Buddhist Leaders Meet Ky Thieu as Hue Self Immolations Rise
Buddhist delegates met Prime Minister Ky and Chief of State Thieu at Gia Long Palace amid a wave of self immolations in Hue and Dalat. Monks call for ceasefire and leaders sought a civilian transition while U S and Viet Nam forces conduct heavy air strikes against North Vietnam.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Hue
Thich
Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Gia Long Palace
Thieu
Thich Tri Quang
Bud
Dalat
United States
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U. S
North Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
Hanoi
South
Leon man dies in Mason County crash near Leon
A 99 year old Leon driver Leonard Stover died Monday night when his pickup overturned after hitting an em bankment on Secondary Route 48 near Leon. His brother David Stover and Nelson Greenlee were injured. Stover died of multiple injuries. Greenlee treated for minor injuries. The crash left the truck toppled, with Stover pinned for about 30 minutes before bystanders freed them. No charges filed. Body at Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo. This was Mason County's sixth fatality of the year and the only highway death over Memorial Day weekend.
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Point Pleasant
Leon
Leonard Stover
David Stover
Nelson
Bud) Greenlee
Greenlee
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mason County
Memorial Day Highway Death Toll Sets Grim Record
The nation’s three day Memorial Day period shows 519 lives lost on highways by Monday midnight local time, with 43 drowned and 90 in other accidents. California led in fatalities. a Somerset Kentucky crash killed five, four from an Ohio vacationing family.
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America
South Carolina
National Safety Council
Council
California
Somerset
Ohio
Khrushchev ailing but recovering, says Nina
Nina Khrushchev reports her husband Nikita remains in the country but has made an astonishing recovery after a long siege of kidney trouble. The couple says they lead a quiet life as he reads and walks.
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Moscow
Nina Khrushchev
Nikita
Shostakovich Suffers Heart Attack In Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich, 59, Russia's leading composer, suffered a slight heart attack at his Leningrad home after a concert where three of his new works were performed. He was to speak at the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow Monday, but was announced ill by Cultural Minister Ekaterina Furtseva.
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Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Ekaterina Furtseva
Tennessee Governor Declares Senate Bid Against Boss
Nashville Governor Frank Clement announces another Democratic Senate candidacy opposing incumbent Senator Ross Bass, who defeated him two years prior. Clement seeks the party nomination as he runs in Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank Clement
U.S. Senate
Ross Boss
D-Tenn
Lois Glancy honored as 48 years teaching ends
Miss Lois Glancy was honored at a dinner marking the end of her 48 year teaching career. The event highlighted a long tenure in the Athens area with community recognition.
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Lois Glancy
Peden Stadium
Moeller
Athens
Athens County
Clarence Miller
Nelsonville
Embassy Attack by Students Damages Warsaw U S Embassy
In Warsaw about 30 students mainly Cubans Africans and other foreigners demonstrated at the U S Embassy pelting the building with bricks ink bottles and potatoes. One car and several windows and a display case were damaged in a five minute incident. No U S injuries were reported. Ambassador Gronouski planned to protest and seek damages of several hundred dollars.
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Warsaw
Poland
U. S
Cuba
John A. Gronowski
Fernando Florez Ibarra
Gronouski
Traffic Crackdown Aids In Cutting Ohio Deaths
During the Memorial Day weekend Ohio saw at least 15 traffic deaths and six drownings, far below prognostications. Law enforcement issued about 5000 citations and aided 2200 motorists as Warren C. Nelson noted stricter enforcement without preliminary warnings. James E. Hanson, 23, of Bef ore, died when his car was hit from behind on Ohio 6 north of McConnelsville.
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Department of Highway Safety
Ohio
James E. Hanson
McConnelsville
Sailor's Secret Sale Shocks Navy Security
A Navy sailor with a secret clearance gathered highly sensitive information in a top secret area and attempted to sell it to the Soviets. The Navy says the case highlights security weaknesses and tightened measures worldwide. Officials refuse details citing active investigation and classified material.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Navy
Rufus L. Taylor
Office of Naval Intelligence
Chief of Naval Operations
Virginia Area Is Struck By Small Quake
A small earthquake, rated about four on the Richter scale by Georgetown University scientist Father Bernard McConnell, shook areas from Washington to Richmond and extending to Charlottesville and Williamsburg. No major damage or injuries were reported.
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Richmond
Georgetown University
Virginia
Bernard McConnell
Georgetown
Washington
Charlottesville
Williamsburg
Surveyor 1 adjusts moon landing trajectory from Pasadena
Surveyor 1 presses toward a new smoother landing site in the Sea of Storms after a precise 20 second rocket burn and a controlled roll and yaw. Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials report the 2200 pound craft responded to commands and will take hours more to confirm a landing about 20 miles north of the prior target.
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Pasadena
Calif
Psurveyor 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
22nd Child Born To Happy Family In Birmingham
In Birmingham England John McNaught 50 and wife Margaret 45 celebrate their 22nd child four days after birth. The couple married 30 years ago raise 20 surviving children ages 4 days to 28 years. McNaught works as a welder earning 50 dollars weekly and government family allowances add 12 32 monthly while older daughters are married and help support the family.
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Birmingham
England
John McNaught
McNaught
Margaret
Mary
David
Gemini 9 ready for three day space flight from Cape Kennedy
At Cape Kennedy Florida astronauts Stafford and Cernan prepare to launch Gemini 9 aboard Titan and Atlas rockets for a 185 mile high Earth orbit mission. They will attempt to dock with an ATDA target while a Surveyor craft aims for the Moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Gemini 9
ATDA
Atlas
Titan
Gemini Wins
Space Agency
Gemini
U. S
Stafford
Cernan
Surveyor
Lunar
Ohio AFL-CIO to urge apportionment plan on 1967 ballot
At the Ohio AFL-CIO convention in Cleveland more than 2200 delegates will consider a resolution calling for an equitable apportionment plan with compact contiguous districts and near equal population and a constitutional amendment to guard against future gerrymandering. The federation also backs unemployment and minimum wage reforms and collective bargaining for public employees.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Afl-Cio
Public Auditorium
Federation
Warren J. Smith
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Raynes Funeral Home
Buffalo
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Quang Ngai
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Associated Press
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Middleport
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Moon
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