Halt Fantasy in Viet Talks
President Johnson said Hanoi is not ready for serious Paris discussions and urged moving talks from fantasy to concrete peace steps. He noted North Vietnam has increased infiltration and shipments to the South while inviting congressional leaders to a White House briefing with Cyrus Vance.
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Johnson
Hanoi
Paris
Cyrus Vance
U.S
North Vietnam
South
Congress
White House
Vance
Communists Press Saigon As Viet Cong Urges Uprising
The Viet Cong called on South Vietnamese to rise up against the Saigon government using any means. Fighting raged in three outskirts zones of Saigon while U S forces reported heavy enemy casualties and B 52 air strikes targeted Dak To, Saigon outskirts, and Mekong Delta.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
da Nang
Paris
Dak
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Phu Tho
Hanoi Radio
Union of National, Democratic and Peace Forces” of Vietnam
Mitterrand
de Gaulle
Coal Miners’ Union
Railrroad
Gaullist Minister Out No End to Strike Seen
Paris AP report says Education Minister Alain Peyrefitte has resigned amid student turbulence fueling a nationwide strike. Premier Georges Pompidou to assume Peyrefitte duties with cabinet reshuffle rumors spreading in Paris. Peyrefitte, 42, had served as information and science ministers before moving to education on April 7, 1967.
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Paris
Alain Peyrefitte
France
Georges Pompidou
Peyrefitte
Education
de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrand
Federation of the Left
Mitterrand
James Gaffney Dies at 77 in Marengo
Longtime Eighth Judicial District judge James Gaffney aged 77 died at his Marengo home after a recent Iowa City hospitalization. Retired since 1965 after 32 years on the bench, he spoke of his 1,560 juvenile cases and several murder trials, including the Bednasek case. Born 1890 in Filmore Township, he studied at St Ambrose and Creighton, practiced in Williamsburg, and married Sabina Stapleton in 1919.
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Marengo
James Gaffney
Iowa City
Gaffney
Eighth Judicial District
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Bednasek
Robert Bednasek
University of Iowa
Judge Gaffney
Filmore
Township
Iowa County
Williamsburg
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Creighton University
Sabina Stapleton
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Murray Grant
District of Columbia Health Department
Johnson Plans Texas Ranch Conference With Westmoreland and Gorton
President Johnson announced a conference at his Texas ranch with General Westmoreland and Australian Prime Minister Gorton. The session is slated for Thursday or Friday and aims to discuss ongoing matters.
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Johnson
Gorton
Westmoreland
Washington
Texas
William Westmoreland
Australia
Chuckle Cartoon Caption Sparks Lighthearted Debate
A humorous remark in a cartoon panel prompts light chatter about manners and dialogue. The caption plays on social norms and gendered perception, drawing smiles from readers.
Memorial Day Observances and Office Closures
Memorial Day will close federal state county and city offices Thursday. Most businesses will be closed or operate on reduced hours while stores around downtown Lindale Plaza and Town and Country center shut. Oak Hill cemetery services start at 10 30 a.m with parade from Greene square at 9 30. Local services include Mt Calvary 8 00 Mt St Johns 8 30 St George 8 50 and Czech areas. Capt Julian F Gray Naval Recruiting head will speak.
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Lindale Plaza
Town and Country Shopping Center
Mays City Shopping Center
Oak Hill Cemetery
Julian F. Gray
Naval Recruiting
Greene Square
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
St. John’s Cemetery
St. George’s Cemetery
Dining Tent Topples as Wind and Rain Plague Camp
Resurrection City residents faced heavy rain and cold wind as a dining tent collapsed and floods swamped huts. About 12 huts evacuated as water rose four inches and a 54 degree chill lingered. Health officials surveyed the encampment while activists pressed for government aid.
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Washington
UPI
Resurrection City
Pool
Cedar Rapids Costs Rise Slowed In Early 1968
Iowa State Extension reports Cedar Rapids living costs cooled relative to the U.S. pace in Q1 1968. The local consumer price index rose 0.4 percent from January to April, vs 1.1 percent nationally, with the index at 112.9. Food prices fell 0.5 percent while housing gained 0.6 percent and apparel surged 7.9 percent year over year.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Iowa
Navy hunts for overdue sub Scorpion and 99 aboard
An armada of navy hunter planes warships and submarines swept a 2100 mile Atlantic stretch in search of the nuclear powered submarine Scorpion and her 99 crew. Weather whipped seas 20 feet and visibility was poor as Vice Admiral Schade took charge from Norfolk.
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Groton
Conn
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Norfolk
Washington
UPI
Scorpion
Navy
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Virginia Capes
A. F. Schade
Atlantic Fleet
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Naval Operations
Cmdr
Francis Slattery
Virginia Beach
Continental Shelf
U S Living Costs Rise in April 0.3 Percent
U S living costs climbed 0.3 percent in April lifting the consumer price index to 119.9 while prices for food clothing housing medical care and services gained. The annual CPI was 4 percent higher than a year earlier and the wholesale index rose 0.1 percent to 108.3.
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Washington
Labor Department
Crawled and Kept On Crawling to Freedom in Vietnam
Sp/5 William Taylor endured 47 days as a Viet Cong prisoner after a Mekong Delta plane crash on March 20. A US helicopter raid on May 6 freed him, though the escape involved gunfire and danger. Taylor, observer on a Bird Dog piloted by Lt. Leslie Sayre, described crawling out of the burning wreck and surviving with a broken leg and a red beard. He was rescued when Cobra helicopters delivered him to safety amid heavy fire.
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Saigon
UPS
William Taylor
Mekong Delta
U.S
Taylor
Reconnais
Sance
Leslie Sayre
Sayre
Hamilton
N. C
First Air Cavalry Division
Cobra
Rodric Storrs
Walter Bammann
Red
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