Viet Cong Losses Big Near Saigon. Turned Tide at Duc Lap
U S forces report 101 Viet Cong killed in Duc Lap clash about 20 miles northwest of Saigon as airborne cavalry sweep Plei Me. Other fighting near Quang Ngai saw 500 to 600 Viet Cong withdraw under heavy shelling. In a Turner Joy incident a powder case explosion killed two sailors and injured several others.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Plei Me
Duc Lap
Washington
Turner Joy
Brazil Under Military Rule Abolishes Parties
Congress backed measures that abolish all political parties and grant military courts power. President Humberto Castello Branco can declare a state of siege and rule by decree for up to 180 days, with Congress closed during the siege and public officials purged. He emerged from the army in 1964 after Goulart’s ouster, justifying the move as necessary for stability and economic progress.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Congress
Humberto Castello Branco
Supreme Court
Indonesian Official Threatened Amid Jakarta Demonstration
About 15,000 anti Communist demonstrators marched on the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta demanding action against Subandrio the first deputy premier and foreign minister. They denounced Red China and Indonesia Reds and pressed for proof that anti Communist newspapers are not CIA backed.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Subandrio
Foreign Ministry
Red China
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Rusk Visits LBJ Ranch Denies Crisis Link to Bill
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with President Johnson at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City Texas denying any crisis linked to his visit. The occasion coincides with the signing of the $2 billion rivers and harbors bill authorizing 142 projects as Johnson faces constitutional concerns over power limits.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Texas White House
Rusk
LBJ
Joseph Laitin
White House
Bull D. Moyers
Senate
House Public Works
Moyers
Students Support Viet Nam War Aid Movements
Thousands of college students donate blood to support U S military needs with Pentagon approval amid Viet Nam debate. The May Second Movement plans sending medical supplies to the Communist Viet Cong. The drive begins at Illinois with 2000 volunteers, while Berkeley and Stanford groups push broader political aims.
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Pentagon
U.S
Viet Nam
Washington State University
Denver Center of
Colorado University
Bill van Pelt
Denver
Steve Cherkoss
Berkeley
Calif
United States
International Red Cross
Defense Department
American Red Cross
University of Ilinois
Philip Hinterberger
Alton
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Illinois
Cherkoss
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Showdown Nears In Dominica Army Crisis
In Santo Domingo Dominican Republic provisional government leaders clash over firing the armed forces chiefs. President Hector Garcia-Godoy resists, fearing economic ruin and U S or OAS backlash while a 10000 strong Inter American Peace Force maintains order in the capital.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hector Garcia - Godoy
Organization of American States
Garcia-Godoy
Armed Forces
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ohio Wins Chrysler's New Plant in Perrysburg
Governor James A. Rhodes announced Chrysler will locate a new plant in Perrysburg Ohio near Maumee a Toledo suburb. The decision ends a dispute between Ohio and Michigan and was conveyed to Rhodes during a Canton dedication event.
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Columbus
Chrysler Corp
Ohio
Michigan
Perrysburg
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Toledo
Canton
Chrysler
Maumee
London Airliner Explodes On Third Landing Attempt
A British European Airways Vanguard four engine airliner crashed in fog on its third landing attempt at London Airport, killing all 36 aboard. The Edinburgh to London flight carried 30 passengers, a child, and six crew. Visibility was about 500 yards.
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London
London Airport
Edinburgh
Scotland
British European Airways
Vanguard
BEA
Paris
Winnie's WW I Home Goes On Auction Block
London auctioneers Knight Frank & Rutley plan selling Sir Winston Churchill’s Hyde Park Gate residence at 28 and adjoining 27 Hyde Park Gate. The two houses may fetch 224000 to 280000 dollars with no sale-use restrictions. A move to designate the home a historic building is underway. Churchill died in a ground-floor room on January 24.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Hyde Park Gate
Knight
Frank & Rutley
Winston
Congress Expected To Top $100 Billion in 1966 Budget
Congressional experts foresee fiscal 1966 appropriations rising above 100 billion dollars, with the 1965 total of 119.3 billion higher than the previous year and exceeded only by wartime spending in 1942. Budget director Schultze predicts 1967 will also exceed 100 billion.
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Congress
Johnson
Budget Bureau
Charles L. Schultze
Crowded brief highlights plan for divorce and a peace protest
Police detained a drunken driver overnight after a freeway incident in Cleveland. Donna Axum Buckley, Miss America 1964, announces divorce from Michael Buckley of Bloomington. Cincinnati councilman John Held funds a 3 refund to a motorist due to a faulty meter. Hawthorne youths protest war toy manufacture with PEACE group marching ahead of Christmas.
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Cleveland
EL Dorado, Ark
Donna Axum Buckley
Cincinnati
John E. Held
Held
Jack Rusk
Rusk
Hawthorne
Calif
John Gazarian
Hub of 20 Million Highway Spending Planned
The Messenger Athens notes a major transportation initiative with about twenty million dollars allocated for Appalachian Highway improvements over the next four years, signaling a regional infrastructure push.
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Athens
Logan
West Berlin Suicide Rate Reflects Loneliness Behind Prosperity
West Berlin's surface glitter masks tension with a high death by own action rate. Two or more suicides daily, plus multiple attempts, reveal loneliness as a persistent factor amid enclosed life. Early data show 881 crisis reports last year, skewed toward 20 to 30 year olds and holiday periods.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Berthold Moldenhauer
Karl-Bonhoeffer Mental Hospital
Denmark
Ellen Balaszeskal
Good Jobs For Apt Noncollegians In Ohio
Dayton report notes rising demand for skilled workers on automated production lines. William L. Sells says journeyman trained apprentices can earn 10 000 to 14 000 dollars yearly and that over 10 000 apprentices are registered in Ohio trades. He warns a continuing shortage exists but apprenticeships offer strong career paths.
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Dayton
William L. Sells
Ohio
King outraged at verdict spurs new southern protests
In Atlanta Dr. Martin Luther King Jr returning from Europe said he was outraged by the Wilkins verdict in Hayneville Alabama. He warned the civil rights movement must pressure for justice as SCLC plans demonstrations amid school desegregation protests in Crawfordville and Taliaferro County Georgia. Attorneys Moore and Hollowell pressed Judge Bell on bus desegregation schemes and urged reopening Crawfordsville’s white school desegregated.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Taliaferro County
Martin Luther King Jr
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Hayneville
Ala
Europe
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Crawfordville
Howard Moore Jr
Donald L. Hollowell
U.S. Circuit Court
Griffin B. Bell
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