Astros Test Dome Stadium In Batting Practice
Houston Astros practice at the Harris County Domed Stadium reveals fielding challenges as sun glare and dome reflections hinder catching pop flies. General Manager Paul Richards and Field Manager Lyman Harris expect quick fixes ahead of indoor baseball and Friday to Monday exhibitions with the Yankees.
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Houston
Houston Astros
Harris County
Astros
New York Yankees
Paul Richards
Lyman Harris
Richards
Astrodome
Texas
United Press International
New Hampshire Senate Moves to Try 17-Year-Olds as Adults
The New Hampshire Senate, voting unanimously, seeks to lower the age of juvenile offenders tried as adults from 18 to 17. If the bill passes the House and is signed by Gov. John W. King, 17-year-olds accused of crimes would face adult court, ending the current closed juvenile system.
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New Hampshire Senate
John W. King
Take It Off Says T Man In Tax Inquiry
Memphis AP report shows a nurse asking if her uniform could be deducted from taxes. After delay the agent answers yes, clarifying that nurses may deduct uniform costs from tax obligations.
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T-Man
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Internal Revenue Service
Taxpayer Assistance Service
Spring Cleaning Pays Off
A voiced ad urges profit from spring cleaning by selling unused items. Call 447-7311 for an Eagle Family Want Ad assistance and note a single ad reportedly sold everything in one day with many calls.
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Eagle Family
U S Army Convoys Halted by Russians in Berlin
Soviet forces delayed two U S Army convoys on the Berlin Helmstedt and Berlin Hamburg routes, halting one for three hours and another for an hour. Jets buzzed the city while protests from the United States Britain and France failed to stop the harassment.
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UPD
Berlin - Helmstedt
Berlin- Hamburg
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
West Germany
Bundesrat
Helmstedt
Robert C. Koptis
Mantua
Ohio
Jat
Peter L. Manion
Buffalo
N.Y
UMass Holds Viet Nam Teach-In Protest
A dusk to dawn teach-in at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ended today with about 600 students and faculty from four Western Massachusetts colleges participating. Archibald MacLeish and Henry Steele Commager were among a dozen speakers, with panels, dancing, movies, and poetry readings shaping the night long event organized by students and faculty from UMass Amherst Smith College and Mount Holyoke College.
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Viet Nam
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Henry Steele Com- Mager
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Smith
Mount Holyoke
Matson Navigation plans 10 story office building tear up lot
San Francisco reports Matson Navigation Company intends to demolish a parking lot to construct a new ten story office building. The project signals major expansion for the firm and affects nearby traffic and city planning.
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UPS
Matson Navigation Co
Two Hundred Viet Cong Killed in Major Battle
U S officials reported up to 200 Viet Cong guerrillas killed Wednesday night in a major engagement with Vietnamese marines in Binh Dinh Province near Saigon. Five South Vietnamese dead and 24 wounded, no American casualties. It followed a prior claim of 276 Viet Cong killed in the Mekong Delta battle.
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Cang
Nguyen Khanh
Kontum
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Viet Nam
Navy
Viet Cong
Amcriican
Nguyen van Thai
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Aid Mission
Hertz
United States
Wandi
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
G. Hertz
Washington
State Department
Johnson
Southeast Asia
North Viet Foreign Head Said To Quit
Diplomatic observers viewed North Viet Nam’s Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy resigning for health reasons as a shakeup. Vice Premier Nguyen Duy Trinh takes over, seen as a strengthening of the Foreign Ministry rather than a promotion for any single official.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
Chairman of IUE Trustees resigns amid wave of quits
Leo Smith of Hoboken resigns as chairman of the board of trustees of the International Union of Electrical Workers and as civil rights chairman. The resignations follow James B. Carey’s exit after a Labor Department recount showed Paul R. Jennings won the 1949 IUE president election. The executive board seated Jennings and then Smith quit. more trustees are expected to resign in the ensuing shakeup.
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Leo Smith
Hoboken
Eagle
Washington
Smith
James B. Carey
IUE
Carey
Labor Department
Paul RE Jennings
Long
Jennings
Board of Trustees
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Thomas
Johnson's Viet Policy Shift Unconditional Talks and Aid
President Johnson outlined a new Southeast Asia approach, offering unconditional talks for peace in Viet Nam and proposing a $1 billion aid program to improve life in the conflict zone. He emphasized the U.S. will not be defeated or withdraw, while facing Republican critics and mixed Democratic support.
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UPI
Johnson
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Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
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Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Dirksen
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Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
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Thomas FE. Morgan D Ps
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South
Dent
Johnson outlines $2 billion aid plan for Southeast Asia
President Johnson proposes a multi year program to inject about 2 billion into Southeast Asia to spur development, aiming to lift over 100 million people in Indochina. He asks for international cooperation, with a goal of matching 1 billion from other industrial nations and coordinating under UN pressure for momentum.
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Johnson
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Soviet Union
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Thant
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