Near Record War Toll in South Vietnam Last Week
A near record 542 Americans were killed in combat in South Vietnam last week, with 24 killed in ground fighting Wednesday and 48 presumed dead in a C128 transport crash near Khe Sanh. U S Command reported 158 enemy killed that day, while Hanoi claimed planes shot down.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Marine
Khe Sanh
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Joe Martin Dies At 83
Joseph W. Martin Jr., long time GOP figure and former House speaker, died at 83 in Fort Lauderdale. Born in North Attleboro he served 21 terms in Congress and led the House during key Republican eras. His death followed an autopsy request and will be returned to his Massachusetts hometown.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Joseph W. Martin Jr
House
Washington
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
George Kelly
North
Attleboro
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts House
Voter instruction for today’s SPEAK OUT question
Instructions urge listeners to call a rate line to register yes or no for a question. Hang up as soon as the recording answers. The recorded vote is logged automatically before deadline. The text references Gen Sejne and a demand in Oklahoma with a deadline before 9 AM tomorrow.
Three Nuclear Powers Propose Defense Pact at UN
The United States Soviet Union and Britain propose joint Security Council action to defend any nation signing the proposed treaty to halt nuclear spread. The plan seeks a basis for protective action before Council approval and cites Article 51 self defense. France opposes restrictions and boycotts Geneva talks.
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Geoffrey Atkins
Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Security Council
Disarmament Committee
Council
United Nations
China
France
Czechs Demand Extradition of Defected General
Czechoslovakia requests the extradition of Maj. Gen. Jan Sejna who defected to the United States. The Foreign Ministry cites a mutual extradition treaty and says steps are being taken via the Czechoslovak Embassy in Washington. Sejna faces charges of property offenses and misuse of public authority. The case could have wide political repercussions in Czechoslovakia.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
United States
CTK
Washington
Jan Sejna
Sejia
Woman Arrested Here By FBI Charged With Interstate Theft
A 25 year old woman Linda Dell McGill was arrested by FBI agents at a Decatur motel on a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property after a New York bad check written in Mobile crossed state lines. She was arraigned in Huntsville with bond set at 5000 dollars.
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FBI
Decatur
Joseph H. Gamble
Birmingham
Linda Dell McGill
California
Huntsville
Gamble
New York
Mobile
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks mixed amid moderate trading. Cotton irregular. Chicago wheat mixed with late liquidation. Corn lower under liquidation. Soybeans mostly higher in fair trade. Slaughter hogs steady with receipts 5,500. Slaughter steers too few on hand to test prices.
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New York
Chicago
Kennedy Brothers Split Over Civil Rights Bill
Senate debates over the civil rights open housing bill center on anti riot provisions. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy backs a federal crime for riot violence while Sen. Edward M. Kennedy opposes it, both contending over FBI and federal power.
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Kennedy Brothers
Washton
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
D- In.y
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert Kennedy
FBI
Frigateire service listing on Second Avenue
Iown Fora Ady provides a terse notice about a service on Second Avenue. The fragment mentions a likely business or local listing but lacks clear details, dates, or full names to establish a complete report.
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Werentead Frigiteire Service
Second Ave
Marine canoe tragedy yields first body found near Quantico
Searchers recovered the body of one of nine enlisted men missing after a training canoe capsized in icy Potomac waters. The body was found by a patrol boat near the Quantico air station around noon, as officials had previously held a good chance the men were alive. The canoe was located two hours after the accident but submerged during retrieval, then recovered by a Coast Guard cutter about six miles from Quantico Marine Base.
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Quantico
Potomac River
Potomac
Coast Guard
Quantico Marine Base
Boatswain
L. E. Richardson
Alabama to Build 400 Bed Mental Retardation Hospital Named for Gov. Wallace
The State Mental Health Board voted in Montgomery to name the Decatur facility the Lurleen Burns Wallace Mental Retardation Hospital. The project, first of four in Alabama, will sit on 155 acres near the District One Tuberculosis Sanitarium and be funded by state and local entities.
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Decatur
Gov
Lurleen Wallace
State Mental Health Board
Montgomery
Lurleen Burns Wallace
Alabama
Gov. Wallace
Decatur Hospital
McCauley and Associaties Architects of
Birmingham
Morgan Board of Revenue
Alabama Supreme Court rules county officials on salaries
In Montgomery the Alabama Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Baldwin County sheriff circuit clerk and county register cannot be placed on salaries. Gov Lurleen Wallace spent her best night since cancer surgery on Feb 22 according to an aide. In Columbia South Carolina Negro students from South Carolina State College Orangeburg were arrested after about 150 demonstrated at the state Capitol during a legislative session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Baldwin County
Lurleen Wallace
Columbia, S.C
South Carolina State College
Orangeburg
State Capitol
Austin Blood Drive Aims For School Record Run
Winter residents lined up at Austin High School to donate blood for a national record attempt by the school. By noon 150 pints were collected as Red Cross nurses arrived. extra help was expected from Birmingham to ease the slow pace.
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Cora Blair
Longines
Austin
Red Cross
Edna Johnson
Morgan County
Athens High School
Fire Halts Mine Rescue In Calumet Shaft
A fire on the main floor of a salt mine trapped 21 miners for over 36 hours forcing a three man rescue team to retreat. The rescuers, volunteers from Kentucky, battled heat with water buckets after finding a diesel engine running down the shaft. Families were notified and officials provided no fresh update.
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Calumet
Clayton
Tonnamaker
Cargill, Inc
Kentucky
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