Lyndon Johnson buried at family Texas grave site
Johnson and his widow Lady Bird hosted mourners at the LBJ Ranch as 15,000 guests, including dignitaries and plain folk, paid final respects. Billy Graham and Richard Nixon offered tributes to the 36th president, whose funeral highlighted his ties to the Great Society and the poor. Patrick Nugent, age 5, saluted his grandfather at the burial near Pedernales River.
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Stonewall
Tex
UPI
Lyndon 5
Johnson
Lady Bird
Lbj Ranch
Treasury
John B. Connally
Pedernales River
Luci Johnson Nugent
Evangelist Billy Graham
Graham
Nixon
Vice
Washington
National City
Christa Church
Texas
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Last American Killed Likely End of Vietnam War
In Saigon a Soviet rocket attack on Bien Hoa Air Base killed a U.S. Marine guard and a helicopter crewman, possibly the last American casualties before the cease fire. Additional U.S. and South Vietnamese deaths and injuries were reported as rockets hit Da Nang and other bases, with fighting continuing near Quang Tri and Da Nang.
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Saigon
Jana
U.S
Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Gye
da Nang
Defense Department
Pleiku
Quang Tri
UPI
Alan Dawson
An Hoa
Dec Duc
U S may be asked to bomb volcano to divert lava flow
Authorities on Vestmannaeyjar Iceland consider calling US pilots from Keflavik to bomb crater sites to redirect lava away from the town as ash, sparks, and lava threaten homes. Geologist Sveinn Jacobson notes eruptions have lessened but risk remains, with five homes and barns already razed.
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U.S
Vestmannaeyjar
Iceland
UPI
Ireland
Keflavik
Reykjavik
Helymasy Island
Helgafjell
Sveinn Jacobson
Harbor Strait
Ice jam floods Champlain New York
Crews abandoned dynamite plans on the Great Chazy River ice jam and used a crane to break the blockage. Water depths and evacuations remained in effect in Champlain as residents returned for belongings and aid arrived from West Germany to assist Icelandic relief efforts.
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Champlain
N.Y
UPI
Chazy
Clinton County
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Morgan
Rhe Great Chazy
Lake Champlain
Israel warns Cairo against renewing Middle East war
Israel's armed forces chief warned Cairo against a renewed war of attrition, saying it would invite a speedy and decisive Israeli victory. Arab League defense ministers met in Cairo to discuss reactivating the Eastern front, but sources expect no major decisions amid rifts over how to confront Tel Aviv.
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Israel
Cairo
Middle East
United Press International
Armed Forces
Arab League
Arab Defense Counsel
Jordan
David Elazar
Jerusalem Post
Israel Defense Forces
Egypt
Elazar
United States
Washington
Suez Canal
Arab Defense Council
Sayyed Nafal
Tel Aviv
Chicago Teachers End Strike Ratifies 20 Percent Raise
Chicago 2000 teachers ratified a contract ending the city’s longest strike, securing a 20 percent salary increase, smaller class sizes, and a shortened school year for 550000 public school pupils. Teachers will return to classrooms Friday as union leader Robert Healey hailed the vote.
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Unitearess
Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Robert Healey
Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Philadelphia “Federation of Teachers
Lady Sings the Blues Held Over at Cinema I
Cinema I keeps Lady Sings the Blues with Diana Ross in the Billie Holiday role. The film portrays a graphic, tragic life based on real events, not a typical musical, with Ross delivering strong singing and acting performances. Also held over is The Valachi Papers starring Charles Bronson. Phantom Tollbooth matinees for kids run 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. in Williamstown. Superfly opens at College Cinema in Williamstown as part of a black cinema rush.
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Cinema I
Diana Ross
Billie Holiday
Lady Day
Bible Holiday
Valachi
Charles Bronson
Joe Valachi
Bronson
Hollywood
Williamtown
College Cinema
Williamstown
Mass
Utis
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Oaor
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Rince
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UNM
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Aying
Charles Serine
UP1
Champlain, N.Y
New York
American Vegetarians Inc
Robert Finkus
Icelandic
Red Cross
West Germany
Britain
Olafur Johannesson
DANSK
Dudge D. Donald Jamieson
Frank Sullivan
PFT
John Ryan
Jamieson
Philadelphia Board of Education
St. Louis
Jegal
Thomas McGuire
Superior
Wis
Circuit Court
Ronald D. Keberle
Keberle
Bennington Banner
Bernington Besneria
Besnington
Banner
Pobulasing Corp
Aaubeccber
la United
Tinea
Natlvel
Malibent
Shataoe & Culmes
Hoare
Motor Salle
Meritage House
Inserodiah
Bennington RD
Benn
Betty Manning
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