Tornado toll reaches 52 with damage over 50 million
The Midwest tornado outbreak raises fatalities to 52 with as many as 1,500 injured as searchers pull bodies from debris and officials estimate property damage above 50 million dollars. President Johnson orders federal aid and emergency teams to hard hit areas while crews assess the grim toll. In Greece, the navy and air force back coup leaders as King Constantine and other officials are held. government ministers and judges are sworn in as calm, orderly rule is established under military oversight.
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Joho Paraskevopoulos
Navy
Tornadoes devastate Illinois and Michigan towns
Hardest hit was Oak Lawn, a Chicago suburb, with 27 killed and 3 later died. Path traced from western Missouri into Michigan, with 20 deaths in Belvidere, Illinois, 1 in Chicago, 1 in Stone Park, 2 in Chicago suburbs, and 1 in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Victims died in collapsing structures, mangled buses, or from flying debris as disaster workers mobilized.
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Stone Park
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Mich
House Group Plans Hearings On Flag Burners Bill
Washington AP reports the House Judiciary Committee plans hearings May 8 on a proposal to make flag burning a federal crime. Supporters argue state laws suffice, while opponents claim the issue fuels protest and sentiment against desecration. Leader Eman uel Celler has long blocked similar measures in committee.
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New York
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D-Nly
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Rules Committee
Byron G. Rogers
D-Calo
Washington
Records House Subcommittee
U.S. Ag
Pair Divorced, He's 90. She, 83
PORT ELIZABETH South Africa AP Willem Schwartz 9 was granted a provisional divorce in the Supreme Court from his 33 year old wife Johanna. He plans to remarry as soon as the final order on June 10. He said his second wife would be Hester Visser 82 of Silver Crown Home for the Aged in East London. Schwartz, a World War I veteran, has nine children 21 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs Schwartz lives with relatives in East London.
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South Africa
Willem Schwartz
Supreme Court
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Schwartz
Johannes Cloete
Hester Visser
Silver Crown Home For the
Fast London
Mrs. Schwartz
East London
Clocks To Be Pushed Ahead Next Sunday Across States
The Associated Press reports clocks will move ahead one hour on April 30 for about 180 million Americans in 46 states. States like Kentucky and Hawaii show varied compliance and petitions for referenda, with lawmakers debating exemptions and potential nonobservance.
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Associated Press
Thawaii
Ground Action Follows 20 Hour Battle Near Tam Ky
U S air power and ground forces clash in Quang Nam and Quang Tri provinces, with B52 strikes on infiltration routes in the demilitarized zone. Marine units report mounting casualties amid a two day fight near Tam Ky as heavy air bombardment targets North Vietnamese bases, supply depots, and concentrations.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Jattack
Antony
Tam Ky
Toll
Marines battle through deadly Binh Son flare up
Foxtrot Company of the 3rd Marine Regiment conducts a search and destroy sweep near Binh Son twenty miles south of Da Nang. The clash lasts about 20 hours with heavy enemy fire, seven American helicopters hit, and 29 to 41 U.S. fatalities reported by different sources. Foxtrot faced bunkers and dugouts as Marines pressed toward suspected enemy positions.
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Tay Ninh
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U.S
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2Nd Marine Regiment
Tam Ky
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Pfe
Richard L. Bratton
Binh Son
da Nan
Chattanooga
Bratton
Tenn
3Rd Marine Regiment
Mike
India
Wife's Ex-Husband Charged In Norfolk Home Blast
In Norfolk a Navy hospital corpsman Ronald E. Powell, 25, was killed when a blast rocked his Brentwand Forest home after 4 am. His wife, 28, escaped injuries. Police charged James I. Capps Jr., 42, her former husband, with murder. Capps was arrested in Northampton County, NC, and brought to Norfolk. Powell served at Oceana Naval Air Station.
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Selma
Blackened Circle Of Road Tar Testimony UFO Report
A report from Meeklestuie County describes a charred circular area of tar on a road in front of Crowder’s warehouse. An eyewitness, Crowder, recalls a warehouse worker describing a strange flying object resembling an unidentified aircraft, about 12 feet in diameter, with extinguished flames and a white jacketing glow observed around 4 PM.
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UNO
Surveyor 3 Digs Neat Straight Hole on Moon
Pasadena AP report notes Surveyor 3 dug a neat straight hole in the moon’s surface, with Ronald F. Scott calling the soil cohesive and promising deeper trenching to test strength. The 620 pound craft, launched from Cape Kennedy, touched down in a crater and bounced thrice due to rockets. Telemetry for some experiments remained scrambled as scientists planned further scooping and testing.
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Staton
Surveyor 3
Ronald F. Scott
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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Threats surface during Adenauer tribute in Bonn
Thousands file past Konrad Adenauer’s bier in Bonn as West Germans mourn their first chancellor. A radical leftist threat against President Johnson’s life was disclosed, prompting cautious measures while international leaders gather for the funeral.
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Konrad Adenauer
Juanson
Cologne
U.S
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Adenauer
Rheendorf
Manned Soviet Ship In Orbit
The Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 1 mission with cosmonaut Vladimir Komarev into orbit, Tass reported. It marks the first manned Soviet flight in over two years and Komarov's second space mission after Voskhod.
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Soviet Union
Vladimir Komarev
Tass
Komarov
Alexei A. i Teonov
Ispace
Rights Commission Examines Clerks in Political Roles
Washington AP staff reports months of inquiry into how government employees join political activities. A commission spokesperson stressed ongoing studies of political problems in housing employment public facilities and administration. Republicans for Progress urged federal action citing exclusionary provisions and possible end to them. Charles Taft then-quoted as a citizen of leading public view. Rights, Page 2-A.
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Republicans For Progress
Weather Readings From Virginia and North Carolina
Mostly sunny and windy in Virginia with cooling Sunday night and a chance of rain by evening. Sunday into Monday bring increasing clouds, possible showers in the southern areas, and cooler highs. North Carolina forecasts fair Sunday with increasing clouds and a chance of afternoon rain showers, then steadier rain likely Monday. Lows Sunday night reach the mid to upper 40s on the mountains and lower heights elsewhere. Rain totals around a tenth of an inch are noted, with cooler winds and cloud cover continuing into Monday.
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