Secret bomb used in biggest air raid over Yen Bay
UPI reports 120 U S Air Force jets attacked Yen Bay 80 miles north of Hanoi with a secret anti-personnel bomb. The raid damaged warehouses and anti aircraft positions, left flames over a mile high, and two Thunderchiefs plus a Phantom were down with crews missing.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Yen Bay
Hanoi
Air Force
China
U. S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
Hon Me Island
Denning Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charge in McNamee beating
Phillip Denning, 22, pleads guilty to attempted voluntary manslaughter in the assault on Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank McNamee. District Judge Frank Gregory imposes a 15 year sentence. Others charges are dismissed. Readiness of Denning to stand trial confirmed by a sanity verdict and psychiatric testimony.
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Denning
Gregory
McNamee
Zephyr Cove
Lake Tahoe
St. Louis
Missouri
Harman Seeks North Las Vegas State Senate Seat
Ralph Harman announces candidacy for the Nevada state senate from North Las Vegas. He emphasizes service to the community and trust in office, noting his 32 years of marriage to Arda and their two children David and Gayle.
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Ralph Harman
Harman
Las Vegas
Arda
David
Brigham Young University
Gayle
Gemini 9 Flight Delayed By Weather And Equipment Troubles
Space officials warned that Cape Canaveral weather could again delay the Gemini 9 mission. Directors blamed a malfunctioning black box at Cape control, delaying America's most sophisticated space test for a third time after previous Agena satellite and test delays.
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Space Program
Cape Control
America
Agena
Stafford
Cernan
Surveyor Prepared for Moon Landing in Sea of Storms
Surveyor was to touch down after a 63 hour 213,483 mile voyage within the Sea of Storms on the moon. It would shed weight by jettisoning a retrorocket and use shock absorbers and crushable pads to cushion impact before the vernier engines slowed its descent to a gentle glide.
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Surveyor
Moon
Uncle Sam
Russia
Equator
Crater
Flamstead
Lost Bay Hunt Reaches Desert After Boy Missing
Sheriff Capt. Ray Gubser says footprints suit a boy of his age and no adult tracks found. Bloodhounds from Navy planes join 400 deputies 41 horsemen 28 four wheel drives and 130 on foot in search near Tonopah and Camp Bonanza with others.
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Larry
Tonopah
Indian Springs
Ray Gubser
San Diego
Sheriffs Deputies
Nellis Air Force Base
Sam
Teiher
Bert L. Webb
el Cajon
Calif
Joe
British TV Hear Ho Chi Minh Warn End Fight in Viet Nam War
London reports show Ho Chi Minh speaking in English on the program Reporting 66. He vows fights to the end and says the United States is grossly mistaken to win by bombing North Vietnam. Captured pilots Maj. Lawrence Guarino and Lt Cmdr. Raymond Wohden defend their status as prisoners of war.
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Ho Chi Minh Wow
Viet Nam
London
UPI
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
United States
South Viet Nam
Maj
Lawrence Guarino
Cmdr
Raymond Wohden
Hanoi
North
Guarino
U. S
Thailand
Wohden
Hancock
Smathers seeks end to blanket college student draft deferments
Senator Smathers introduced an amendment to end broad college deferments and let the President grant deferments only for fields vital to national interest such as doctors and scientists. He condemned the current system as unfair and argued Texas and Michigan draft figures show inequities, noting Texas and Michigan call rates and population differences.
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Washington
UPI
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Texas
Detroit Teachers Strike Threat Across Suburbs
Up to 2500 Detroit area teachers planned walkouts defying a Michigan anti-strike law. Governor Romney warned of possible “absolute chaos” as 84 schools faced closures. The Michigan Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO scheduled strikes in two suburbs involving 795 teachers and 220 more in another suburb unless negotiations succeed.
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Detroit
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
Michigan Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Four Queens Owens Today tops by a nightclub and bar
A Tuesday warehouse fire destroyed about 20000 of air conditioning gear slated for the Four Queens casino at Fremont and Casino Center Boulevard. Golfstein says replacements will not delay today’s opening as the casino unveils a 250000 celebration with major prizes and 449 slot machines.
