Reds Tightening Ring Around Khe Sanh Base
U S and allied forces pressed to isolate Khe Sanh as North Vietnamese troops and tanks pressed operations in northwestern South Vietnam. Marines at Khe Sanh fortified three hilltop positions while air resupply continued amid heavy fighting and improving weather.
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Panhandle
U.S
South Vietnam
Gis
Hue
Saigon
304Th
Dien Bien Phu
Jerry E. Hudson
Norfolk
Hudson
26Th Marine Regiment
Col
David Lownds
Plantation
Fla
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Phu Bai
Lownds
Faint Hopes For Teacher Strike Amid Turmoil
In San Francisco, a high school disruption saw students hurling trash can lids, eggs, and breaking bulbs. Police arrested eleven, eight of them juveniles. In Pittsburgh, 1,000 of 3,100 teachers have been on strike since Thursday as State official John Tabor set a meeting between the Federation of Teachers and a school board committee.
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San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh teachers threaten largest picket line in history
The union linked to the American Federation of Teachers promised the biggest Pittsburgh picket line around the school board headquarters Monday as Judge John P. Hester considers a $200000 fine for ignoring the injunction. In Wellston Missouri 100 teachers planned four day personal holidays to protest a defeated school tax levy referendum and would use classrooms to educate parents on school finances.
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American Federation of Teachers
Pittsburgh
Common Pleas Court
John P. Hester
St. Louis
Wellston
U.S. Vows to Maintain Gold Price at 35 Dollars an Ounce
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sparkman says top officials assured no change to the 35 dollar per ounce gold price. The statement follows Javits urging devaluation and a London bullion surge. Administration aims to free gold reserves by removing reserve requirements and expanding gold available to meet demand.
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Washington
UPI
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
United States
U.S
Sparkman
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Flower
Martin
Treasury Department
House
Kerner faults media for fueling race strife in interview
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, chair of Johnson's civil disorders commission, said mass media create the impression that Negro extremists lead Black communities. He cited Urban League and NAACP as stable groups and criticized focus on radicals like H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael. He also questioned reports of Detroit and Newark snipers as exaggerations.
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UPS
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Johnson
Special Commission On
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Urban League
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
H. Rap Brown
Stokely Carmichael
Irv Kupcinet
Kerner
Mammouth
Kerner Commission
Detroit
Newark
N.J
Tony Curtis to Wed Model Leslie Allen This Year
Hollywood star Tony Curtis 41 says he will marry model Leslie Allen of Newton Massachusetts before year end. Curtis was divorced last December by Christine Kaufmann 23 a German native he wed February 8 1963 in Las Vegas.
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Hollywood
UPI
Tony Curtis
Leslie Allen
Newton
Mass
Curtis
Christine Kaufmann
Germany
Las Vegas
Atomic Expert Warns On Nuclear Arms Use
Biochemist's remains found by Boy Scouts with an empty thermos bottle near the skeleton as authorities assess possible signs of nuclear arms use and related dangers.
Smut Links Censured by FBI Chief Amid Street Riots
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover blames pornography for rising sex violence and questions media emphasis on obscenity. He calls for public vigilance, reporting obscene material to authorities, and for citizens to aid prosecutions. The report notes a broader crime climate tied to moral standards.
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UPL
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Scientist Warns Against Nuclear Use at Khe Sanh
Washington expert Dr. Ralph E. Lapp argues tactical nuclear weapons would be ineffective in the Khe Sanh conflict and could erode global deterrence. He notes napalm and conventional blasts already mimic much of the damage and warns against any misreading of nuclear policy.
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Washington
UPI
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Ralph E. Lapp
Manhattan Project
Lapp
Air Force
Vietnam
United States
Laop
Indiana pair captured in Michigan service station slayings
Clarke Martin, 20, and Sandra Goadie, 13, both of Grand Rapids, were arrested by Indiana State Police on murder charges tied to the rifle killings of two Grand Rapids area attendants. Police found a .44 Magnum rifle and about $500 in their car along the Indiana Toll Road after the bodies of Gerald Gort and Jack McRoy were found at a Walker City station.
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LA Porte, Ind
UPI
Indiana
Michigan
Clarke Martin
Sandra Goadie
Grand Rapids
Mich
la Porte County
Martin
Gerald Gort
Jack McRoy
Walker City
Indiana Toll Road
Novie
Bonnie and Clyde
Gort
McRoy
Carlton
UAW Chief Demands Convention Over Labor Movement
The United Auto Workers urged AFL CIO president George Meany to call a special convention next December to debate revitalizing the American labor movement. If denied, the UAW threatened disaffiliation. The move follows a long feud with Meany and notes a mandate from a previous UAW executive board election.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
George Meany
Aflcio
Giant
Labor Federation
UAW
Afl-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Meany
Reuther
Bomb hits U.S. Consulate in Turin Italy
A bomb exploded at the U.S. Consulate in Turin damaging the entrance and wall but no injuries were reported. The consulate was closed for the weekend. the Swedish consulate in the same building remained undamaged.
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Turin
Italy
UPI
U. S
New Air Era Seen by LBJ In CSA Show
Police turned away 17 demonstrators at Ramey Air Force Base gates as President Johnson stayed with family for a weekend in the sun. Demonstrators carried anti Johnson and anti war signs and vowed to return with students from San Juan University. Johnson spoke in Georgia at the C5A rollout and said the era marks stronger American military might. He noted a long road traveled and joked the C5A could hold hay. He left Texas for Marietta and Houston during the trip before heading to Puerto Rico.
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P. R
UPI
President Johnson
Johnson
Vietnam
San Juan University
P.R
Caribbean
Georgia
Washington
America
Texas
Houston Space Flight Center
Lockheed-Marietta, Ga
Ramey
Big Three Auto Makers Boost February Output
Detroit report shows GM Chrysler and Ford combined output at 694,047 cars in February, about 10,000 more than a year earlier. GM produced 339,005 autos in U S plants, Ford 239,089, Chrysler 115,953, while American Motors did not report February figures.
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Big Three Auto Makers
Detroit
APL
U. S
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
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