Haiphong airfield raid marks major U.S. strike
U S carriers Enterprise Hancock and Kitty Hawk bombed the Kien An airfield near Haiphong and two Haiphong power plants, with one Skyhawk shot down and the pilot missing. North Vietnam claimed five planes were down. The raid follows earlier strikes on Mig bases and amid heavy ground fighting near Khe Sanh.
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Saigon
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Kien An
South Vietnam
U.S
Enterprise
Hancock
Kitty Hawk
Hanoi-Haiphong
Marine 18-year-old hits four times keeps fighting
In Da Nang AP reports 18-year-old private Steve Lopez from Silver Spring Maryland, a reconnaissance team member, was hit four times in five hours during a clash with North Vietnamese. He and seven other Marines were flown to observe trails above Khe Sanh where intense fighting had occurred.
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Third Marine
Khe Sanh
Hubbard
Joseph Strauss
Strauss
DA Nang
U.S
Steve Lopez
Silver Springs
Lopez
Half Iowa license plates may lack slogan Beautiful Land
Iowa officials seek new law to delay slogan on 1968 plates and limit requirement to passenger cars only. Public Safety Commissioner Fulton asks legislature to clarify the law and postpone changes until 1969 plates begin.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jack Fulton
Fulton
Harold Hughes
Anamosa
Beautiful Land
Army to form new 5600 soldier brigade in Vietnam buildup
Washington AP reports the army will create a new 5,600 man infantry brigade, the fourth since the Vietnam war buildup began in September 1965. Two of the earlier three brigades are already deployed in Vietnam.
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Washington
Army
France Sets Nuclear Test Danger Zone Around Mururoa
France notifies Japan it will establish a danger zone around Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific from June 1 to 15 for nuclear tests, government sources said Wednesday.
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Tokyo
France
Japan
Mururoa Atoll
South Pacific
Public Hearing on Atkins School Set
A public hearing on the attachment of the Atkins school district to a high school district is tentatively set for May 19 at 8 p.m. in the Atkins school gym. Benton County Supt. Floyd Ellson announced this as the first step in re evaluating the district’s assignment after a state board order. The Benton County board had been directed to re evaluate after rejecting the Benton Community attachment amid controversy over Atkins joining Benton Community or Cedar Rapids.
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Vinton
Atkins
Benton County
Floyd Ellson
Atkins-Fremont
Benton County Board
State Board of Public Instruction
Benton
Cedar Rapids
Apollo Tragedy Raises Moon Shot Cost To 75 Million
Washington space officials testified that the extra cost of the Apollo moon mission due to January disaster will total about 75 million dollars. North American Aviation faces several million dollars of the liability under an incentive contract.
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Space Agency
U.S
North American Aviation, Inc
Roudebush
Rind
George Mueller
Mueller
House Space Committee
Robert Seamans
Moon
Transit Secretary scolded by Congressman over letter release
Chairman Harley Staggers of the House commerce committee assailed Transportation Secretary Alan Boyd for releasing a letter to the press that attacked Staggers's rail strike proposal. Boyd defended his actions stating the strike would harm the economy and that he waited to deliver the letter before public release. The exchange focused on ethics and timing of the letter.
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Washington
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va
House Commerce Committee
Transportation
Alan Boyd
Staggers
Boyd
Congress
Non-Commercial Video Bill Clears Senate Panel
Senate commerce committee on Wednesday approved a bill to create a nonprofit corporation to fund development and distribution of non commercial radio and television programs.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Illness Recovery Delayed by Compensation Delays
A light item notes it can take long for some people to recover from illness once compensation begins, reflecting on welfare and payroll implications and public humor.
Art Swindle? Buyer Not So Sure
New York AP reports millionaire Texas oilman Algur Meadows doubts the row of paintings bought as works by Modigliani Picasso Dufy Degas Chagall Bonnard Derain and Vlaminck are all authentic He seeks an association affidavit and questions the Dealers Association verdict while noting a Paris dealer and forged provenance scheme emerged in the case.
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New York
Texas
American Art Dealers Association
Algur Meadows
Dallas
General American Oil Co
Meadows
Dallas Morning News
Modigliani
Picasso
Dufy
Degas
Chagall
Bonnard
Derain
Viaminck
Klaus Perls
Association
Donald Vogel
Perls
Vlaminck
Paris
Anti-War Band Maintains Pentagon Vigil Overnight
A group of sixteen anti-war demonstrators from the Committee for Non-Violent Action stayed overnight inside the Pentagon. They discussed strategy outside the joint chiefs of staff offices while guards kept watch, with thirteen fasting and three eating in the cafeteria.
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Washington
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee For Non-Violent Action
Joint Chiefs
Charles Matthei
National Military Command Center
War Room
Eisenhower Shows Improvement Amid Continued Hospital Stay
Washington AP reports for the third straight day former President Eisenhower shows progress. He is starting to take some solid food, but doctors at Walter Reed say he will stay hospitalized at least through the week for the gastrointestinal illness that began Saturday. Family visits remain the only allowed visitors.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
U S and Soviet Destroyers Collide in Sea of Japan
A U S destroyer Walker and a Soviet destroyer scraped during maneuvers off northern Japan in the Sea of Japan. No injuries and minor damage reported. The Pentagon cited repeated warnings as the Soviet ship closed to within 50 feet. The incident prompted a protest to the Soviet diplomat.
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Sea of Japan
Pentagon
U.S
Walker
Cmdr. S. W. McClaran
Santa Barbara
Calif
Japan
South Korea
New York Ordered to Redraw Congressional Districts
A three judge federal court in New York ordered the 1968 legislature to create a congressional reapportionment plan before the 1968 elections to cure flagrant inequalities in districting. The ruling follows a challenge by Rev. Donald Harrington, Liberal party chairman, who argued the 1961 map used discriminatory partisan considerations. The court urged 41 districts of substantially equal size, to be drawn without race, sex, economic status, or political bias influencing decisions.
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New York
Donald Harrington
Liberal Party
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