Kiem Credits Cuban Support as Talks Continue
Kiem, highest NLF official to visit Cuba, says Cuban aid to the front has grown and credits pressure on global opinion for shaping U S and South Vietnamese positions. He warns talks may stall if Nixon and Thieu resist concessions at the Midway Island meeting on June 8. The U S seeks a mutual withdrawal of non-South Vietnamese troops and Thieu's government full participation.
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Kiem
NLF
Cuba
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Thieu
Helicopter Shot Down Near Pleiku With No Injuries
Communist agents claim the incident as ground fire hit a U S Army light observation helicopter near Pleiku 230 miles northeast of Saigon. The crew escaped unharmed and the tally notes this as the 1 151st helicopter downed in South Vietnam since January 1 1961.
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Pleiku
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Public debate grows over AMSA aircraft project costs
Foster questioned whether the AMSA plane should be built while Congress has not agreed. Proxmire, investigating military spending, pressed for public details after receiving a secret defense letter. Foster estimated AMSA R&D at about 1.8 billion dollars with production costs of 25 to 30 million per plane at large orders, totaling 9 billion if completed. Proxmire warned the per plane estimate seems unrealistic.
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Congress
Foster
AMSA
Proxmire
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Lovelady Bank Solvent as FDIC Prepares Depositor Payoffs
FDIC official James Duval said a 20 person team would start paying insured depositors early next week after the Lovelady State National Bank failure. The U S Comptroller of the Currency declared the bank solvent, with deposits near 4 million dollars, though losses and causes were not disclosed. Some residents expect to receive up to fifteen thousand dollars per insured account.
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Dodd
Lovelady
State National Bank
Crockett, Tex
FDIC
James Duval
Federal Deposits Insurance Corp
Duval
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency
Lovelady Bank
Dod
Vehicle collision report and war era college bills
The article notes a collision on the Expressway with Wiley and Gary Davis as passengers, none seriously injured, and cites brake issues. It also recounts a veteran farmer Hamner who lived in Melrose New Mexico, with surviving relatives. It then moves to wartime escape news and a survey of Texas legislative actions on taxes tuition civil rights and state employee pay, plus educational and public policy items.
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Canyon
Gary Davis
Amarillo
Wiley
Arkansas
Hamner
Childress
Melrose
N.M
Luel
Bennie
Elmo
Levelland
Cecil Gardner
W. F. Hill
E. G. Gardner
Morton
Lucille McDonald
Temple
CAPSULE OF TEXAS LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND DEBATES
A roundup from Austin notes Gov. Preston Smith withdrew Dorsey B. Hardeman from the State Insurance Board after Senate rejection. Bills on utilities regulation, youth cruelty oversight, ethics disclosures, student aid, election reform, gun control, redistricting, auto insurance and Sunday closing laws mostly stalled or died in committees or failed to pass.
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Washington
College Coordinating Board
Baylor Medical School
JFK Memorial Kennedy
Texas
John F. Kennedy
House
Senate
Austin, Tex
UPI
Preston Smith
Dorsey B. Hardeman
State Insurance Board
Smith
Hardeman
Suit Pending Over Dodson Lovelady Bank Closings
The FDIC charges former Alvarado mayor Jack Park and others with converting about a quarter of a million dollars through dishonest acts. Dodson’s bank closed May 12 after loan losses exceeded capital. Lovelady seeks a new bank, with mayor W T Bruton hopeful it won’t be long.
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Alvarado
Jack Park
FDIC
Park
Dodson
State Banking Commission
J. M. Falkner
Ly Bank
Lovelady Bank
Lovelady
W.T Bruton
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