U S Planes Blast Viet Targets in Raid and Political Shakeup
U S Air Force jets hit a North Vietnamese ammunition complex destroying four bunkers and four buildings as 25 F105 fighters bombed Phu Van 125 miles southwest of Hanoi. In Saigon the Armed Forces Council dissolved itself, boosting Premier Phan Huy Quat as military control ends after 18 months.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Armed Forces Council
Phan Huy Quat
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Okinawa
South Viet
7Th Parallel
Phu van
Hanoi
Air Force
da Nang
Darlac
Quat
Nguyen Cao Ky
Link KKK Member With Death Weapon
State attorneys tie Ku Klux Klan member Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. to the revolver linked to the slaying of Viola Liuzzo, a Michigan mother active in civil rights demonstrations. FBI expert Marion Williams identified the gun and testimony described a high speed chase and shots fired at close range.
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Hayneville
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Michigan
Wilkins
Marion Williams
FBI
Viola Liuzzo
Arthur E. Gamble Jr
Williams
Mattis Murphy Jr
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Murphy
Rowe
Farfield
Birmingham
KKK
Detroit
Lingzo
Teamsters Union
Lowndesbaro
Selma
Montgomty
Eugene Thomas
U.S. Steel
Bessemer
William Orville Eaton
Thomas
Eaton
FBI Laboratory
Washington
Congressmen Clash Over Tax Ruling On Price Fixers
The U S electrical equipment price fixing scandal of 1960 nears $400 million in damages. Tax deductions may cut nearly half the bill, provoking a dispute between the IRS and lawmakers. Case involves General Electric Westinghouse and 27 others, with eight years of secret agreements to fix prices bid and divide markets. Justice Dept had said executives pleaded guilty or no contest to 20 indictments in Philadelphia.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
General Electric
Westinghouse
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Are City Police Up Against Dem Joy Rider
A car owned by Merle Ottaway, Republican candidate for First Ward alderman, was stolen from the A&P parking lot after he left it running at a Republican rally. It was later found in an alley near Worth and York streets north of West Washington. Neighbors saw it after 8:30 p.m. but did not see the thief.
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A&p
Merle Ottaway
East Pleasant Street
First Ward
VFW Club
Worth Street
York Street
West Washington Street
Ottaway
Iane
Park Lunch Eyesore To Be Removed With Store Expansion
Buyers Fair plans expansion on North Center street to add about 2000 square feet. Owner Al Xander will tear down the Park Lunch property after former owner Frederick Eimers removes equipment, eliminating a long running blight in the downtown business district.
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Buyers Fair
North Center Street
al Xander
Park Lunch
Frederick Eimers
Xander
Himers
Pennsylvania State Employment Service Office
PSES
Candy book ruling by Judge Rossiter questioned
Erie distributor Lakeport Distributors Inc fights Judge Samuel Rossiter ruling that the paperback Candy is obscene and bans its sale and distribution. Attorneys Jones and Agresti cite 11 objections, arguing defendants not parties to the suit and that constitutional rights and literary praise were not properly considered. The case could extend beyond the April verdict as the fight unfolds.
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Erie
Samuel Y. Rossiter
D. Sherwood Jones
Joseph V. Agresti
Rossiter
Erie County
Lakeport Distributors Inc
U.S. Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Whodunit at Corry church display window
An anonymous poster defaced the First Methodist Church of Corry display near North Center Street. The sign urged Christians to study the window as a lesson in bigotry and religious intolerance. It referenced Buddhists and urged Christians to reconsider. The display related to a missionary conference at the church.
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First Methodist Church of
Corry
Corry Jamestown
North Center Street
Methodist Church
Eaton
Berkeley Students Burn Draft Cards In Protest Rally
Berkeley California AP reports forty University of California students burned their draft cards in front of the local draft board to protest the United States invasion of the Dominican Republic. Police photographed the scene as students huddled in a team like group and stacked their burning cards. Hundreds later marched from the UC Berkeley campus after a noon rally where students and faculty condemned the U S moves.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Berkeley’ Draft Board
Dominican Republic
UC Berkeley
United States
Frank Lucie Named Operator of Lawrence Airport
The Airport Authority named Frank Lucie operator of Lawrence Airport amid ongoing improvements. He gains full concession rights for oil and gas, vending, student training, aircraft rentals, charter flights, passenger hops and hangar rentals, and will maintain the airport at a $100 monthly city cost from June 1 through year end. The Authority will draft recommendations before January on future operations. Downtown tree donations from local businesses will beautify the airport. A $787 insurance premium was awarded to Rossbach Insurance Service as the low bid. Leo Hooks resigned from the Authority.
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Frank. Lucie
Lawrence
Airport Authority
Lucie
Barney's Firestone
Frye’s Rexall Drugs
G. C. Murphy Co
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Superior Cleaning
City of
Corry
Authority
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Leo Hooks
Father Five Children Die In Home Fire
In Watfield New Jersey a father Jules Hiltgen 44 and five children Thomas 13 Donald 9 Renee 7 Hank 6 and Joseph 2 perished in a pre dawn fire at their frame house on Therstay. Wife Mary 43 survived with a fractured ankle after leaping from a window. Police described a rapid blaze that trapped them in the second floor as a patrol officer Lt Charles Voekler arrived. The fire’s cause was not determined and the family had recently lived in Stowe Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania before moving five years ago.
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Watrfield
N. J
Therstay
Jules Hiltgen
Thomas
Donald
Renee
Hank
Joseph
Newark
Hiltgen
Mary
Voekler
Charles
Utica
N. Y
Stowe ‘Twp
Allegheny County
Woman Victoria Appointed Provincial Industrial Relations Officer
Mrs. Christine Waddell, a former union official, is named provincial industrial relations officer in Victoria British Columbia. She will focus on issues facing working women and labor conditions in the province.
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Victoria
B.C
Christine Waddell
Rebel Chief Warns US Invaders in Dominican Crisis
The rebel leader in Santo Domingo warns that any U.S. troops entering the rebel zone will be fired on as violators of the cease-fire. In Buenos Aires protests flare across several countries as 13 are injured. Caamano reports capturing a U.S. Marine after a jeep entered the rebel sector.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Organization of American States Peace Commission
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Congress
Venezuela
Colombia
Peru
Chile
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caamano
OAS to Set Up Inter American Military Force in Dominican
The Organization of American States votes to create a joint inter American force to stabilize the Dominican Republic. Some 20 000 U S troops in Santo Domingo may be reduced as other nations pledge units. Ellsworth Bunker cites presidential authorization as Paraguay Venezuela Costa Rica Argentina and Brazil weigh contributions. The move marks a shift from nonintervention policy and aims to restore democratic functioning amid turmoil.
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U.S
Santo Domingo
Caamano
Dominican Republic
Washington
OAS
Organization of American States
Ellsworth Bunker
Hemi Sphere
Western Hemisphere
Crucial Vote in Britain Tests Labor Steel Nationalization
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour government faced its stiffest Commons test over steel nationalization, with MPs recalled from distant posts to show strength. Victory expected by about two votes in a 630-seat House, though illness and delays could shift margins.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Britain
Commons
San Francisco
India
Labor
Desmond Donnelly
Woodrow Wyatt
Patrick Wall
Far East
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