Romney Advocates Partnership Through Progress Sharing
New York AP Romney, then Michigan governor, urged twin programs he called partnership through progress sharing to counter Johnson's Great Society. He argued for consumer empowerment at home and cooperative private investment replacing some subsidies, warning against domination and handouts. He cited corporate and union centers as skimming profits and said the customer is the forgotten man.
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New York
Michigan
George Romney
United States
Associated Press
Romney
Johnson
Rommey
American Motors Corp
Red Sox Patriots Day doubleheader postponed by weather
The Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators postponed their Patriots Day doubleheader due to inclement weather. One game will be made up Tuesday at 2 p.m. on an open date. A light mist and 40s temperatures were reported as Boston experienced a spring-like, unsettled day.
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UPS
Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators
Red Sox
Becket School Board Members Quit Over Dissension
Three Becket School Committee members resign citing lack of harmony as a central Berkshire dispute grows over the tenure and endorsement issues surrounding Becket Principal Moulthrop. Remaining members Marsh and Gillette align with Moulthrop, while Sullivan Rod and Damon oppose him. A special town election will be set to fill the vacancies.
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Albert W. Sullivan
Burt Rod
Kenneth A. Damon
Central Berkshire
Paul Marsh
Kenneth Gillette
Endeli
Moulthrop
Gillette
Constance Mulholland
Sullian
Rad
Damon
Marsh
Berker School
Syst
Mer. Moulthrop
Becker
Kenneth Gilielie
Sullivan
Piccard plans Gulf Stream bottom voyage for six weeks
Port St. Lucie Florida report says Jacques Piccard aims to ride the Gulf Stream bottom from Florida to Newfoundland in the Auguste Piccard, a 93 foot instrument packed sub. The project will study currents and marine life at depths to 1000 feet while filming for an oceanographic effort. The team plans to drift with the stream at one to five knots.
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Associated Press
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Auguste Piccard
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John #. Perry
Seadiver
Edwin Link
Pacific
Alarana Rench
Thresher
Link
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United States
Soviet Union
Cape Kennedy
Moonport
Five Day Forecast Notes Slightly Cooler Temperatures
The forecast indicates temperatures will average three degrees below the seasonal norm of four degrees across five days with small day to day changes. Rain is expected late Wednesday through Thursday and again around Saturday.
Montreal man tied to shrine bombing plot kills self
Gilles Legault, 31, a Montreal typewriter repairman arrested Feb 37 on three counts of possession of dynamite, was found dead in his jail cell after reportedly injuring his wrist. An inquest will examine his death as police withheld details. The plot targeted the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, and the Liberty Bell.
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Legault
U.S
Teens set rocking chair record at Hollywood fair
Hollywood UPI report says 18 year old Tom Weiner and 1 year old Dennis Kepler each logged 75 hours in rocking chairs at a teen fair in the Palladium. They claimed a new rocking record and planned to go home after the event ended Sunday night.
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UPI
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Dennis Kepler
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Kepler
Kosygin warns U.S. bombing may invite retaliation in kind
Soviet Premier Kosygin told a Kremlin audience that U S bombing and gas in Vietnam could invite retaliation and criticized President Johnson for vague Viet Nam peace rhetoric. He outlined a three point peace plan calling for Geneva 1954 return, end of U S raids on North Vietnam, and U S troop evacuation from South Vietnam.
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UPI
Alexi Kosygin
United States
Viet Nam
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Johnson
U.S
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South Viet Nam
China
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Arthur Sylvester
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Nord
Viet Cong strikes hit convoy kills nine Americans
In a jungle battle 280 miles northeast of Saigon, Viet Cong fire brought down two HAL helicopter crews and damaged a third as nine American service members were killed. U.S. jets unleashed rockets and bombs on two enemy convoys and cities in North Vietnam while efforts continued in South Vietnam where a U.S. Air Force pilot died from a premature bomb detonation near Saigon.
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Highway 8
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Viet Nam
McNamara to Review Viet Nam Plan in Hawaii
Defense Secretary McNamara leads a high level review with top U.S. military and civilian advisers in Hawaii to assess plans for building up South Vietnam forces. The group will finalize details discussed during Maxwell Taylor’s Washington visit and accelerate U.S. support measures. McNamara departs at 4:30 p.m. EST.
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UPI
Defense
Robert $. McNamara
Hawaii
U.S
Pacific
Defense Department
McNamara
Maxwell Tayter
Lars G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William C. West- Moreland
Viet Nam
Grant Sharp
Taylor
Honolau
Dirksen Backs Rusk McNamara Against Fulbright Flynt
Senate leader Everett Dirksen sided with Secretary Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara against Fulbright's call for a temporary halt in U S bombings of North Vietnam. Fulbright, head of the Foreign Relations Committee, argued a pause could ease peace talks. Dirksen warned it could harden the foe and cost U S prestige. Other senators weighed in with mixed views as Johnson addressed the issue during Easter visits to Texas.
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Senate
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Dean Rusk
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J. W. Fulbright
U.S
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Viet Nam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Press
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Johnson
Linois Republican
Thei
John Sparkman
D-Ala
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R-Kan
Ernost Gruening
D-Alaska
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Texas
White House
George E. Reedy
Rusk
Batle
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