Fighting In Da Nang as Coup Brings Marines to Radio Station
In Da Nang heavy firing erupted as Vietnames marines airlifted from Saigon seized the radio station and the headquarters of the Vietnamese 1st Corps. Bullets rang out near the Da Nang Hotel as clashes spread through the city while U.S. authorities watched unsettled.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Nguyen Lao Ky
U.S
William J. Porter
le Loi
Gia
Long Streets
1St Corps
Ton That Dinh
Viet Nam
Dinh
Cao van Vien
Joint General Staff
A. L. Hamblen
Unrest in Saigon as Buddhists Catholics and workers clash
In Saigon, Buddhist and Catholic groups plus labor unions sparked street protests. About 5000 Catholics marched against US Ambassador Lodge amid anti Buddhist slogans while police sealed union HQs and buildings. Two large labor federations call a general strike as talks attempt to avert city paralysis.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Tan
Buddhist Youth Center
Thien Minh
First U S Cavalryman Captured Near Bong Son
Pvt. Theodore R. Vance of Eureka California listed as missing in action after being kidnapped on Highway 1 near Bong Son in a Viet Cong operation. Peasants report he was shot in a Viet Cong village east of Bong Son while Col. Hal G. Moore led a battalion search with a defensive clash that killed several guerrillas.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Recoviceman
Bong Son
U.S
Vance
Pvt
Theodore R. Vance
Eureka
Calif
17Th Regiment
1St Cavalry
Highway 1
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
New Pleiku
Hal G. Moore
3Rd Cavalry Brigade
Moore
Romania Rebels Quietly Within Warsaw Pact
In secret talks Nicolae Ceausescu told Leonid Brezhnev Romania will resist integration of its armed forces into the Warsaw Pact. Romania remains in the pact and will meet its obligations while opposing a standing policy committee. A June or July pact meeting is planned in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Romania
Warsaw Pact
NATO
France
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nicolae Ceausescu
Brezhnev
Ceausescu
Russia
Minneapolis Man Drowns After Boat Capsizes on Ham Lake
Thom as Egeland a 23 year old from Minneapolis drowned Friday night when a 14 foot boat capsized on Ham Lake in Burnett County Wisconsin. Two friends Robert Dow and Richard Hendricks also faced danger after the craft overturned as they tried to swap seats. Dow and Hendricks were rescued by a lake resort operator after calling for help while Egeland disappeared. The trio had traveled to Ham Lake for Wisconsin's fishing season opening.
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Webster, Wis
Thomas Egeland
Minneapolis
Burnett County
John Hunter
Ham Lake
Egeland
Robert Dow
Richard Hendricks
Hunter
Dow
Henricks
Sheriff's Department
Wisconsin
La Follette urges new Wisconsin consumer protection law
Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette urged new consumer protection legislation at a University of Wisconsin conference. Esther Peterson, a White House official, supported local action stressing state laws should serve the public interest and that many consumer issues fall within state jurisdiction.
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Madison
Bronson C. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
University of Wisconsin
Esther Peterson
Washington
West German Pressures Keep Nuclear Link With France
German Defense Minister Karl Uwe von Hassel said if French forces stay in West Germany they must retain nuclear weapons for deterrence. The US will withdraw tactical nukes from two French divisions and two air squadrons when NATO integration ends next month. He endorsed McNamara’s Flexible Response and warned against reducing NATO combat effectiveness by removing French forces.
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Washington
Karl Uwe von Hassel
West Germany
United States
France
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
von Hassel
Atlantic Alliance
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
United States of America
Draft Test For Students Goes On Despite Picketing
Amid scattered protests nearly 400 000 college students took examinations that could affect military service or remaining in school. Pickets appeared at about a dozen sites while most campuses continued testing. results would guide local draft boards amid rising Viet Nam war quotas.
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Associated Press
University of Chicago
Wayne State University
Detroit
University of Wisconsin At
City College of New York
Richmond Professional Institute
Virginia
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S. 9Th St
Decorah
Iowa
Tribune Colorphoto
Edward M. Huebner
la Crosse Tribune
the la Crosse Tribune—Insurance Department
State Lake
Rts Atone
By Endre Marton
al Samuel
Samuel
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Harry Teitelbaum
Brooklyn
State Agricul
Peter Gewandter
Rural College
Cornell
Millikin University
Decatur
Ill
Oberlin College
Ohio
Edgerton High School
UPI
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