Nigerian Civil War Looms and Mobilization
Nigerian ruler Gowon moved to isolate the Eastern Region and mobilize the army as Odumegwu Ojukwu’s secession declared the Republic of Biafra. Northern forces called up reservists, ports blocked, and bank deposits frozen while Western diplomats warned of bleak peace prospects.
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Nigeria
UPI
Yakubu Gowon
Africa
East
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Independent Republic of Biaf
Gowon
Ojukwu
United States
Britain
Italy
Were Not Derelict Says Manchester Board
Manchester School Board defends its attendance and criticizes state board chair Harold Raynolds for remarks about local governance. The board accuses state officials of dereliction and highlights Burr and Burton Seminary and the district’s redistricting issues. It emphasizes weekly meetings and taxpayer accountability amid accreditation debates.
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Manchester
State Board of Education
Bennington
Harold
Ron) Raynolds
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Clifford B. Harwood
Eugene V. Kayatta
Raynolds
State Board
Manchester School Board
North
Shire
Manchester Board
Burr and Burton Seminary
Supt
Neil Cross
BBS
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Army Board Reverses Old Reno Discharge Honor Guard
The Army Board for Correction of Military Records reversed an 87 year old decision and granted Maj Marcus A Reno a posthumous honorable discharge. He will be reburied with honors at the Custer Battlefield Cemetery after a life of Civil War and late 19th century service. The decision cites lingering rumors of cowardice and a hostile reception to his fate after Little Big Horn and his 1880 court martial.
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Washington
UPI
Marcus A. Reno
Custer
U.S. Army’s Board For Correction of Military Records
Reno
Glenwood
Custer Battlefield
Montana
Illinois
U.S. Military Academy
George Armstrong Custer
Sitting Bull
Army
George Walton
New York
Charles Reno
Marcus
Little Big Horn
Hoff Names Cummings Personnel Board Head
Gov. Hoff appointed Robert E. Cummings Jr. of Bennington 34 as chairman of the Vermont Personnel Board to fill a vacancy after the death of Rep. Francis J. Klein Hans. Cummings, a former banking and insurance commissioner, returns to public service after resigning to practice law.
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Hoff
Cummings Personnel Board
Cummings
Third Cornell Fire Called Suspicious by Officials
Ithaca NY A fire of suspicious origin was the third in two months involving high‑ability students. The three story frame home near the Cornell campus housed nine PhD students who escaped by windows or fire escapes. The earlier April 5 blaze at Cornell Heights killed nine at a university residence hall.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Charles M. Weaver
Cornell Heights
Watermargin House
U.S. Casualties Rise as Heavy Fighting Proceeds in Vietnam
Saigon reports a record weekly total of 2,941 U.S. casualties with 313 killed, 2,616 wounded and 12 missing amid intensified border fighting. The war’s total toll climbs to 74,648 Americans killed, wounded or missing. Air action mirrors the pace with 36 U.S. planes downed in May and 27 MiG kills recorded.
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Saigon
Ups
U.S
Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Wilson and Johnson Hold Emergency Talks on Crisis
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flew to America for emergency talks with President Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson on ways to break the Egyptian blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba and avert a Mideast war. U S Britain seek a declaration opening the gulf to international shipping amid Arab Soviet tensions. Israeli fears of poison gas escalate.
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Harold Wilson
America
Johnson
Lester Pearson
Gulf of Aqaba
Mideast
Washington
United States
Britain
France
United Arab Republic
Yemen
U.A.R
Sinai
Israel
Gulf
Baghdad
Jordan
Saleh al Kordi
Cairo
Ahmed Shukeiry
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Shukeiry
Amman
Hussein
Levi Eshkol
Hong Kong Reds Train Youths in Red Guard Tactics
Communist Chinese youths in Hong Kong undergo Red Guard style rifle and submachine gun training in a barricaded building amid recent riots. The Star reports leaders ordered the arms training after losses to the government, while officials warn against inflammatory posters and violence. The government insists Hong Kong seeks peace and denounces rioters as a small minority using intimidation.
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Hong Kong Reds
Hong Kong
UPI
Star
Peking
Macao
Gass
Senate Reaches Johnson Tax Credit Bill Passage
Washington reports the Senate approved a bill restoring the 7 percent investment tax credit by voice vote and sent it to President Johnson for his signature. The measure, a high priority request from Johnson, cleared the chamber Wednesday.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
Johnson
The
March 9 tax break restores $1.7 billion industry incentive
The Senate stalled a $1.7 billion tax break for industry for over two months over a rider on federal election financing. The compromise retroactively restores incentives suspended last Oct 10, allowing a business to deduct up to 7 percent of plant equipment and expansion costs and restores fast write-offs for depreciation. Johnson had urged suspension as an anti inflation move, saying pressures had abated.
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Senate
Johnson
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