and tear gas. Bullets bricks and bottles flew in the Negro district while hundreds of whites protested nearby.
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Cambridge
Cyprus Guns Roar Again in Kyrenia Mountains
Heavy firing erupted today between Turkish and Greek Cypriot positions in the Kyrenia range north of Nicosia. Canadian troops came under fire from Turkish positions as the UN reported. The exchange lasted about half an hour with no advance from either side and the UN said the Turks started the shooting.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Kyrenia
United Nations
Dick Van Dyke Show Wins Five Emmys in Boycott Year
Hollywood reports CBS TV dominated the 16th annual television awards as The Dick Van Dyke Show claimed five Emmys including best actor for Van Dyke. NBC followed with nine, ABC had five, while Mary Tyler Moore earned best actress and the show won for writing directing and comedy.
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Hollywood
CBS TV
Dick van Dyke
van Dyke
CBS
ABC
Nbc-Tv
NBC
John F. Kennedy
Joey Bishop
Mary Tyler Moore
JFK Birthday Remembrance Marks Kennedy 47th
Mrs John F Kennedy viewed mementos of her late husband and said photographs are the hardest to look at as the JFK birthday anniversary nears. The exhibit preview featured images of Kennedy with family and campaign scenes before an audience including Attorney General Robert F Kennedy. The traveling show will later be displayed in Harvard Library housing Kennedy papers.
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Kennedy
JFK
Robert F. Kennedy
Harvard University
Morton Hatfield Named Top GOP Officers For 1964 Convention
Washington The Republican National Committee approves Thruston Morton of Kentucky as permanent chairman and Mark Hatfield of Oregon as permanent speaker and temporary chairman for the 1964 convention. Morton is seen as a moderate, Hatfield linked to liberal wing, neither backing a presidential hopeful.
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Thruston B. Morton
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Morton
Hatfield
Washington
Republican National Committee
Kentucky
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Debt Ceiling Boost Asked by Treasury to Raise Limit
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon asked Congress to raise the temporary debt ceiling from 315 billion to 324 billion for the new fiscal year starting July 1. If action is delayed past June 30, the limit would revert to 285 billion, about 25 billion below the current debt level.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Ohio reports 234 join manpower training in April
Willard P. Dudley, administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, said 234 people entered training in April under three state administered manpower programs.
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Columbus
Willard P. Dudley
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Egypt Hails Arab Soviet Understanding and Credit Pact
Cairo newspapers praise the Arab Soviet socialist understanding reached during Khrushchev visit and highlight Soviet credit of 277 million dollars while noting Nasser's neutralist stance. Washington reports ten Secret Service men assigned to protect Mrs Kennedy and children for two years.
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Cairo
Khrushchev
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Africa
Asia
Soviet Union
Washington
Secret Service
John F. Kennedy
Senate Appropriations
Eisenhower Urges Helmsman for President and Succession
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower calls for a clear line of succession with the vice president authorized to take over duties if the president is disabled. He also supports empowering the president to appoint a deputy if the vice presidency is vacant and notes non physical disability could create problems. He cites his 1955 1956 and 1957 illness episodes as context and suggests expert medical advice would determine capability.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New President Named For Defiance College
Defiance College announced the selection of W. Noel Johnston 45 vice president of Ohio Wesleyan University to succeed retiring president Kevin McCann 59 after 13 years in office Johnston will take the presidency on June 30 and lead the college.
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Defiance
W. Noel Johnston
Ohio Wesleyan University
Kevin McCann
Defiance College
Johnston
McCann
Peru soccer tragedy grips Lima after stampede toll 328
In Lima police say 328 die after tear gas triggered a stadium stampede at a Peru Argentina pre- Olympic match. Riotous fans clashed with officers as officials escorted referee Eduardo Pazos and players from National Stadium. Argentina led 1 0 when Peru’s goal was ruled offside.
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Lima
Peru
International Soccer Federation
Zurich
Switzerland
Argentina
Eduardo Pazos
Uruguay
Pazos
Factory Built Wood Rowboat For Sale At $45
Mac Williams offers a factory built wood rowboat priced at 45 dollars. Ad space in The Messenger Classified Pages runs six days for 3.36. Call LY 3 1242 or LY 3 1431 to place an ad.
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Lincoln St
Mac Williams
Messenger
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