Viet Bomb Flub Kills 20 Children Near Da Nang
South Vietnamese warplanes killed 20 to 30 schoolchildren in a bombing near Da Nang while an air strike also killed 10 Viet Cong in a schoolyard. Civilians protested as villagers reported heavier civilian casualties from strikes believed to target Viet Cong positions. Government said 64 guerrillas killed or captured in three actions with no army fatalities.
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Saigon
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Man Quang Village
Sampans
Pan Quang
1St Army Corps
Black Panther Company
Quang Tri Province
Quang Ngai
Tass
Leonov
Belyayev
Cigarette Stocks Fall On New York Tax Proposal
In New York, cigarette stocks yielded small early losses as a mixed market tempered gains. Traders noted a proposed doubling of state cigarette taxes weighed on the sector while other groups showed varied movements.
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New York
New York State
British Soviet Effort Fails For Viet Truce
London reports Britain and the Soviet Union failed in secret exchanges to agree on joint action to halt the Vietnam War. The Foreign Office released draft messages from each side, saying the exchanges aimed to find a basis for negotiations.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Miami Developer Plans At Berkshire Venture
Miami hotelman Edward L. Parker revealed plans to operate Marlboro Manor as a summer inn and winter skiers hostelry. He will expand the manor lake to about 25 acres and develop about 300 acres around it. Parker has bought Marlboro Manor from Joseph Mihaly and already runs projects in Hinsdale Becket Washington Middlefield and Sheffield. He estimates investment above $200,000 and will manage the property with his wife and partner.
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Edward L. Parker
Miami
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the Eagle Today
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Berkshire County
Jake Ash Mere
Hinsdale
Becket
Washington
Middlefield
Berkshire Trout Warm
Sheffield
Joseph P. Mihaly
Canton
Conn
Corporation
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Cassilis
Disenfranchise Katzenbach First Witness Urges Vote Rights
Atty. Gen. Katzenbach told a House Judicary subcommittee that Johnsons voting rights bill aims to enlarge representative government by removing racial barriers in the South and creating federal means to register Negroes and protect their ballots. He argued the measure is constitutional and vital after three prior statutes failed to deter disenfranchisement.
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UPI
Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson
Katzenbach
Congress
South
Federal judge clears way for Selma to Montgomery march
U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr bars state and local officials from blocking a 50 mile March from Selma to Montgomery. He orders Gov George Wallace and Col Al Lingo to provide protection for demonstrators. Johnson asserts Negroes have a constitutional right to march peaceably to seek voting rights, and notes Justice Department help may assist but state responsibility remains. He excludes Selma and other cities from the order, saying rights must be evaluated by facts in each case.
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Ala
Selma
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
George C. Wallace
Col
al Lingo
Johnson
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Justice Department
Clark
Soviet cosmonaut makes spacewalk and returns safely
Moscow reports Voskhod 2 mission with Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov and Col. Pavel Belyayev as the first crew to orbit. Leonov spent about 10 minutes free in space connected by lifeline, took photos, and conducted earth observations. He later reentered the capsule as TV cameras captured the event.
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Alexei Leonov
Associated Press
Moscow
UPI
Voskhod
Tass
Moscow Television
Leonov
U.S. Widens
United States
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Cape Kennedy
Col
Pavel Belyayev
Fla
Leonev
Lunar
Leoney
Belyayev
Earth
Leonova
U.S. Lags as Voskhod 2 Feats Heighten Space Race
Tass reports Alexei Leonov conducted a spacewalk from Voskhod 2, moving five meters outside the craft during the mission’s second orbit, while the United States keeps pace with Gemini 3 looming next week. Officials say the flights show the U.S. trails the Soviets in manned spaceflight and may influence planning for future docking and moon missions. Leonov and Belyayev are Soviet cosmonauts aboard Voskhod 2. Grissom and Young prepare for Gemini 3 with NASA awaiting assessments in Washington.
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Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Voskhod 2
Grissom
Young
Leonov
Tass
Earth
Soviet Union
Voskhod I
Bochum
Germany
Institute For Satellite and Space Research
Voskhod-Ii
Belyayev
Weather May Delay Gemini Launch at Cape Kennedy
officials said the long range forecast for next Tuesday shows poor conditions in the launch area with a high probability of excessive cloudiness. If delays occur the Gemini mission opener will shift, though Atlantic conditions may be clearer than inland.
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UPD
America
Space Agency
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