Viet Cong Company Blasted By Bombers
Vietnamese fighter bombers killed 85 Viet Cong in Binh Thuan Province after assembling in a mountain valley. US and Vietnamese aircraft then hit barracks power plants and communications in two targeted raids near the DMZ. Marines conducted a first amphibious assault across the Ca De River near Da Nang amid ongoing air strikes against North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Binh Thuan
U.S
US S
North Viet Nam
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North
South
Viet Nam
United States
Hoan Lao
Chanh Hoa
Ca de
Truong Minh Vilage
Smith Says She Is Not An Official Candidate Yet
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine stated she has not announced a 1966 re election bid and may be assumed to be running until she says otherwise. She refuted reports she announced a fourth term after a conference with newswomen.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Newswomen
Senate
Hud son Hoagland to Deliver Bates College Commencement
Dr. Hudson Hoagland co founder of the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology will give Bates College commencement on June 6. The former president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a noted biologist and professor emeritus.
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Lewiston
Hudson Hoagland
The
Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology
Worcester, Mass
Bates College
Hoagland
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Johnson faces rough battle over labor reform with Congress
AP News Analysis notes President Johnson's push for labor legislation faces strong Congressional resistance. Proposals include extending the minimum wage to 4.5 million workers, double time for some overtime, federal unemployment benefits, and repealing Taft Hartley Act section 14B which bans the union shop. A partisan Senate hurdle and House hurdles loom as labor factions push repeal to ease policy conflicts. Secretary Wirtz begins fight for repeal, signaling a long summer struggle.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Organized Labor
Senate
House
W. Willard Wirtz
House Labor
Americans Rescued After 32 Days Adrift in Pacific
Frank H. Cushing and his son Frank Jr. were found 1,400 miles from Guam by a Philippine patrol off Camiguin Island after 32 days at sea aboard a 20 foot raft of oil drums and improvised sail. They lived on Guam, had supplies intact, and planned to return to Manila. The elder Cushing, once a stuntman, and his son sought rare fish for Frank Jr. collection. The rescue followed a Navy search that had failed earlier.
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Guam
Frank H. Cushing
Frank Jr
Camiguin Island
Philippine
Luzon
Cushings
Constabulary
Frank
Puto Point
U.S. Navy
Philippines
Cushing
Marjorie
Manila Times
Joaquin P. Roces
Col
James Cushing
Flood Waters Leave An Irritating Legacy
Flood waters from the Mississippi swamped thousands of acres last month leaving a surge of mosquitoes across Illinois Missouri and Kentucky. Physicians say bites can cover large areas and officials fear mosquito borne encephalitis may reappear. River cities have stepped up mosquito abatement efforts.
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W. R. Horsfall
University of Illinois
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Benton
St. Louis
Raymond Hellweg
Hellweg
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Administration Seeks Curbs on Mail-Order Guns
Atty. Gen. Katzenbach argues for a bill to curb mail-order gun traffic before a Senate subcommittee. He debunks NRA objections, urges action to reduce interstate gun shipments, and cites the Kennedy assassination as context. Senator Kennedy, a cosponsor, will testify next.
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Washington
Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach
National Rifle Association
Katzenbach
Senate
NRA
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Silver cartwheels roll from Denver Mint amid speculation
The government plans to mint 45 million silver dollars the first since the 1930s, expected to fetch high prices from collectors and speculators. Dealers and industry groups doubt they will reach banks, while distribution plans remain unsettled and production has a June 30 deadline.
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Denver
Tom Wass
International Numismatics Corp
Benjamin Stack
Stack’s Coin Co
U.S. Assay Commission
Silver Users Association
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Johnson
Congress
West
United States
Fern Miller
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