Viet Nam Fighting Takes Heavy Toll
A weekend of heavy fighting in Vietnam left one U S soldier dead and 11 wounded in action. Vietnamese forces suffered about 100 casualties with 30 Viet Cong bodies counted. additional clashes north of Chuong Thien and near the north Viet Nam border wounded several Americans and injuring a Navy officer in an ammunition explosion.
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Saigon
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Chuong Thien
Chunog Kein
Kien Phong
Saifon
Tra Vinh
Mekong Delta
U. S. Navy
North
Viet Nam Frontier
Aid From SEATO May Be Sought
South Viet Nam Foreign Minister Phan Huy Quat said the country may seek SEATO assistance in the U S backed war against guerrillas. He spoke with Secretary of State Rusk before the SHATO ministers meeting. In Saigon Maj Gen Nguyen Khanh said SEATO aid is not yet necessary but could be considered.
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API
South Vietnam
Phan Huy Quat
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Phan
Dean Rusk
Shato Council of Ministers
Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Famous Farmer Leaves on Tour
Roswell Garst, famed Iowa farmer who demonstrated corn growing to Soviet Premier Khrushchev, begins a Saturday tour of Latin American farms. The Agency for International Development funds the trip, with Garst to discuss agricultural methods in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia and Jamaica.
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UPL
Roswell Garst
Iowa
Nikita Khrushchev
Latin America
Agency For International Development
Garst
Mexico
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Peru
Colombia
Jamaica
Castelo Branco Chosen in Brazil
Gen Humberto Castelo Branco was elected provisional president of Brazil by Congress and empowered to purge Communist and extremist elements from official agencies. The action, long anticipated, gives him sweeping authority to act against perceived subversives.
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Brasilia
UPL
Humberto Castelo Branco
Brazil
Congress
Yugoslavia and Hungary hit by temblor
An earthquake struck a broad area of northern Yugoslavia and southern Hungary causing at least one death and over 100 injuries. Belgrade reports buildings swayed as thousands fled. Budapest radio noted shaking in the capital and widespread damage in towns such as Szekszárd and Salgófőr.
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Yugoslavia
Hungary
Budapest
Djakovo
Sveksvard
Salvonski Brod
Bel-grade
Radio
Attorneys Seek Delays In Williamston Rights Trials
In Williamston North Carolina 21 defendants mainly white New England clergymen faced trials on trespass and picketing charges Judges heard they would seek a continuance If denied they may demand a jury trial moving the cases toward Superior Court Bonds were set at 160 dollars with most defendants free on 100 dollar bonds Meanwhile in Warrenton North Carolina Elliot Eisenberg a white Amherst Massachusetts student was convicted of trespassing at the area Negro school and had incitement charges dropped In Boston Massachusetts Episcopal Bishop Anson Phelps Stokes announced limited progress in desegregation efforts noting admissions at Trinity Church St Augustine Fla and a Cambridge pair faced an assault incident on leaving the church
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H. P. Peele
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Warrenton
Elliot Eisenberg
Amherst
Mass
Warren County
Boston
Episcopal
Massachusetts
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John Snow
Christ Church
Cambridge
Edward Chase
Trinity Episcopal Church
St. Augustine
Fla
Robert C. Derr
Medfield
Stokes
Tornadoes and sand storms kill 19 across the West
Severe weather across the Southern Plains left at least 19 dead and numerous injuries as tornadoes struck Iowa Kansas Missouri and a major dust storm swept Oklahoma and Texas. Yorktown and Leavenworth were heavily damaged with homes wrecked and cars hurled. eight died in dust related crashes and three drowned near Lake Tawakoni. Two Italian Air Force planes collided near Rome killing three officers.
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Yorktown
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
U.S. 59
Garnett
Christopher Lewis
Parsons
Kan
Miller
Leavenworth
Weston
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Lake Tawakoni
Tex
J D.G. Smith
Higgins
Latina
Italy
Rome
Four Lawyers Expelled From Portugal News Conference
In Lisbon security police escorted four foreign attorneys including two Americans from Tivoli Hotel to report to police headquarters and then to the airport after they were “courteously invited to leave the country” days before a planned news conference on human rights. The group included Robert E. Treuhart and Robert Walker Kenny from the United States, Conrado Gomez of Mendoza Argentina, and Norman A. Endicott of Toronto. In London, Charlie Cooper who won a large soccer pool payout sent a sum to pay his neighbors’ weekly rents on Wilmost Street Bethnal Green, telling the town council not to collect.
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UPI
Portugal
Tivoli
Robert E. Treuhart
San Francisco
Jessica Mitford
Robert Walker Kenny
Los Angeles
California
Conrado Gomez
Mendoza
Argentina
Norman A. Endicott
Toronto
London (Ap
Charlie Cooper
Bethnal Green
London
Wilmost Street
Charlie
Peter Sellers On Recovery Road
Hollywood British actor Peter Sellers shows signs of recovery from a near fatal heart seizure suffered a week ago. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital spokesmen said he was progressing, likely to be moved from intensive care to a private room, though his condition remained serious.
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Hollywood
Peter Sellers
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Sellers
Railroad Bargaining Continues Amid Strike Threat
Washington reports ongoing talks between railroad unions and management pressed by President Johnson. Mediation and joint sessions extend past Sunday as negotiators aim to resolve a 44 year work rules dispute before April 23 to avert a nationwide strike.
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UPC
Johnson
White House
George E. Reedy
Reedy
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