Dominican Junta Escalates Fight in Santo Domingo
Tanks lead renewed assault as the Dominican military junta presses a three day battle against outnumbered rebels in northern Santo Domingo. The junta rejects White House peacemaking efforts and reports a six block advance in 24 hours. Rebels are pushed east toward the Ozama and Isabella rivers.
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Santo Domingo
White House
Johnson
Francisco Rivera Caminero
Junta
Ozama
Isabella
U. S
Ozama River
U.S
Washington
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Imbert
Heavy Texas Rains Trigger Flash Floods Across State
Torrential rains inundated southern Texas from Sunday into Monday, with Alice near Corpus Christi recording 5.41 inches in 12 hours and Killeen seeing 9 inches in a burst. Flooding forced 125 families from homes, derailed eight freight cars, and swamped roads as rivers swelled and winds toppled trees and power lines.
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Alice
Corpus Christi
Killeen
Fort Hood
Austin
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Vote Three Cent Cigaret Tax Hike
Special to The Gazette reports a proposed three cent cigarette tax hike. Details on the measure, its sponsors, and projected revenue implications are discussed as the issue moves toward a public decision.
Bomb blasts at Bien Hoa air base kill or injure many
A chain of explosions at Bien Hoa air base near Saigon killed 27 Americans and left 103 wounded as four 500 pound bombs detonated and other munitions exploded. Officials said the blasts were accidental and evacuated personnel while disposal units prepared to handle remaining live bombs.
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Vietnam
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Air Force
Skyraider
Bien Hoa Air Base
South Vietnam
Horst Fans
Associated Press
Saigon
Joseph Moore
U.S. Air Force
Thailand
U.S
Moore
Diplomat Expelled by Soviet Leaves London
Norris Garnett the former U.S. Negro diplomat denied charges of anti-Soviet activities among African students in Moscow as he left for London on Monday after being expelled by the Soviet authorities.
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London
Moscow
U.S
Norris Garnett
Officials May Shun Illegal Time Cities
Gov Harold Hughes urged Iowa executive council members to skip events in towns outside state time. He backs a daylight saving law from Memorial Day to Labor Day and said he would be on tour in Europe during the period.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Hughes
House
Harold Houston
Houston
Riley Gillette
England
UPI
Iowa Executive Council
Hughes
Europe
North Vietnam Raid Proceeds Fifth Day With South Attacks
In Saigon the fifth day passes with no U S air strikes against North Vietnam. American planes strike Viet Cong targets in South Vietnam while Washington, Vienna discussions blend into diplomacy. Gromyko and Rusk discuss Vietnam amid Austrian postwar observances.
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U. S
North Viettnam
South Vietnam
Washington
New York Times
Johnson
North Vietnam
the Times
Rusk
Vietnam
Gromyko
Vienna
Couve de Murville
East Iowan Woman Dies in Crash on Highway 52
Ruby Staade 49 of Monona died when a two car collision on Highway 52 six miles north of Garnaville involved Roy Hoth 52 and Glen Wright 45. Hoth and his wife and Wrights were in fair condition, along with Rollo Horstman. Services arranged at Schultz funeral home Monona.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Ruby Staade
Monona
MFL
Highway 52
Garnaville
Roy Hoth
Hoth
Glen Wright
Dodge Center
Minn
Wright
Elkader Hospital
Rollo Horstman
Rochester
French Rocket Reaches 110 Miles Aloft in Sahara Test
The French defense ministry said it fired a rocket to an altitude of about 110 miles from a testing base in the Sahara. The announcement came Monday confirming the successful launch and reaching the target height.
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Paris
French Defense Ministry
Sahara
Will Rule on Red Signup By Individual
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if individuals can be compelled to register as members of the communist party under subversive activities control. Justice action centers on government power to require party affiliation disclosures by individuals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
U.S. Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Illinois State Senate
New York
Johnson asks Congress for almost four billion in excise tax cuts
President Johnson urged swift action on a nearly four billion dollar excise tax reduction covering autos, phone service and appliances. The plan splits the cut into two equal parts on July 1 and January 1, with an additional 464 million spread through 1970, and he pressed businesses to pass savings to consumers.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Free World
Tiros Fijos Shooters Drill From Santo Domingo Silo
In Santo Domingo a U S para trooper scouts from an eight story silo for a yellow pickup believed to carry a rebel machine gun. The unit, nicknamed Tiros Fijos, patrols the Ozama river downtown with M 16 rifles under an uncertain cease fire.
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Santo Domingo
U.S
Tiros-Fijos
82Nd Airborne Division
Tiro Fijo
Latin America
Ozama River
Tiros-Firos
Robert Orem
Hutchinson
Kan
Nally
Pic
Robert Hooker
Baltimore
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