Vietnam War Armed Forces Day Proclaims Victory Hope
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky marked the first anniversary in office with a vow of victory over Viet Cong. U.S. B52 and fighter raids hit targets in North and South Viet Nam while Marines pushed inland near Qui Nhon. Hue secured by government troops as Buddhist protests subside.
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Guam
Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Viet Cong
Radio Libera
U. S
South Viet Nan
Bes
North
South
Andrew Borowiec
Secon
South Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Thich
Tri Quang
Ing
America
Perfume River
Speedboat Tragedy Rocks President's Cup Regatta
Three speedboat drivers die in mishaps during the Potomac River President's Cup regatta. Hon Musson of Seattle was killed when his hydroplane disintegrated at about 160 mph. Rex Manchester of Seattle and Don Wilson of Palm Beach also perished after a collision and explosion during a race. Witnesses reported Manchester’s boat becoming airborne on the first lap, then exploding near Wilson in Miss Budweiser. Musson, 37, had completed the first lap of an elimination heat when disaster struck.
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Potomac River
Hon Musson
Seattle
Rex Manchester
Don Wilson
Palm Beach
Fiz
George Washington University Hospital
Wilson
Manchester
Notre Dame
Musson
Ne Win says Burma’s peacetime economy tougher than war
Gen Ne Win, Burma’s Cromwellian head of state, concedes Burma’s faltering economy is hard to fix, noting none of the 13 revolutionary council members has technical economic experience. He rejects Western claims that Burma pursues a pro Communist or pro Peking policy, arguing Western views misread neutralist aims.
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Rangoon
Burma
Ne Win
Hieftal
Buramma
Peking
Comedian Ed Wynn Dies at 79
Hollywood remembers Ed Wynn the vaudeville star famed as the perfect fool dying at age 79 after health decline following neck tumor surgery. Funeral plans set by son Keenan include cremation as Wynn’s high pitched voice and zany costumes carried him from vaudeville to Broadway radio and early cinema.
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Hollywood
Ed Wynn
Wynn
Keenan
Tanner
Marchers Reach Belzoni After Delta Protest Rally
About 1,000 marchers join with local Negro residents 10 miles from Belzoni to block traffic and chant white and black power. Willie Ricks, SCLC worker from Atlanta, leads in calling for black power and an end to killings as they move through Negro neighborhoods toward the town.
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Gantz
Belvoni
Ku Klux Klan
Willie Ricks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Ricks
Belzoni
Belzoni Negro
Communist role in campus antiwar protests alleged
Senate internal security subcommittee charged that Communists helped organize South Viet Nam antiwar rallies at UC Berkeley and Wisconsin and linked through DuBois clubs to campus activities. Hearings from May 1965 described infiltration, manipulated student grievances, and professional guidance of protests and civil disobedience.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
South Viet Nam
Communist Party, USA
Subcommittee
University of California
University of Wisconsin
Communist Party
DuBois
Viet Nam
De Gaulle Opens Historic Soviet Visit In Moscow
President de Gaulle arrives in the Soviet Union for a state visit to Moscow. He will lodge in the Kremlin apartments, the first French head of state to visit Russia since the Bolshevik era, as Soviet media trumpet the encounter amid the Cold War display.
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Peter Grose
New York Times
Moscow
President de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
DE Gaulle
Kremlin
Napoleon
Russia
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Ussr
Boulevard Wreck Kills Man Going to See Ill Dad
Malhon C. Phillips aged 41 of Richmond Michigan died in a Sunday morning car crash on Kanawha Boulevard while en route to Cedar Grove to visit his ill father. The accident near Pennsylvania Avenue sent the vehicle over a retaining wall into the Kanawha River. Two other passengers Troy Roberts and George Thompson sustained minor injuries. Phillips is survived by his wife E Helen, daughter Tommy, and parents Mr and Mrs Arnold Phillips of Cedar Grove along with siblings. The service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Church of God in Riverside. Burial follows at Montgomery Memorial Park. The body lies at Cook George Funeral Home Cedar Grove.
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Richmond
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Cedar Grove
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George Thompson
Glasgow
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Phillip
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Tommy
Church of God
Lester
Riverside
James
Cleveland
Ohio
Ethel Giles
Brookpark
Mary Thompson
First Church of God At
Montgomery Memorial Park
Cook George Funeral Home
Mounting evidence of Soviet missile defense forces new system
Mounting evidence of a new Soviet missile defense system is pressing the United States to accelerate development of a new generation of offensive weapons, according to Page 9 coverage.
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