Easy Win Over India Claimed by Pakistan
Pakistan claims a four day battle ended with occupation of Blar-Bet oasis in the Rann of Kutch. Commanders report 430 Indian troops killed, 45 captured. Pakistan says 20 soldiers died. Night fighting, extreme heat, and desert warfare described with minimal civilian presence.
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Pakistan
Biar - Bet
Kutch
Rann of
Bombay
Blar-Bet
Biar-Bet
Rann of Kuteh
Tikka Khan
Khan
Indonesians Seize Control Of Singer Sewing Co Plant
British manager Leslie Wearmouth of the American owned Singer Sewing Machine Co in Jakarta is dragged from his car and locked in his office as workers from a Nationalist party union take over the plant in line with President Sukarno's decree. Police later rescue Wearmouth after wires are cut. He says he is unharmed. Meanwhile tensions escalate between India and Pakistan with reported casualties, troop movements toward the 24th Parallel, and disputed border activity near Biar Bet.
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UPI
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Leslie Wearmouth
Wearmouth
PNI
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India
Khan
Pakistan
Kutch
Biar-Bet
America
Johnson orders Marines to Dominican Republic with bipartisan support
President Johnson moved quickly to authorize Marines to protect Americans in the Dominican upheaval. He convened a fast White House meeting with top diplomatic and military advisers and summoned Democratic and Republican leaders for a crisis briefing. Senator Dirksen indicated Republicans would back the move, stressing the need to safeguard people amid instability.
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UPI
Johnson
DoMinican Republic
White House
Congress
Hubert J. Humphrey
Capitol Hill
Rep
Barratt O'Hara
Ill
Dohnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Richard M. Nixon
House
Dirksen
Illinois
International Counterfeit Ring Broken in Rome
Police cracked a multi million dollar international counterfeiting ring in Rome, with arrests in Milan of a young woman and her maid. An apartment raid yielded false passports forged checks and travelers checks worth about two billion lire. About a hundred passports from Argentina Brazil Chile France and Britain were found along with stolen Italian drivers licenses and identity cards.
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UPI
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Argentina
Brazil
Chile
France
Britain
Conn Governor Criticizes NY Drinking Age Move
Hartford, Conn. Gov. John Dempsey says he is deeply disappointed by a New York Assembly committee vote to kill a bill raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21. The Senate committee has not acted, and Connecticut will press to deter teens from crossing state lines to drink.
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Dempsey
Connecticut
New York State
Moonlighting Legislator's Secret Job Sparks Budget Hearing
Statehouse observers learned Rep. Charles Mullaly of Millville, long time Ways and Means chair, has served since year start as acting Middlesex County Sanitarium business manager at 6250 dollars annually. He backed the facility's 2,169,124 dollar budget before the Counties Committee, while his successor Beyik Aqua urged fiscal rule adherence and exposed hospital canteen receipts.
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Boston
Statehouse
Charles A. Mullaly
Dmillville
House
Committee On
Millville
Middlesex County
Mullaily
Committee On Counties
Philip P. Sherman
Francis J. Beyikacqua
D-Haverhill
State Division of Accounts
U S Chamber and Quakers urge ties with Red China
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged opening channels with mainland China while not endorsing trade talks. Quakers proposed concessions to promote a negotiated settlement, urging recognition of Peking, end to trade and communication limits, and joint projects with Red China.
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Washington
Ferrest J. Loebbecke
Peking
Robert P. Gerholz
Flint
Mich
Chamber
United States
China
Taiwan
United Nations
Red China
New York
Society of Friends
Quakers
Brooke To Get WPI Degree at 97th Commencement
Worcester Polytechnic Institute will award Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke a doctor of science degree at the 97th commencement on June 11. Honorary doctorates of engineering go to President Warry P. Storke and Professors Carl F. P. Meyer and Donald W. Zwiep, with Augustus B. Kinzel of Union Carbide receiving the degree in absentia.
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Wpi
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Brooke
Warry P. Storke
Carl FP. Meyer
Donald W. Zwiep
Augustus B. Kinzel
Union Carbide Corp
Formosa names Chou Shu-kai as envoy to Washington
The Nationalist Chinese cabinet appointed Chou Shu-kai ambassador to the United States, succeeding Tsiang who reportedly resigned. Chou, 52, had been ambassador to Spain since 1962, replacing Tsing F. Tsiang.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chou Shu-kai
Washington
Tingi F. Tsiang
United Daily News
Tsiang
Chou
Spain
Brooke Quiet On Plans For 1968 Vice Presidency
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W Brooke refused to reveal long term political aims while meeting about 200 reporters. He noted conservatism spans parties, praised Governor Volpe and Senator Saltonstall, and dodged a clear answer on a 1968 vice presidential bid with George Romney. He said he never believed he met the vice presidential specifications, and still does not.
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Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
National Press Club
Brooke
Goldwater
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R- Mass
John A. Volpe
Massachsetts House
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
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