Communists Shoot Down Helicopter West of Saigon
U S Army helicopter downed by Communist gun fire 20 miles west of Saigon. crew reported safe. One gunner killed on another helicopter while unloading Vietnamese rangers. Intelligence pegged 100 to 200 Viet Cong in the area. In Da Nang, an ammo dump explosion caused evacuation with no injuries.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Licopter
Viet Nam
Viet An
Monroe
da Nang Air
U.S
U.S. Marine
da Nang Air Base
U.S. Air Force
Boi Loi Forest
Nguyan van Hai
Saigon Hospital
Hai
Moore backs merit basis for 428000 ad contract
Gov. Dan Moore said the $428,000 yearly state advertising contract should be awarded on merit after the Advertising Committee recommended J. T. Howard Advertising Agency. He noted the firm cannot handle any political campaign accounts under the contract and highlighted other state issues.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
State Board of Conservation and Development
C&d Board
J. T. Howard Advertising Agency
Moore
Howard
SBI
Walter Anderson
State College
Mandatory Death Sentence Favored
The North Carolina Senate Judiciary I committee unanimously approved a bill to make the death sentence mandatory for capital crimes including rape arson first degree murder and first degree burglary. The measure moves to the full Senate for a likely Tuesday vote.
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Raleigh
Senate
Judiciary I
Tom White
Lenoir
White
Bombs Hit Negro Home as Alabama Racial Tensions Rise
In Camden and Birmingham Alabama, dynamite wounded a Negro accountant’s son and damaged the Crowell home. Negro marchers vowed to return with permits as protests over voter registration intensified. Leaders like Dr. King urged business action to press Alabama toward change.
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Camden
Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
Miglionico
T.L. Crowell
Crowell
Weymouth
Camden Academy
Frederick D. Reese
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Wo Boner
Baltimore
California Nudity Debate Puts Legal Issue in Courts
In Southern California bar owners test state versus local control over topless entertainment. Irene Ziemer witnessed arrests at Torrance as Peter Tripp challenged city ordinances. Across nine cities enforcement varied and prompted a broader question of preemption and decency standards.
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Los Angeles
Irene Ziemer
Califor
Irene
Evan Seley
Peter Tripp
Torrance
Tripp
California
Bliss Heads GOP Call for Broad Appeal
Ohio’s Ray C. Bliss assumed leadership of the Republican National Committee in Washington and urged a nationwide drive to broaden the party’s appeal. He spoke as national chairman at the 13th annual Republican Women’s Conference, succeeding Dean Burch who stepped aside.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Ohio
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
United States
Bliss
Dean Burch
Barry Goldwater
Burch
Stanford
Calif
Lexington I-85 Route Study Set
The State Highway Commission voted to study locating Interstate 85 further southeast of Lexington rather than the proposed route near the city. Winston-Salem Commissioner Jimmy Glenn cited strong local opposition at a High Point hearing and outlined three preferred options.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Lexington
Jimmy Glenn
Winston-Salem
High Point
Top Level Conference Scheduled On Viet Nam
President Johnson will convene a White House policy session at 5 30 PM with Maxwell Taylor and top officials to consider proposed Viet Nam war strategies. Taylor aims to deliver clearer proposals after talks with Rusk and McNamara before the session.
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Lewis Gulick Wgton
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
George E. Reedy
Taylor
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McGeorge Bundy
Rusk
McNamara
Reedy
White House
Congress
Saigon
Voting measure changes pressed in Washington AP
Pressures from both supporters and critics of the administration's voting bill push changes to broaden its reach. Northern liberals seek universal anti discrimination coverage while Southern backers want regional applicability. Attorney General Katzenbach defends a targeted approach as Senate and House negotiators maneuver.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Vacationing Collegians Flock to Beaches for Spring Break
The annual spring pilgrimage draws thousands of students from the Carolinas Georgia Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky to Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale as campuses release students early for holiday revelry. Florida hosts peak crowds with Dayton a Beach City Council budgeting $10000 for entertainment and police. other groups plan civil rights projects in Mississippi Chicago and Washington.
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Daytona
Fort Lauderdale
Washington and Lee University
Florida
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Ken
Ohio State
John Bonner
South
East
Midwest
Bermuda
Nassau
Pecos
Carlsbad
N. M
Mazatlan
Guaymas
Mexico
Los Angeles
University of Utah
Las Vegas
University of Missouri
West Palm Beach
University of Virginia
Duke
Daytona Beach
Notre Dame
Mississippi
Chicago
Boston University
Washington
Governor Keeps Kitty Hawk Plane for State Use
Governor Moore announced the Kitty Hawk airplane will stay in state hands and be transferred from the Central Motor Pool to the State Department of Conservation. The plane may support industrial and economic development and be used by other agencies as needed. He will not rely on it as his primary transport and ordered a second state plane sold as surplus.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
North Carolina
Moore
Central Motor Pool
State Department of Conservation
White man Harris hanged for bombing protest in Johannesburg
Frederick J. Harris, 27, a white antiapartheid activist and former Nonracial Olympics Committee chair, was executed for the station bombing that killed a white woman and injured several others during rush hour. His appeal to the Supreme Court failed as a mercy appeal from British MPs was ignored.
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James C. Mould
Pretoria
South Africa
Frederick J. Harris
Johannesburg
Harris
C. R. Swart
Africa
Ann
Davey
Salee Harris
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King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ray Bliss Takes
Gop Helm
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
William Warbey
London Times
Warbey
Ho Chi Minh
Chou En-lait
Chou
Algiers
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Ghana
State Department
Arizona
Igano
Maine
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