Paris Students Leave Odeon After Sorbonne Clash
Police surrounded the state owned Odeon theater as students departed peacefully after a month long occupation. Earlier at dawn, Sorbonne occupants expelled about 20 Katangese militants amid brief fighting using improvised weapons. No injuries were reported and cleanup crews prepared to restore the university site.
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Paris
Odeon Theater
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Katangese
Odeon
The
Katanga
Americans Find Cache Of Rockets
In Saigon rocket belt operations 32 enemy missiles were found and 26 guerrillas killed. Despite 12,000 allied troops, four rockets struck Tan Son Nhut airbase, killing one American and wounding others. Multiple rocket types were identified and many launch sites neutralized as radar efforts expanded.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
South Vietnam
da Nang
Central Highlands
U.S. Fourth Infantry Division
Uruguay Restores Calm Amid Martial Law Downgrade
In Montevideo, student violence subsided and workers returned to jobs after the government imposed a watered down version of martial law. The action eased tensions as authorities sought to restore order amid nationwide unrest.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
France Withdraws IMF Funds Amid Strikes and Deficit
France will draw about 140 million dollars from the IMF without member questioning to cover a balance of payments deficit possibly reaching 1 billion dollars this year. The move follows a recent 745 million dollar IMF withdrawal and is tied to strikes that disrupted production and pushed export prices higher while imports rise.
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the Hague
France
International Monetary Fund
Bonn Calls Envoy Back From Soviet
West Germany summoned its ambassador from Moscow amid Berlin travel tensions with East Germany and potential linkage to the nuclear weapons treaty. Bonn expects to sign the treaty after East German participation and notes approval of emergency laws by the Bundesrat while awaiting President Luebke’s signature.
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West Germany
Moscow
West Berlin
Conrad Ahlers
Helmut Allardt
Berlin
Willy Brandt
Rusk
NATO
Iceland
Ahlers
Soviet Union
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
East Germany
Rude Pravo
Bundesrat
Heinrich Luebke
Mt Storm Sees Light Snow Flurries Amid Warm Week
Snow flurries fell on and off through Thursday in Mt. Storm West Virginia as temperatures stayed mild, with daytime highs in the 80s for much of the week. The town sits about 3,600 feet above sea level.
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MT. Storm
W. Va
Tornado kills 13 and injures 11 in Tracy
A tornado struck Tracy on Thursday night, killing 13 people and critically injuring 11 others. Emergency crews treated survivors and began aiding families as the disaster response unfolded.
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Tracy, Minn
Tracy
Iowa Town Ravaged by North West Twister
A prairie town of 2,800 in Iowa was struck Thursday night by a tornado cutting a block and a half through Tracy. Rescue crews found seven bodies by nightfall and six more on Friday morning as guardsmen cleared wreckage. 72 people were hospitalized and power, water, and phone service were out. Local officials sealed off the town while Red Cross and state authorities dispatched generators and National Guard units to restore order and aid victims.
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Minnesota
Tracy
Red Cross
National
Marshall and
Slayton
Bernard Holm
Holm
Harold LeVanders
National Guard
Marshall
State Highway Department
Regents Seek Bond Authority to Finance 1969 Construction
Iowa City regents vote 5 to 2 to ask the 1969 legislature to authorize long term financing for new academic buildings at the three state institutions by selling bonds. They consider $100 million in bonds redeemable in 40 years, with scrutiny over pledging student fees and potential $150 yearly cost per student if replacement funds are not appropriated.
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Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Nnew
Jonathan Richards
Red Oak
Tom Louden
Keokuk
Louden
Regents
Ned Perrin
Mapleton
Perrin
Spock Judge Declares Conspiracy Key Issue in Draft Trial
In Boston AP report Judge Francis Ford tells jurors conspiracy is central to the anti-draft case against Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others. He clarifies that mere association or protest beliefs do not prove conspiracy and notes the charged act involves aiding and counseling draft law violations.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
U.S
Francis Ford
Ford
Vietnam
Resurrection City Extension Granted to June 23
The Interior Department granted a one week extension, allowing participants in Resurrection City to remain on national park property through this weekend. Rev. Ralph Abernathy and campaign leaders pushed for a month, but congressional pressure limited the stay to seven days. The extension covers the climactic march planned for Wednesday. United Nations notes followed as U.S. Secretary of State Rusk conferred with U Thant.
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Washington
UPI
Resurrection City
Interior Department
National Park
Ralph Abernathy
Viet Cong rocket threat risks Saigon peace talks
Western diplomats warn a sustained Viet Cong rocket offensive against Saigon could derail the Paris talks. Harriman cautioned that terror attacks could have serious consequences, while U.S. officials question if North Vietnam would accept intensified bombing or suspend negotiations.
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Paris
Saigon
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Harriman
Johnson
Georgia arrests wagon train from poor peoples campaign at interstate gate
About 120 adults and some children traveling in 14 wagons were arrested near Interstate 20 when the group refused to abandon plans to use the highway. Authorities charged them with taking non motorized vehicles on an interstate and walking on the interstate. bonds were set at 100 dollars. Governor Maddox offered to allow night travel on I 20 but not day travel. the train originated in Marks Mississippi en route to Resurrection City in Washington.
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Douglasville
Georgia State Patrol
Poor People’s
National Guard
Claude Abercrombie
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Georgia 92
Resurrection City
Washington
J. H. Cofer
Georgia
Alabama
H. W. Barrow
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