Marines Smash Viet Cong in Two Battles Near Da Nang
U S Marines killed 17 Viet Cong on a river crossing 20 miles south of Da Nang and 360 miles north of Saigon while another unit stormed Xuan Ngee village. In a separate near Saigon clash a U S Army squad suffered heavy casualties as U S artillery and air strikes aided reinforcements. The United States acknowledged firing across the Cambodian border in self defense amid escalating combat.
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UPI
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Leathernecks
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Xuan Ngee
Cai Bac
House panel backs 17.8 billion defense bill with two nuclear frigates
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 17.8 billion military authorization seeking two nuclear frigates despite Defense Secretary McNamara’s objections. The panel added a pay raise and Nike X funding while boosting total beyond administration and Senate levels.
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UPI
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Adm. Hyman Rickover
Navy
Senate
Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
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Navy Secretary
Congress
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Enterprise
Long Beach
Bainbridge
Milk price battle in Southern Nevada dairy hearings
Subpoenas issued to study marketing practices as Southern Nevada dairy distributors push a 14 to 1 cent price rise on store milk and 2 cents on home delivery. Dairies seek 0.9 cent per quart hike and freight-cost adjustments. Safeway backs 3 cent gap between store and home delivery prices. Commission split on granting concessions amid back-and-forth debates.
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Anderson
Bunker
Milk Department
Los Angeles
Dairy Commission
Safeway
LeLong
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Calif
Portland
Seattle
Commission
Plane lands at desert base after nose gear failure
Pilot Paper Clip White unaware six of eight wheels were operable lands the XB70 at a desert base despite a burst main gear and a smoking 7000 foot slide. Spokesmen say damage light and flight status to resume in about two weeks as engineers work to extend the nose gear with a wiring fix.
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Desert
Cotton
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Nellis School Guides Fighter Training and Viet Nam Link
The Fighter Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base conducts ground training and 54 days of flight hours for MIG knockouts. It refines training programs, sets fighter pilot qualifications, develops new tactics, tests hardware, and publishes a secret weapons newsletter for Air Force wings. Col. White notes lessons from Viet Nam are applied back home.
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Viet Nam
Cable Franchises face City Ruling on Poles and Underground Installations
City commissioners learned enforcement gaps exist for pole installation in rights of way by utilities and telephone firms. Public works director Richard Sauer said a tighter ordinance on the pole issue should be ready in about six months. He noted future subdivisions would require underground poles, to also cover cable systems. The proposed franchise ordinance was sent back to the city attorney for revisions.
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Public Works
Richard Sauer
Sauer
Yanks Killed in Air War Over Laos
The Defense Department disclosed 11 U S airmen killed in combat over Laos in the past two years. Fewer than 20 are missing or captured. With two exceptions the names have not been released and are not in Viet Nam casualty summaries, though Lao missions were linked to the war.
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Laos
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UPI
Defense Department
U.S
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Democrats urge blue ribbon panel on U S China policy
Edward Kennedy and George McGovern proposed a blue ribbon commission to overhaul U S policy toward Communist China. They spoke as Fulbright's Foreign Relations Committee began a reappraisal of relations with Peking and sought to keep the subject alive. The aim is to free U S relations from an emotional straightjacket.
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UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
George S. McGovern
S. D
Johnson
U. S
China
Senate
U.S
Peking
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J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
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Kennedy
McGovern
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Safety Hearings Cited As Cause Of Slump In Car Sales
House Republican leader Gerald R Ford asserts Senate auto safety hearings caused a drop in mid April car sales. He cites a 10 percent fall from 1965 levels and two consecutive 110 day periods below last year. Dealers split on blame with some noting broader factors and others linking publicity to the Corvair slump.
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Ford
U. S. Senate
United Press International
Michigan Republican
Chicago
Don Allen
New York
Chevrolet
Gerard G. Allen
Five Billion Dollar Space Program Approved by House
The House voted 348 to 10 to authorize NASA for the year starting July 1, backing a $5 billion civilian space program. It includes a moon dust laboratory and aims for a manned moon landing by 1970 while resisting cuts and reallocations proposed by critics. The total program cost is $4.9868 billion, to be funded separately.
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UPS
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate
James G. Fulton
R-Pa
Fulton
University Students Riot In Rome Over Elections
Neo fascist student demonstrators led by several deputies clashed with police in Rome during a week of protests at the university. About 100 students were arrested and several injured including deputy Raffaele Delfino who suffered a brain concussion. Police charged through campus to stop entry as Communist students held a sit-in suspending classes.
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Rome
UPI
Rome University
Raffaele Delfino
Dick Gregory Sentenced In Civil Rights Demonstration
Dick Gregory was sentenced to five months in jail and fined 1400 for battery and resisting arrest during a civil rights demonstration. The case reflects ongoing tensions over protests and police response in Chicago.
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Chicago
UPI
Dick Gregory
Communist post Mao era unlikely to shift China hard line
World briefs from London report qualified Communist diplomats expect continuity of Maoism after Mao as the regime preparing for a gradual transition. Prestwick Scotland notes a BOAC VC-10 with 147 aboard made an emergency landing after losing a landing gear wheel from New York with no injuries. Geneva dispatch says talks between the American Red Cross and the Communist Vietnamese in Prague failed to move the Communists on POWs in North Vietnam.
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Prague
U.S
Viet Nam
East European Leaders to Meet in Bucharest on Viet Nam Policy
Informants say a July Bucharest summit of Warsaw Pact leaders will coordinate aid to Viet Nam and ease U S influence in Europe. Kosygin to attend an important international meeting. Comecon observer Yugoslavia may send delegation. Albania likely to reject invitation.
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China
Enver Hoxha
Wladislaw Gomulo
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Javits Says Johnson Invited Bitter Civil Rights Fight
Senator Javits charged President Johnson invited a bitter civil rights battle with the new fair housing proposal. He urged use of an executive order to ban housing discrimination and noted 80 percent of coverage could be achieved that way. Sen Ervin defended the President saying all legislative power rests with Congress.
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UPI
Johnson
Central Intelligence Agency
Ernest C. Raskausas
Eerik Heinen
White House
Jacob K. Javits
R -N.Y
Javits
Congress
Senate
Budget hike in Britain with no income tax rise
London reports Chancellor James Callaghan announced a 1966-67 budget of 25.695 billion dollars, up 2 billion from prior totals, while surprising many by keeping income taxes unchanged. This budget aims to fund public programs without increased tax levies on individuals.
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London
UPI
James Callaghan
Mayor Lindsay Proposes Fact-Finding Panel in Paper Guild Dispute
In New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay met with newspaper guild representatives and nine craft unions to sell a fact-finding panel to settle the strike with World Journal Herald. Union negotiators remained skeptical of a mayoral takeover of the labor dispute.
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UPS
John V. