Irish Premier O Neill resigns amid Northern Ireland crisis
Prime Minister Terence O Neill quit amid Unionist party pressure and Catholic Protestant tensions. He blamed extremists on both sides and urged reform. Favored successors Faulkner and Chichester Clark debate reform stance as 35 Unionist MPs vote privately to decide the next leader.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Terence O'Neill
O'Neill
O’neill
Unionist
Britain
Irish Guards
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Maj
James Chichester-Clark
Chichester-Clark
Man
Home Affairs
Commerce
Unionist Party
House of Commons
Water Rate Appeals To Be Reviewed
Charleston AP reports 10 cases where the Public Service Commission cut back West Virginia Water Co. rate hikes are set for May 20 hearings. The court will decide if it will review the company appeals with merits arguments to follow if accepted. Increases were enacted Nov 15, 1967 for 10 of 16 systems, affecting Bluefield Welch Hinton East Rainelle Weston Gassaway Hamlin Webster Springs Spencer. PSC disallowed portions and ordered refunds plus 6 percent interest.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
West Virginia Water Co
State Supreme Court
PSC
West Virginia
F&uefield
Princeton
Welch
Hinton
East Rainelle
Weston
Gassaway
Hamlin
Webster Springs
Spencer
Bluefield
Supreme Court
Logan
Lou Smoleski
Hancock County
Ralph J. Patrick Jr
Hancock
Patrick
Smoleski
Clarence E. Flint
Ireland
Lewis County
Orville H. Sapp Jr
Copters Shot Down as Viet Attack Hits Near Laos Border
About 150 North Vietnamese attacked a U.S. armored column near the Laotian border but were repelled by tank fire and artillery. At least 34 attackers were killed, five Americans died and 34 wounded in a 42 hour battle near Khe Sanh. Two helicopters were downed earlier, raising U.S. losses to 2,569 helicopters. An ammunition dump at Da Nang was shelled, causing civilian and Marine casualties. A fire at a garbage pit near the dump spread to old munitions, triggering a larger blaze.
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U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S. Marine
Khe Sanh
Marines Fleet Logistics Command
1St Corps
High Court To Rule On Draft Case
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if draft boards can order college students into the armed forces for returning draft cards as a Vietnam protest. The justices set a fall hearing, with federal officials facing claims that the regulations punish dissent and violate rights.
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High Court
Washington
The
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Civil Liberties Union
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
David D. Omer
Chicago
Illinois
New Jersey
New York
United States
Politburo Selected to Lead Red China Under Mao
Tokyo dispatch reports the Communist Party of China names a 21 member Central Committee with a five member standing Politburo led by Mao Tse-tung. Lin Piao Chen Po-ta Chou En-lai and Kang Sheng form the inner core with Lin poised as Mao’s successor. The group signals readiness for potential nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union or United States.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse - Tung
China
Lin Piao
Mao
Red China
Soviet Union
United States
Peking Radio
Communist Party Central Committee
Politburo
Lin
Chen Po-ta
Chou En-lai
Kang Sheng
Moon holds ancient oceans could fuel lunar base
Space scientist Dr. Paul M. Muller discusses newly found denser material beneath the moon that may support ancient ocean theories. He notes possible subsurface ice deposits and says recoverable lunar water could enable on site rocket fuel and a self sufficient lunar base.
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Washington
Moon
Paul M. Muller
Lunar
Space Agency
Muller
Pueblo Incident Does Not Change Navy Code
Navy says Pueblo crew will not face court martial for technical conduct violations and no code changes are planned. Prosecutions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice remain possible pending the court of inquiry. Officers told a House subcommittee that some code provisions need clarification but the code will not be altered due to the Pueblo capture and 82 crewmen.
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Washington
Navy
Pueblo
Howev
Court of Inquiry
House Armed Services
Israeli Laborer Killed and 24 Wounded in Mines Near Sea of Galilee
A minefield east of the Sea of Galilee killed one Israeli laborer and wounded 21 as a bus struck an explosive charge by the Yarmuk River. Three Israeli soldiers were hurt near El Qantara when their vehicle hit a mine, with mortar exchanges across the Jordan River and settlers taking shelter. No further casualties reported.
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Associated Press
Sea of Galilee
Suez Canal
Jordan River
Yarmuk River
el Qantara
Poher Assumes French Presidency After De Gaulle Stepdown
Alain Poher takes power as interim French president with no ceremony after Charles de Gaulle resigns. Poher, Senate president, moves into No. 1 role following a Constitutional Council notice. His first act is a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Paris
Alain Poher
France
Charles de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
de Gaulle
Colombey-les- Deux-Eglises
Europe
Britain
Elysee Palace
Ler
Constitutional Council
Poher
Senate
Arch of Triumph
Conspiracy Trial Opens in Mercer County for Banks Bombing
The trial in Princeton features Dwight Shannon Banks a Bluefield resident and U S Army member charged with conspiracy placing and possessing explosives tied to the November 21 1968 Bluefield State College Health and Physical Education Building bombing. Prosecutors present three co conspirators as witnesses Turner Johnson and Travis test the events leading to the blast.
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Dwight Shannon Banks
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Princeton
Banks
Bluefield
U. S. Army
Bluefield State College Health and Physical Education
Mercer County
David W. Knight
Turner
Bluefield State College
William Cecil Travis, Jr
Blizzard
Blizzard Concern
U. S. 52
Coaldale
Griffith
Nathaniel Bernard Johnson
Crumpler
McDowell County
Johnson
William C. Travis
Travis
Dwight Banks
Paul Crockett
Crockett
Kingsport
Tenn
Tokyo Youths Stage Anti U S Protests
Thousands of radical students clashed with police in Tokyo. 94 officers injured and 877 arrested as protests span Ginza to Shimbashi. Demonstrators pressed for abolition of the U S Japan security treaty and for Okinawa to return to Japanese rule amid Washington talks.
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Tokyo
Ginza
U.S
Okinawa
Washington
Central Railroad Station
Shimbashi
Eisaku Sato
Chobyo Yara
Kanda
United States
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5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Laos
Red
de Gaulle Secretariat
Poh
Jack Honaker
Knight
Owen Griffith
Lewis Tyrone Turner
Huntington
N. Y
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