Navy Jets Hit Radar Stations in North Viet Nam
U S Navy bombers attacked four coastal radar sites in North Viet Nam, one near Bach Lang Island 80 miles from Hainan. Two planes were shot down but pilots were rescued. more than 40 carrier planes took part with 250 to 1,000 pound bombs. The raid, deepest yet, degraded the enemy early warning network.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
China
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Air Force
Kenneth L. Shook
Kenneth L. Sook
Pratt
Kan
Joseph P. Phelan
Stamford
Viet Nam
Bach Lang Island
Hainan
Bigi Island
North Korea and China Offer Aid to Viet Cong
North Korea and Red China pledged aid to the Viet Cong amid U S expansion of the war. Pyongyang Radio announced volunteers and arms could be sent to South Vietnam if asked, joining Beijing in offering material support and possible dispatch of volunteers. The Viet Cong front had appealed for international help, while Taipei analysts doubted sizable open intervention by Communist China.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Peking
South Viet Nam
Pyongyang
U.S
Democratic People’s Republic of
United States
Red China
Nhan Dan
Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Taipei
Johnson Honors Two Astronauts With Medals and Commendation
President Johnson honors Virgil Grissom and John Young for their three orbit flight aboard the first fully maneuverable manned spacecraft. NASA official Robert Seamans and Ranger project manager Harris Schurmeier also recognized as Ranger 9 photographed the moon. The ceremony caps a day of tributes in Washington with upcoming ticker tape reception in New York and civic welcome in Chicago.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
U.S
Grissom
Robert G. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Harris M. Schurmeier
Ranger
Ranger 9
Moon
Alphonsus
Young
Florida
Congress
New York
Chicago
Voskhod 2 Manueverable Like Gemini 3, Says Pilot
Moscow reports Col Fave Belyayev, Voskhod 2 pilot, states the capsule is fully maneuverable and can change orbit in space similar to Gemini 3. He notes such a mission was not planned for Voskhod 2 which dropped off cosmonaut Alexei Leonov for the first brief spacewalk. An irregularity in the solar orientation system forced manual controls for an off target landing.
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Moscow
API
Col
Fave
Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Americans hail Grissom and Young as brave pathfinders
Johnson praised Gus Grissom and John Young as two brave, patriotic Americans. He contrasted steady United States progress with Soviet space stunts, saying the nation pursues sure and steady success through such men and their deeds.
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Grissom
Young
Johnson
United States
Pawtucket Teachers Strike Closes Schools for Second Day
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a teachers walkout shut public schools for a second day. Only 106 of 487 teachers reported to desks as heavy rain and voluntary absenteeism kept students away. Attendance showed 3538 of 11323 pupils in class amid calls for higher pay and tenure for married women teachers.
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Pawtucket, RI
UPI
Pawtucket Teachers Alliance
Widow Viola Liuzzo Killed by Sniper in Alabama Civil Rights March
Detroit Teamsters official Anthony Liuzzo, husband of Viola Liuzzo, 39, mother of five, pleaded with President Johnson after learning of his wife's death in Montgomery. He described her as a defender of rights who joined Alabama marchers and ran shuttle service for about 30,000 civil rights protesters. Liuzzo said he tried to stop her but she insisted on going.
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King
Alabama State Capitol
Montgomery
Martin Luther King Jr
Capitol
Detroit
UPI
Alabama
White House
Johnson
Anthony J. Liuzzo
Viola
Liuzzo
Selma
Teamsters Local 247
Lowndesboro
U.S. BC
Discrimination Seen In Federal Units
President Johnson ordered a halt to any job discrimination in government agencies after a report by LeRoy Collins linked few Negroes in Southern federal offices. Collins cited Social Security, post office, agricultural services, FBI, Justice Department, and Selma’s Craig Air Force Base. Johnson urged equal treatment for all citizens and rejected regional prejudice as a defense. A news conference outlined a task force to prevent summer race riots. other officials noted costs of discrimination and moon-landing prospects. An unrelated pathologist comment criticized assigning cancer blame to behavior patterns, not smoking.
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Washington
Johnson
South
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Collins
Selma
Ala
Social Security Office
Post Office
Agricultural Services
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Craig Air Force Base
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Rights Volunteer Slain on Highway
On U S Highway 80 near Lowndes County Alabama a white woman Viola Liuzzo, 38, a Detroit mother of five and driver for civil rights demonstrators, was shot dead as she transported march participants to Selma. FBI and state police sealed the scene and searched for clues while public officials and civil rights leaders condemned the killing. A Black man, Leroy Moton, was taken into protective custody.
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Leroy Moton
Liuzzo
Montgomery
Selma
Alabama State Police
Hosea Williams
Liazzo
Williams
Maton
Bubonic Plague Outbreak Reported in South Vietnam
WHO reports 19 confirmed plague cases and three deaths from Feb 28 to March 18 in Saigon Binh Dinh Pleiku Nha Trang Bien Hoa Song Khanh Darlac Kien Hoa provinces. All 28,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam immune. serum reduces epidemic danger.
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Saigon
UPI
World Health Organization
WHO
South Viet Nam
Europe
Binh Dinh
Darlac
Kien Hoa
Pleiku
Nha Trang
Bien Hoa
Song Khanh
Green Mountain Track Wins Financial Break From Vermont
Gov. Hoff signed a bill granting Green Mountain Park a better handle split for wagering at Pownal. The track pledged at least 160 racing days this year, enabling a spring harness meet opening April 2. Capital improvements were promised including barns, parking, landscaping, higher purses, and raises for workers.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Green Mountain Park
Hoff
Pownal
DeMatteo
Iyvack
Five Day Forecast Sees Snow Tuesday Turn Cool
The forecast averages 8 degrees below the 35 normal through Wednesday. Cold conditions persist with snow and rain expected about Tuesday.
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China Island
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Hancock
Coral Sea
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Pawtucket
Beverly Hills
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Pierre Salinger
California
Johnson and Kennedy
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Bekins van
L. B. Johnson
Alfred A. Dalton
Alliance
West Rainton
England
Douglas Pillow
LBJ
Hosue
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Social Security
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
James E. Webb
Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Connor
William B. Ober
Alii
FBI
Viola Grego Liuzzo
Lowndes County
Mich
George Wallace
Wallace
U.S. Highway 80
Eli
Falkirk
Scotland
UPS
John Gardiner
John
S. Viet Nam
Green Mountain Track
Vermont
Burlington
Martin DeMatteo
Vermont House
Senate
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