Rockefeller tour unrest in Ecuador and Colombia protests
In Quito protesters hurled gasoline bombs at U S Information Service and dynamited the U S Ecuadorian center as Governor Rockefeller’s visit provoked clashes. A tear gas suffocation and several injuries followed. In Colombia, universities closed and campuses surrounded as protests continued against the American mission.
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Quito
Ecuador
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
U.S. Information Service Center
Juan Way
Presidential
Jose Maria Velascobarra
Velase
Colombia
National University
Bogota
Atlantic University
Barranquilla
Columbia student dies after setting self on fire protest
A Columbia University student, 30, died nine hours after setting himself afire in a protest outside the United Nations. The man, identified as Mayrock, carried a sign urging action to stop genocide in Biafra. Memorial Day vigils across the U.S. remembered fallen soldiers while antiwar demonstrations continued.
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New York
Columbia University
United Nations
Jawa
Ence Mayrock
Westbury
M.ie
Biafra
Vietnam
Washington
Agnew
Nixon
Aull
Joseph Duffey
University of Chicago
Kansas City
Buffalo
Rochester
N.Y
Council of Churches
John Melvor
Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Walter Morris
May's Island
Memorial Building
Linwood Cemetery
Army
Cyrus R. Shockey
University of Iowa
Johnson highlights partners in business ventures
Johnson notes he has brought good people into his ventures, with several becoming part owners alongside him. He stresses shared ownership and collaboration as a key factor in the growth of the businesses.
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Johnson
Nixon
Bobby Baker Denied Bid for New Trial
Washington UPI report states a U.S. district judge denied Bobby Baker's bid for a new trial. Baker, former secretary to Senate Democrats, was convicted in 1956 on income tax and larceny charges.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Bobby Baker
Baker
Senate Democrats
Kane Returns From 20000 Mile Globe Voyage
Michael Kane, 29, completed a 20000 mile circumnavigation in 22 months, docking at Newport Beach to mixed homecoming reactions. He leaves a girlfriend who chose not to greet him, and says his journey surpassed his aim while his parents and sister welcomed him. He originally set a one year Australia trip and extended after Tahiti.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Michael Kane
Pye
Kane
Kens
Newport ‘Beach
Australia
Tahiti
Thomas Kane
Kenilworth
Barbara
Chuckle Rule for a happy marriage guidance misread
A fragmented phrase offers humor about marriage advice with garbled wording. The readable portion implies a rule about a wife and avoiding missteps, though the sentence is scrambled and lacks clear event or speaker details. The item appears as a brief humorous note or clipping with limited identifiable entities.
Nader Blames Ford and Army for M151 Truck Flips
Ralph Nader charged Ford Motor Co and the U S Army with shared responsibility for the M151 Jeeplike truck rollovers and the resulting casualties. He urged government action to force Ford to disclose the vehicle’s unstable suspension and fix the issue in the 90,000 trucks in use worldwide. Senator Ribicoff called for investigations by Defense Secretary Laird and Secretary Volpe into the matter.
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Joseph 12
Molihat
Nader
Sen. Ribicoff
Conn
Defense
Laird
Volpe
Ribicoff
The
Ford
Chevrolet
Army
Henry Ford
Tension in Argentina Workers Strike for Police Brutality
Argentine workers walked off their jobs at midnight in a 24 hour general strike to protest alleged police brutality. The government alerted the armed forces to prepare for violence.
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Buenos Aires
Seven Years For Woman In Kidnaping
In Decatur Georgia Barbara Mackle’s kidnapper Bisemann Schier receives seven years for her role in the case linked to the Miami and Honduras connections. Krist, the principal kidnapper, got life. Schier’s sentence notes she aided in Barbara Mackle’s confinement in a coffin-like box for days. Schier faces possible deportation after prison.
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Decatur
Bisemannt Scher
Eas University Coed
Barbara Jane Mackle
Tove
Therofevl
Miss Mackle
Tao
Honduras
Jroom
Gary Steven Krist
Krist
Eisemann Schier
Q. Hubert
Hubert
Sehier
Eisemann
Setner
Econrtronm
George Deacon
Miami
Hisemann Schier
Barbara
Barbara Mackle
Four Britons Cross Frozen Arctic Sea
London AP reports four British explorers completed the first crossing of the frozen Arctic ocean after 476 days and 3620 miles from Point Barrow to a rocky islet near Spitsbergen. They faced polar bears, melting ice, and drifting floes, with radio messages confirming landfall and a request to inform Queen Elizabeth II.
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London
Arctic Ocean
Spitsbergen
Point Barrow
Alaska
Wally Herbert
Herbert
Elizabeth II
Jce
34 Cases Recorded In 8 Hours
Saigon reports 23 enemy soldiers and two Americans killed with 17 Americans wounded across 18 incidents during a 20 hour cease fire. Viet Cong claims 36 soldiers and 10 civilians wounded with four civilians killed and three hamlet officials killed. US recon flights attacked. one American killed, 13 wounded. enemy claims 40 killed and three captured. Aircraft losses total 20 helicopters and seven fixed wing planes since Jan 1, 1961. Vienna reports first typhoid fatality, a 51-year-old woman.
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Saigon
US 8
U. S
U S
U. S. Command
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Spencer
the Gazette
White House
Mursday
Charles Potter
Michigan
Sumper Whitker
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Fred [Rhoads
Washington, D.C
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Fia
Milwaukee
UPL
William Driver
Virginia
Asconsin Motors Corp
James Flippin
Flippin
Anthony Viza
Anthony D'Amato
Thomas Wolslager
Raymond Stock
Jerone Matusinec
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Knoxville
Donald
Arlington National Cemetery
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Key Biscayne
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