Planes Strike North Viet Nam Bridges and Ferry
About 200 U S Air Force and Navy planes destroyed six bridges and a ferry in North Vietnam in the most destructive operation to date against northern transportation lines. Four Americans were killed on the ground, and another death announced today. Ground fire was light, and no enemy planes were seen.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Navy
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
Quang Khe
Ard
Xom Gia
Hanoi
Phu Qui
Pho Son
Som Phuong
Midway
Hancock
Corry Seeks Final Chapter in Recreation Funds Talk
Erie county commissioners and Corry leaders neared a $149000 plan to wind up an appeal for $20000 in recreational funds. City engineer David Johnson outlined four years of program use while officials approved a $5000 grant this year from Project 70 funds toward master plan facilities.
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Corry
BH County
Erie
David Johnson
Philip Zalzneck
Indi
City to invest four year funds in recreation facilities
The city plans a four year funding program for Mead Park and City Park maintenance and capital improvements. It lists sources from Erie County local funds and an authority named Hnansing and shows expected allocations of 5 000 each year for facility costs and 2 000 for capital projects with total line items summarized.
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Erie County
Authority Hnansing
Mead Park
City Park
North End Ree
End of Sordid Tale In Erie Car Crash Case
Erie youths face criminal assault charges after a night of crime ending with a stolen car crash that killed William Thomas and left Walter Lindsey in critical condition. Francia Pulliam and Robert Pulliam are jailed awaiting counsel as investigations continue.
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Walter Lindsey
Geneva, Ohio Memorial Hospital
William Larry Thomas
Am Academy High School
Lindsey
Francia Pulliam
Robert Lee Pulliam
Erie
Harborcreek
Charles Reichart
Pulliams
Lawrence Park
Lake County
Ohio
Walter Gajewski
Paul Williams
Thomas Lindsey
Gajewski
Federal Labor Negotiator Intervenes In Steel Talks
In Pittsburgh AP report, William Simkin director of the Mediation and Conciliation Service formally intervened in steel negotiations between United Steelworkers and major producers. He met with union negotiators and planned talks with company representatives to avert a May 1 strike, aiming to find a middle ground on wage increases.
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Pittsburgh
William EB. Simkin
United Steelworkers Union
Simkin
Union
Nationwide clock change for daylight time begins Sunday
More than half the nation will move clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. local time to begin Daylight Saving Time. The move is statewide in 16 states with partial adoption in others. States vary on timing and length of DST with Indiana already shifting and Colorado joining this year. Wisconsin adds an extended DST period ending in October. Ohio shows uneven impact with 226 eastern cities observing fast time while only 21 of 88 counties are fully affected.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Colorado
Towa
Wisconsin
New England
Middle Atlantic
Ilinois
California
West Virginia
Nevada
Washington
Ohio
Park signs to urge walking on grass in Kansas City
SAS CITY Mo AP Praok Vaydik superintendent of the Kansas City Park Department announced yesterday it will install signs reading Please walk on the grass That's why we have a park and boulevard system so people can walk and feel the green turf Vaydik told a neighborhood council.
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Nousas City
Praok Vaydik
Kansas City
Senate chiefs aim to quicken vote on voting rights bill
Senate leaders seek to bring first amendment to a vote early next week in a bid to speed debate on the voting rights bill. Senator Williams proposes heavy penalties for vote buying while Ellender warns the debate could stretch eight weeks.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Williams
Sen
Allen J. Ellender
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Slender
Dirksen
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Deep South
Woman Skate Champ Dies After Life in Limelight
Gretchen Merrill Gay, six year US women's figure skating champion, was found dead at 38 in her Boston apartment. Police say she may have died of natural causes, with trophies scattered nearby. she had divorced from William Otis Gay in 1953 and had no children.
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Winnour, Vom
Gretchen Merrill Gay
Corry Tot Survives Car Mishap On West Pleasant Street
A one year old Corry child narrowly escaped serious injury when struck by a car on West Pleasant Street near Third Avenue. Keith Nichols of Spar ta nburg rushed the injured boy to Corry Memorial Hospital where he was treated for chest and chin bruises and a forehead cut and released. Police note the child darted from between parked cars and Nichols did not see him until after the collision.
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Corry
West Pleasant Street
Third Avenue
Michael Davis
Ruth Davis
Corry Memorial Hospital
Keith Nichols
Spartansburg
Nichols
Sparta
West Pleasant
Meat mogul Sinclair dies in Hyannis
William Richardson Sinclair aged 40, former director and vice chairman of the American Meat Institute in Chicago, died yesterday in Hyannis Massachusetts.
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Hyannis
Mass
William Richardson ‘Sinclair
The
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Yesterda
Billy Graham Heads South for Desegregation Talks
Evangelist Billy Graham planned a trip to Alabama to address desegregated audiences with the aim of bridging racial divides. He cited 26 invitations from Black and White communities and said integrated meetings have succeeded in many areas for 15 years with no trouble. He expects God’s presence and many will rededicate their lives to Christ.
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Atlanta, Ga
Billy Graham
Alabama
Charlotte
N.C
Naw
Dancers Arrested in North Beach Indecent Exposure Crackdown
San Francisco police raided twelve North Beach night clubs arresting 27 people including 15 young female performers and 12 managers on indecent exposure charges. The action follows civic and political pressure over topless shows that have stirred controversy nationwide.
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San Francisco
North Beach
Sacramento
Tornado Strikes Grant County In Palm Sunday Outbreak
A small tornado returned to Marion and Grant County this morning as part of three general Palm Sunday twisters. The funnel touched down at least five times with no injuries reported.
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Marion
Gerass
Grant County
Palm Sunday
King Delays Boston March As Civil Rights Rally Grows
In Boston a civil rights march and rally drew thousands despite a late start caused by a parade truck fire. King arrived as the crowd neared 5 000 with organizers seeking 25 000 for a three mile route from Roxbury to demonstrations on housing and schools.
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Martin Luther King Jr
William Boardman
Roxbury
Boston
King
Dig Matin Liether King Jr
Star
Thotsands
Mam
Malcolm Peabody
Massachusetts
Peabody
St. Augustine
Fla
Aresent King
Dr. King
John A. Volpe
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
George C. Wallace
Alabama
North
New York
Chicao
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Three Klansmen Free on Bond in Liuzzo Murder Case
In Birmingham, Alabama three Ku Klux Klan members were released on $10,000 bond each while awaiting trial on first degree murder charges for the ambush death of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit mother who joined a civil rights march. The indictments named Sugené Thomas, 42, William Eaton, 41, and Collie Wilkins Jr., 21, all from Alabama.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Detroit
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Johnson
Murphy
Lowndes County
Grand’ Jury
Hayneville
Sugené Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
T. North Thaggard
Connecion
Mississippi River flood toll climbs as Dubuque braces
Floodwaters drive evacuations in Iowa and Wisconsin as Dubuque reports eight feet over flood stage with about 1,000 volunteers sandbagging. Prairie du Chien and East Dubuque face extensive damage and a projected crest near 26.5 feet in Dubuque by weekend.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Iowa
Thaiis
Prairia du Chien
Wis
Quincy
New Hampton
Wisconsin-Ilinois-own
Red Cross
Johnson
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Minos
East Dubuque
Polica
East Molite
Meredosia Evee
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