North Vietnam Shipping Dropped After Bombing Ban
AP indicates that in April 39 ships reached North Vietnamese ports, down from March, as Johnson's March 31 bombing ban allowed supply movement but failed to trigger a surge. Officials note no significant rise in inbound vessels and traffic may not have blossomed despite the exemption of Haiphong Cam Pha Hon Gai from bombing.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Cam Pha
Hon Gai
United States
Vladivostok
Hong Kong
Outstanding Kiwanis Award to Hope Cadet at AR Tech ROTC
Russellville George Richard McDowell, cadet captain and son of Ray and Mrs. McDowell, received the Kiwanis Club Award for Outstanding Company in military science at Arkansas Tech ROTC. Officials note Haiphong port capacity limits persist due to silt, reducing North Vietnam shipping traffic.
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Kiwanis Club
Russellville
George Richard McDowell
Hope
Arkansas Tech
Don Alelen
George
Ray McDowell
Skeletons From Pauper Cemetery Found At Prison Farm
Arkansas State Police concluded three skeletons unearthed at Cummins Prison Farm came from a pauper’s cemetery, not unmarked inmate graves. Gov. Rockefeller released a 680 page report detailing interviews about murders at the prison from 1930 to 1960, with many accused names redacted.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Winsthrop Rockefeller
Bill Struebeing
Cummins
Surf
Monkey Face
Peter Pitcher
Daddy
Reuben Johnson
Thomas 0. Murton
Jake Jackson
Spock Trial Highlighted as Draft Evasion Case Begins
In Boston, Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others face trial in U.S. District Court on charges of conspiring to counsel draft evasion. The group, including Yale chaplain William Coffin and Harvard graduate student Michael Ferber, could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Indicted January 5, the case centers on acts alleged as part of a nationwide anti-draft program. The defense argues the actions were protected First Amendment protest. the trial will not test draft legality.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
U.S. District Court
Spock
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Michael Ferber
Harvard University
Mitchell Goodman
New York
Marcus Raskin
Institute For Political Studies
Washington
Arlington Street Church
Pentagon
Death due to hardware accident in Brawley
The news item reports Cath Brawley and a portable hair dryer incident leading to electrocution at a residence. Hector Ken Tom, eight, was found unconscious in a bathtub by his parents Or and Mrs. German Tom and did not respond to treatment with four street-sters, according to the fragmentary account.
West Palm Beach Assorted Women Champions Note
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Sindy and Arabic phrases amid a tote reference to 80 million people. The readable pieces reference West Palm Beach and women champions, but the exact event, names, and outcomes are unclear.
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