Relief Force Opens Push Toward Khe Sanh Fort
In Saigon and on the northern front, a major allied thrust advances toward the besieged Khe Sanh Marine base. U.S. reports show heavy casualties as the operation Pegasus moves along Highway 9, with American and South Vietnamese forces inflicting and sustaining losses amid the siege.
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Saigon
UPS
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
U.S
UPI
Johnson
North Vietnam
America
Highway 9
Marine Bastion
Plateau Fort
Hanoi
Malfunctions Hamper Saturn 5 Test Flight
The second unmanned Saturn 5 rocket failed to restart its engine and reach a moonward trajectory in the Apollo 6 test. Engine trouble marred ascent and cast doubt on qualifying the launcher for manned missions. The third stage with the Apollo craft still attached reached a preliminary Earth orbit before potential ignition failure.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Earth
Mission Control Center
Apollo
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Samuel Phillips
Moon
Moonport
Phillips
Houston
Oceanside
Space Agency
mid-Pacific
Mallary Seeks Limited Special Session Agenda
House Speaker Mallary urges a focused special session limited to capital complex plan legislation. A related $6 million bond issue died in the 1968 session after the House repeatedly refused to suspend rules to message the bill to the Senate.
Bennington Flag Featured in 10 Stamp Commemorative Series
Washington reports the Bennington flag of 1777 will be issued as part of ten commemorative stamps by the Post Office Department this summer. Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien announces the historic flag, preserved by the Bennington Battle Monument and Historical Association, with seven white and six red stripes and 11 stars around "76." The stamp release is slated for July 4 in Pittsburgh, alongside Boy Scout flag plaza dedications.
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Washington
UPS
Bennington
Post Office Department
Lawrence O’brien
Bennington Battle Monument
Pittsburgh
Johnson Attends Archbishop Installations in New York
President Johnson flies to New York to attend the installation of Most Rev Terence J Cooke as archbishop at St Patrick s Cathedral. He will return to Washington for a Democratic fund raising dinner after the ceremony, marking his first NY visit since last December's Spellman Mass.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
Terence J. Cooke
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Honolulu
Washington
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Cooke
Johnson to Meet Top Allies in Honolulu on Vietnam Peace Talks
President Johnson plans to fly to Honolulu for a Pacific strategy conference with top U.S. officials and South Korea President Park Chung Hee on the Vietnam issue. Saigon leaders Thieu are not scheduled to attend. Rusk may join later as talks center on Hanoi’s offer to contact Washington. Military and diplomatic aides view possible talks as tentative and cautious. Canada Liberal Leadership Opens to choose Pearson successor Trudeau amid leadership bid.
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UPI
Johnson
Honolulu
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Park Chung Hee
Park
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Pacific
United States
Hanoi
Geneva
London
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Hawaii
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
New Zealand
White House
Rusk
Wellington
N.Z
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Ottawa
Canada
Liberal Party
Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pearson
Trudeau
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Polish Catholic Paper Demands More Democracy in Poland
In Warsaw the pro government Slowo Powszechne urged greater democracy within Poland’s socialist system. The piece criticizes the ruling Communist coalition for isolating the public from governance amid government reshuffles and student calls for reform.
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Warsaw
UPI
Slowo Powszechne
Poland
National Front
Daniel Kac
Ah Office of State Economic Reserves
Kac
Trybuna Ludu
Central Council of Trade Unions
Jozef Kofman
Man Shot in Home in East Poestenkill
Roland Sicko, 46, shot in the leg by Frank Lemard, 45, at Lemard’s East Poestenkill home on Wednesday night. Semard arrested for first degree assault and jailed. Sicko in serious but not critical condition at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. police continue investigation.
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East Poestenkill
N.Y
Roland Sicko
Frank Lemard
Center Brunswick
Semard
Rensselaer County
Sicko
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Humphrey Sees Pledges Ahead of Possible Nomination Bid
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, encouraged after talks with President Johnson and strong backing from AFL-CIO leader George Meany and United Steelworkers President I W Abel, moves toward an open bid for the Democratic nomination. He speaks at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh but will not announce then.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
Pittsburgh
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Meany
Two More AWOL GIs Surrender In Germany
Two AWOL American soldiers Butler and Lloyd surrendered to U.S. Army authorities in Germany after a month in Sweden. They arrived at Frankfurt airport soon after Pvt. Ray Roy Jones received four months hard labor for leaving his unit and living in Sweden. Butler of Alabama and Lloyd of Pennsylvania were turned over to the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division at Kitzingen. Sweden has granted asylum to 28 AWOL servicemen to date.
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Heidelberg
Germany
UPI
Sweden
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Ray Roy Jones
James L. Butler Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Donald D. Lloyd
Fawn Grove
Butler
Lloyd
U.S. 3Rd Infantry Division
Kitzingen
Jones
U.S
Inside Columnists Highlight College Nonresident Term
Hazel Wills and Catharine Foster weigh in on college policy and pesticide concerns. Interfaith Choir delivers traditional concert in Manchester.
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Hazel Wills
Interfaith Choir
Manchester
Page
Area Couple Killed In South Carolina
WEST HOOSICK NY area couple Mr and Mrs Clarence S Moseley both about 79 were killed Wednesday when their car collided with a tractor trailer in Greenwood South Carolina They died of injuries at Greenwood Hospital The couple were on a 10 day vacation visiting a son in Silver Spring Md and were en route to visit a seed plant Funeral services will be at 2 pm Saturday at West Hoosick Baptist Church Interment in West Hoosick Cemetery The family suggests gifts to the American Bible Society or a charity of choice
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West Hoosick
N.Y
Clarence S. Moseley
Greenwood
S.C
Moseleys
Greenwood Hospital
Moseley
Donald Moseley
Silver Spring
Mr. Moseley
Nathaniel and
Phoebe Baldwin Moseley
Gertrude M. McEachron
Hoosick Falls
John H
Dora Peters McEachron
Hoosick Falls High School
GLF
Agway
First Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
West Hoosick Baptist Church
Donald
Charles H
de Ruyter
Allan
Clinton
Roger
Harold
Raimund L. Tumbleston
Robson
West Hoosick Cemetery
American Bible Society
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National Association For Retarded Children
Mallary
Stamp
Mallory
John J. Daley
Philip H. Hoff
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Hoff
House
Ways and Means Committee
Emory A. Hebard
R-Glover
Hebard
Education Department
Education Board
House Agriculture Committee
Archbishop
LBJ
Radio
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Morawski
Central Council
George Meany
Abel
Catharine Foster
South Carolina
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