Viet Nam war reports two MIG fighter sightings near Hanoi
Vietnamese and American officials reported MIG fighter activity near Haiphong and Ha Noi as U S Air Force and Vietnamese planes engaged. Battles raged around Quang Ngai and Quang Tri with heavy Viet Cong pressure on Ba Gia and Lat Khai Posts. Casualties included U S Marines and airmen with dozens killed wounded or missing.
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Viet - Nam
South
Viet Nam
Quang - Ngai
Vietnam
Matherneck
U.S
Khe Tri
Quang Neal
Big da Nang Air Base
Barger
Ba Gia
Quang Ngai
Quang Tri
Saigon
Train Derailment Near Greenville After Bulldozer Collision
Southern Railway freight train hit a bulldozer near the Saluda River trestle eight miles north of Greenville causing about 38 cars to derail. Locomotives stalled on the tracks as fire broke out. the bulldozer operator and three crew members leaped to safety.
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Greenville
S.C
Southern ‘Railway
Saluda River
Sandy Trim Picksens County
Alabama awards first Negro graduation diploma at Alabama
Juanita Malone, 22, received the first graduation diploma ever awarded to a Negro at the University of Alabama during Sunday commencement. She earned a bachelor's in business management amid signs that integration has accelerated. Malone said it feels great and will spend time with her parents in Mobile before seeking a job.
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Atuscaloosa
Ala
Juanita
Malone
University of Alabama
Miss Malone
Nation's War Dead Mourned in Memorial Day Observances
Memorial Day services marked by Taps, marching bands and speakers across the nation. In New York City a United War Veterans parade and in Brooklyn a JFK bust ceremony. Pearl Harbor, Arlington, and Georgia National Cemetery events noted with wreaths and honors for veterans from 1776 to Vietnam.
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Priss the
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
National
VietNam
Arlington
Georgia
Oak Woods
Camp Douglas
St. Louis
Civil Air
Mississippi
Philadelphia
James Tate
Adm
Dewey
Olympia
Gemini 4 leak repaired as launch set Thursday
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP technicians fixed a water leak in the Gemini 4 spacecraft after a four day mission was endangered. NASA said a damaged life support package could be repaired in time for the longest U.S. space flight yet. If not, radio communications would be relied upon. The spacecraft had suffered a 32 pound water leak into the lithium hydroxide canister, which cleans carbon dioxide and supplies drinking water and cooling. Astronauts McDivitt and White were poised for a 97 hour 50 minute flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeroubutics and Space’ Administration
Rae
Space Agency
Fficials
McDivgitt
White
U.S
Harris Survey Opposes Liberalized Immigration
Public opinion largely opposes easing immigration laws. A survey finds that more than twice as many favor keeping current quotas as those supporting broader entry. Even groups with immigrant ancestry express opposition, signaling tepid, country-first attitudes rather than broad reform support.
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Louis Harris
Américain
Johnson
Georgia Stores Picketed in Crawfordsville Protest
Civil rights demonstrators gathered outside stores in Crawfordsville Georgia on the sixth day of a protest over six Negro school teachers losing their jobs. About 25 pickets stood before stores near the courthouse as 13 protesters were arrested for blocking walkways and sidewalks at a Baptist church. Afterward about 200 Negroes marched around the courthouse. the pickets also targeted Lola H Williams, county school superintendent, at her residence until told she was ill and ordered to leave.
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Associated Press
Crawfordsville
Georgia
Lola’ H. Williams
Cate
Marines to withdraw from Dominican Republic within 48 hours
ABC reported that all U S Marines will leave the Dominican Republic within 48 hours with the 82nd Airborne to assume control. Pentagon officials would not comment. Santo Domingo sources could not be reached. World’s Fair logs record a record Sunday attendance totaling 265,568 as good weather boosted turnout despite rain.
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New: York
The
American Broadcasting Co
Santo Domingo
U.S
Dominican Republic
ABC
John Casserly
Casserly
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Domin
Santo Dorin
New York
Mao Tze-tung illness rumors denied by Chinese official
A Chinese Central Committee member in Peking denies reports that Chairman Mao is seriously ill. Mao, 71, has not appeared in public since April 13 after receiving Wing Commander Ali Sabry. British and Formosan sources say the illness reports are unsubstantiated while Chou Enlai heads to Africa and Ayub Khan hosts talks in Rawalpindi.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Liao’ Cheng-chih
Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee
Kyodo
Ali Sabry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Donald Charles Hopson
Istan
Chou
Africa
Formosa
United States
Moscow
Chou Enlai
Rawalpindi
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Congress Tackles Big Issues in Dual Fronts
The report outlines U S and Caribbean events with the Dominican junta agreeing in principle to a peace force occupying the National Palace amid cease fire violations. It details Congress moving on foreign aid overhaul, excise tax reduction, and debt limit increases while rebels demand withdrawal of foreign troops.
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Santo Domingo
Domin‘ican
Republic
Jose A. Mora
Organization ‘of American States
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Copl Mora
Imbert
Francisco J.rivera
Cammero
Mora
Junta
Francisco Caamano Deno
OAS
Arturo Morales
Carrion
Telmo Vargas
Ecuador
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State
Justice
Commerce
Tec Ie Ee
Em Peseires
Ee Ae
Rules Committee
John Cury
Klan in North Carolina Probed Over Tax Status and Robes
Raleigh report details the Ku Klux Klan operating in the state without proper authority or corporate charter. Officials cite 2500 to 5000 dues paying members, $10 initiation fees, $1 monthly dues, and robe costs. Alabama parent group has filed NC franchise taxes. investigation ongoing into Klan recruitment and finances. no complete tax data available.
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William A. Shires
Raleigh
Ku Klux Klan
North Carolina
Sita
Thad Eyre
Eyre
Klan
Bee Tees United Kines America
Knights Ke Klux Klan, Inc
Alabama
Alabama Klan
State Bureau of Investigation
Walter Anderson
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Rangers
Battali
Gemini
Harris Survey
Harris
N.C
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