Quang Ngai Hit By Four Explosive Attacks In Vietnam
Viet Cong extremists exploded four devices in a downtown Quang Ngai army compound during a weekend of heavy fighting near the provincial capital. The attack killed and wounded dozens as helicopter evacuations carried away casualties. U.S. air raids on a North Vietnam ammunition depot 45 miles southwest of Hanoi followed by MIG intercepts marked a deadly spike in clashes across the region.
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Quang Ngai Province
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51St Vietnamese Regiment
Whites and Negroes Clash in Bogalusa Streets
In Bogalusa Louisiana Whites and Negroes fought in street scuffles as troopers, lured by exploding firecrackers, rushed back to break up the melee with nightsticks. A ban on street demonstrations was imposed and ten whites and five Negroes were arrested for disturbing the peace. One plate glass window was damaged and bonds were set at $100. Some whites came from out of town.
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New China
Thanh Hoa
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Wis
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McComb
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Beating and Robbery Ties Two Marines to Psychiatrist Case
Two Marines from Camp Lejeune, Pvt. Christfried Wirths and Pvt. Danny Buckner, were charged with automobile larceny in connection with the beating and robbery of Dr. Phillip G. Nelson, a Greenville, Mc. psychiatrist. Sheriff Harry P. Clay said additional charges may follow. preliminary hearing set for Friday. Dr. Nelson, 52, was found with severe facial injuries in a motel room and is listed in satisfactory condition at a local hospital.
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Harry P. Clay
Christfried Wilhelm Wirths
Mt. Marion
N.Y
Danny Buckner
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Camp Lejeune
Charles Brooks
Buncombe County
Mother and Baby Survive Lawn Mower Mishap
In Nashville Tennessee Mrs Lonnie Harper seventeen gave birth to a healthy baby boy after a lawn mower threw a section of iron pipe into her abdomen. The pipe was removed by surgery and the baby delivered by caesarean section. Both mother and infant were reported doing fine the next day. The pipe lodged five inches deep in the mother's body and barely scratched the baby's head.
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Lonnie Harper
Harper
Holiday Road Death Toll Hits Record
Memorial Day holiday traffic deaths rose to a record 432, up from 431 the prior year. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council blamed incompetent driving. AP tally began Friday 6 p.m. with three major crashes near Needles Lone Pine and San Jose killing 16.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
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Lone Pine
San Jose
Calif
High Sierra
West Point salutes Lt Timmermann who led Remagen bridge charge
WEST POINT Neb AP twenty years after the Rhine crossing and fourteen years after his death the town dedicates a Mamohal Day baseball park to Karl Timmermann the young lieutenant who ordered his troops across the Remagen bridge He later served in Korea and died in 1951 after a long life away from glory La Vera Timmermann his widow later remarried and memories of the Remagen action endure with Rep Ken Hechler in attendance
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Columbia
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Germany
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Rhine
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Fremont
Inchon
Denver
Nameless Hill Rift Littered With Mutilated Viet Nam Bodies
On a nameless hill west of Quang Ngai 107 Vietnamese army soldiers were found mutilated after a fierce three day Viet Cong onslaught. Two Americans died including an Army captain and a Marine sergeant. Rescue helicopters faced a brutal scene as the hill fell and the Ranger battalion suffered near wipeout.
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Quang N Ngai
Viet Nam
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Junta Chief Says Palace Remains Under Local Control
General Antonio Imbert Barrera, head of the civilian military junta, denies any pact with the OAS and vows the presidential palace will not be turned over. OAS talk centers on extending the security zone to include the palace, while officials report payroll delays and possible sabotage amid a cash transfer mixup.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Imbert Barrera
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Jose A. Mora
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Associated Press
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Capitol West Front Urgently Needs $24 Million Repair
Capitol architect J George Stewart told Congress the 150 year old west front walls are cracked and dangerously overloaded by modern standards. An outside engineering study reveals worsening condition. a seismic event could cause collapse. He estimated $24 million to restore and planned interior redesign adding 4.5 acres of space.
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Fireworks display injures 30 at Maryland park
Thirty five people were injured Monday night when aerial bombs from Gwynn Oak amusement park fireworks show landed near the spectator area and exploded. Co owner David Price said bombs fired from mortar ejectors about 600 feet from the crowd began landing near spectators.
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Beckbury residents resist replacing cleaner with sweeper
In Beckbury, villagers protested plans to replace longtime street cleaner Wilf Broome with a mechanical broom. Parish officials defend the move but residents point to his 19 years of service and Beckbury’s record as Shropshire’s best kept village, noting multiple prize wins.
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Shropshire
Daring Gemini 4 mission eyed with green light
Cape Kennedy Fla AP The green light was on Monday for Thursday's scheduled launch of astronauts James A McDivitt and Edward H White II on a four day space flight near an orbiting satellite NASA reported all trouble areas under control Christopher Kraft mission director gave the go ahead after a midnight conference The Atlantic recovery fleet headed by the carrier Wasp left from Navy ports to cover possible Gemini 4 landing areas Other ships moved toward remote sea areas in Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans McDivitt and White donned space suits Monday to practice in a simulator and spent hours reviewing the flight plan with Gemini officials and the backup crew All described in fine physical shape
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Indian Oceans
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White
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Mission Control Center
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Frank Borman
Navy
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Alcoa and Union Sign Three Year Contract
Aluminum company announces a three year pact with United Steelworkers covering about 12,500 workers at 10 plants nationwide. The deal ends a looming strike as the current contract was to expire at midnight. Negotiations concluded late Monday night at the Hotel Roosevelt.
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Four Drown In N C Creek Near Grifton
In Grifton North Carolina a family and another man died when a small outboard boat capsized in Constance Creek during a holiday visit. Ralph Brown 67 and Thomas W Carmor 33 of Baltimore plus sons Jackie 34 and Earl 13 drowned after the craft swamped in six to seven feet of water. Mrs Carmor witnessed the tragedy and begged her husband not to take the boat. a passerby tried to help but conditions proved fatal.
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Earl
Carmor
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Greenville
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Carmer
New Wave Of Controversy Over Right To Work Laws
Washington AP reports the National Right to Work Committee warned that repealing section 14B of Taft Hartley would spark a new wave of controversy and bitter labor disputes in 19 states. Reed E. Larson said repeal would not create peace and cited government data claiming right to work states have less industrial strife. Cadwallader, president of the committee, argued union shop protections prevent exploitation, while witnesses quoted alleged harassment of opponents of union shop. Wirtz countered there is no substantial basis that union shop violates individual freedom.
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Congress
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Larson
House Labor Subcommittee
D. Cadwallader
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Weather outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Mostly sunny and warmer in Virginia with highs near the 70s to 80s and 60s at night Tuesday. Wednesday turns partly to mostly sunny with warm humid highs 85 to 92 and scattered thundershowers favored in mountains. North Carolina remains fair and warm with highs 78 to 87 and possible afternoon and evening showers in the mountains.
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