United States proposes NATO nuclear participation panel
Defense Secretary McNamara outlines a four to five member NATO panel of defense ministers to study broader allied involvement in planning and using nuclear forces. The group would meet quickly, advise on nuclear decision making, and may operate alongside or aside multilateral or Atlantic nuclear force proposals. The idea aims to give allies a faster voice in critical crises.
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United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
America
McNamara
Fense
eHow
U. S
Britain
France
West Germany
Waly
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Near Record High
As millions head home from a long weekend, the Memorial Day traffic toll climbs with multiple fatal crashes. By Monday 34 perished in seven crashes across five states, including California with 16 dead in three accidents. The AP tally shows 418 deaths since Friday 6 p.m. and a potential record, with estimates from the National Safety Council around 430 to 510 for the 78 hour period.
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California
Associated Press
Kegan
National Safety Council
Abbeville
Gallatin
Tenn
Grand Island
Neb
Terre Haute
Ind
Lansing
Ill
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Viet Nam battles cut into hills as reserves suffer losses
Five Communist battalions pressed west of Quang Nhai mangling government reserves in central Viet Nam. More than 400 government casualties reported over two days. Elite rangers and other units incur losses as clashes spread toward lanes near Da Nang and Kontum Province. US pilots report air strikes against fuel depots and Mig engagements as authorities confirm battalion levels. The Ward Regiment, known as Hoang Hoa Tham, gains notoriety for resistance.
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Saigon
Quang Nai
Viet Nam
Quang Nyai
United States Air Force
Mufiei
Ae US
da Nang
U S Presses Dominican Negotiations Amid Violence
In the Dominican Republic political violence spurred inter American efforts to calm the interior. A clash in San Francisco de Macoris left two dead and five wounded as police confronted demonstrators. A girl and a Cuban Jesuit priest died from police fire near checkpoints. Gen Telmo Vargas met Dominican military chiefs to discuss demilitarization.
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Juan de Onis
New York Times
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
San Francisco de Macoris
Vicente Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Telmo Vargas
Ecuador
Jose A. Mora
Organization of American States
Astronauts Set to Roll on Gemini 4 Mission
NASA gave the go ahead for the four day Gemini 4 flight with James McDivitt and Edward White. White will exit into space near an orbiting satellite as the aircraft carrier Wasp and recovery fleet position for possible landing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Atlantic Recovery
Wasp
Death Toll Reaches 12 After Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports West Virginia end of Memorial Day weekend traffic toll totaled 12 with two drownings among youth deaths. The weekend brought 167 deaths for the year, compared with 180 at the same point last year. Lulu Haught of Terra Alta, in her 70s, died in Kingwood hospital from injuries in a Saturday night car crash.
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Associatent
West Virginia
Tihaur
Sdate
Ralfie
Terra Alla
Kingwood
Mons
Utility Pale
Lulu Haught
Advisors Back Plan for Three Man Inter-American Mediators
The United States backed Brazil's proposal to form a three man committee of diplomats to pursue a political solution in the Dominican Republic crisis. Members would be Vasco Tristao Leitao da Cunha Ellsworth Bunker and Gonzalo J. Facto with a remit to advise OAS Secretary General Jose A Mora. Some OAS ministers opposed the plan citing concerns over US intervention and collective action.
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Washington
United States
Organization of American States
Vasco Tristao Leitao da Cunha
Brazil
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
OAS
Gonzalo J. Facto
U. S
José A. Mora
Inter - American Organization
Dominican Republic
Dean Rusk
Leitao da Cunha
Raul Sapena Pastore
Paraguay
Chile
Venezuela
Uruguay
Decoyed State Police Quell Racial Fights in Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana police, lured by exploding firecrackers, broke up clashes between white and Negro pickets using nightsticks. Ten whites and five blacks were arrested for disturbing the peace as civil rights leaders faced delayed demonstrations.
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Bogalusa
Martin Luther King Jr
Ben Ragu
Claxton Knight
Knight
Franklinton
McContb
Miss
Colubia Road
Awibhek
Ajai
Poliee
Bechbury Villagers Fight Replacement Of Beloved Sweeper
Beckbury residents protest plans by the county council to replace long time street sweeper Will Broome with a mechanical broom. Parish leaders say no machine can match Broome's 19 years of spotless work and community regard.
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Will Broome
Ames Meredith
Beckbury
Broome
Kedward Truss
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Bin
Counly
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