Vietnam air base eases newsman access
At Da Nang, South Viet Nam the air base relaxed security for newsmen on Friday. Reporters may visit American facilities with military escorts and avoid LHe facilities, and may enter the Vietnamese side to reach the air transport terminal. Saigon issues passes not recognized by base officials. Access to the Marine installation remains easy, and overall conditions for reporters are improved though air activity details remain withheld.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Sai- Bon
Birth Pill Found In Weed By Ohio Scientist
Athens Ohio AP Dr Henry Vaillone of Ohio University announced at a science meeting that a chemical labeled C18 found in a common American weed shows potential as a cheap safer birth control pill after initial tests. He noted it may be cheaper to produce since it comes from a natural source and could avoid some side effects of steroid based medications.
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Athens, Ohio
Henry Vaillone
Ohio University
Ohio Academy of Science
AFO
Safety belt used to secure whiskey case in Ohio report
Columbus, Ohio. Highway Safety Director Warren C. Nelson notes a patrol found a motorist who strapped a case of whiskey with a seat belt on the front seat to prevent sliding during a quick stop, but the driver himself failed to buckle the belt.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Warren C. Nelson
Highway Patrol
Weekend Weather Cloudy With Light Rain Forecast
Weekend forecast shows cloudy conditions today and tomorrow with light rain. Highs reach the upper 40s. Warmer on Monday.
Washington Moves To Halt USW Strike
Federal mediation leads efforts to resolve a contract deadlock threatening a May 1 steel strike. William Simkin says meetings are exploratory and no recommendations were made as 11 to 13 cent hourly gaps remain. Union weighs independent strike action alongside major producers.
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Washington
USW
Pittsburgh
William SE. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
United Steelworkers Union
Simkin
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Baseball scores and postponements across several leagues
Baseball results show Searles 4 over St. Josephs 3 with Mt Greylock Lenox canceled by rain and Wahconah Lee postponed. AL Baltimore 4 Boston 2. Chicago 5 Washington 3. Cleveland and Kansas City 2. New York Los Angeles postponed by rain. St Louis 6 Cincinnati 3. Milwaukee Chicago postponed due to wet grounds.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee-Chicago
Peter Arlos Thwarts Greylock Tramway Plan Clash at Mt Greylock
Peter G Arlos Pittsfield Democratic City Club chairman opposes a 5.5 million Mt Greylock Tramway development by an Oregon firm funded by a Nevada bonded company. The Mt Greylock Tramway Authority leases 4000 of 8500 reserve acres. cases pending in Superior Court delay leases. Arlos criticizes public land management and cites an Area Redevelopment Administration report and concerns over eminent domain and private profit. He cites plans including a 1N foot tower four chairlifts and a large activities center with restaurant and pool.
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Peter G. Arlos
Pittsfield
Democratic City Club
Mt. Greylock
Oregon
Bonding Corporation
Mt. Greylock Protective Association
Tramway Authority
Arvlos
Berkshire
Parents- Without-Partners Club
Copher Pin
Massachusetts
Arles
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
America
Arlas
Mount Greylock
France Quits Asia Operation in SEATO Stand
Paris announces it will adopt an empty chair policy in SEATO and send naval observers while France will not withdraw from SEATO. President de Gaulle seeks neutralization of Vietnam and opposes U.S. policy, with eight-nation SEA TO maneuvers opening May 1 in the South China Sea.
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Paris
Frrance
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Pacific
Atlantic Alliance
South China Sea
France
SEATO
London
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
Something Up His Sleeve Transported Adder From Reading Museum
An unidentified boy rode a bus 12 miles with what he believed was a grass snake in his sleeve. He took the creature to Reading Museum where officials identified it as an adder, Britain's only poisonous snake.
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Reading
England
UPI
Britain
Rusk Defends Asian Policy Againstits Critics
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told an American Society of International Law gathering that opposition to U S policy in Vietnam is misguided and dangerous He rejected calls for a bombing pause without North Vietnam stopping attacks saying aggression is led from the North and U S aid to South Vietnam has risen to interdict and deter further aggression He warned that the United States security rests on defeating Communist expansion and noted the Soviet Union and China share the goal of eventual worldwide Communist rule and that North Vietnams involvement is well documented.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S
United States
Rusk
American Society of International Law
North Viet Nam
South
Senate
South Viet Nam
Worth Viet Nam
Republic of
State Department
Soviet Union
China
Stockbridge Students Form AYVY Aid Viet Nam Youth
A Stockbridge School group of about 40 forms American Youth for Vietnamese Youth to raise funds for food clothes and medical supplies for UNICEF distribution in Viet Nam. Exective director Stephen Gilmer asks Rep Conte and Sen Saltonstall Kennedy for support, stressing aid for youths on both sides of the 17th parallel.
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Stockbridge
Stockbridge School
Viet Nam
Stephen D. Gilmer
Silvio O. Conte
Everett Saltonstall
Edward Kennedy
Gilmer
American Youth For Vietnamese Youth
AYVY
United Nations Children’s Fund
Tead
American Youth For
United Nations” Children's Fund
Most Wanted Criminal Caught at Atlanta Carnival Clown Job
Leslie Douglas Ashley, 28, a former FBI ten most wanted fugitive, was arrested at a Georgia carnival where he worked as a clown. Spotted by workers who found a wanted poster and female clothes, he was found sleeping in a bus. he faces murder-related charges tied to a Houston real estate man.
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Atlanta
FBI
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Ashley
Bobo
Houston
Poverty in Pittsfield Our Fair City
Dorothy van den Honert argues Pittsfield should embrace Anti Poverty to fight local poverty and attract opportunity. She compares the town to an elderly hypochondriac yet highlights its wealth and potential, urging a united, long term effort led by AFO with broad community involvement.
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Our Fair City
Airs, van den Honert
The
Pittsfield
Pittsfeld
AFO
Action For Opportunity
AFC
Moscow to reduce Chinese students in Soviet universities
Hong Kong based Far Eastern Economic Review reports Moscow will cut the number of Chinese Communists studying at Soviet universities. It says Russia may plead shortage of accommodation but cites Soviet suspicion that Chinese masterminded March riots near the U S Embassy as the real reason.
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Hong Kong
Far Eastern Economic Review
Moscow
U.S
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