Saigon Shelling Deepens as Allied Push Presses Viet Cong
Eleven shells hit scattered parts of Saigon as the U S Command reported intensified Viet Cong activity around the capital. Civilians suffered 10 killed and 10 wounded, and about 9,000 guerrillas have been killed in the 25 mile ring since May 5. A fresh unit probed the city while Marines and Saigon forces pressed through Cholon and northern Gia Dinh.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Cholon
U.S. Command
Tan Son Nhut
Gia Dinh
California Primary Tops Busy Week
Washington AP reports a busy political week with California and New Jersey and South Dakota holding primaries on Tuesday. It notes 176 Republican and 341 Democratic convention votes to be allocated by week’s end, Reagan solid for Republicans while Kennedy and McCarthy vie for Democratic victory in California. Humphrey sits out, Nixon runs solo in South Dakota and New Jersey, and Mississippi Alabama Montana primaries and runoffs follow with congressional and gubernatorial implications.
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New Jersey
South Dakota
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Montana
Ronald Reagan
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Oregon
McCarthy
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chase
Johnson
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Congress
Strikers In France Urged To Stand Firm
Tens of thousands of students and workers marched in Paris urging ongoing strikes to hold firm as De Gaulle seeks broad support for the upcoming National Assembly elections on June 23 and 30. Gas and electric unions reached wage deals, while some suburban trains resumed service.
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Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Strasbourg
National Students Union
Montparnasse
Seine
Violence Spreads Across Italian Cities Over French Crisis
Paris protests inspire clashes from Rome to Turin Naples and Florence as students battle police and burnish anti Gaulle symbols. Rome University barricades rise while Florence and Naples see occupations and sit ins amid injuries and arrests in a broader anti French protest wave.
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Drunk Woman Fined For Cursing Trooper
Williamson West Virginia AP Justice of the Peace Sid Stallings fined Mrs Laura Elkins $27 for cursing State Trooper Leland Scarberry during a drunken arrest. She was assessed $25 on the drunk charge and court costs, plus a 60 day jail term.
Sub Scorpion Missing Navy Search Expands to Azores
The Navy reported Kittiwake Gato and salvage ships will search near the Azores for the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion and 99 crew. Deep Diver and ADS Mark 4 will join, as Compass Island and destroyers sweep the projected route 100 miles wide, with 29 aircraft including a Forbes AFB photo plane aiding the hunt.
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Hoist
Irving Banks
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Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
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Norfolk
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Mass
Atlantic Fleet
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Forbes Air Force Base
Wichita
Kan
Hanoi Might End Bomb Halt Demand
AP reported that North Vietnam hinted it might ease its demand for a unconditional bombing halt as peace talks resume. The shift came as Cyrus Vance returned from talks with President Johnson and a North Vietnamese Politburo member headed to Paris. Four weeks of talks under Harriman and Xuan Thuy with 21 hours of meeting have yielded little progress.
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North Vietnam
Cyrus R. Vance
Johnson
Politburo
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnamese Panhandle
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Helen Keller Dies At 87 In Connecticut Home
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind activist and author of The Story of My Life, died at her country estate near Westport, Connecticut. A spokesman said she suffered a mild heart attack last week and had been in failing health for four years.
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Westport
Three Mercer Juveniles' Jail Break Fails
Three Mercer County juveniles attempted to escape the Prince ton jail but were found stuck in a ventilator shaft after guards discovered they were missing from their cells around 9 a.m. Saturday. Jailer Arl Thompson and officials searched cells, beds, and bunks before locating them in the shaft at 9:25.
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Princeton
Arl Thompson
Thompson
Johnson to Protect Great Society Amid? Cutbacks
Washington AP reports the Johnson Administration plans to shield major Great Society programs while Congress considers a $6 billion spending reduction tied to a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Officials say roughly $3 billion would come from defense not tied to Vietnam and $3 billion from civilian programs, with final decisions pending congressional action and future appropriations.
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Johnson Administration
Congress
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House
Section headings and page snippets from a Virginia newspaper
A list of section names and page numbers appears, highlighting local content areas such as classifieds, sports, society, farm, business, editorials, and community features. Clintwood Princeton Tazewell referenced.
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Clintwood
Princeton
Tazewell
18 Year Old Vote Likely To Fail In Congress
President Johnson backed lowering the voting age to 18 but a constitutional amendment is unlikely to win Senate approval this year. The Mansfield led measure has 36 sponsors yet faces opposition amid campus disorder and state voter-age referenda.
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Johnson
Senate
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Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
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