Florida teachers strike drags into third week with no talks
Florida's school walkout enters a third week as negotiations falter. The Florida Education Assn. vows teachers will stay out, while Gov. Claude Kirk weighs the $329 million education tax package amid cabinet divisions and a stalled settlement effort.
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Miami
Florida
Florida Education Assn
Claude Kirk
Kirk
FEA
Phil Constans
Broward Williams
Earl Faircloth
Floyd Christian
Thai Prime Minister Plans U.S. Visit in May
Thai Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn intends to make an official trip to the United States in May, with preliminary arrangements underway. The visit signals strengthening ties between Thailand and the United States amid ongoing diplomatic exchanges.
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Washington
UPI
Thailand
Field Marshal
Thanom Kittikachorn
U.S
Barnard Defends Heart Transplant As Not Premature
Dr Christiaan Barnard said the heart transplant operation was not premature and rejected a three month moratorium urged by U S cardiologists. He defended using the technique to give new hearts to Louis Washkansky and Philip Blaiberg, who died later from pneumonia.
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Barnard
San Francisco
Christiaan Barnard
U.S
American College of Cardiology
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Chuckle Pieces Comeback in Times Square Mission
A brief note in the Times Square scene notes a long playing record and copyright context. The item hints at a lighthearted moment amid a public display. No further action or individuals named are detailed in the readable text.
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Times Square
Queen halts Rhodesian death sentences with royal commutation
In London, Queen Elizabeth II commuted three Rhodesian death sentences to life imprisonment, saying the executions would be illegal. The move came as Rhodesia faced up to 103 more death sentences, while Britain’s Commonwealth Office warned of personal responsibility for those involved.
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London
Elizabeth II
Britain
Rhodesia
High Court
Commonwealth Office
Rhodesian
Salisbury
LBJ Seeks Relaxation With Puerto Rico Visit
President Johnson brings most of his family to Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico for a weekend retreat after reaffirming U.S. global responsibilities in Vietnam and elsewhere. He arrives with Lady Bird Lucy Nugent and grandson Patrick Lyndon Nugent amid tight security at the base 100 miles from San Juan.
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Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Johnson
Georgia
U.S
Vietnam
White House
Ramey
Marietta
Lady Bird
Lucy
Patrick Nugent
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Air Force One
San Juan
Zonda-4 Launched by Soviet Union
Moscow Tass reports the automatic space station Zonda-4 launched Saturday to study outer near earth space. Data indicate the craft travels in a trajectory close to the calculated path and was placed into flight from the parking orbit of an artificial satellite.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
World’s Largest Airplane Unveiled in Marietta
The C-5A Galaxy, the world’s largest airplane, was unveiled Saturday to a world wide audience including President Johnson in Marietta Georgia. The mammoth jet, as long as a 21 story building, is expected to revolutionize aviation and greatly boost the nation’s military airlift capability.
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Marietta
Johnson
Marietta, Ga
Air Force
Soviets Claim Radioactive Toxins Target Cancer Cells
Soviet scientists report Tass said radioactive toxins attack malignant cells in animals while sparing healthy tissue. Prof. Alexander Kuzin notes extensive animal testing is required before any use in humans. Tests showed success against cancer cells in mice and rats.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Alexander Kuzin
Big Bombers Hit Khe Sanh Area in New Raids
U S B 52 Stratofortresses bombed near Khe Sanh to slow North Vietnamese forces massing on the Marine perimeter. Raids targeted artillery bunkers within 300 yards of the defense line while larger strikes hit Viet Cong concentrations 28 miles north of Saigon aiding U S troops in a monthlong fight at Tan Son Nhut and Bien Hoa. Casualties rose to 101 Viet Cong killed in two Friday clashes.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Khe Sanh
Marines Fort
South Vietnam
Leatherneck Bastion
America
Tan Son Nhut
Bien Hoa
Rebellions Seen If Bitterness Not Healed
President Johnson faced a stark warning from the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The panel urged rapid, sweeping spending to heal racial tensions and curb riots, detailing reforms in welfare education housing and job training and proposing tax measures to fund a long list of programs.
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Washington
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Johnson
Congress
Bipartisan Commission
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Ten finalists named in Young Columbus XII tour
The Gazette lists ten finalists from Cedar Rapids to vie for a spot on the Young Columbus XII tour to Spain and Portugal. Judges will assess route excellence school standing and citizenship traits in a secret selection process. The Iberian Holiday departs April 11 with about 100 newspaperboys from the U.S. on a two week adventure co sponsored by Parade Magazine and TWA.
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Cedar Rapids News
The
Gazette
Iowa
Spain
Portugal
Ron Pugh
B Avenue
Ronald Ferguson
Woodside Drive
Robert Kuhn
Cad Lane
Terry Young
Forty-second Street
Gerald Mcdwinkle
James Drive
Marion
Mike Goldsmith
Oelwein
Clayton Weir
Iowa City
David Waterman
Atkins
Jay Owens
Traer
Gary McDonald
Monticello
Donald K. Gardner
Kennedy High School
Robert Fitzsimmons
Don Isett
Metropolitan Supply Co
U.S
New York
Trans World Airlines
Parade Magazine
Parade
TWA
Prince Charles Academic at Heart From Rodney Pinder
London dispatch outlines Dermot Morrah’s biography To Be a King describing Prince Charles as academically minded with strong social conscience and a love of humanity. The future king is a Cambridge freshman with a flair for humor and a secret wish to be a schoolmaster.
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Rodney Pinder
London
Prince Charles
Dermot Morrah
Elizabeth II
Morrah
Prince of Wales
Charles
Albert
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
James I
Solomon
Cambridge
Bition
Hamlet
Gordenstoun School
Scotland
Gaud Calls for Vigilance Against Misuse of Aid
Washington AP says William Gaud head of AID orders tighter checks after inspectors report idle or misplaced aid goods and projects. He cites waste and says efforts depend on receiving governments, urging sharper internal scrutiny to protect funding and avoid criticism.
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Washington
U.S
William Gaud
Agency For International Development (Aid
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Johnson
Gaud
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