Viet Nam War Battle Yields Major Government Victory
South Viet Nam’s 1st Army Division ended three days of fierce combat by destroying one Red battalion and crippling another in the northern province near the frontier with North Viet Nam. Commanders reported 319 Communists killed, 96 captured, 68 weapons seized. U.S. advisers called it a major victory with Marine Maj. N. E. Andersen asserting near annihilation of a battalion.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St Army
Viet Nam
U.S
N. E. Andersen
Cranston, R.I
Russell: U S gains in Vietnam cited by senator
Sen. Richard B. Russell said the U S military situation in Vietnam is improving and Saigon political stability is better than six weeks ago. He noted progress against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese despite internal political divisiveness. He also described Army plans to convert WWII oil tankers into floating electrical plants for Vietnam and cited drug use against malaria reducing cases among U S troops.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Georgia Democrat
Roy Lassetter Jr
House Appropriations Committee
South Viet Nam
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Johnson
United States
Congress
Indictments Shock Wisconsin Leaders in bribery case
A Dane County grand jury indicted two veteran state assemblymen and a Milwaukee bank president on bribery charges. Governor Knowles called the move shocking while urging due process. Lt. Gov. Lucey stressed courts and juries must decide guilt, as bankers voiced concern over image damage.
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Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bankers Association
Stevens Point
Dane County
Senate
Hartz
Badger State Association of Banks
Wisconsin Assemblymen Deny Bribery Charges In Lobby Probe
Two Republican assemblymen Paul Alfonsi and Willis Hutnik and Milwaukee banker Howard Meister face bribery charges from a Dane County Grand jury probing lobbying. Alfonsi and Hutnik plead not guilty and seek speedy trials with jury dates set for July. Meister denies wrongdoing and claims grand jury politics.
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R-Minocqua
Willis Hutnik
Ladysmith
Howard Meister
West Side Bank of Milwaukee
Assemblymen
Meister
Associated Press
Madison
Milwaukee
Dane County
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
West Side Bank of
Anthony Wise
Hayward
Alfonsi
Hutnik
Milwaukee County Democratic
Dorothy Effinger
BUNKER SLATED TO REPLACE LODGE IN VIET NAM POST
A new U.S. ambassador to Saigon is planned with Ellsworth Bunker chosen for the post. He is a seasoned Southeast Asia diplomat and member of the OAS peace commission in the Dominican Republic, credited with helping the recent Dominican election. Secretary Rusk favors Bunker taking over before the September vote to ease election tensions. Whether Lodge agrees to depart before the election remains uncertain.
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Allen
Paul Scott Washington
U.S
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Southeast Asia
Peace Commission
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Bunker
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rusk
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Mississippi march confronts violence and calls for protection
The Mississippi voter registration march faced a new gunfire explosion in Canton where a white man was shot and Civil Rights leader C O Chinn was arrested. Plans for a Philadelphia rally linked to past civil rights sorrow prompted court action for police protection and federal injunction.
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Miss
Mississippi
Canton
Dan Thompson
C. O. Chinn
Thompson
Philadelphia
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Floyd B. McKissick
King
De Gaulle Begins Russia Tour With Novosibirsk Stop
French President Charles de Gaulle flew from Moscow to Novosibirsk, a major Soviet science and industry center, for the first stop of an 11 day state visit. He stressed scientific cooperation to build peaceful Franco Soviet ties, accompanied by Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny on the 1,700 mile trip to Leningrad Kiev and Volgograd.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Siberian
Novosibirsk
Soviet Union
de Gaulle
France
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Leningrad
Kiev
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Senators Use Free Mail To Congratulate Graduates
About 30,000 congratulatory cards were mailed to Minnesota high school graduates by Senators Mondale and McCarthy under congressional franks. The Post Office Department has ruled the use permissible, with future guidelines possible. If later ruled unlawful, the senators will cover the $1,500 mailing cost.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Mondale
Post Office Department
Tim May
McCarthy
May
Racial Tensions Erupt in Pompano Beach Riot
Police in riot gear confronted more than 200 protesters in Pompano Beach's Negro district after a day of violence. A truce briefly reduced street activity before youths regrouped. no arrests were made and only a patrol car window was broken amid the unrest.
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Fila
Gan
Fla
Negro District
UPI Telephoto
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Edwin Wilke
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Bronson la Follette
Warren P. Knowles
Torphy
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Congress of Racial Equality
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