Dominican Junta Opens Offensive Against Rebels
The civilian military junta began an offensive Saturday in northwest Santo Domingo with about 1500 soldiers backed by artillery and tanks. They reported taking many prisoners as cannon and explosions shook the capital. Radio stations urged residents to stay off streets after 4 p.m. and warned against sheltering refugees.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Junta
U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
Defense Department
Washington
George D. Samples
Germany
Rivera Caminero
Carrier Boys To Make 3 Day Chicago Trip
La Crosse Tribune carrier boys from 70 Tri-State communities will take a three day Chicago trip in late June. Winners earn by boosting subscriber service and attracting new customers while enjoying visits to museums and parks. The trip, in Sherman Hotel accommodations, includes a radio appearance and stops at O Hare and Wisconsin Dells.
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la Crosse Tribune
Chicago
The
Tri-State
Tribune
Magazine Reading Club
Tribuma Enheerihare
Sherman Hotel
Natural History Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Museum of Science and Industry
Lincoln Park Zoo
Junta
Wrigley Field
United
Riverview
T Amusement Park
Don McNeill
O’hare Field
Wisconsin Dells
Tornado Hits Barn Near Dodgeville Claims Animals and Fire Damage
A tornado destroyed a barn on the Phyllis Nelson farm about five miles southeast of Dodgeville Iowa County. Thirty cattle were trapped but rescued by neighbors and local crews. Keith Nelson 24 was knocked down and cut but refused hospital care. The storm also caused a fire at Jack Godfrey service station with damage around 10000.
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Dodgeville
Phyllis Nelson
Iowa
Ray Reese
Reese
Keith Nelson
Nelson
Jack Godfrey
Godfrey
Black Muslim Leader Lewis Sims Dies by Suicide
In Winston-Salem, Lewis Sims 38 known as Lewis X, leader of the Black Muslims, shot his mother-in-law and a man before taking his own life. His body was found in a vacant lot Friday night, a .22 revolver with one spent bullet recovered nearby.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Lewis Sims
Lewis X
Klan March Through Dunn Precedes Liuzzo Killings Rally
About 250 Ku Klux Klan members accompanied three accused slayers of Detroit civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo in a Dunn procession. The march, led by Collie Wilkins, W O Eaton, and Eugene Thomas, drew shoppers and prompted a forthcoming rally outside town with Alabama attorney Matt Murphy expected to speak.
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North Carolina
Bob Jones
W. O. Eaton
Wilkins
Eugene Thomas
Spring Avalanche Hits Ski Resort in Germany
President Johnson announced plans to cut excise taxes by 1.75 billion dollars on July 1 and again next January with a further 464 million by 1970, totaling almost 4 billion over five years. The plan would lower the autos tax from 10 to 7 percent immediately and to 5 percent by 1967, with retroactive effect to avoid a buyer’s strike.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Green Approved As Indonesia Envoy
Indonesia's Foreign Ministry announced Marshall Green was approved as the new U.S. ambassador to Jakarta. The appointment follows congressional approval of tax reductions expected to ease fiscal pressure and could influence Turkish and regional policy signals.
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Green
Indonesia
Congress
Jakarta
Johnson
Marshall Green
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Rusk sees China facing two Southeast Asia choices
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before a House subcommittee that Red China does not want a larger war but seeks Southeast Asia. He warned that if Hanoi becomes a Moscow Peiping rivalry point, the free world would be adversely affected. he noted no signs of a major shift in Communist forces toward Indochina and suggested a lull before a larger effort.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
China
Southeast Asia
House
Far Eastern Affairs
Rusk
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
Dominican Republic
Indochina
Viet Nam
United States
Morgenthau
U.S
Red China
Profs and Statesmen Tangle in Viet Nam Teach-In
A large crowd at a Washington teach-in heard Bundy cancel his appearance due to other duties while debate pitted critics of the Johnson Viet Nam policy against administration supporters. Morgenthau warned of escalation, while Ros tow and Schlesinger defended containment and policy.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Johnson
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
Harvard
State Department
Walt W. Rostow
Columbia University
Ernest Nagel
Cornell
George
Kahin
California University
Robert Scalapino
Interuniversity Committee
North Viet Nam
John F. Kennedy
Viet Nam
University of Chicago
Hans J. Morgenthau
Viet Cong ambush kills 25 Vietnamese soldiers and 2 U S advisers
A Viet Cong ambush 50 miles northeast of Saigon results in 25 Vietnamese soldiers and 2 U S advisers killed, 10 Vietnamese wounded. The convoy’s 12 vehicles are destroyed. U S paratroopers begin helicopter assaults near Bien Hoa with light contact and no casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa Air Base
Bien Hoa
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Xuan Loc
Din Quan
Long Khanh
Baby Rescued From Mailbox In Fort Atkinson
A Fort Atkinson woman found a month old baby in a closed mailbox with grass stuffed in its mouth. Officer John Bushman cleared the grass and the infant began breathing normally. The child, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hinz, was treated and released. Two girls aged three and four confessed they took the baby from a buggy and placed it in the mailbox, thinking it was a doll.
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Fort Atkinson
John Bushman
Donald Hinz
Joe Yanz
Ed Schultz
Avalanche On Mt Zugspitze Kills and Traps Dozens
A spring avalanche on Mt Zugspitze buried the sun drenched slopes near the Schneefernerhaus Hotel. Eleven bodies were recovered and up to 30 more feared dead as rescuers combed the vast slide with 500 troops, dogs, and helicopters.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
Mt. Zugspitze
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Schneefernerhaus
Zugspitzplatz
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