Marines Hammer North Vietnam Near Da Nang
U S Marines and warplanes fought near a river 18 miles south of Da Nang in two heavy days of combat. Casualties reached 261 enemy and 51 Marines, with Capt Charles S Robb under fire during a sweep. Air claims noted a MIG 17 shot down north of the DMZ near Vinh. Lt Gen Andrew Goodpaster promoted to full general as deputy commander in Vietnam.
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U.S
da Nang
North Vienamese
Charles S. Robb
Johnson
Tle
Robb
Sainm
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
Washington
Senate
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Vietnam
Kosygin Makes Surprise Prague Visit With Soviet Delegation
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in Prague Friday with a top level military delegation for talks with Czech leaders about reforms in Czechoslovakia. The visit signals Kremlin efforts to press for compromises before possible drastic steps.
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Alexei Kosygin
Czechoslovakia
Kosygin
Kremlin
Andrei Grechko
Red Army
Alexei Yepishev
Karlovy Vary
Karlsbad
Panama Guard Backs Apparent Presidential Winner
Panama's National Guard pledged Friday night to support the man officially proclaimed winner in the disputed presidential election. The move appeared to back opposition candidate Dr. Arnulfo Arias, the apparent victor from last Sunday's vote.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Pound Slumps as Gold Prices Rise Amid Global Market Moves
The pound fell to 2.38545 per U.S. dollar and gold traded at 41.48 to 41.60 dollars in Europe. Japan's earthquake toll nears fifty with 44 killed 246 wounded and 6 missing, and $100 million in damage including $10 million at Misawa base. The Vatican condemned China and Albania, calling Pope Paul VI a criminal in Western imperialist terms. Brazil via its navy reports the Soviet satellite ship Kegostrov intruded and is being released after seizure May 4 at Santos.
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Vatican
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Albania
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Fausto Vallaiic
Paul VI
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Santos
Atlantic
Rio
Johnson Rips Senate's Rifle Control Rejection
President Johnson denounces the Senate for rejecting a ban on mail order sales of all firearms and warns of ongoing crime. The same day the House debates tax cuts and AFL CIO opposition rises. Detroit reports a 29,638-vehicle callback among the Big Three automakers.
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Supreme Court
House
Gerald R. Ford
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Oldsmobile
General Motors Corp
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NASA imposes employment freeze and 75 percent replacement limit
NASA administrator James E Webb ordered a freeze on permanent employment at the level of last Monday and a rule that for every four employees lost by attrition between May 14 and June 30 only one may be replaced. Centers were told the measures reflect budget constraints.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James E. Webb
NASA
Priests Seize and Burn 600 Draft Records in Baltimore Crime
Nine protesters including Rev. Philip Berrigan and Thomas Lewis seized about 600 draft files from a Catonsville office, dumped them on the pavement, and burned them in a parking lot. The group moved in, overridden a clerk, and fled before police detained them for FBI transfer to a U.S. commissioner.
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Draft Board
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Thomas P. Lewis
U.S. District Court
U.S
Daniel Berrigan
Cornell University
Philip
David Darst
St. Louis
John Hogan
Mary Murphy
Catonsville
Baltimore County
FBI
Doughboy Charles Jay of Pepperell Receives Induction Notice
Charles Jay of Pepperell Massachusetts 75 has received his World War I induction notice and may report in his WWI uniform. The town waits as the former soldier contemplates the call to service.
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Charles Jay
Pepperell
Mass
Ike's Progress as Reports End at Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower aged 77 shows satisfactory recovery from his April 29 heart attack. Walter Reed Army Medical Center discontinued daily medical reports Friday.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Morton J. May Dies at 86 Honorary May Department Stores Leader
Morton J. May, 86, honorary board chairman of May Department Stores Co and noted philanthropist, died Friday at his Clayton home in Missouri.
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Morton J. May
May Department Stores Co
Clayton, Mo
Pentagon confirms Texas couple’s son killed in Vietnam
The Coxes of Fort Worth say their son Roy, 23, is dead in Vietnam, supported by three letters from Navy buddies though no formal notification has been issued. The Pentagon confirmed the loss but offered no explanation for the delay.
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Forth Worth
Tex
Vietnam
J. O. Cox
Roy
Navy
First baby born to actress Hildegarde Neff in Munich
Actress Hildegarde Neff, 42, has given birth prematurely to her first child, a 414 pound girl, born Thursday in Munich. Her husband David Cameron said both mother and baby are doing well.
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Hildegarde Neff
David Cameron
Munich
Germany
Eddie Griffin Sentenced to Life for 1961 Beating Death
Eddie Dean Griffin, 57, was sentenced to life in prison after four trials for the December 3, 1961, beating death of Essie Mae Hodson. A seven man five woman jury spent two hours deciding the penalty phase after earlier convictions and appeals, with the California Supreme Court ruling prejudicial error in the third trial. Formal sentencing set for June 3 with plans for a new trial.
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Eddie Dean Griffin
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Griffin
Essie Mae Hodson
U.S. Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Mistrial Declared in Dahmer Case
A Hattiesburg Mississippi circuit court jury reported a hopelessly deadlocked verdict in the arson death of Vernon Dahmer. Sam H. Bowers Jr. former Ku Klux Klan leader was charged in the fatal firebombing.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Sam H. Bowers Jr
Ku Klux Klan
Vernon Dahmer
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