Taylor Discusses Sorties in North Viet Nam and Laos
U S Ambassador Max D Taylor says air strikes against Communist bases and supply routes in North Viet Nam and Laos could aid South Viet Nam victory. He cautions military action alone won t guarantee success and notes the outcome depends on ultimate will to win. He discusses possible escalation with President Johnson.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
North Viet Nam
Laos
Life Magazine
Johnson
Washington
Taylor
China
Nam
North
Viet Nam
South
Carlson Granted Stay in Congo Hostage Crisis
Rebels in Stanleyville granted a 24 hour stay of execution for American missionary Dr. Paul Carlson amid diplomatic talks with the United States. Reports from Leopoldville say government-led forces under white mercenaries seized Lubutu as negotiations continued in Kenya with Jomo Kenyatta and Kenya's Prime Minister.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Paul Carlson
Congo
United States
Christophe Gbenge
Stanleyville
Dr. Carlson
Lubutu
Central African Republic
Gbenye
Kenya
Carlson
Thomas Kanza
Nairobi
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenyatta
Kanza
Africa
12 Year Old Kay Brunson Dies of Tetanus in Charleston
Kay Brunson a 12 year old Summerton pupil died at Medical College Hospital after a week long battle with tetanus from a rusty nail injury. She had been in a coma and treated in Navy decompression chambers as doctors fought the infection.
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Charleston
S.C
Kay Brunson
Medical College Hospital
Summerton
of OS Soa
Airliner Hits Road Grader and Explodes Killing 43
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 carrying 72 people collided with a road grader during takeoff at Fiumicino Airport Rome. Forty three aboard died. 29 survived with grave injuries. Pilot Capt Vernon Lowell among the survivors. Flight TWA 800 originated in Kansas City and stopped in Chicago New York Paris and Milan before Rome.
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James M. Long
Rome
Trans World Airlines
Fiumicino
TWA
Vernon Lowell
Glen Head
N.Y
TWA 800
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Paris
Milan
Athens
Cairo
Eea Oe
Ee Golde
Santa Monica
Calif
Orniana
Rematton Cochelo Hospital
Vernon W. Lowell
William A. Slaughter
Andover
N.J
John W. Churchill
Ridgefield
Ridgefield, Conn
H. Warren Lowery
Levittown
Ciampino
Mrs Kennedy May Have Tried to Save Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy spoke to the Warren Commission on June 5 at her Georgetown home about a moment she thought she might have saved her husband from the fatal bullet. She said she now thinks otherwise and described her deep shock and loss of memory of crawling toward the back of the motorcade.
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Washington
John F.kennedy
Warren Commission
Sion
J. Lee Rankin
Robert F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Mississippi Emotions Outpace National Election Trends
Louis Harris reports that Mississippi gave Barry Goldwater 87 percent to 13, while nationwide Lyndon Johnson won by a landslide. White Mississippi voters focus on race, favor isolationist tendencies, and dissented from national sentiment more than any other state.
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Louis Harris
Lyndon Johnson
Mississippi
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
South
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harris
Assassination Scene Draws Throngs in Dallas One Year On
Crowds gathered from dawn to night around the Dallas site of President Kennedy's assassination. A midday pause halted traffic for one minute as the public marked the anniversary. Monsignor William F. O'Brien led prayers and Rev. Oscar L. Huber assisted in the service recalling the late president.
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Bob Horton
Dallas
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Texas School Book Depository
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Parkland Hospital
Erik Jonsson
William F. O’brien
Oscar L. Huber
Quintuplets Born in Ontario Family Welcomes Five Babies
A Ontario couple welcomed quintuplets today joining two older children aged four and six. The five babies weighed about nine pounds combined at birth and the family names Sanders are the parents.
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Vars
Gagne
Ares Bay Sane
Sanders
Johnson recounts shock before Warren probes
In Washington the late President Johnson described the shock of Kennedy’s assassination. He explained defying White House advice to return to Washington without Mrs Kennedy and her husband’s body. Johnson said his statement was added to Warren Commission volumes and noted memory limits but hoped it would interest readers.
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Washington
White House
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Associated Press
Johnson
Kennedy
Flowers Cover Grave Kennedy Remembered Nationwide
Arlington mourners place white rosebuds and jasmine on John F. Kennedy’s grave as the nation pauses to honor the late president. Mrs Kennedy sends wildflowers to the grave while the President’s family remains at Long Island. Memorial services and tributes occur across the country and world leaders issue sorrowful statements.
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Austin Scott New York
Arlington National Cemetery
Johnson
Austin
Tex
Air Force
Cape Cod
Sun
John F. Kennedy
Hugh Au
Caroline
John Jr
Shriver
Arlington Eel
Patricia Lawford
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Martin Chappler
Ernest Havell Jones
Louisiana
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Didane Kenu
Tespaye Tetle
Italy
Alitalia
Mt. Vesuvius
Naples
Molan
Mrs. Kennedy
The
Harris Survey
Warren Probers
Nation
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Bonn
Wilhelm Daniels
Rhine River
Amsterdam
Kennedy Avenue
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