Harriman Says Reds Won’t Be Convinced Easily
W Averell Harriman, 73, says it may take time to persuade enemies in Southeast Asia that they cannot win. He discusses his new roving ambassador role and a possible Cambodia conference if China and North Vietnam agree. He recalls Churchill and Truman as his models and notes he is unafraid of firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Ww Gton
W. Averell Harriman
Southeast Asia
Harriman
Johnson
United States
Cambodia
China
Viet Nam
Washington
New York
Soviet Union
Britain
Kennedy
Paris
Barry Gold
Anglo-American Press Association of
Goldwater
South Viet Nam
Marines Clash With Viet Cong Near Da Nang
U S Marines and Viet Cong battled for the seventh day around Da Nang as 350 Marines from the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 3rd Regiment patrolled in 100 degree heat from Hill 327. Four Marines were wounded by snipers and mines, including Cpl. Robert L. Crawford of Springfield Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett AN Sur
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Hill 327
Viet Nam
Cpl
Robert L. Crawford
Springfield
U S Jets Strike Bai Duc Thon Bridge in North Vietnam
U S Air Force jets hit the Bai Duc Thon bridge 160 miles south of Hanoi after two prior attempts, buckling a span. Eight F100s conducted the strike with four Skyraiders recon flights over Routes 7 and 101, while 25 jets provided top cover. No enemy fighters reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Bai Duc Thon
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Huu Hung
Furniture Buyers Stress Style And Customer Appeal
Buyers at the Southern Furniture Market in April emphasize style and customer appeal. Kroehler sales officials report strong sell through new offerings and coordinated groupings, while buyers focus on necessary inventory and room display concepts. The market draws buyers from 50 states and foreign countries, with high activity and solid attendance as the semi annual event aims for fall and winter sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Kroehler Manufacturing Co
Southern Furniture Exposition
Dan H. Edmondson
Kroehler
John Tobin
Southern Buying Syndicate
Fashion Furniture Stores
North Carolina
Tobin
Edmondson
High Point
Art Richardson
North Carolina Senate Rejects Daylight Saving Time Vote
The Senate defeated a bill for a statewide vote on daylight saving time. Sen. Ed Kemp of Guilford sponsored the measure proposing a general election pick for the annual daylight period. Also noted were bills for nursing education funding and 1967 state plate funding, with a driver education bill advancing through the Legislature.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Hector MacLean
Robeson
Pilals
J. Russell Kirby
Wilson
Irwin Belk
Mecklenburg
Dan Moore
Edward R. Murrow Dies at 57 in New York
Edward R. Murrow, famed radio and television newscaster and former U.S. Information Service head, dies at his Pawling home at 57 after a long cancer illness. His World War II London broadcasts boosted morale amid the Nazi blitz. He had a lung removed in 1963 and had recent hospital stays.
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Pawling
N.Y
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Service
Tolday
Murrow
London
Murcer
Dominican Navy Bombards Santo Domingo Amid Crisis
The Dominican navy joined pro Bosch forces in a brief bombardment of the capital as U S citizens began evacuations from Haina. Air raids left at least 25 dead and about 80 wounded while a naval task force and Marines stood offshore for possible evacuations.
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Santo Domingo
Juan Bosch
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Removal Of Americans Is Ordered
The State announced that a U S naval force will evacuate about 1 000 Americans gathered at a hotel near Santo Domingo. Landing craft were ordered into Haina port eight miles west of the city. Evacuation was to begin within two hours and no injuries or property damage were reported. Evacuees will be taken to Puerto Rico.
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Washington
U.S. Naval Force
Robert J. McCloskey
Embajador
Santo Domingo
Haina
McCloskey
Puerto Rico
Goldwater Viet Nam Policy Commentary and Crash
Air base report details the crash of the XV5A vertical takeoff aircraft during public testing at Edwards Air Force Base. Pilot W. L. Louis Everett, 42, died after ejecting as the craft crashed three miles from observers. Everett, a veteran test pilot, led previous X13 and VZ3RY vertijet programs and is survived by his wife Betty Jane and four children.
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Edwards Air Force Base
California
Calif
U.S
W. L. Louis Everett
Ryan Aeronautical Co
Everett
General Electric
Ryan
Brooklyn
N.Y
Betty Jane
San Diego
Bodega
Mississippi State
Air Force Test Center
Army
Hal Boyle heads for Viet Nam war assignment
AP columnist Hal Boyle recounts his trip en route to Saigon for a Viet Nam assignment. He notes a corporate reward trip, the monsoon season, mixed reactions from friends, and the bureaucratic hurdles of medical clearance before joining coverage of the war.
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Hal Boyle
Saigon
Viet Nam
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Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
Associated Press
W.averell Harriman
U.S. Air Force
Dominican Navy
U.S. Navy
Dominican
State Department
Sache
Jsele BD
He Cates
Arizona
Ac Ys Danael
Carl Hayden
Lee
Korea
Cer Lynis
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