U S Force Kills 16 in 2 Clashes
U S Marines and paratroopers killed 16 Viet Cong in two coastal clashes on Saturday while American air power hit targets north and south of the border. In Da Nang, 12 Viet Cong were killed as Marines and 5 weapons and about 100 grenades were taken. Paratroopers of the 101st opened a new operation on the Binh Thuan Binh Tuy border, killing 4 and capturing 19. An attack near Saigon damaged Tan Son Nhut air base, killing seven Americans and a civilian. Navy and Air Force sorties destroyed trucks, bunkers, sampans, and 21 structures in the region and North Vietnam.
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U.S
South Vietnam
First Corps
Nguyen Cao Ky
Quang Tri
da Nang
101St Airborne Division
Binh Thuan
Binh Tuy
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Vietnam
Three Boy Scouts Rescued After Cave Tragedy Near Trenton
In Trenton Georgia AP reporting, three Boy Scouts Chris Shannon 14 Mike Strickland 15 and Doug Fleming 15 were rescued unharmed after being trapped for over 12 hours in a gas filled cave. Guide Phil Howell 25 died from carbon dioxide inhalation following an explosion that filled the cave. two rescuers Rusty Mills 21 and Bernie Gilley 19 also suffocated earlier. The Scouts were taken to a hospital in Chattanooga for examination.
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Trenton
Phil Howell
Atlanta
Howards Cave
Rusty Mills
Morrow
West Georgia College
Bernie Gilley
Robin Ware
Ware
Howell
Chris Shannon
Mike Strickland
Doug Fleming
Atlanta Explorer Scout Post
Six Killed in Two Car Head On Collision
A two car head on collision near Liberal Kansas Saturday night killed six people and injured seven. Two of the dead were children. Identification of the victims was not available in the report. The crash occurred on a rural highway and authorities said weather may have been a factor.
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Percy Says G O P Must Be Party of Compassion
Percy urges the Republican Party to be compassionate and forward looking as he campaigns for a U S senate seat from Illinois. A record Iowa fundraising dinner draws 3450 attendees and could raise up to 90 000 for the 1966 campaign, signaling a GOP revival after 1964 defeat. Percy, 46, notes his Bell and Howell leadership and discusses his European trip behind the Iron Curtain. He cites the need for truth in government and says Communist nations are varied, not a bloc. In Des Moines, Iowa public schools may send non instructional teachers to parochial schools under Title I funds while avoiding religious instruction.
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Des Moines
Charles Percy
Boy Wonder
Iowa
Percy
Veterans Auditorium
G.O.P
U.S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Jack Miller
H. R. Gross
Illinois
Atty
Lawrence Scalise
Scalise
Public Instruction
Paul Johnston
Rusk proposes ten point plan for China contacts
Secretary of State Rusk unveils a 10 point policy toward Communist China stressing wider unofficial contacts while preserving firm containment. He outlines phased openness to visits by Chinese scientists and scholars, grain sales potential, and university exchanges, with continued U.N. opposition to Red China and defense commitments to Taiwan. The plan seeks gradual engagement without threatening U.S. interests or risking war.
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Washington
Rusk
U.S
China
House
Free World
State Department
Peking
China Rejects U S Offer To Invite Chinese Scholars
TOKYO AP report says Communist China rejected the U S invitation for Chinese scientists and scholars to visit American universities calling it a fraud. Beijing’s foreign ministry blamed the United States for hostility toward China and for occupying Taiwan Formosa while expanding its Vietnam war policy. The New China News Agency quoted a spokesman as saying Washington seeks to deceive and manipulate world opinion with feigned openness. International response noted by U S State Department that several universities had asked to invite Chinese scholars and that invitations were possible.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Peking
New China
Johnson
Washington
State Department
Robert McGeapey
U S. State Department
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Taiwan
Formosa
Vietnam
G O P Candidates Ganging Up on Hughes
In Des Moines three Republican governor hopefuls attacked incumbent Harold Hughes at a Saturday workshop ahead of a statewide fundraiser. William Murray, Robert Beck, and Jack Peters blamed Hughes for various issues and vowed one of them will defeat him this fall. Roy Longstaff pulled out for health reasons. Vern Sharp did not attend.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
William Murray
Ames
Robert Beck
Centerville
Jack Peters
Hughes
Roy Longstaff
Republican
Vern Sharp
Fort Dodge
Murray
Peters
Rioters Compared to Hitlerite Hordes In Peking Clash
Jakarta report says Red China denounced the sacking of its embassy and likened about 2,000 Indonesian Chinese rioters to Hitlerite hordes in a strong protest.
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Jakarta
Red China Saturday
Kosygin to Visit Egypt in May Official Visit Plans
Cairo AP reports Soviet Premier Kosygin is expected to begin an official visit to the United Arab Republic on May 7. The Middle East news agency cited the schedule on Saturday.
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Kosygin
United Arab Republic
Middle East
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