Released Airmen Heading For Home
Three U S airmen Maj Morris Overly Capt Jon Black and Lt David Matheny freed by North Vietnam arrived at Vientiane Laos on an ICC plane with two American pacifists. They spoke briefly to wives and planned to fly to Udorn and Clark before returning to the United States.
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USS
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
David P. Matheny
South Bend
Ind
John D. Black
Johnson City
Tenn
Maj
Norris M. Overly
Wheeling
W.va
UPI
Manila
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
International Control Commission
United States
Morris Overly
Detroit
Jon David Black
J.g
David Matheny
ICC
U.S. Air Force Base
Udorn
Thailand
Clark
Overly
America
Ruth
Associated Press
Oscoda
Mich
Morris
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Washington
North
Dieter Dengler
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Protesters Try To Disrupt N Y Track Meet
Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed for hours outside Madison Square Garden as pickets attempted to bar Negro athletes from a New York Athletic Club track meet. Nine Negroes competed. several athletes withdrew amid alleged threats and exploitation claims.
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NEW York
New
Madison Square Garden
New York Athletic Club
NYAC
Pennsylvania Station
Johnson keeps Westmoreland in Vietnam amid war doubts
President Johnson said General Westmoreland will remain in Vietnam and peace talks with Hanoi show no progress. He dismissed rumors about Westmoreland’s competence, noted no nuclear weapons recommendation, and left open if new U.S. troop levels will be needed while citing Cyrus Vance’s mission to Seoul on Korea issues.
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Daniel Berrigan
Cornell University
Howard Zinn
Boston University
National Mobilization Committee
David Dellinger
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Father Berrigan
Pham
Zinn
Johnson
San Antonio
Berrigan
Washington
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Westmoreland
U Thant
United Nations
Russia
India
England
France
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Korea
Cyrus R. Vance
Seoul
Vance
South Korea
Pueblo
Sloshed gasoline tavern fire kills twelve in Missouri
In Moberly Missouri a man sloshed gasoline in a tavern then lit a match and fled. Twelve people died as victims packed at the back door unable to escape. William Edward Coleman 36 ex convict surrendered after the blaze and faces murder charges.
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Moberly
Clifford Falzone
Randolph County
William Edward Coleman
Ray Curtis
Falzone
Coleman
State Reformatory
Missouri
St. Louis
U.S. Ends Search For Downed Pilot
The Pentagon says a large scale sea search for Lt. (j.g.) Joseph P. Dunn, shot down near Hainan Island, has ended with no sign of the pilot. Carriers, destroyers and aircraft conducted the hunt, but the operation was abandoned after no contact or debris was found.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
J.g
Joseph P. Dunn
al Skyraider
China
Hainan Island
Defense Department
Judge Captain Resolve Contempt Case Over Coffee
In Milwaukee a contempt citation involving Capt George Rosales and Judge Harold Bode was settled over coffee. Bode had found Rosales in contempt for not providing coffee for 12 jurors during a Milwaukee presiding session, but dropped the charge after meeting Rosales and noting distractions in the case.
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Milwaukee
Sheriff’s Office
Kenosha
Harold M. Bode
George Rosales
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department
Bode
Kosales
Man Accused of Killing Girl in Gaffney Slaying Case
A 31-year-old textile worker from Gaffney is jailed in Columbia on murder charges for Opal Dianne Buckson 15 and linked to the stranglings of Nancy Parris 20 and Nancy Rinehart 14. Authorities tie Lee Roy Martin to the three killings, with a fourth eerily referenced by a caller. The case spurred fear after a bus stop abduction and nude, strangled bodies found in rural areas.
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Gaffney, S.C
State Department of Corrections
Columbia
Lee Roy Martin
Gaffney
Opal Dianne Buckson
C. L McKinnon
State Law Enforcement Division
Martin
Nancy Carol Parris
Nancy Christine Rinehart
McKinnon
Bill Gibbons
Gaffney Ledger
Miss Buckson
Annie Lucille Dedmond
Forest City
N.C
Roger Z. Dedmond
S.C
Julian Wright
UPI Telephoto
Judge Klein condemns miniskirt by fellow judge Cannon
Judge Joan Dempsey Klein criticized Noel Cannon for wearing miniskirts during a news conference announcing Klein's candidacy for the Superior Court bench. Klein called Cannon's conduct embarrassing to the Municipal Court judges. Cannon's miniskirt attire drew both approval and disapproval.
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Los Angeles
Joan Dempsey Klein
Noel Cannon
Klein
Superior Court
Cannon
Army Readies 15000 for Riot Control Duties
The Army plans to deploy more than 15,000 troops in seven brigade size task forces for civil disturbance duty this summer. Army chief Gen. Harold K. Johnson told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the National Guard retains primary responsibility, with regular Army units available if needed.
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Washington
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Stanley R. Resor
National Guard
Weekend cold spell with frigid lows and light precip chances
A fair and cold weekend with temperatures dipping to 5 to 10 below zero at night and a high near 15. Precipitation chances are under five percent. Monday remains fair and slightly warmer with lows near zero.
Second wave of attacks hits Saigon and allies
Communist forces launched a second weekend offensive with rocket and mortar strikes on Tan Son Nhut air base and the South Vietnamese joint staff in Saigon. Reports said Bien Hoa Long Binh Can Tho My Tho and Nha Be faced shelling as officials warned of a coordinated push near Khe Sanh.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Joint General Staff
Bien Hoa
Long Binh
Nha Be
Can Tho
My Tho
Mekong Delta
Ellsworth Bunker
William CC
Westmoreland
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Smith Succeeds Trowbridge In Cabinet Post
President Johnson names C. R. Smith to replace Alexan der B. Trowbridge as secretary of commerce amid a cabinet reshuffle. Trowbridge resigns for health reasons after eight months. Smith, longtime airline executive and avi ation pioneer from Minerva Texas, has led American Airlines since 1934 and chairs the board since 1964.
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Washington
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Clark Clifford
John Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare
Englewood
N.J
Esso Standard Oil Co
Puerto Rico
Smith
American Airlines
Minerva, Tex
New York
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Vivian McSparren
LeRoy Willis
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