Enemy Losses In Vietnam Reported To Have Reached 320,129
Washington AP reports Defense Department tallies show enemy deaths in Vietnam reached 320,129 killed through March 16. Since Westmoreland’s 1964 command, allied losses include 253,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, with 20,096 U.S. service members dead through Jan 1. Westmoreland to become Army chief of Staff in July.
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Housing program aims to rebuild slums into showplaces
Hill accuses a proposed union contractor agreement of failing to meet the aims of the Model Cities act. He says it would create limited trainee ranks with no benefits, let unions control trainee entry and numbers, bar new construction from coverage, and allow union membership as a condition of work. An AFL-CIO spokesman denied the charges, claiming jobs for all and a path to journey status.
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Gagarin's two seat jet trainer crashes near Moscow
An announcement reports the two seat Gagarin Midged aircraft crashed returning to the air field near Novoselkovo in Vladimir region, after a March 27 training flight with instructor Seryogin. Engine flameout forced a dive and crash. a government commission will investigate. Gagarin, 34, and Seryogin, 46, died.
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Virgil J. Grissom
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Edward H. White II
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Roger B. Chaffee
Theodore C. Freeman
Charles A. Bassett II
Elliot H. Lee Jr
Edward G. Given
Czechoslovakia Moves Toward Democratization After Soviet Precedent
Central Committee ballots favor Svoboda for presidency as leadership plans widen reform. Smrkovsky backs Svoboda while Cisar gains central committee post. Debates focus on loosening Iron Curtain controls, introducing no confidence votes, and aligning policies with Western market prices. Moscow signals democratization, Pravda coverage follows.
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Cisar
Moscow
Pravda
Dubcek
Expected clash between automakers and safety senators postponed
Washington AP The Senate tax push postponed a planned clash with big automakers over federal safety costs and data. Sen Ribicoff called off Friday hearings as lawmakers race to finish tax legislation. Industry officials expected to refuse to provide itemized safety costs, delaying potential government contracts data.
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Heinz A. Abersfeller
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American Motors
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King Leads Memphis March Amid Violence and Controversy
The March of 6,000 to 6,500 demonstrators in Memphis, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., turned violent as 20 to 30 youths looted stores along Beale Street and Main Street. Police used tear gas. several officers and a newsman were hurt. Earlier, King criticized those on the sidelines, emphasized nonviolence, and planned a "poor man's" march on Washington starting April 22.
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Nixon challenges Johnson on Vietnam in radio address
Nixon asserted that free nations must defend themselves and stop relying on American power. He called Vietnam a deeply troubling lesson in limits of U.S. power and urged confronting reality while pursuing desired changes. He framed the current era as the last agony of the old order, noting global responsibility.
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Newark Port Shortage Triggers 600 Longshoreman Recruitment
The harbor commission plans to hire 600 longshoremen in Newark New Jersey to ease a labor shortage as automated piers draw traffic from less modern areas. The ILA cites idle workers elsewhere while employers oppose opening the employment register and seek damages in a court suit that is expected to be dropped.
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Opposition Conservatives Win Four British Special Elections
Opposition Conservatives scored four major special election victories in four districts, signaling a national revolt against Labour austerity. In Dudley Labor lost its long held seat as Don Williams beat John Gilbert 28 016 to 16 360, shrinking Labour’s vote share from the general election.
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George Wigg
Don Wil
House of Lords
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Flans. Wigg
Navy weighs F111B cutback amid cost and weight concerns
The Ignatius-Moorer statement notes a possible dumping of the F111B designed to defend carriers in the 1970s marking a milestone. McNamara pressed the plane to align with the Air Force F111A to save parts cost, with Clifford approving the cutback. The Navy cites a unit price near $8 million vs F4s at $2.5 million and targets weight around 55,000 to 60,000 pounds. Grumman and four other firms submitted alternate concepts using F111B tech, engines, Phoenix missiles, and a variable sweep wing.
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
Clark M. Clifford
McNamara
Pentagon
Vietnam
Grumman
Kennedy Campaign Welcomed in Denver with Fading Voice
The Kennedy entourage faced a strong Denver welcome as Kennedy's voice, strained after five weeks of campaigning, struggled through stops and a rousing crowd. Dr. James Gould treated him at Stapleton after arrival, while 16,000 fans packed the auditorium to hear him call for unity in the 1968 race.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
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New York
Stapleton International Airport
James Gould
Senate Rejects Mundt Amendment On 20 Percent Tax On Exports
Government officials faced a tax and spending clash as the Senate defeated Mundt’s 20 percent income tax proposal on firms shipping goods to Communist nations aiding North Vietnam. The move followed strong municipal bond support for industrial development and a battle over a broader tax surchange and spending cut amidst House doubts on revenue-origin power.
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Karl E. Mundt
North Vietnam
George Smathers
D-Fla
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McCarthy Campaign Schedule and Wisconsin Swing
Senator McCarthy announced limited campaigning in Indiana due to time and planned a Wisconsin departure for a Washington funeral before resuming in Wisconsin. He spoke in Rhinelander to a loud crowd praising his Vietnam stance as not defensible on military political or economic grounds. A Northland College group in Ashland greeted him with provocative signs.
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McCarthy
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Vietnam War Updates From Vietnam and Thailand Fronts
Navy pilots claim three trucks knocked out in a southern convoy while Enterprise fliers report secondary explosions on another convoy. Marines say a missile site north of the DMZ was destroyed. U.S. officials cite no details on the missing F111 crew and plane with last radio over Laos. B52s bomb Hue area as North Vietnamese threaten Route 1 and mount gains near Khe Sanh.
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