Viet Cong Bat Talions Reach Gia Dinh Near Saigon Palace
Two fresh Viet Cong battalions with 600 to 800 men slipped into Gia Dinh on Saigon's north side around Bang Ky and Binh Loi bridges about 2.5 miles from Independence Palace. U S gunships covered South Vietnamese troops and tanks as guerrillas pressed 11 blocks in three days from a residential block less than three miles from the presidential palace.
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Binh Loi
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U.S
Saigon battle reports heavy Viet Cong resistance with air strikes
In Cholon Saigon a three day ground fight failed to rout enemy troops armed with .50 cal guns and rockets. Civilian evacuations preceded helicopter gunships killing six Vietnamese officials and wounding four, with earlier rocket salvos that killed ten civilians and wounded eighteen. B52 raids near the capital followed, shaking Saigon as four night attacks targeted Viet Cong concentrations eighteen miles west.
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Cholon
Saigon
Skirmish Fails to Disrupt Ecuador Presidential Vote
In Guayaquil a brief clash between political rivals caused little disruption to calm Sunday voting for Ecuador's president. Army troops fired shots into the air to restore order. no injuries or arrests were reported. Velasco Ibarra, 75, led pre election polls among five candidates on the ballot.
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Quito
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Velasco Ibarra
Abby Intensifies As Florida Braces For Hurricane
The first tropical storm Abby nears Florida after brushing Cuba. Gale warnings cover Florida south of Tampa Bay to the Keys and along the east coast to Melbourne. Abby is forecast to strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico with heavy rain and possible flooding, with winds 40 to 50 mph in squalls observed.
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Georgia
Memorial Day Toll Near 600 in Nationwide Crash Spike
As the Memorial Day holiday ended, the nation faced a high traffic death toll approaching 600 and a possible record. Early figures showed varied rates below last year’s 608, with the Safety Council predicting 625 to 725 deaths during the holiday period ending Sunday. California led with 54 deaths, followed by New York and Pennsylvania with 32 each, Michigan 29, Wisconsin 22, and Illinois and Texas 20.
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Texas
Curfew Enforced After Natchez Racial Violence
City Council imposes nighttime curfew and bans liquor and firearms after mobs rove a Negro district. Tear gas and gunfire disperse crowds amid shattered shopfronts. National Guard began withdrawal in Louisville after civil disorders. In Copenhagen, 1000 leftists march toward the American Embassy protesting Vietnam, with 20,000 expected.
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Denmark
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Priest Suspended Over Peace Readings At Moraga College
The Rev. Frederick Garcey CSSR, chaplain at St. Marys College Moraga, is suspended from saying Mass and dispensing sacraments by Bishop Floyd Begin Oakland. The move follows Garceys allowing student Rick Anderson to quote papal encyclicals on peace from the chapel pulpit on May 26.
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Floyd L. Begin
Oakland
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Edward Casey
St. Moncas
Father Casey
Cadet Ratcliffe Named Top Man in 1968 West Point Class
Cadet Lamar C Ratcliffe Jr son of Col and Mrs Lamar C Ratcliffe of Manhattan Kansas is designated No 1 Man in General Order of Merit for the 1968 United States Military Academy graduating class at West Point.
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U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Lamar C. Ratcliffe
Manhattan
Kan
Heenan Voices Caution on Christian Sincerity at Abbey
John Cardinal Heenan urged Westminster Abbey worshippers to beware a trend toward testing sincerity by enduring discomfort. His visit to Westminster Cathedral followed a welcome funded by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Gov. Pat Laxalt criticized dissenters and warned that law alone cannot ensure freedom or order at the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law ceremony.
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London
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Canterbury
Westminster Cathedral
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Pat‘ Laxalt
Nevada
University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento
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Alaskan biologist survives five bullet wounds head
Ralph B. Williams, 57, an Alaskan biologist, left a San Francisco hospital after a remarkable recovery from five head wounds. Doctors say the bullets remain lodged in his head. Williams, wounded May 12 by two men as he walked to his hotel, stayed in San Francisco for a few days before returning toward Juneau.
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Ralph B. Williams
San Francisco
Dudley J. Fournier
Williams
Juneau
Classified Ad Notice and Publication Details
Classified advertisement notice appears with a Long Beach address at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue. It references a court adjudication by Severet Court in Los Angeles County on October 6, 1941, Decree No. C-10280, and lists pricing for single copy and monthly delivery.
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Pine Ave
Long Beach
Calif
Los Angeles County
King Hussein to broadcast national address in Jordan
King Hussein will deliver a radio and television speech from Jordan on Wednesday marking the first anniversary of the Middle East war. The address emphasizes unity and national resilience as the region enters a tense anniversary period.
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Jordan
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