McCarthy and Kennedy near clash as Kennedy mixup stirs dinner
Sen McCarthy sought a Kennedy face to face debate but metEdward Kennedy of Massachusetts instead of Robert F Kennedy at a San Francisco labor dinner. McCarthy plans Oregon primary push while Kennedy says he never accepted the dinner invite and cites scheduling conflicts.
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SAN Francisco
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Minnesota
Robert Kennedy
McCarthy
Sen
Massachusetts
New York
California
Oregon
Klamath Falls
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Organized Labor
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Humphrey
Sen. Kennedy
Gold price hits record in London then eases
Gold rose to a record $42.60 an ounce on the London free market before retreating as profit taking set in. The afternoon fixing at $42.40 remained above Monday, with silver peaking at $2.57 as investors shift from gold. The pound slid to a new low in unsettled forex trading.
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London
New York
Four U S Bases Hit by Heavy Mortar Attacks Near Hue
North Vietnamese forces fired about 500 mortar rounds and 100 pound rockets at four U S headquarters in the Hue area in one of the war's heaviest shellings. An infantry assault was repulsed at one base as U S command reported light to negligible damage and at least eight U S soldiers and 21 enemy killed.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Hue
U.S. Air Cavalry Division
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Paris
Westmoreland
Quang Tri City
Camp Eagle
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Screaming Eagles
Camp Evans
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Phu Bai
Tran van Huong
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Huong
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen van Loc
Johnson seeks 3.9 billion more for war effort
President Johnson asked Congress for an additional 3.9 billion dollars to fund military operations in Vietnam and Korea for the fiscal year ending June 30. The request would raise defense spending to 76.2 billion, with most for Vietnam, plus 230 million for Korea and 300 million for potential emergencies. He urged prompt action and vowed support for fighting men until peace comes.
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Johnson
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Vietnam
South Korea
House
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Mass
McCormack
French Cabinet Approves Amnesty for Students Amid Strike
The French Cabinet endorsed an amnesty bill forgiving students charged with violence in the street fighting during the strike crisis, except for theft between February 1 and May 15, and sent it to Parliament for ratification. The move came as Premier Pompidou faced a censure vote and the nationwide work stoppage affected six million workers, crippling transport, industry, and services.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Gorse
Georges Pompidou
National Assembly
Gaullist
President denounces campaign bad-mouthing at New York event
President Johnson urged an end to criticizing the country as he spoke at an Arthritis Foundation banquet in New York. He warned that despair and hostile rhetoric hurt national unity and did not target any candidate directly.
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Associated Press
Johnson
America
New York
Arthritis Foundation
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Miami Beach
South
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Florida
Claude Kirk
Rockefeller
University of Florida At
Gainesville
Kennedy
Middle East
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Humphrey
State Road Death Toll Reaches 387 in Wisconsin
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin’s 1968 highway toll rose to 387 after a Sheboygan County crash. James Federer, 22, of Sheboygan was killed when a car left a county highway about one and a half miles southwest of Sheboygan Monday night.
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Associated Press
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
James Federer
She
Boygan
Harriman De Gaulle Hold Courtesy Talks on Vietnam Peace
Ambassador Harriman meets with Charles de Gaulle in Paris as nations including Britain France and the Soviet Union may influence Vietnam peace progress. Thuy to see De Gaulle. Hanoi signals readiness to discuss a settlement based on the 1954 Geneva accords amid stalled negotiations in Paris.
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Romania
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Charles de Gaulle
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Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Hanoi
Vietnam
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Italks
Michael Stewart
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
China
Peking
Passengers Abandon Burning Norwegian Cruise Ship Blenheim
Fire erupted aboard the 5000 ton Blenheim in the North Sea forcing 98 passengers and most of the 80 crew to abandon ship. One passenger injured. two Danish trawlers assisted by taking about 65 passengers to Esbjerg. Owners said everyone rescued. 38 British passengers aboard, others Norwegian.
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London
North Sea
Esbjerg
Poor People's Campaign Delivers Delegations to Congress
About 75 people from Resurrection City departed to press House hearings on hunger and jobs while 10 were sent to a Senate hearing on urban problems. Jesse Jackson urged nonviolence and solidarity as the marchers sought action from lawmakers.
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Congressional
House
Senate
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Potomac River
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Capitol Hill
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jackson
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