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Golfstein
Fremont
Casino Center Boulevard
United States
Tommy Callahan
Jerome Mack
Art Ham, Jr
Einer Abramson
Jim Garrett
Charles Stump
Jack Sullivan
Glenn Neely
Ted Tsouras
Keno
Joe Liska
Ray Wills
Nick Podar
Hester Mayes
Joe Michael
Glen Bodell
Vane Weidenkopf
Bell
Leonard Marxen
William T. Mayes
Irene Cooper
Mark Twain Fight Reignites Litigation Over Companies
A Nevada court restrains Mark Twain entities and Peoples Investment Co from improper transfers as the suit details misappropriations totaling over 275000. Dunne, hired as president, asserts an insolvency as of May 27 1966 and warns of action if board inaction continues. Accountability includes payments to Frisby Eddington Duncan and others, plus unlicensed private detectives and misleading advertising.
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Dunne
Peoples Investment Company
Mark Twain
C. Larry Frisby
W. Mark Eddington
Peoples Investment Co
Frisby
Eddington
Adam Duncan
Salt Lake City
Duncan
Nevada
J. MacCarthur Wright
Carson City
Wright
al Cutler
Mark Twain, Peoples Investment Co
Computer Services Inc
New York News Strike Talks Return to Normal
Negotiations in the 39 day old newspaper strike resumed after dissident Newspaper Guild of New York members halted their threat to form a new union. The move ended a halt to contract talks and conflicting charges between guild factions and management.
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N.Y
NEW York
UPI
Newspaper Guild of New York
Herald Tribune
World Journal Tribune, Inc
France Rejects Joint Talks On Troops In Germany With NATO
Paris sources say France will not discuss the future role of its 70 000 troops in West Germany with a five nation NATO group. They call the proposal unacceptable and say talks should be military only with SHAPE before NATO council ratification.
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Paris
UPI
France
NATO
Germany
NATO Council
United States
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Benelux
Bonn
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
SHAPE
Reds Level Guns at U.S. on Viet Nam
East German Polish and Romanian leaders denounced U.S. Viet Nam policy at the 13th Czechoslovak Communist Party Congress in Prague. Romanian official Birladeanu called for an end to American air raids and withdrawal of foreign troops. Polish politburo member Ochab urged stopping the aggression. CTK reported from Prague.
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Reds
U.S
Viet Nam
Vienna
UPI
East Germany
Poland
Romania
United States
Prague
West Germany
Alexandru Birladeanu
Romanian Communist Party
Democratic Republic of
Edward Ochab
Communist Party
Politbureau
CTK
OGO Satellite Set for June 6 Launch
The U.S. Space Agency plans to orbit the 1,135 pound OGO observatory on June 6 provided Gemini 9 proceeds as scheduled. The instrument packed geophysical observatory carries 21 experiments to study sun earth relations and will reach an orbit up to 76,000 miles.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
U.S. Space Agency
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
OGO
Earth
Ship Sinking A Mystery Rescue of 27 Off California
Twenty seven aboard the freighter Aktor were rescued after its sinking about 800 miles southwest of Long Beach. Among the survivors were two women identified as wives of the captain and engineer. An injured man remained unidentified as the Kendall Fish and Pioneer Main ferried the survivors toward San Diego and the Panama Canal.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
San Diego
Aktor
Red China
Coast Guard
Here
S.S. Kendall Fish
Lykes Line
U.S
Pioneer Main
Panama Canal
Legal Aid Grants Boost Fight Against Poverty
Washington federal grants totaling 4.25 million fund legal aid for the poor, part of 17.9 million allocated this year. Sargent Shriver announced the effort, noting only six of the 50 largest cities lack a program, while Harvard and Montana receive support for experimental and circuit-riding attorney initiatives.
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Washington
UPI
Sargent Shriver
Memphis
Ft. Worth
Birmingham
Dayton
Ohio
el Paso
Tex
Norfolk
Harvard Law School
Montana
Kennedy Begins Africa Tour Aimed at Broad U S Outreach
Senator Robert F. Kennedy departed for a four nation African tour with U S blessing though described as unofficial. He plans meetings with Tanzania's Julius Nyerere Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta Ethiopia's Haile Selassie and may seek South African engagement despite restrictions.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
U. S
State Department
South Africa
Tanzania
Kenya
Ethiopia
Africa
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senegal
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