Allied Victories Across South Vietnam Reported
Over the weekend Allied forces scored widespread successes from Saigon outskirts to the DMZ. Official tallies show 932 enemy dead with Marine losses of 26 killed and 45 wounded. B52s hit targets across both sides, including six SAM sites in North Vietnam and a large fuel dump near Vinh.
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Ambassador Vance to report on Vietnam talks in Washington
Deputy chief Cyrus R. Vance will fly to Washington to brief President Johnson on progress in official talks with North Vietnam. The fifth session since May 13 convenes today at the former Hotel Majestic, with Americans expected to present new ideas.
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Viet Senators Attack Appointment of Thanh as Foreign Minister
South Vietnam lawmakers accuse Tran Chanh Thanh of being untrustworthy for the foreign minister post. Thanh, 50, has a background with the Viet Minh and later served in Diem's government as information minister and ambassador to Tunisia.
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Thalidomide Trial Opens in German Village Hall
Eight executives of Chemie Gruenenthal go on trial for criminal negligence over thalidomide. The drug blamed for deformities in thousands of children, the case is held in a rented coal miners dance hall in a village near Aachen on the Belgian frontier.
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Nigeria Biafra Talks Collapse in Kampala Settlement Sought
Talks to end the ten month civil war between Nigeria and secessionist Biafra collapsed in Kampala. The Biafran delegation said it was quitting, noting their patience had run out. In Bonn, opponents of West Germany emergency laws staged mass strikes and demonstrations aimed at blocking the legislation.
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Tornadoes Flood Midwest as Rivers Hit Record Levels
Severe storms and floods swept the Midwest and South with funnel clouds near Chicago and a Natchez Mississippi river twist. Flooding threatened Laureville Ohio River towns, with crests forecast on the Kaskaskia and Sangamon rivers and evacuations urged along major waterways.
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Daredevil Pilot Injured in Santa Paula Auto-Plane Crash
Mira Slovak the Flying Czech veteran of a 1955 Prague defection was badly hurt in a crash near Santa Paula ending an 8000 mile flight from Germany. The 38 year old Continental Airlines pilot suffered multiple fractures and internal bleeding after his 39 horsepower monoplane struck a gully while attempting to land at Santa Paula Airport.
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Young Marcia Young to wed. King tribute parade in NYC
Marcia Elaine Young daughter of the National Urban League executive director will marry Robert Boles a novelist in August. Mr and Mrs Whitney M Young Jr of New York announced the engagement after her Bryn Mawr graduation. Several thousand marched Fifth Avenue in a 40 block 24 hour tribute to Dr Martin Luther King Jr a three foot bust was unveiled by Mrs Emily Johnson.
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