Marines Smash Viet Cong Forces on Van Tuong Peninsula
U S Marines report smashing a Viet Cong concentration on Van Tuong Peninsula in South Vietnam, counting 552 enemy dead and noting light Marine casualties. Saigon says Americans suffered their heaviest loss of the war in a separate engagement near Dak Sut. Navy ships and air strikes supported operations, with fighting continuing into the night.
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Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
U.S
van Tuong
South China Sea
Saigon
Dak Sut
Central Highlands
Dak To
Republicans Gather to Discuss GOP Finances with Ike
At Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Gettysburg farm about 275 high-dollar GOP donors and congressional leaders meet to coordinate fundraising. Lucius D. Clay, new GOP finance chairman, presides and aims to bring all Republican fund-raising under one roof amid concerns over splinter groups like the Free Society Association.
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Gettysburg
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Republican National Finance Committee
Free Society Association
Barry Goldwater
Lucius D. Clay
Finance Committee
Washington
Clay
Tually
Jhhem
Bridge project in Buxton awarded to low bidder
Augusta AP reports the State Highway Commission awarded a Buxton bridge and road repair project to Forest Frederick of Pittsfield for 59 785. The work reconstructs Bog Mills Stream on Routes 22 and 112 and improves sight distances at intersections replacing the old wooden bridge with a modern span.
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Augusta
Buxton
State Highway Commission
Bog Mills Stream
Forest Frederick
Pittsfield
Route 22
Springfield Civil Rights March Barred by Police Dispute
Civil rights groups urged Hampden County Superior Court to block police interference with a Selma type march planned for Saturday in Springfield. Gov Volpe met leaders to head off disturbance amid police refusal of a parade permit and impending arrests for demonstrations.
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Springfield
Mass
Th Council of Organizations For Civil Rights
Hampden County Superior Court
Donald M. Macauley
John A
Volpe
State House
Boston
Congress of Racial Equality
John Lyons
Main Street
Benjamin Swan
Lyons
Selma
Ala
New York
Registrars Ordered To South In Voting Rights Drive
Washington AP The Justice Department nears a new phase of registration enforcement by directing 10 federal registrars to the Deep South to enroll voters including 2 057 registered that day in five counties across Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana. Listings show Jefferson Davis and Jones in Mississippi Perry and Wilcox in Alabama and Ouachita Parish in Louisiana as new counties.
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Washington
Civil Service Em
Alabama
Ployes
Mississippi
Louisiana
Katzenbach
Nicholas
Jefferson Davis and Jones
Perry and Wilcox
Ouachita Parish
Marines Battle Viet Cong On Van Tuong Peninsula
U S Marines fought Viet Cong for a second day on the Van Tuong Peninsula with reports of 552 enemy killed and Marine casualties. Government adds 10 federal examiners to voter rolls in five Southern counties. Humphrey warns of looming Negro economic crisis as rioting concerns rise in Los Angeles. King tours Negro districts amid mixed reception. GOP donors meet Eisenhower to discuss finances. Indians paid to guard a California redwood struck by lightning. New York City faces heat and water shortages amid cooling bans.
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U.S
van Tuong
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Los Angeles
Martin Luther King Jr
Dwight D. Eisenshower
Uncle Sam
New York City
Gemini 5 mission delayed by fuel system flaw and weather
Stormy weather and a fuel system problem halted the Gemini 5 countdown at Cape Kennedy with 10 minutes to go. Cooper and Conrad faced a long hold as engineers worked a new fuel cell system intended to power the spacecraft for the long voyage and a planned rendezvous with an orbiting satellite.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Mission Control
Cooper
Conrad
Air Force
U.S
Gemini
Charles Matthews
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Agena
Leaders Probe Riot Causes in Los Angeles
Gov Brown announced a special commission to study riot causes and peaceful solutions after 34 deaths and $200 million in damage in the Watts area. King visited the district while leaders debated relief, with National Guard withdrawal reducing to about 3,000 troops. A police raid on the Black Muslim mosque led to 59 arrests and gunfire but no injuries or weapons found.
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Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Watts
Martin Luther King Jr
Yorty
Johnson
LeRoy Collins
National Guard
Parker
Collins
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Charles Conrad
Valery Bykovsky
NEA Telephoto
Peninsula
U.S. Navy
Ike
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
RCA Victor
Emerson TV
Biddeford
Saco-Lowell Employees Federal Credit Union
Saco
New Jersey
Charles V. Ryan Jr
John A. Volpe
South
Justice Department
T M
WRR
Fea, Corp
Liggett
Percy’s Pharmacy
Percy
THE
Associated Press
Dr. King
Samuel W. Yorty
William H. Parker
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary
St. Andre
Noella L'Heureux
Henry E. Mushreau
Sperry and Hutchinson Stamp Co
June Dubois
Therese-du-Precieux Lang
P. M
Leonce-Marie
Maurice J. Crepeau
Crepeau Rambler Sales Co
Msgr
Aime Giguere
St. Andre's Parish
Raymond M. Crepeau
Crepeau Rambler Co
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