Thieu Opens Four Year Term With Peace Talk Push
Lt Gen Nguyen Van Thieu began a four year presidency in Saigon by proposing peace talks with Hanoi. He named lawyer Nguyen Van Loc as premier, vowed to defend freedom, strengthen the army, curb corruption, aid peasants, and narrow the city countryside income gap. Security was heightened for the ceremony with about 50 000 troops and guests along Le Loi Avenue.
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Reds Beaten Off In Town Attack
In Loc Ninh, Saigon area, U S and South Vietnamese troops repelled a three day assault by Communist forces seeking to overrun Loc Ninh district headquarters and a U S Special Forces camp. The battle left hundreds of Communist dead and involved air strikes on North Vietnam targets as part of broader operations.
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Mansfield faulted Soviets for rejecting peace move
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged Moscow to back a revived Geneva Conference on Vietnam. He argued Soviet rejection hampers peace prospects and said joining Britain as cochairmen could trigger a U.S. halt to bombing if a new meeting is convened, with Johnson likely to attend.
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Anticrime Proposals Revealed in Senate Subcommittee
Washington AP Johnson's anticrime bill advances from a Senate Judiciary subcommittee with amendments expanding police powers. The plan would permit court ordered wiretapping, relax confession admissibility, bar habeas corpus relief after state supreme court rulings, and fund training via a National Institute of Law Enforcement Training.
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Bride Wounded as Captor Ends Siege in Cleveland
Lida Caldwell was abducted after her wedding to Robert Batch, who wounded her husband as they returned from Detroit. Batch, a former mental patient, held Caldwell at his attic apartment in University Heights for over a day, then shot her in the chest and killed himself as police entered. Caldwell survived, and her husband, also injured, remained hospitalized.
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Detroit
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Three Die In Mississippi Twisters
A Gulfport driven disaster left three dead and many injured as two tornadoes cut two paths through the coast causing about 5 million dollars in damage. National Guardsmen cordoned off the area and rescue teams searched a two mile strip for more victims.
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Cincinnati newspapers halted by photo engravers strike
Cincinnati, AP. The city of 500,000 went without its daily papers today for the first time this century as the photo engravers union began a strike. The Enquirer and Post & Times-Star halted while nonstriking staff were asked to report to work as negotiations continued. The Post does not publish Sundays. The last local daily to appear was the Enquirer on Monday.
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Florida Governor Predicts 1968 VP Pick and Humphrey Dump
Republican Governor Claude Kirk of Florida predicts President Johnson will dump Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968 and open the Democratic convention to the left. He also believes Johnson will choose Gen. Gavin as his running mate. Michigan Governor George Romney fights Johnson credibility in New England, urging truth about domestic and international matters.
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Girl Found Murdered Near Bowling Green
A 20 year old girl identified as Karen Kern was found dead of six bullet wounds in a ditch in Sylvania Township Wood County Ohio. Deputies had no suspects or motive. Kern lived with her parents and worked as a secretary for Sylvania elementary schools. She was reported missing Sunday after telling a boyfriend she was delayed by car trouble near Beaver Dam in Allen County. A high school student found the body on his way to school.
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Parents allege starved son in state institutions
Dayton couple charge their 18 year old son lost 65 pounds during over 11 months of confinement at Gallipolis and Orient State Institutes. They say he was tired and sick while admitted, with officials citing weight loss from 75 to 64 pounds and treatment including spoon feeding antibiotics. The boy was discharged last Saturday.
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Gallipolis State Institute
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Spacecraft soft-landing hints at manned flight plan
Cosmos 186, one of two Soviet unmanned Sputniks, completed a soft earth landing, signaling docking was a rehearsal for a manned orbiting platform. In Dallas, Marina N. Oswald Porter sues for 500000 over seizure of Oswald’s personal effects. Saigon guards report Viet Cong rounds near Independence Palace during a gala for Thieu and Humphrey. Grambling College sees student protests with an expected exodus of about 2000 as academics claim emphasis on athletics over learning.
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Demonstrations Planned Twice Daily For King's Jail Sentence
Birmingham civil rights leader Rev. T Y Rogers says demonstrations will run twice daily for five days in support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and three other ministers serving contempt sentences. The ministers include Rev. Ralph Abernathy Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker and Rev. A D King. In Detroit Edward N Cole, 58, was named president of General Motors Corp succeeding James M Roche as chairman.
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Chinese Invaders Target Macao Bishop Office
Several hundred young Chinese Communists burst into the office of the Roman Catholic bishop of Macao on Tuesday. A church spokesman said Bishop Paulo Jose Tavares slipped away ahead of the mob as they claimed to have taken him prisoner for over two hours. They demanded he sign an agreement allowing Communist political activity in Macao Catholic schools, a demand he has consistently refused.
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Ford Blasts Excessive Spending at Ohio Insurance Meeting
Cleveland reports Rep. Gerald R. Ford says U. S. taxpayers are rebelling against excessive federal spending and that a spending pullback is needed to restore sanity. He criticizes administration leaders for dropping talk of the Great Society.
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Athens school levy aims and local impact explained
Athens readers learn what funds from a proposed levy would support in classrooms and programs. The page notes outline potential gains for education, with emphasis on how funds could affect staffing, facilities, and student services in the district.
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