Two-Front War Rages In Saigon
In Saigon, South Vietnamese troops with U S air support smashed a Viet Cong pocket on one edge of the city and battled another guerrilla force on a different front. At least 240 Viet Cong bodies were found in debris while two U S gunship helicopters were struck during strafing runs and one helicopter crashed.
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Accident Victim Dies Of Injuries
Michael Rumble, 7, of Las Vegas, died from injuries after a bicycle collision with a panel truck on Decatur Boulevard. Witnesses describe the accident near a restaurant driveway. Survived by Navy Commander Maurice W. Rumble and spouse. funeral arrangements pending at Palm Mortuary.
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Western Union Strike Averts Nationwide Telegraph Walkout
Negotiators reached a deal three minutes before midnight to prevent a nationwide walkout by about twenty four thousand seven hundred Western Union telegraphers. The agreement ends the potential strike that threatened service across the United States.
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Washington
UPS
Western Union
United States resumes arms shipments to Jordan after war
The State Department announced the United States has resumed arms and ammunition shipments to Jordan, routine under a March arms deal and not due to pressure. Large cargo planes deliver munitions and parts, with tanks to be sent by sea and 11 F104 jet bombers to be flown from Europe. Jordan funded by a $112 million pool from Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, with jets already purchased from Britain.
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RFK Attacks McCarthy On War Talk
In San Francisco Kennedy accused McCarthy of distorting his Vietnam and Dominican Republic records. He blasted administration war policy, defended his antiwar stance since 1965, and urged talks with the Viet Cong while calling nationalism a rising force. He spoke before the Commonwealth Club amid large crowds.
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De Gaulle Forces Army as France Faces Civil Unrest
De Gaulle tightens grip amid leftist threats as France endures a sweeping strike wave. Cabinet reshuffle names Maurice Couve de Murville finance minister while Debre becomes foreign minister. Armored brigades moved to camps near Paris as tensions ease for now.
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Quaid Orsay
Michel Debre
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De Gaulle Sparks Soviet Reaction as Pravda Reports
Pravda published its Paris correspondent’s report on De Gaulle’s speech and leftist reactions. Observers say Kremlin gauges winds of change in France and may shift stance as Soviet leadership weighs its response to Gaullist pressure.
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Nevada Graduates 46 from Brigham Young University
Forty six Nevadans earned diplomas at Brigham Young University alongside 2 850 other graduates. Named honorees include Diane Jacobs Walter Larsen and Carl Stubbs from Boulder City and several others from Caliente Ely Fallon Hawthorne Henderson Las Vegas Logandale Lund McGill Mesquite North Las Vegas Pioche Reno Wells Winnemucca and Yerington with first names and surnames listed.
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Diane Jacobs
Walter Larsen
Carl Stubbs
Caliente
Fred Forsyth
Ely
Richard Haynes
James Herrick
Wallace Black
Ann Gudmanson
Jeanette Herrick
Millie Luscher
Eureka
Roger Thiriot
Fallon
Roger Sorenson
Richard Lattin
Hawthorne
Darrol Jeffers
Henderson
Phildon DeMille
Stephen Sullivan
Logandale
Tommy Bowler
Lund
Pamela Smart
McGill
Vicki Slater
Gary Tidwell
Mesquite
Donald White
North Las Vegas
Marie Petersen
Pioche
Ranae Morris
Reno
Thomas Crockett
Wells
John Neff
Winnemucca
Robert Cowan
Byron Phillips
Yerington
Tamera Jeppson
Carolyn Billows
Sit In at HEW Sees Welfare Reform Talk and Expand Plans
The Poor People's March leaders conclude a two hour sit in at HEW demanding a federal welfare system and announce plans to expand to 15 cities. Secretary Cohen meets with the protesters promising constructive responses while marchers prepare Resurrection City near the Lincoln Memorial and await further actions.
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Coffin offers to accept punishment in draft case
In Boston Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. testified he would accept punishment for aiding draft resisters to test the legality of U S involvement in Vietnam. He said he never advocated burning draft cards nor counseled others to refuse service.
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Benjamin Spock
Young
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Vietnam
Last Rites Monday For News Proxy
William R. McAndrew NBC news president and pioneer of television news programming will receive a Requiem Mass at St. Joseph's Church in Bronxville New York next Monday at 11 a.m. He died at Bronxville Hospital from injuries after a fall earlier in the week. McAndrew, 53, had 17 years with NBC expanding TV news reporting to conventions and initiating satellites for world coverage and exchanges with European networks.
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Canadian and Argentine Heart Transplants Tough but Successful
A Canadian butcher received the heart of a pregnant mother of four and an Argentine noodle seller received a union leader’s heart in world firsts. Both recipients, Albert Murphy and Pedro Serrano, survived four hour operations, with Murphy awake and hopeful and Serrano breathing with help.
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Montreal
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Pierre Grondin
Gerard Rondeau
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Lanus
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Joe Ferreira da Cunha
Frederick West
Jean-Marie Boulogne
John Fierro
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Trunk Death Probe In New York Teens Case
Police probe the death of Nancy Perri 17 whose nude body was found in a trunk floating in New York Harbor. Preliminary autopsy shows no obvious violence while investigators search Greenwich Village and the East Village hippie hangouts for clues.
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Michael Calderone
Great Kills Park
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