Marines Clash With Viet Cong in First U S Marine Airlift
Marines clashed with Viet Cong near Da Nang Base in the first helicopter assault landing of U S Marines in South Vietnam. Two Marines collapsed from heat, one wounded, as reconnaissance moved toward Binh Thai and Villages. North Vietnamese air raids targeted a base near the My Duc bridge, 30 miles north of the seventeenth parallel.
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U.S
da Nang Air Base
Viet Nam
William van Kae
East Paterson
N. J
South
North
My Duc
17Th Parallel
Vinh
Hanoi
Navy
Marine Pn
da “Yyamy
Sadhierets Ment Ny Ancopter
da Nang
Binh Thai
U. S
An Xuyen
Restraining Order Halts Southern Railway Strike
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order halting a strike by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen against Southern Railway. Hearing set for April 30 in Brunswick. dispute cites long hours and proposed crew reductions across lines from Washington to Jacksonville and beyond.
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Augusta
Brotherhood of Railroad
Southern Railway
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Scarlett
Brunswick
Danville
Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
St. Louis
Cincinnati
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charles Luna
Southern
Jury Ends Probe in Alabama Slaying Indictments Unclear
A Lowndes County grand jury investigating the ambush slaying of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo returned indictments, but it was not clear if any charges related to her death. The report named witnesses and defendants tied to the broader cases involving Ku Klux Klan arrests and civil rights clashes in 1965 Alabama.
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Hayneville, Ala
Lowndes County
Grand Jury
Alabama
Circuit
T. Worth Thagard
Viola
Detroit
Ped Lowndesboro
Ala
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Birmingham
Liuzzo
Rowe
New York Times
FBI
LeRoy Morton
Selma
Teamsters Union
Montgomery
Decision on joint command in Vietnam nears
AP analysis notes growing U S and Saigon moves toward a possible joint command in the Vietnam war. Maj Gen Tran Van Minh says closer American consultation is expected but a formal joint command would mark a major diplomatic shift with potential global reaction.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Washington
Tran van Minh
Viet Nam
Steel Walkout Set May First By Steelworkers
Pittsburgh AP United Steelworkers executive board will back a May 1 strike to demand 18 cents an hour more in wages, with final say by the Wage Policy Committee. Negotiators say talks stalled after weeks of bargaining, a 13 cent gap remains, and shutdown plans have begun. The move echoes 1959 strike tensions over productivity and inflation concerns.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
USW
Paul Hilbert
Hilbert
Wage Policy Committee
U.S
South Carolina swears in new senator and governor
In a rapid power shift at 4:21 a.m. Sunday Olin Johnston died and Gov. Don Russell resigned. Lt. Gov. Robert E. McNair became governor and appointed Russell to the Senate. McNair also named Katherine Wolfe as his administrative assistant and reappointed J. P. Strom as chief of the State Law Enforcement Division. Russell to be sworn in Friday in Washington.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
U.S
Donald Russell
Robert E. McNair
McNair
Russell
U.S. Senate
Providence Hospital
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
State House
Claude A. Taylor
State Supreme Court
Senate
Senate Street
Katherine Wolfe
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Frustrations And Spring May Cause Family Slayings
A social scientist speculates spring tensions may trigger family slayings, noting life reawakening and increased mobility as factors. Noted cases include John 32 in New London New Hampshire charged with four child murders, Leonard Hogue family found in Vancouver suburb Coquitlam, and Arthur Sherod 37 in Newark under investigation after a fatal crash and alleged threats to his family.
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New York
Alfred McClung Lee
Lee
New London
N. H
John
Vancouver
B.C
Leonard Hogue
Coquitlam
Royal Mounted Police
Newark
N. J
Arthur Sherod
Voting Bill Fight Begins
Twelve members of the Senate Judiciary Committee join in urging passage of Johnson's voting rights measure. Democrats and Republicans alike back suspending literacy tests and establishing federal voter registration in broad Southern areas. Senate debate opens with leaders predicting passage in two to four weeks amid partisan railing and Southern opposition wary of filibuster talk.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
South
Senate
Johnson
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Worcester
Mass
Ee Ae Sen
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Penh
Cambodia
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Laos
Gulf of Tonkin
Hainan
South Viet
Marines
Nam
South Chine
Miles
Luna
BRT
L. E. Chester
F. A. Hardin
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J. E. Carr
Union
Lowndesboro
Eugene Thomas
U.s.steel
Bessemer
Collie LeRoy William Orville Eaton
S.C
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