Cuba asks U Thant to halt U S reconnaissance flights
United Nations action urged by Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa in a letter to Secretary General U Thant. He cites 600 U S U 2 overflights since October and hundreds of jets around Cuba, calling for protection of Cuban airspace and warning of potential crisis implications.
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Florida
Guantanamo
Johnson TV Agreement Made Public
The FCC published the agreement allowing Texas Broadcasting to acquire a half stake in Capital Cable, a community antenna system, with details on options, control rights, and loan limits. The deal ties LBJ Co to tower leases and sets schedules through 1966, amid competition from TV Cable of Austin over delayed broadcast rules.
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Federal Communications Commission
Texas Broadcasting Co
Capital Cable Co
Johnson
Texas Broadcasting
Ktbc-Tv
Austin
Capital Cable
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Capital
Midwest Video Co
Midwest
Midwest Video
LBJ Co
LBJ
Pittsburgh Youth Rampage at Forbes Field Game
At Forbes Field a Friday night Pirates Mets game erupted into a youth melee. Three injured, four youths arrested as hundreds mobbed the field ripping scoreboard numbers. Fire set outside, Bob Prince hit by ice, others injured in scattered pandemonium.
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Beirut crash toll rises as gulf bodies found
Beiruts UPI reports that 45 bodies have been recovered of 49 people aboard the air liner that crashed on April 17 in the Persian Gulf.
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UPI
Persian Gulf
Disaster Threat To Ancient City Samarkand Flood Threatened
The Soviet press warned of a major flood risk to Samarkand in the Soviet south after an earthquake dammed the Zeravshan River creating a growing lake. Authorities fear the dam could burst and flood the ancient city.
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Moscow
Samarkand
Zeravshan
Johnson Daughter Breaks Engagement With Navy Lieutenant
Washington UPI reports President Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird has broken her engagement to Navy Lt Bernard Rosenbach. No reason was given.
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UPI
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Lynda Bird
Navy
Bernard Rosenbach
Chuckle Spade Advice For Gardens Early
A light garden tip notes that starting with spading the soil early helps deter worms from tempting trouble later, presenting a practical hint in a humorous tone. The aside hints at cautious farming wisdom and the playful angle of Chuckle Spade.
Scary Rail River Journey Ends in Boys Homecoming
Two Philadelphia boys nine and ten years old endured a 96 mile ride clinging to a freight train overnight and a dawn canoe ordeal on the Susquehanna river before police rescued them. They slept in an abandoned building and were later returned to their parents after a police briefing.
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Steelton, Pa
Philadelphia
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Susquehanna River
Michael Gray
Charles Martin
Steelton
Susquehanna
Michael
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Seven-Inch Rain Brings Floods and Hail Across North Texas
Flooding downpours and hail swept north Texas on Saturday. Kamay, 15 miles south of Wichita Falls, recorded seven inches of rain with water rising into homes and knee-deep on highways. Montague county saw hail ravage fruit trees and pellets pile up to a foot in places. Between St Jo and Montague, as much as five inches of rain fell. A multi-car crash in heavy rain and hail near Graham killed five people in the Wichita Falls region.
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Montague
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Witchita Falls
Indicted Florida case victim blast hits Griffin home
An early morning explosion and fire damaged the Jacksonville home of Barton Griffin after a federal grand jury indicted him and three others for conspiring to obstruct the civil rights of Donald Godfrey, a six year old Negro enrolled in an all white school. Godfrey’s home was previously bombed in February. No injuries were reported. Griffin worked for a trucking firm as his family was visiting relatives in Georgia. Neighbors described waking to the blaze and flames engulfing the Griffin residence.
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Godfrey
William Rosecrans
Anderson
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Georgia
Henry Gross
Cosmos 29 Moon Mission Launch Reported by Russia
Moscow reports Russia launched another satellite Cosmos 29 on Saturday as part of its space exploration program. The brief AP dispatch notes a continuing effort in satellite development and orbital deployment by the Soviet space program.
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Russia
Johnson brushes aside safety fears in street meets crowd
President Johnson kept meeting the public on open cars despite Truman voicing safety concerns from a five state tour. He said he would seek must legislation to aid Appalachian distress, canceling a May 1 supersonic plane bid. He kept Generals Harkins and Westmoreland on duty, urged rail talks, and noted discussions with Russia without predicting outcomes.
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Vietnam
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Harkins
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Teenager charged in double New York slayings
Police said a teen confessed to killing Janice Wylie and Emily Hoffert in a Manhattan apartment and a court- appointed lawyer later claimed the youth recanted. In the same investigation George Whitmore, 19, confessed to a separate knife killing of Minnie Edmonds and the two girls’ slayings.
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Janice Wylie
Emily Hoffert
Manhattan
George Whitmore
Whitmore
Minnie Edmonds
Brooklyn
Miss Wylie
Philip Wylie
Patricia Tolles
Hamilton College
Miss Hoffert
Minneapolis
James Comerford
Jerome Lefton
Lefton
Bridegroom admits plot to loot four Houston banks with pawns
Las Vegas groom John Burke, 27, admitted planning a scheme to rob four Houston area banks using hired pawns. Police say four young men delivered warning notes to tellers claiming hostages for children. cash seized totals over 22,000 with 12,000 missing. Burke, using alias Charles Hudson, faces robbery charges. aides released after questioning.
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Houston
Las Vegas
Nev
Texas Employment Commission
Joe Singleton
John Burke
Post Field Apartments
Burke
Charles Hudson
Daylight Saving Time Arrives This Weekend in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa shift clocks forward one hour as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Set clocks ahead tonight before bed to avoid missed activities.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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