Arabs Unite Against Israel Move Toward Front Amid Crisis
Arab nations pressed toward a united front with new military and diplomatic steps. Britain warned of a broader holy war, while the United States urged a cooling off at the United Nations and sought international guarantees for the Gulf of Aqaba. Egypt sent officials to Damascus and Iraq to enlist support, and Syria clashed with Jordan over propaganda while Nasser faced Western pressure to stand firm.
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Cairo
Israel
Britain
Harold Wilson
United States
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Security Council
U.S
U Thant
Egypt
Damascus
Syria
Jordan
Hussein
Abdel Rahman Aref
Iraq
Wilson
House of Commons
Nasser
Elath
George Brown
London
Middle East
Gulf of Aqaba
Mediterranean
Navy Planes Hammer Targets Near Haiphong in Heavy Fire
U S Navy jets pounded targets near Haiphong for a second day as American troops and Marines battled North Vietnamese forces in two separate areas. The Haiphong complex of storage, piers, and fuel tanks was hit for the first time, with pilots reporting heavy damage and thick smoke from the Lai Dong area. An A4 Skyhawk from the Hancock carrier was reported downed, with one American pilot missing. South of Da Nang and in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnamese forces and U S Marines fought to control entrenched positions, while intelligence suggested North Vietnam moved additional divisions into the ground war.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S
Congoy
Lai Dong
Hancock
Hanoi
Washington
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
4Th Marine Regiment
Border Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Memorial Day Holiday Toll Sets Record At 608 Deaths
Traffic accidents killed 608 people nationwide during the four day Memorial Day weekend, a record for the holiday. Weather and fewer travelers helped keep the toll below earlier projections while drownings and boating deaths added to the total.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Fancy Gap Man Dies Of Wreck Injuries
Bruce Felts aged 54 of Fancy Gap died in a Winston Salem hospital eight days after a May 22 highway crash. State Police said he was thrown from his car when it left a curve and struck a tree 1.2 miles south of Galax on Virginia 97 in Carroll County.
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Associated Press
Carroll County
Winston - Salem
N.C
Bruce Felts
Fancy Gap
Galax
Virginia
Princeton Society Sports and Stocks Notes
Princeton pages update with brief society items from the 18th through the 25th, highlighting 4 sports scores, 24 stocks movements, and 22 movie notes. Inside sections list 24 literary entries and 18 to 25 calendar items across Society and Words.
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L. People
Princeton
Manhattan Apartment Strike Affects 130000 Families
A six day strike by 5000 Manhattan building superintendents and apartment workers stalls elevators and mail, leaves tenants without heat or hot water, and piles garbage in corridors across many 30 story and landmark buildings on Central Park West Riverside Drive and Washington Heights. Mayor Lindsay calls the action indefensible while rent control disputes complicate a city already wrestling with the cold spring and vacancy stresses.
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New York
West 23Rd Street
Manhattan
Central Park West
West End Avenue
Riverside Drive
Lower East Side
Washington Heights
Afl-Cio
John V. Lindsay
Park Avenue
87Th Street
Carrier America Faces Soviet Shadow Near Crete
The carrier America with about 90 planes sits off Crete while a Soviet destroyer escort shadowed the ship at distances near 500 yards. Capt. Donald Engen and 6th Fleet commander Adm. William Martin keep training while staying ready for orders amid the Middle East crisis.
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America
Mediterranean
Donald D. Engen
Crete
Middle East
William I. Martin
6Th Fleet
Saratoga
Washington
Thomason resigns West Virginia House seat
Fred Thomason announced Wednesday his resignation from the West Virginia House of Delegates to become an inspector for the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. Governor Hulett Smith will appoint a replacement from three Mercer County names after a county committee list.
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Fred Thomason
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Hulett Smith
Thomason
Sand Lick
Mercer
Mercer County
New Licensing Board
Smith
House
Democrat Executive Committee
Robert Holroyd
Princeton
Walter V. Ross
Norris Kantor
Paige Wooldridge
Bluefield
Ross
Kantor
Wooldridge
Holroyd
Suit Filed to Test Legality of State Private Club Liquor Act
West Virginia United Church Alcohol Action Program filed suit in Kanawha County Circuit Court asking the private club liquor act be declared unconstitutional. Plaintiffs charge the law makes clubs effectively public, imposes unequal taxes, shifts legislative power to the executive, and promotes intemperance. Clarence Elmore, ABC commissioner, is named defendant. response due within 20 days.
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Charleston
West Virginia
United Church Alcohol Action Program Inc
Elwood Fleming
UCAAP
Coplaintiff
State Supreme Court
Clarence Elmore
Alcohol Beverage
Kanawha County
Elmore
Reno's Record Cleared for Maj Marcus Reno of Little Big Horn
An Army Board corrected Maj Marcus A. Reno's 1880 dishonorable discharge to honorable. Reno, who fought at the Little Big Horn, lay in an unmarked grave for 78 years. His great nephew Charles Reno seeks reburial at Custer National Cemetery, Montana.
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Reno
Washington Cemetery
National Cemetery
Charles Reno
New York City
Custer National Cemetery
Montana
the Little Big Horn
George A. Custer
Custer
Army Board For Correction of Military Records
House Economizers Cut Back Federal Spending
In a bipartisan move the House GOP and some Democrats pushed an amendment to trim 5 percent from discretionary funding for State Justice and Commerce, the courts, and USIA for the coming fiscal year. Votes stood 135 Republicans and 36 Democrats for, 144 Democrats and 12 Republicans against, with 67 Democrats and 40 Republicans not recorded. The measure aims to cap agency spending at or below 95 percent of administration proposals. The bill totals 2.194 billion dollars and moves to the Senate by voice vote after a prior six percent cut by the Appropriations Committee.
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House
Washington
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal Courts
U.S. Information Agency
Paris
William Henry Harrison
R-Wyo
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Harrison
Regional Office Shift Planned for Civil Rights Enforcement
Virginia school officials may use a federal regional HEW office in Charlottesville for civil rights guidance under Secretary Gardner. The plan would extend desegregation enforcement to hospitals and other HEW-supported activities, with details still being finalized. Nine Virginia school divisions have been cited for desegregation noncompliance and risk losing federal aid.
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Federal
Richmond
Virginia
Charlottesville
Washington
Guidice
Office of Job
W. Gardner
Secretary of Health, Education and Weik
HEW
Bernard V. McCusty
Gov. Godwin
Gardner
McCusty
U.S. Office of Education
Douglas B. Fugate
Mt Federal
Pat Maloney
U.S. Bureau of
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