U.S. Bombers Step Up Saturation Attacks in Vietnam
U.S. Air Force B52s dropped nearly 1000 tons of bombs in 10 missions against North Vietnamese forces near the Laos and Cambodia borders as Marines report heavy losses two miles northeast of Con Thien. Intelligence notes suggest a potential North Vietnamese bid to seize South Vietnam’s central plateau ahead of Paris talks.
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Con Thien
Paris
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Kontum
Nixon Expected To Win Oregon GOP Primary
Nixon campaigns in Oregon as the Republican race narrows. Rockefeller accuses Kennedy of shifting positions. McCarthy presses Kennedy on debates while Kennedy focuses on Humphrey's write-in votes. Humphrey warns of rising defense costs if tensions do not ease.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Oregon
Atlanta
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Standby Run at Mid-America Refinery Feeds Fire Suppression
The fire department responded to a standby call at Mid-America refinery at 10 50 a m when a cracking unit vapor line ruptured and ignited. Refinery workers extinguished the blaze using steam lines and immediate cooling.
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Mid-America
North Vietnam accuses U.S. in renewed verbal attack
In Paris and Hanoi, Hanoi brands U.S. war aims as escalating the conflict while professing peace. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le complains of chemical weapons use amid threats to press bombing limits, as Pham Van Dong vows firm terms at Paris talks.
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United States
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South Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Pham van Dong
Hanoi
Dong
Thuy
U.S
Washington
Nguyen Thanh le
Vietnam
KG E Plant Would Use Redmond Water Source
Kansas Gas and Electric seeks state permission to use water from John Redmond Reservoir for a proposed 1 000 MW nuclear powered plant near Burlington. President Gordon W Evans says construction would take six to eight years and water would be returned uncontaminated after cooling the generators.
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Kansas Gas and Electric Co
John Redmond
Gordon W. Evans
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Burlington
Evans
Flood Waters Forcing Evacuations Across Southern Ohio
Flooding from creeks and rivers washed through many southern Ohio communities forcing hundreds to flee homes. No serious injuries, but trains derailed and several highways blocked as residents in Circleville Chillicothe Logan and parts of Scioto Clinton Fayette and Athens Counties moved to schools and higher ground.
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Ohio
Circleville
Chillicothe
Logan
Scioto
Clinton
Fayette
Athens
Echo I Satellite Falls to Fiery Death Over Ocean
NORAD says Echo I balloon satellite decayed Friday night off the West Coast of South America. Officials estimated the time of decay at 7 47 p m EDT as sunlight pressure forced it into the atmosphere and gravity pulled it from orbit.
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South America
North American Air Defense Command
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Johnson advisers ready to back six billion in cuts
Washington AP reporting that top economic advisers align with a six billion dollar spending cut package in exchange for higher taxes. Only Charles S. Zwick sticks with four billion as President Johnson aims to gain fiscal reform. The House and Senate negotiators prepare a vote next week on the compromise.
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Johnson
Budget Bureau
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Senate House
James A. Burke
Mass
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Senate
James 8. Duesenberry
President's Council of Economic Advisers
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Federal Reserve Board
Weather Summary for Yesterday and Outlook
Area forecast continues cloudy and cool with a few showers through Saturday. High Saturday in the mid 60s, lows tonight in the mid 50s, about 50 percent precip likely tonight and Saturday. Topeka predicts light rain or drizzle in parts of the southwest, largely cloudy tonight and Saturday with chances of rain elsewhere. southeastern Kansas may see thunderstorms Saturday.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Prison Terms For Pouring Of Blood
In Baltimore two of four pacifists were sentenced to six years in federal prison for pouring blood on draft records last fall. Rev. Philip F. Berrigan and Thomas P. Lewis received six year terms, a third defendant got three years, and the fourth received an eighteen year technical term to be revisited after expert review.
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Philip F. Berrigan
Thomas P. Lewis
U.S
Edward
Northrop
Senate Passes Crime Bill With Wiretap and Confession Rules
The Senate approved a crime control bill by 72 to 4, undoing some Supreme Court rulings on confessions and lineups, authorizing wiretaps under court orders, and creating a $400 million two year grant program for police. It faces House action and potential veto by President Johnson, with opposition centered on constitutional concerns and judiciary limits.
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Supreme Court
House
Johnson
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Son
Celler
Crime Bill At a Glance
Washington overview of the Senate crime control bill outlines provisions on admissibility of confessions if rights were not read, eavesdropping under court orders, and a Safe Streets program of 400 million in federal grants. President Johnson opposes some elements and a Senate House conference will reconcile versions, with a veto possible.
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Supreme Court
House
Senate
Washington
Johnson
Senate House
Heavy Rains Turn Shantytown Into Sea of Mud
Washington AP heavy rains convert Resurrection City into a mud sea forcing temporary evacuation of about 2,000 of 2,400 residents of the Poor People's Campaign shantytown. Rev. Jesse Jackson says many will be moved to churches in metropolitan Washington.
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Washington
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Congress
Capitol
Department of Agriculture
Kansas Governor Maintains Uncommitted Stance on Presidential race
Gov. Robert Docking said he would not allow the governor's office to campaign for any candidate. He noted Hubert Humphrey leads in delegate strength, while not ruling out future shifts. Staff supporters may work for candidates as long as it stays separate from the governor's office.
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PEKA
Robert Docking
Docking
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Kansas
Kansas City
Humphrey
Goodland
Harder
Norbert Dresling
Tom Corcoran
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka For May 29, 1968
Kansas traffic death log reports two previously unreported fatalities in Topeka for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Friday May 29 1968, with totals for this period at 220 compared to 214 in the comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Paris Seeks End to Strike Wave as De Gaulle Speaks
Premier Pompidou invites labor and business leaders to search for a settlement as France braces for more demonstrations before President De Gaulle's national address. The General Confederation of Workers and other unions join talks while farmers protest looming subsidies cuts in dairy products.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
General Confederation of Workers
Pompidou
French Confederation of Democratic Workers
Brussels
West Germany
Brittany
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Passes Across Desk
A fragment shows an intercepted letter addressing Cha and musing that perhaps an ark should have been built at Resurrection City. The note closes with a signing line, Yours.
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Cha
Resurrection City
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