Swinging Britain Faces a Tricky Tune Shift
In London AP reports Britain, once pop dominated by the Beatles and Stones, shows signs of slowing and turning square. Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night tops charts for two weeks before the Beatles Paperback Writer takes over amid pirate radio backlash and shifting tastes.
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London
Britain
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The
Kinks
Animals
Frank Sinatra
Frank
Sinatra
Daily Sketch
Frank Usher
Rights March in Mississippi Turns Violent Shocking Philadelphia Clash
In Philadelphia Mississippi a white man was shot as whites attacked a Negro march led by Dr. Martin Luther King. The incident followed earlier jeers and cherry bombs as King urged federal protection. The march honored three civil rights workers killed near here two years ago.
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Martin Luther King
Philadelphia
Miss
King
Neshoba County
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Stanley Stewart
Luther
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Law and Order
Here
Yazoo City
Romilly
Viet Nam
Ralph Abermnathy
Goodman, Chaney
Schwerner
Cecil Price
Valley Deaths Lloyd Nelson Shifflett Obituary Notice
Lloyd Nelson Shifflett, 43, of Harrisonburg, passed away. For details see Page 13.
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Lloyd Nelson Shifflett
Harrisonburg
McNamara says U S would cut troops in Europe if Soviets do
Defense secretary Robert S. McNamara said the United States would reduce its manpower in Europe if the USSR cuts forces in the Communist East. He cautioned against weakening combat capability without reciprocal concessions and noted no confirmed Soviet troop cuts. State Dept officials also reported no direct or indirect discussions with Moscow on the issue.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
East
McNamara
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Sions
State Department
Central Europe
East Europe
East Germany
Dedication Set For Town Water System
Bridgewater prepares for a dedication at 3 p.m. Sunday of its new water treatment plant placed in operation May 1. Speaker Dr. David G. Stephan represents Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Tours and refreshments follow. Wanted 10 acres clover hay easy terms Callender Bros.
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Bridgewater
David G. Stephan
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Basic and Applied Sciences
Stephan
Stewart Udall
United States
John O. Marsh
Virginia
U.S. Public Health Service
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering
Cincinnati
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Batelle Memorial Institute
Callender Bros
North River
Airborne Troops Engage 500-Man Red Unit in Viet Nam
U.S. 101st Airborne and 1st Cavalry units clash with a 500-man Communist battalion in Phu Yen Province near Tuy Hoa, the third major engagement of the month. Communists used tunnels and bunkers as fighting continues along the eastern highland flank. The clash follows earlier battles near Pleiku and Kontum as Buddhist unrest tightens political grip in Hue.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lord Walston
Hue
101St Airborne
1St Cavalry
Red Battalion
Phu Yen
Tuy Hoa
Highland
Pleiku
Kontum
Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Quang
Buu Ton
Hue Municipal
Johnson
Ky And Buddhists Open Peace Talks
In Saigon Premier Ky renews peace talks with Buddhist leaders to quell dissidence and avoid boycott of September elections. He promises to rebuild pagodas and aid wounded followers while denying religious repression, as moderates seek to reassert the Unified Buddhist Church. Trn Quang is moved to hospital with others allowed to visit.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Tri Quang
Quang
Hue
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Tam Chau
Tam Chou
Buddhist Institute
Trn Quang
Buddhist Church
Nguyen van Thieu
Virginia Leaders Oppose Civil Rights Title IV
Gov. Godwin and Atty. Gen. Button sent a joint statement to Sen. Ervin opposing Title IV of the 1966 civil rights bill. They argued the provision restricting housing discrimination lacks constitutional basis and infringes private property rights, calling Title IV social in character and unrelated to commerce. The note was released Tuesday and delivered June 5.
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Richmond
Godwin
Robert Y. Button
Washington
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Senate Judiciary
Virginia Servicemen Killed in Vietnam Named
The Defense Department released two more Virginia servicemen killed in Vietnam. They are Army Pfc. Robert M. Cooke husband of Martha M. Cooke of Abingdon and Army Pfc. James R. Mcllwee son of Ida L. Mcllwee of Gore Frederick County.
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Washington
Defense Department
Virginia
Army
Robert M. Cooke
Martha M. Cooke
Mason Place Northwest
Abingdon
James R. Mcllwee
Ida L. Mcllwee
Gore
Frederick County
De Gaulle and Soviets Open Talks on Easing East West Tensions
MOSCOW AP President Charles de Gaulle met with Premier Alexei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny for three hours in the Kremlin to discuss East West relations and German unification. He urged bilateral talks by other European nations with the Soviet Union and proposed a European conference with the U S playing a minor role. Similar talks were scheduled for Wednesday as De Gaulle pursues a European Europe free of U S leadership.
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de Gaulle
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
France
Kremlin
U.S
United States
Europe
Alexei N. Koxygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
de Gaule
Germany
Soviet Union
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