Khanh Quits As Viet President in Face of Student Protests
In Saigon Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh renounced the presidency and his dictatorial powers under student and Buddhist pressure. He may return as premier or seek reelection while retaining command of the armed forces. A military council pledged to repeal the charter, elect a new leader, then disband, with civilian inclusion for a new regime.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Revolutionary Military Council
Viet Nam
Armed Forces High Command
Military Revolutionary Council
Ngo
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Minh
Big Minh
Khanh
NFO member charged in Sparta market incident
In Sparta Wisconsin Donald D. Boettcher and R J Humbird pleaded innocent on assault and harassment charges stemming from NFC demonstrations at the August Hearing sales yard. The incident began when a 250 pound sow was released from a pickup and escalated as officers guarded the markets.
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Sparta
Wis
Jackson County National Farmers Organization
Wisconsin
Donald D. Boettcher
R. J. Humbird
Monroe County
James W. Rice
William Yahnke
Dist. Atty
Donald Goodman
Boettcher
NFC
Gerald Donovan
Yahnke
Donovan
Vahnke
Hering
Vernon
Jackson
Pickets Close Bangor Yard in NFC Farm Protest
National Farmers Organization pickets closed the Bangor Livestock yard run by Everett Bergemann after three trucks were turned away. About 75 NFC members patrolled Bangor while West Salem yard stayed open with only a few cattle unloaded. No serious incidents occurred as police were alerted to false alarms and cross-county picketing.
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Oss
Sparta
Tomah
Equity Livestock Market
Randall
Hering
Equity Cooperative
Garmon
Aney
Norman Olson
NFO
Equity
West Salem
Wilbert Witte
Monroe County Nfc
Alf Kirkeby
Rolland Jones
Bergemann
Bangor
Tribune
National Farmers Organization
Everett Bergemann
NFC
Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
al Hemker
Johnson Hesitating Over Humphrey As VP
Johnson weighs Humphrey as running mate amid Dixie opposition as Alabama and Mississippi delegations dispute seating. Kennedy enters New York Senate race as Humphrey favored by many Democrats for VP. McCarthy suggested by Georgia’s Gov. Sanders as a South option. The convention aims for unity while avoiding a floor fight and major civil rights clashes.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Johnson
LBJ
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dixie
Alabama
Mississippi
Minnesota
Humphrey
Carl Sanders
Georgia
South
White House
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Sanders
McCarthy
Wisconsin Delegation Backs Freedom Demos In Seating Controversy
Wisconsin delegates moved to back a roll call vote if needed to seat Mississippi Freedom Democrats. The controversy stalled seating for both Freedom and regular Mississippi delegates at the Democratic convention, as Kastenmeier and others pushed for a compromise or floor vote to split Mississippi’s votes between rival delegations.
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Johnson
Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Freedom Demos
Atlantic City
Freedom
Freedom Party
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Eugene
Bull) Connor
Badger
Connor
Birmingham
John W. Reynolds
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
John Gronouski
Robert Kastenmeier
Watertown
Convention
Kastenmeier
Freedom Group
Milwaukee Man Dies While Testifying in Son's Divorce Case
Albert L. Hansen aged 55 collapsed in the witness chair of a circuit court as he testified in the divorce action involving his son Richard Hansen, 25, accused by his wife Barbara Ann Hansen, 22, of cruelty.
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Milwaukee
Albert L. Hansen
Black River Falls
Richard
Richland Center
Hansen
Richard Hansen
Barbara Ann
Wauwatosa
Democratic National Convention Tuesday Schedule in Atlantic City
AP reports the Democratic National Convention will convene at 7 p.m. CDT with an invocation by Rabbi Eli Pilchik and the Pledge of Allegiance. National anthem by Mace Barrett followed by reports from the permanent organization committee read by Norman Stoll. Speakers include Rep. John McCormack, Rep. Charles Weltner, and Sen. Birch Bayh. Benediction by Rev. Frank A. P. Pehrson. Adjournment.
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Atlantic City
Rabbi Eli Pilchik
Mace Barrett
Committee On
Norman Stoll
Oregon
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Charles Weltner
Georgia
Platform Committee
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Frank A. P. Pehrson
Government forces claim Viet Cong losses in rice delta sweep
Government forces say 77 Viet Cong guerrillas were killed and 52 captured in a three day operation near Binh Dinh to protect the rice crop. Three government troops were killed and 116 Viet Cong captured in the ongoing sweep 275 miles northeast of Saigon. The operation aims to keep harvest area from falling to Communists.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Binh Dinh
U.S
Buddhists Battle Catholics in Da Nang Riot Demolitions
In Da Nang South Vietnam riotous Buddhists looted and burned about 15 Catholic homes as troops watched. American advisers protested halted action while the town’s mostly Catholic refugees fled toward boats offshore. Many residents are Hanoi Catholics now in South Vietnam.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Chanh Thi
U.S. Army
John H. Wehner
Canton
Miss
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Saigon
South China Sea
Sampans
Hanoi
South
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Bomb damage at Saigon Caravelle Hotel injures nine
A terrorist bomb shattered parts of two floors at Saigon's Caravelle Hotel, injuring nine people including four Americans. The blast hit a room rented Monday night by a Vietnamese man sought by police, with victims mainly from flying glass and debris. The Americans comprise Mr. and Mrs. Dan Moran of San Francisco, Mrs. Hugh G. Glassford of NBC, and an unidentified U.S. serviceman.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Caravelle
Dan Moran
San Francisco
Hugh G. Glassford
National Broadcasting Co
U.S
Two Survivors Die After Minnesota Crash Toll Rises
The crash near Aurora Minnesota kills five more people and leaves two survivors dead. Jerrell LeRoy Jorgenson 26 and his son Brian 8 die within hours in Duluth after his wife Ladonna 21 perished in the same wreck. Jacqueline Kochevar 21 and cousins Max 21 Robert 20 Judith 13 from White Plains New York also died. Deputy coroner Dr David Sher notes a possible left front tire blowout on the Kochevar car before the crash on Minn 135 west of Aurora.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Minn
Minnesota
Jerrell LeRoy Jorgenson
Columbia Heights
Brian
Duluth
Jorgenson
Ladonna 21
Jacqueline Kochevar
Gilbert
Max Kochevar
Robert
Judith
White Plains
N.Y
Max Sr
David Sher
St. Louis County
Rochevar
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