Polish Defense Chief Nominated for PA Presidency
Marshal Marian Spychalski, defense minister, was nominated to head the Polish news agency PA. He would replace the ailing President Edward Ochab. The nomination followed a Sejm session where Premier Jozef Cyrankiewicz pledged to continue a government purge. Zenon Kliszko linked student protests to a broader political struggle, accusing Catholics and allied groups of opposition to Moscow’s line.
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UPI
Marian Spychalski
PA Reported
Edward Ochab
Spychalski
United Workers (Communist) Party
The
Peasants Party
Democratic Party
Ochab
Sejm
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Cyrankiewicz
Seym
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Zenon Kliszko
Doomed Wahine Ferry Disaster Off Wellington Harbor
Wellington reports the Wahine ferry foundered on Pinnacles reef during a typhoon. More than 100 feared dead, 101 survivors in hospitals, 45 bodies recovered by early morning as small boats rescued hundreds of passengers and crew. Prime Minister Holyoke declared a state of emergency.
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Wellington
UPI
John Scott
Wellington Harbor
Scott
Lyttleton
South Island
North Island
Cook Straight
Worser Bay
Raymond Forency
H.H. Robertson
Keith Holyoke
Complete Victory drives launch to crush Viet Cong near Saigon
Allied forces unleash a 100000-strong operation across 11 provinces around Saigon in the war's largest offensive to crush 18000 to 20000 Communist troops. The drive, named Complete Victory, follows Resolved to Win and expands to free Saigon from guerrilla control as U.S. jets pound supply lines in the North.
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Opi
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New Zealand
Thailand
U.S
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U. S
Sphékesmen
Johnson
South Vietnam
Highland
Hue
Final Congressional Action Due Today on New Civil Rights Bill
Congress prepared to vote on a Senate-passed civil rights bill to end housing discrimination. The bill would ban open discrimination in 80 percent of homes by 1970, with penalties up to 10 years in prison for blocking rights, and apply rights protections to Indians in tribal dealings. The King assassination weighed heavy as House members considered sending the measure to a conference for amendments.
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UPI
Congress
Johnson
House
Martin Luther King Jr
John W. McCormack
King
House- Senate
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
National Riot Commission
Commission
Rockefeller's $6 Billion Urban Renewal Passed in Albany
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller won final approval Tuesday night for a $6 billion urban development program aimed at eradicating slums in New York. The four bills received Senate backing after a tense legislative session in which Republicans and liberal Democrats briefly opposed the package before a late coalition secured final passage. The action occurred on the day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Martin Luther King
Senate
Guard Officers To Learn Riot Control Training Sessions Set
Vermont National Guard officers will attend two riot-control training sessions at Camp Johnson in late April and early May. Adj. Gen. Reginald M. Cram announced Maj. John L. Barr is head of the program. Sessions cover communications, crowd dispersal, armored vehicles for antisniper action, and aviation to deploy non-lethal gas.
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Winooski
UPI
Vermont National Guard
Adj
Reginald M. Cram
Camp Johnson
John L. Barr
OBrien Set To Resign As Postmaster General
Washington reports Postmaster General Lawrence F. OBrien considers leaving the Johnson administration. Aide Ira Kapenstein says he has been mulling his future and may join Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign staff or pursue private sector roles. OBrien, 50, led Johnsons Vietnam policy stance and earlier directed the 1964 Johnson campaign.
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Washington
UPI
Lawrence F. O’brien
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
O’brien
Ira Kapenstein
Vietnam
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Kapenstein
CBS News
White House
Vital Announcements Expected To Follow High Level Talks
At Camp David President Johnson nears decisions on a new Vietnam commander and potential talks with North Vietnam. Washington and Hanoi discuss initial contact sites while U S envoys prepare for possible unconditional bombing halt and peace talks. W Averell Harriman named to lead talks with Hanoi as Rusk and Clifford brief Senate committee.
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UPI
Vietnam
Johnson
White House
North Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet
United States
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
W. Averell Harriman
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
Sharp
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Bunker
South Vietnam
Walter Rostow
Clark Clifford
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George Christian
James Jones
Editorial backs Caracciola tax relief plan for elders
Inside look endorses proposal by Rep Joseph Caracciola to urge the legislature to study tax relief for senior citizens in May. Columnist Elizabeth Dwyer analyzes taxes. Shaftsbury sets special meeting date for zoning.
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Joseph Caracciola
Elizabeth Dwyer
Shaftsbury
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