Viet Cong steps up attacks across South Vietnam
AP reports a sharp rise in Viet Cong rocket and mortar strikes across South Vietnam within 24 hours. More than 100 allied bases and towns were hit. fatalities include at least 404 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese fighters, with incomplete reports citing about 40 Americans killed and over 100 wounded. Casualties for South Vietnamese were described as light.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nixon
Neuyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Midway
U.S
Old Soldiers Return to French Beaches on 25th Anniversary
On the 25th anniversary of D-Day Allied forces returned to Sainte-Mere-Eglise and other Normandy beaches. Veterans including Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin attended ceremonies while paratroopers and old units recalled the early hours of invasion. Casualties in the first 24 hours numbered in the thousands for American, British, and Canadian troops.
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France
Eisenhower
Ernest Dupuy
London
Hitler
Europe
Free French Army
First Village
U.S
83Nd Airborne Division
Sainte-Merc-Eglise
82Nd
James M. Gavin
Gavin
D-Day
Omaha
Utah
Juno, Sword and Gold
Col
William Sharp
Pen
1St Army
Omar Bradley
Richard Gale
Charles Eltworthy
The
Royal
Group forms RFK Memorial Action Corps in Boston
A Boston group announced the Robert F. Kennedy Action Corps on RFK assassination anniversary. Its first project is to establish halfway houses for foster children in the state.
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Boston
Robert F. Kennedy Action Corps
Cuba Wins U N Post In Surprise Election
Cuba secured a seat on the 27 member U N development council in a surprise vote over Argentina amid the Latin American bloc's regional agreement. The secret ballot prevented immediate reasons from being determined, and Cuba's bid drew attention as a rare breach of regional consensus.
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Cuba
Economic and Social Council
U.N
Ricardo Alarcon Quesada
Argentina
Mexico
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
Baird Names Quinn in Suit On Birth Law
William R. Baird of Hempstead New York, a birth control advocate, shifted his suit against Massachusetts abortion law from the state to attorney general Robert H. Quinn. The Suffolk Superior Court allowed an amendment after a demurrer found no basis against the state. The state Supreme Court had earlier held the law constitutional.
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Boston
William R. Baird
Hempstead
N.Y
Massachusetts
Suffolk Superior Court
Baird
Robert Sullivan
Robert H. Quinn
State Supreme Court
New Freedom Shares Promote U S Savings Bonds Plan
The announcement highlights new Freedom Shares as a way to boost U S savings bonds. It emphasizes personal advantage and national gain, urging citizens to participate in the program to support financial security and patriotic investment.
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U.S. Savings Bonds
NEW Freedom Shares
Saltonstall Pushes Hearings on New Underground Cable
Boston lawmakers seek hearings by the Department of Public Utilities on a polyethylene direct lay underground cable. It would carry up to 113000 volts and lower the cost of burying power lines. The move aims to hide wiring and upgrade infrastructure.
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Boston
William L. Saltonstall
Manchester
State Department of Public Utilities
Saltonstall
Commission
William S. Cowin
China charges Russia with new border clashes
The New China News Agency reported that Soviet troops fired across the border into Heilongjiang and intruded on Chinese territory. The protest note cites clashes on March 2 and 15, killings of a border guard, kidnappings of 16 civilians and two guards, and the grounding of a passenger ship on May 25, demanding an end to firing and hostilities and compensation for losses.
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China
New China
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Peking
Wapalao
Heilung River
Heilungkiang
Arab Guerrillas Stage 3 Raids Against Israel
Arab commandos from Jordan staged three raids into Israel on the six day war’s anniversary. Israeli reports say six Arabs and one Israeli sergeant were killed, with several others injured by rockets in Beisan Valley border settlements. Lebanese and Israeli forces also clashed across the frontier in a brief 25 minute exchange with no Lebanese casualties reported.
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Jordan
Israel
Mandassa Bridge
Jordan Valley
Negev Desert
Elat
Jordan River
Damiya Bridge
Dead Sea
Beisan
Neve Eitan
Hamadia
Lebanon
Kfar Giladi
Tel Hai
Beirut
Sargent Bids Colleges Tackle Housing Needs
Gov. Francis W. Sargent urged Massachusetts colleges and universities to focus talents and funds on building affordable housing. Speaking at Tufts conference, he called for non profit or limited profit community housing sponsors and warned of a statewide housing crisis, with 20 to 25 percent of units obsolescent or overpriced. He cited road building and urban renewal reducing supply and noted college enrollments further strain demand.
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Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
Tufts University
Bay State
Sargent
Tufts
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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