Britain May Shift NATO Defense Strategy Toward Limited War
Britain proposes major NATO changes favoring limited conventional warfare over large scale nuclear conflict. Plans include repurposing bombers for tactical missions, pulling Pershing missiles from front lines, and tailoring strategy to available forces, reflecting Dennis Healey and McNamara’s pragmatism.
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London
NATO
Western
Europe
Paris
U.S
McNamara
United States
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Healey
Britain
Rhine
Pentagon
France recalls staff from SEATO Bangkok base
Paris says France ends military cooperation with SEATO and withdraws all staff from its Bangkok headquarters. A foreign office spokesman says no abandonment of political membership is decided, with hints France may resign with 12 months notice but not denied. France had boycotted the SEATO ministers meeting in London and did not back U S action in South Vietnam.
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Paris
UPI
France
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Bangkok
Foreign Office
London
U. S
South Viet Nam
Pragmatic NATO Debate Angers Healey Critics
The discussion aims for practical outcomes and warns against theological and doctrinal NATO arguments, as Healey urges. He emphasizes avoiding broad ideological clashes and focusing on usable, real world solutions.
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Healey
NATO
Warren Report Sells Big For Government Printing Office
The Warren Commission report on Kennedy's assassination sold 142,673 copies and 1,491 26 volume hearings sets, yielding a net profit of 191,400 dollars for the Government Printing Office.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Government Printing Office
Marines Are Cut Off By Viet Cong Attack
AP reports Viet Cong attacked Highway 1 south of Da Nang severing road links between Chu Lai and Da Nang. One Marine killed, one wounded. two bridges damaged. Guerrillas overran Mea Thanh Ha militia post killing 24 and wounding 12. Phong Dinh Province sweep: 35 guerrillas killed, 13 captured. 10 government dead, 39 wounded. four Americans lightly injured. Radar sites Hon Matt Hon Niu Cua Lo struck by planes.
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South Viet Nam
Highway 1
U.S. 4Th Marine Regiment
Chu Lai
Mea Thanh Ha
U.S
Phong Dinh
Saigon
Hon Matt
Hon Niu
Cua Lo
New Kennedy Air Mail Stamp Unveiled in Boston
Postmaster General Gronouski and Senator Kennedy dedicate a light weight air mail letter form bearing John F. Kennedy's portrait. The aerogramme goes on sale nationwide Saturday, Kennedy’s expected 48th birthday, following a ceremony at Faneuil Hall recounting his 1960 campaign.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
John A. Gronouski
John F. Kennedy
Faneuil Hall
Taylor Delays Return for Talks
U S ambassador Maxwell D Taylor postponed his departure for talks in Washington due to the Viet Nam political crisis. He was to leave Viet Nam last night but pushed the trip indefinitely to see which way the dust settles, an embassy spokesman said.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Washington
Taylor
Viet Nam
Yevgeny Pavlovsky Dies Russian Biologist at 86
Yevgeny Pavlovsky a leading Soviet biologist and Lenin prize winner died in Leningrad at age 86. The obituary notes his status as a prominent figure in Soviet science and his receipt of state honors.
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Yevgeny Pavlovsky
Moscow
Leningrad
Cabbage King Fleet Seeds Mix Up In Garden Gaffe
Fireman Bill Bolton bought packets of pansy marigold stocks and antirrhinums seeds to plant around his new home in Fleet England. The seeds turned out to be cabbages leaving Bolton with 300 cabbages to give away.
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Fleet
England
UPI
Bill Bolton
Bill
World Meeting of Parents Set for Cologne June 19 20
In Bonn, an AP report says an international congress of 4000 thalidomide affected parents will gather in Cologne on June 19 and 20. Physicians will offer guidance on care and upbringing of their children.
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World Meeting OF Parents
Bonn
Germany
Cologne
Colombia Faces Test as Student Protests Continue
Demonstrations widened into a national crisis for President Guillermo Leon Valencia as police clash with rioters. One student died and about 200 were injured amid Molotov cocktails and tear gas. The government declared a state of siege and then partly conceded to student demands as classes were set to resume. The broader turmoil includes dollar shortages, inflation, labor issues, and political gridlock between Conservative and Liberal factions ahead of Valencia’s term end.
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Bogota
Colombia
Guillermo Leon Valencia
Valencia
National Front
Five Students Jailed 60 Days For Vandalism
Newport Vi AP Five former Cutler Academy seniors were sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to willful and malicious destruction of property. A sixth youth pleaded innocent and was freed on $500 bail pending a jury trial in Orleans County Municipal Court. The Easter Sunday vandalism occurred in Craftsbury Common where the academy is located. Police said axes were used to wreck the interior of a 12 room house.
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Newport, Vi
Cutler Academy
Orleans County
Craftsbury Common
Early Bird Transatlantic TV Rate Set at 6700 a Hour
Comsat proposes an annual rate of 6700 or more per hour for one way television via Early Bird from Andover Maine to Barry Bird, with 240 channel capacity for carriers like AT&T. The plan includes 4200 monthly per voice channel and wholesale pricing for eligible groups if allowed by FCC rules. European leg pricing may push total above 6700 per hour.
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Washington
Communications Satellite Corp
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Comsat
Communications
American Telephone &Telegraph Co
At&t
United States
Andover
Maine
Barry Bird
Early Bird
Europe
Tracker Cleared Of Shooting Coed Snowballer
Knox County Grand Jury cleared William D Willett Jr. of Greeneville Tenn. of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of University of Tennessee student Marnell Goodman 18 of Swampscott Mass. near campus Feb 1. Willett said he fired to scare the crowd as snowballs flew toward his truck.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoc County
William D. Willett Jr
Greeneville
University of Tennessee
Willett
Marnell Goodman
Swampscott
Mass
Goodman
U-T
Five men sentenced for vandalism in Venezuela home case
Judge Maxwell Eaton sentenced Neil Sutton Irvington NY Harry Oliver III Merrick NY Robert Tellier New Haven Conn Brook Van dewater Hempstead NY and Mark Cambers Larchmont NY to 90 days with 30 days suspended. Fines and costs totaled 27.59 each. Vandalism occurred at Peter Renes Casaras Venezuela home while he was away. Damage estimated at 8000 dollars.
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Neil Sutton
Irvington
WN. Y
Harry Oliver III
Merrick
N. Y
Robert Tellier
New Haven
Caracas
Venezuela
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