Marines and South Vietnamese crush 2000-man North Vietnamese unit
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops joined to wipe out a 2000-man North Vietnamese regiment in three days of heavy fighting 335 miles northeast of Saigon. About 533 enemy bodies were counted with higher likely casualties. Marine losses were heavy for a single battle though overall allied losses remained light. Two American jets were shot down with one pilot missing and another rescued.
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Saigon
U. S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
2St
Bruce Jones
McLean
Army
Peter Dawkins
West Point
U.S
North Vietnam
Hancock
Vinh
Soapy Williams Resigns Post to Run for Senate in Michigan
G Mennen Soapy Williams resigns Monday as assistant secretary of state for African affairs to seek the U S senate seat in Michigan.
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Washington
UPI
G. Mennen
Soapy” Williams
U.S. Senate
Michigan
Twisters Seen Over Fuji Hit British Boeing 707
A Tokyo witness says five tornado-like columns struck near Mt Fuji as a BOAC Boeing 707 suffered wing failure and crashed killing all 124 aboard including 9 Americans en route to Hong Kong. Investigators consider turbulence with possible structural failure. no sabotage indicated.
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Tokyo
Mt. Fuji
British Overseas Airways Corp
Fuji
London
Fred Mulley
House of Commons
BOAC
Hong Kong
Johnson asks 3.2 percent raise for federal workers
President Johnson urged Congress to approve an average 3.2 percent pay rise for federal civilian employees plus fringe benefits, totaling about 485 million dollars yearly. The package includes 2.3 percent direct raises with the rest in benefits, affecting nearly one million of 1.8 million workers.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
House Civil Service
John W. Macy, Jr
Mayor Lindsay Shines As Political Entertainer At Inner Circle
New York Mayor John Lindsay performed a five minute song and dance in the Inner Circle charity show at the New York Hilton. Florence Henderson joined him with 1,300 guests including Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and ex mayor Robert Wagner. Broadway writer Jerry Bock co produced and praised Lindsay as a professional while joking about a Broadway role.
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New York
John Lindsay
Inner
Florence Henderson
Fanny
New York Hilton
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert Wagner
Jerry Bock
Lindsay
Bock
Storm Deaths Mount as Dakotas Plow Crews Aid Stranded
Storm relief efforts spread across the Dakotas and Minnesota after a blizzard. The death toll stood at 16 as ranchers reported heavy livestock losses in South Dakota. Rescue missions, helicopters, planes, bulldozers, and plows assisted thousands stranded while travelers pressed on from shelters.
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Fargo
N.D
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Johnson accepts resignation of Schwartz at State Department
Washington reports President Johnson accepted the resignation of Abba P. Schwartz head of the State Department bureau of security and consular affairs after he refused another job offer.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Abba P. Schwartz
State Department
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
White House
Guidelines for Integration of Schools Told
Washington AP reports new guidelines require actual desegregation in public schools with dual systems. Harold Howell says freedom of choice plans must break down dual systems and create a single system for all students. Schools must close small inadequate facilities for minority groups and provide periodic progress reports before federal funds.
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Washington
Harold Howell
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Freedom of Choice
Howe
Explosion at Dayton fireworks plant injures four
An explosion at a Dayton fireworks plant injured at least four people on Monday, with one in serious condition reported by authorities. Local responders contained the scene as investigators began evaluating the cause and extent of the blast.
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Dayton
Ohio
Fire guts Lapes Florist Shop in Sun day blaze
A major fire at Lapes Florist Shop, 308 Third Avenue SE, Sun day night caused heavy damage to the shop and adjoining businesses including the Butterfly cafe Flame Room restaurant and World theater. The inferno produced smoke through the Guaranty bank building and likely exceeded 200000 dollars in damage. Fire officials cited a faulty refrigerator compressor or wiring near the rear of the shop as the cause and deployed a foam apparatus to extinguish the flames.
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Lapes Florist
Third Avenue SE
Flame Room
World Theater
Guaranty Bank
Jesse Hunter
Fox & Hounds
Floral Shop
Hunter
Butterfly Cafe
Milo Blahnik
Third Avenue
Central Fire Station
Guaran
Senate Panel Approves $415 Million Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the administration's $415 million foreign aid authorization bill on Monday. It rejected policy riders opposing expanding the Vietnam War.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Court Upholds 1965 Voting Rights Provisions
The Supreme Court upholds key parts of the 1965 voting rights law striking down literacy tests and allowing federal registrars to enroll Black voters in South Carolina Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Georgia. Justice Warren leads eight justices. Black concurs on main points. The Court also reverses a 1959 murder conviction in Illinois and declines to hear Texaco dispute references.
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Earl Warren
Court
Congress
Hugo L. Black
North Carolina
Warps
United States
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Virginia
Chicago
Theodore Robinson
Illinois
Terry Robinson
Stephen S. Chandler
Oklahoma City
Texaco, Inc
Chandler
Texaco
Baltimore News-American
Price Increase For Newsprint In Canada And U S
Bowater Paper Co officials announced a ten dollar rise in the price of newsprint in Canada, following Bowater's U S move to be effective April 1. The new delivered price in New York will be 144 dollars per ton to Bowater customs less.
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Montreal
UPI
Bowater Paper Co. Inc
Canada
Bowater
New York
U.S
Bowater Customs
Grateful dog aids congressman in dognapper bill
Rep. George Grider recounts how his bird dog Sam survived five hours at sea and later helped in his campaign. Sam wore a sign reading Underdogs for Grider as Grider sponsors a bill to regulate traffic of dogs and cats used in research.
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Sam
Congress
George Grider
R-Tenn
Navy
Grider
House
Merry Ark
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Forge
Bedlam
Memphis
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