Saigon fighting yields 2002 Viet Cong deaths in 3 days
U.S. Command reports 2,002 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in three days around Saigon with 211 allied and 1,112 total casualties. Western Saigon under curfew, rockets strike Tan Son Nhut, refugees report bunkers, and air power targets western infiltration routes.
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Tan Son Nhut
Paris
Demilitarized Zone
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Khe Sanh
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Washington
Johnson
Kennedy Holds Narrow Indiana Lead in Democratic Primary
RFK's Indiana victory with 42 percent keeps his campaign momentum as Branigin and McCarthy dispute front runners. Kennedy polled 310627 votes to Branigin 226473 and McCarthy 199991 with 4280 of 4461 precincts counted. Nixon led Republicans with 494766 votes.
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Branigin
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Humphrey
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Oregon
California
South Dakota
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Indianapolis
Gary
Fort
Murf the Surf Surrenders in Florida Slayings Case
Jack Murphy surrender in Miami on first degree murder warrants tied to the Whisky Creek killings of two former California secretaries. Griffith also sought. six New York indictments cited securities conspiracy. Victims Terry Rae Kent Frank and Annalie Marie Mohn found weighted with concrete near Hollywood in December.
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Fla
Jack“‘Murf
Murphy
Miami
California
Whisky Creek
Jack Griffith
David Russell
Griffith
Terry Rae Kent Frank
Annalie Marie Mohn
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Ratner, Jackson
Museum of Natural History
New York City
15 Miners Alive as 10 Feared Dead in WV Mine Flood
In Hominy Falls West Virginia ten pumps moving 3200 gallons per minute speed rescue of 15 miners known alive amid a flooded coal mine. Ten others deeper in the mountain are feared dead while rescuers work through a two mile, three foot high passageway with air and food delivered via conveyor.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
H.E. Sundstrom
Frank Davis
Edward Rudd
Pope sets trip to Latin America
Pope Paul VI announced a two or three day visit to Colombia in August to attend the 38th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogota and to open a Latin American bishops conference in Medellin. It would be the longest papal journey and the first to Latin America.
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Colombia
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Medellin
Pontiff
Latin America
Delegation Sets Paris Talks as Hanoi Attacks Increase
Washington notes accelerated North Vietnamese troop movements raise risk of U.S. retaliation while a six member U.S. delegation led by W Averell Harriman heads to Paris for peace talks.
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W. Averell Harriman
North Vietnam
Ha van Lao
Xuan Thuy
South Vietnam
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Cyrus R. Vance
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Andrew Good
Vietnam
Philip C. Mabib
Civil Defense Announces Transfer to Southeast Minnesota
Minnesota Civil Defense director Phillip Iverson announces William E. Flynn a retired naval aviator will become mobile support area commander for 13 southeastern Minnesota counties. Flynn will head the Rochester based unit immediately.
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Minnesota
Civil Defense
Twin Cities
William E. Flynn
Rochester
Phillip A. Iverson
John Deere worker leads education program for at risk youth
James A. Hutchins Jr., 29, personnel relations director at Waterloo's John Deere, returns to help others by founding an educational program for those with less than an eighth grade education. He teams with the firm on counseling, a career day for high school students, and related activities.
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James A. Hutchins Jr
Waterloo
John Deere
Moorhead Plan Should Wait for Community Readiness
Minnesota human rights commissioner Frank Kent, a Black official, said Moorhead State College should not attempt bringing five underprivileged Negro students unless the community is ready. He spoke Tuesday to the Joint Ministerium of Fargo Moorhead.
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Moorhead, Minn
Moorhead State College
Minnesota
Thompson Haven for Freedom Hopes in Post-Conviction Route
U.S. District Judge Edward Devitt ruled that St. Paul attorney T Eugene Thompson serving a life term for his wife Carol’s 1963 murder has not exhausted state remedies. The 1967 Minnesota law allows post conviction relief with an evidentiary hearing and appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Thompson remains in Stillwater State Prison awaiting future steps.
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ST. Paul
T. Eugene Thompson
Edward J. Devitt
Thompson
Devitt
U.S. Supreme Court
Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
Carol
Stillwater State Prison
Unemployment Benefits at Low Payouts in Minnesota
Minnesota unemployment benefits paid out in the week of April 26 totaled 675,465, the lowest since the start of the year. Commissioner George J. Vavoulis noted 18,165 residents received benefits, 1,087 fewer than a year earlier, despite a higher weekly maximum in 1968 than 1967.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Unemployment dips to 3.5 percent nationwide
The Labor Department reported the national jobless rate at 3.5 percent tying a 15 year low. Black unemployment at 6.7 percent remains more than twice white workers at 3.1 percent with sharp disparities in the largest city slums.
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Washington
Labor Department
Kennedy Wins District of Columbia Primary Hit by Stronger Negro Voters
Kennedy defeated Humphrey in the District of Columbia primary securing the 23 delegate votes and leading in party organization contests. The New Yorker campaigner won most district positions while Humphrey backed incumbents trailed. Republicans backed Nixon and Rockefeller with their slate dominant.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
District of Columbia
Kennedy
Humphrey
New Yorker
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Calls Creative Programs to Rebuild Cities
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller urged development of creative programs to transform slum areas into decent productive places to live and work. He stressed jobs over handouts and paychecks over welfare, linking action to curbing urban violence and advancing human dignity.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Minnesota
New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Rockefeller
Kennedy Wins Indiana Primary in Tight Three-Way Race
Robert F. Kennedy led with 42 percent as Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy and Gov. Branigin trailed in Indiana. McCarthy earned 27 percent and Branigin 31 percent, with Branigin carrying two congressional districts and Indiana’s farm counties while Kennedy dominated the urban centers and statewide campaigning. Humphrey eyes later contests as Kennedy’s momentum grows.
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Ind
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
Indiana
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Ted
Hubert H. Humphrey
Branigin
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