Yanks Land By Copter in Key Saigon Offensive
U S infantrymen landed from helicopters under artillery cover near My Lai in Quang Ngai province killing 128 Viet Cong. Two Americans were killed and 10 wounded. Allied forces claim 484 enemy dead in five provinces around Saigon. U S casualties total 27 killed and 213 wounded. The operation, named Resolved To Win, aims to clear two under-strength divisions threatening Saigon. Airlifted supplies and air strikes supported the push.
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Brown resigns as foreign secretary sparks political turmoil
George Brown quits the post amid the world gold crisis. Michael Stewart succeeds him and faces pressure over Vietnam policy. Opposition calls for Prime Minister Wilson to resign as Conservative leader Heath deems the move a major political event. Brown loses deputy prime minister status and cites government handling as a key issue.
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Copper Firm Pact Ratified
The United Steelworkers ratified a contract with Phelps Dodge on Saturday as part of White House talks involving four major firms to end an eight month copper strike.
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Timken Co. Board Chairman Henry Timken Dies at 61
Henry Timken 61, board chairman of the Timken Roller Bearing Co., died Friday night of a heart attack. He led the firm as a key industry figure and investor from his long tenure. The obituary notes his prominence in manufacturing circles and his leadership roles.
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Rome clash as riot police quell student march
Riot police used fire hoses to break up a clash between rightist and leftist students at the University of Rome on Saturday.
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Heart transplant survivor Blaiberg leaves hospital homeward
Philip Blaiberg 58, the world’s first heart transplant survivor, walks out of Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town with Dr. Christiaan Barnard. He says he is very well indeed and grateful as he heads home for rest and follow up care three times weekly.
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Milwaukee Open Housing Marches End Unmet Goals
The Milwaukee Youth Council of the NAACP called off the open housing marches after 200 consecutive protests. Milwaukee still lacks a strong open housing ordinance with many inner city dwellings exempt, and Rev. James Groppi warned that violence could follow if goals were not achieved.
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Allies Seeks Solution to Gold Crisis in Washington Meet
Washington hosts six allied central bankers from the United States Britain Belgium Germany Italy the Netherlands and Switzerland for a two day conference on solving a global money crisis. A congressional push for fiscal austerity and a 10 percent tax surcharge is tied to plans to cut the 1969 budget to bolster dollar confidence. The talks aim to deter speculators in the world gold markets and restore stability.
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Hughes says open mind on Democratic nominee
DES MOINES AP Gov Harold Hughes says he is keeping an open mind on whom to support for the Democratic presidential nomination because Robert Kennedy entered the race. He notes Kennedy’s Vietnam War views are similar to his own, but he doubts he can force Iowa delegates to Johnson and will wait for Kennedy’s further statements before deciding.
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Eleven Dead In Ship and Oil Barges Collision
The African Star cargo ship collided with two crude oil barges on the Mississippi River near Pointe a la Hache Louisiana killing eleven and injuring at least 36. Fire engulfed the vessel and both barges with flames leaping high as rescuers evacuated crew and passengers and helicopters airlifted the severely injured to New Orleans.
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Johnson pledges victory in Vietnam to business leaders
President Johnson told a gathering of businessmen that the nation will win the war in Vietnam, aiming for negotiations if possible but ready to fight if required. He spoke to executives under the National Alliance of Business Men which seeks to place 500,000 hardcore unemployed into jobs by 1971, signaling no vast expansion of forces beyond recent talk.
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McCarthy Declines Kennedy Deal Amid Nomination Bid
Senator Eugene McCarthy said he was not offered any deal by Senator Robert Kennedy after Kennedy announced his candidacy. McCarthy noted he would run hard to defeat Kennedy and Johnson, and expressed openness to testing records while acknowledging potential competition could clutter the race. He recalled supporters in New Hampshire who stayed distant during his campaign.
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Kennedy Bids Cooperation With McCarthy In Democratic Fight
Senator Robert Kennedy announces willingness to work with Senator Eugene McCarthy to push antiwar debate and explore unity against President Johnson. McCarthy remains cautious, urging a strategy that uses Kennedy's support where he cannot run and focusing on Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts primaries. Kennedy says he will run in California June 2, Oregon May 28, and Nebraska May 14, and would back McCarthy where he cannot compete, while urging peace talks and de escalation in Vietnam and possible negotiations with the Viet Cong.
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Johnson comments on Kennedy primary bid at business lunch
President Johnson notes Kennedy's entry into the race during a Business Men's Conference led by Henry Ford II. He jokes about speculation in primaries and references the copper strike talks and global gold drain as bankers meet.
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Klansman Convicted in Dahmer Murder Case in Mississippi
In Hattiesburg an all white jury found Cecil Sessum a Ku Klux Klan member guilty of murdering Vernon Dahmer who died defending his family from arsonists. Sessum received a life sentence as six other white men await trial for murder and arson in the January 10 1986 death.
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Johnson Urges Budget Cuts and Tax Hike
President Johnson called for new budget reductions paired with a tax increase to yield about 9 billion dollars, while allies in the London gold pool met in Washington to discuss market effects. He urged hard choices and deferral of lower priority programs as Congress debated a 186.1 billion dollar budget and a 10 percent surcharge proposal as key to fiscal responsibility.
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Today's Chuckle The Temptation Resistance Dilemma
A lighthearted note reflects on resisting temptations and wonders if such chances may not return. The caption hints at a humorous observation about self control and fate in daily life.
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