Reds Driven From Town Where 5 Americans Died
Viet Cong overran Song Be capital in Phuoc Long Province killing five U.S. personnel and wounding 13 while fighting raged in a U.S. Army mess hall. Airborne reinforcements and American planes mounted a massive counterattack as casualties mounted in Hau Nghia and Tau Nghia areas.
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Upi
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Phouc Long
Hau Nghia
Tau Nghia
North Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Oriskany
Hanoi
Associated Press
U.S. Air Force
Vinh
Thanh Hoa
South
Viet Nam
General Wessined Quits or Not Shocks Dominican Crisis
Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin reportedly reneged on a promise to resign as rebels press for his ouster before talks with Imbert Barrera. U.S. officials waver over whether he actually resigned, while rebels intensify pressure as fighting surrounds Santo Domingo. Casualties mount among U.S. forces, with 13 Americans dead and 68 wounded. paratroopers and Marines suffer losses as the junta confronts mounting unrest. Col. Francisco Caamano Deo, seeking constitutional presidency, ties Wessin’s resignation to possible negotiations.
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Santo Domingo
Navy
Francisco Caamano Deno
Wessin
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Ladybird Johnson Tours Virginia for Billboard-Free Highways
First Lady Lyndon B. Johnson leads a two day 73 mile tour through Virginia praising billboard free scenic routes under the see America first program. She speaks at a dedication near a new Interstate 95 shelter between Woodbridge and Dumfries as Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. welcomes the party with Cabinet wives and Interior Secretary Udall in attendance.
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Dumfries
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virginia
America
U.S
Johnson
Stewart L. Udall
Washington
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Woodbridge
Johnson signs job training bill creating hospital program
President Johnson announced the job development effort has produced a potential of more than 25,000 new jobs since February. The Labor Department contract with the Hospital Research and Educational Trust of the American Hospital Association will train 4,000 people in 300 hospitals nationwide at an average wage near one dollar an hour. Secretary Wirtz noted the plan aims to improve hospital care while expanding employment opportunities.
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Washington
Johnson
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Hospital Research and Educational Trust
American Hospital Association
Wirtz
Edwin I. Crosby
The
Judge Grants 13 Divorces Before New Hawaii Law
Honolulu AP CirCourt Judge Samuel P. King issued 13 final decrees of divorce Monday unaware a new divorce law had signed by the governor last Saturday. He noted six couples remain technically married until the law’s one year waiting period for couples with minor children.
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Honolulu
Samuel P. King
King
Greylock Tramway Victory Upheld in Superior Court
Berkshire Superior Court Judge John M. Noonan upheld the Mt. Greylock Tramway Authority in its bid to build a tramway ski development on Mt. Greylock Adams dismissing the anti tramway suit led by William H. Tague and four others. The ruling validates the lease for 4 000 of the Greylock Reservation and the contract with American Resort Services to finance and operate the $5.5 million project. The anti tramway group plans to appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Court while construction remains on hold pending final legal resolution.
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Anti-Tramway Association
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Superior Court
Anti-Tramway
Noonan
Supreme Court
Authority
Greylock
Greylock Reservation
Johnson to Speak on International Situation Thursday
The White House announced President Johnson will address the international situation at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday. The speech will be carried live on television and radio. He last commented on the Dominican Republic nine days ago and blamed Cuban trained Communists. He will speak before about 140 members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
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UPI
White House
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
Soviet Ousts U.S. Negro For Recruiting Spies
Moscow expelled Norris D. Garnett, a U.S. cultural attaché, on charges of activities incompatible with his diplomatic status and meddling in Soviet internal affairs. Garnett denied the claims as U.S. and Kenyan students reported discrimination fueling the dispute. Tass and the Foreign Ministry condemned his conduct while the U.S. Embassy said he would depart soon.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Norris D. Garnett
Garnett
Foreign Ministry
VI. Oberemko
Amerian
Tass
Africa
NEA sanctions Oklahoma over alleged subminimal schooling
The National Education Association blacklisted Oklahoma and urged out of state teachers not to take jobs there. It plans relocation centers to help Oklahoma teachers find work elsewhere and warns graduates against teaching in the state. The action cites a commission report criticizing pay, facilities, and textbooks.
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Washington
National Education Association
Oklahoma
NEA
Oklahoma Education Association
NEA Commission
Mississippi primaries draw well across state
Mississippi voters turnout strong as more than 200 of 261 municipalities held primaries for mayors aldermen and other local officials. GOP and Democratic contests noted in Pascagoula Hattiesburg and Laurel with 15 cities having unopposed GOP nominees.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Pascagoula
Hattiesburg
Laurel
GOP
Wilson calls NATO unity key to deter nuclear risk
London AP reports British Prime Minister Harold Wilson used NATO's spring meeting to warn Charles de Gaulle that military nationalism is a delusion. He urged interdependence and warned no nation can go it alone, citing the United States and Soviet Union as the two major nuclear powers. Spaak and Brosso urged renewed alliance unity amid Viet Nam and Dominican Republic tensions. Ball and Couve de Marville discussed France's stance, with De Gaulle resisting American plans for a German settlement and broader European approach.
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Harold Wilson
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Charles de Gaulle
Wilson
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NATO
United States
Soviet Union
France
China
Britain
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Paul-Henri Spaak
NATO Council
Manlio Brosio
Italy
Spaak
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
U.S
George Ball
Dean Rusk
Maurice Couve de Marville
de Gaulle
West Germany
Couve
Michael Stewart
Gerhard Schroeder
Johnson
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Sonny) Banks
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