Riot Ends King March in Memphis Down Town
A Memphis march led by Martin Luther King Jr. ended amid violence with reports of one dead and dozens injured. Police used tear gas as looting and window smashing erupted. a police officer was beaten while attempting to halt looting. Governors dispatched riot units and guardsmen to Nashville area as turmoil spread.
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UPI
Martin Luther King
King
Nashville
Ellington
Tennessee
West Tennessee Armories
Henry Starks
Beale Street
McCarthy Seen 2-1 Victor in Wisconsin
Labor officials using their surveys predicted Eugene McCarthy would beat Lyndon Johnson 2 to 1 in Wisconsin's next week's primary. They expected many Republicans to vote in the Democratic race and said labor groups gave Johnson little campaign effort.
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Washington
UPI
Wisconsin
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Merger Vote by Wilson Sporting Goods and Nissen Corp
Stockholders of Wilson Sporting Goods and Nissen Corp voted overwhelmingly to merge. The U.S. filed suit in Chicago to block the deal on antitrust grounds. A temporary restraining order halts the merger until a hearing on April 9 to decide a potential permanent injunction.
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Nissen, Wilson
U.S
Wilson Sporting Goods
Nissen Corp
Chicago
Justice Department
Wilson
Ling-Temco- Vought Inc
Nissen
Escalator riddle from boy prompts basement steps humor
A playful exchange where one boy on an escalator asks what happens when the basement fills with steps, delivering a lighthearted pun about stairs and space. The caption preserves the whimsical tone of a daily chuckle.
Aging war hero tapped to replace Novotny in Czechoslovakia
Prague selections favor Gen Ludvik Svoboda 73 as president nominee. CTK says the central committee will approve the recommendation and aim to replace one man rule with a degree of democracy. Svoboda led wartime Soviet Czech troops and has no recent political ties.
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UPS
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
CTK
Communist Party
Ludvik Svoboda
Svoboda
Kremlin
Novotny
Central Committee
Johnson Pushes to Defeat Excise Tax Amendment
Washington AP reports the administration pressing to defeat a Senate amendment that would pair a 10 percent income tax surcharge with a $6 billion spending cut. Democratic leaders aim to block the measure before final House-passed excise bill action, enabling a Johnson signature before taxes on cars and telephones expire at midnight Sunday.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
The
Internal Revenue Service
F-111 Fighter Missing on Southeast Asia Mission
An F-111A fighter is overdue on a bombing mission from Thailand toward North Vietnam, presumed lost. The two-man crew and plane disappeared after a radio contact over Laos. search efforts have found nothing, with Pentagon and Senate notes attached to the report.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
Thailand
North Vietnam
Laos
Pentagon
Panhandle
Robert McNamara
Air Force
Senate
Navy
Protestant Denominations Plan United Church Blueprint
Ten Protestant bodies with 25 percent of U S Protestants moved from exploration to action aiming to draft a union plan within two years with a target of completion by 1969 1970. Delegates urged a provisional assembly and use of historic creeds without coercive terms as they seek a universal church linking Methodist Episcopal United Church of Christ United Presbyterian and other groups.
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Dayton
Ohio
David Colwell
Seattle
James McCord
Princeton Theological Seminary
Drafting Commission
Provisional Assembly
United Church
Methodist
Episcopal
United Church of Christ
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian In the USA
Christian (Disciples
Evangelical United Brethren
African Methodist Episcopal
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Christian Methodist Episcopal
B 52s Strike Red Buildup Near Hue in Vietnam
U S B 52s pounded North Vietnamese supply depots and command centers in the A Shau Valley west of Hue to blunt a new buildup threatening the former capital. U S planes flew 95 missions over North Vietnam. a radar site near the Chinese border was hit. A Phantom was lost with two crew listed as missing.
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Saigon
A Shau
Hue
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Panhandle
Khe Sanh
US Reports Heavy Losses as Saigon Offensive Rages
AP dispatch notes 349 Americans killed in action last week and 1,965 wounded, with 965 not hospitalized. U.S. forces total 511,000 in South Vietnam while 35 Stratofortresses and B 52s struck targets near Hue and Khe Sanh. Viet Cong death toll climbs to 1,989 in major allied offensive. a task force reports 99 Viet Cong killed northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Governor Hughes weighing favorite son run for president
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes said he may run as a favorite son to keep peace in the state Democratic party. He would consider the move at the May state convention if it helps unity, noting no strong groundswell exists. He would back President Johnson until policy changes. antiwar sentiment grows after caucus results.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Chicago
Johnson
Vietnam
U. S
North
Allied Claim of Red Toll in Vietnam Escalation
Washington reports Allied forces killed about 253000 enemy in South Vietnam under General Westmoreland. Initial strength was 128500 at his start in 1964, with current Viet Cong and North Vietnamese totals around 248000. Pentagon figures relied on body counts, later acknowledged as including judgment factors.
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Abrams
Creighton Abrams
Vietnam
Washington
U.S
William Westmoreland
White House
Westmoreland
South
Hanoi
Pentagon
Defense McNamara
Cedar Rapids 80 Degree Day Ties 1910 Record
The Cedar Rapids temperature reached 80 at the municipal airport at 2 p.m., tying the 1910 high. The state enjoyed sunny, springlike weather with little change expected into Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Municipal
Weather Bureau
Great Western Rail Merger Reopened by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission agreed to reopen the North Western and Great Western merger after a federal court order. The Minneapolis court directed a reexamination of financial effects on the Soo Line and worker protections for SCC employees who could lose jobs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Western- Great Western Railroad
Minneapolis
SCC
Soo Line
SCC Line
Nugent Grandson Patrick Nugent Improves From 104 Fever
President Johnson's 9 month old grandson Patrick Lyndon Nugent shows improvement as his 104 degree fever abates. Doctor George W Barkley reports chest clear and eyes nose normal. ailment undetermined.
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Washington
Johnson
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Adm
George W. Barkley
Gagarin Dies In Training Plane Crash In Russia
Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and Col. Vladimir Seregin were killed when their Mig 15 trainer crashed after a failed engine restart near Zvezdny Gorodok north of Moscow. Friends said Gagarin stayed aboard to try to save the plane. Red Square funeral plans and national mourning followed.
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Moscow
UPI
Yuri Gagarin
Russia
Gagarin
Vladimir Seregin
Chkalovskoye
Zvezdny Gorodok
Star City
Seregin
Gorky Street
Vladimir Komarov
Kremlin
Red Square
Josef Stalin
John Reed
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