Battle resumes as Bosch supporters fight to hold Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo pro Bosch forces clash with Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin y Wessin led anti Bosch units as a military junta looms and the capital remains without a government. Pro Bosch forces control downtown and Ciudad Nueva amid heavy fighting and civilian armament.
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Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Bosch
Wessin
Rafael Molina Arena
pro-Bosch
Ciudad Nueva
San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
anti-Bosch
Santo Domingo
U.S. Navy
Haina
Russia Agrees to Cambodia Talks in Paris Conference
In Paris Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko indicated Soviet participation in an international Cambodia conference. The move aligns with U S and British openness and follows French support. The talks could address Viet Nam war implications and Cambodian neutrality with participants including Burma Laos Thailand the United States Britain France Cambodia North and South Viet Nam and the Soviet Union.
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Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Cambodia
Aab
Gromyko
United States
Britain
Viet Nam
France
Long
Norodom Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
Sihanouk
Red China
Burma
Laos
Thailand
Soviet Union
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
North Viet Nam
Indochina
Resolution clears Senate committee on reapportionment convention
A resolution to urge Congress to call a constitutional convention for a reapportionment amendment cleared the Senate Constitution Committee 5-4. It would allow each state to choose a nonpopulation basis for one house. Sen. Claude Currie opposed, warning of unknown outcomes from a convention. Senate leader Morgan defended checks and balances and cautioned metropolitan areas could dominate if based on population.
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Raleigh
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate Constitution Committee
North Carolina House
Congress
Supreme Court
Claude Currie
Durham
North Carolina
Currie
Senate
Robert B. Morgan
Harnett
Morgan
General Assembly
Raids Hit North Vietnam Targets Across Multiple Fronts
American and Vietnamese pilots reported seven raids hammering barracks, roads, and patrol boats. The Skyraiders destroyed six barracks and ten other structures, sank 15 junks, and damaged three wooden bridges. Ground fighting near Sai Gon left casualties and a government camp hit by mortars and machine guns.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
My Ly
Dong Hoi
Huu Hung
Navy Ae Gnererep
Duc Thon Bridge
Bai Duc Thon
Hanoi
Air Force
Sai- Fone
Aeao
Bao Trai
Vietnam's Ky calls for invasion of North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam air force commander Gen. Ky urges immediate big escalation against North Viet Nam, arguing bombing rail and road links only aids Viet Cong. He says air superiority could support guerrilla action and questions U.S. policy while noting pilots shot down and casualties.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen
North Viet Nam
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Creepy Feeling In Saigon
AP correspondent HAL BOYLE portrays Saigon as besieged and somnolent between seasons. the city exudes a secretive, uneasy atmosphere with whispered conversations and wary stares as foreigners carry leather briefcases. amid the monsoon and a tense vibe, he encounters cautious locals and an uneasy street scene downtown.
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Hal Boyle
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mata Hari
Eeer
Landmark Decision Upholds Right Of Silence In Trials
The Supreme Court ruled that commenting on a defendant’s silence in state criminal trials violates the federal constitution. Justice Douglas wrote that such remarks echo an inquisitorial system banned by the Fifth Amendment. California defendant Eddie Dean Griffin was sentenced to death for the killing of Essie Mae Hodson in Los Angeles.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
California
Potter Stewart
Byron White
John M. Cep
Sa Be Il Co
Warren
Eddie Dean Griffin
Essie Mae Hodson
Los Angeles
Johnson Hopeful Of Talks
President Johnson speaks at a 34 minute White House news conference with 300 reporters in the East Room. He reports the federal deficit for the year ending June 30 at 5.3 billion dollars or less, down from January projections, and defends the antipoverty program as a potential monument to his administration.
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Southeast Asia
Johnson
East Room
White House
Consumer price index up one tenth of a cent in March
The government said the cost of living index for March was 109 percent of the 1957-59 average, meaning $10.90 bought goods costing $10 in the base period. The March index rose 0.1 from February and 1.2 percent from March 1964, with food prices driving much of the increase due to unseasonably cold Florida weather affecting tomatoes cucumbers peppers celery and potatoes.
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Labor Department
Florida
India opens campaign against U.S. aid to Pakistan over tank use
India accuses Pakistan of using American made tanks against Indian forces in the Rann of Kutch. Photographs released by India show tanks claimed as Pattons in a Pakistani column near Biar Bet. Prime Minister Shastri says India ready for cease fire but prepared for further action amid deadlock.
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India
U.S
Pakistan
Rann of Kutch
Biar-Bet
Ranni
Kutch
Lal ‘Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
Arabian Sea
Ayub Khan
Pakistani Defense Ministry
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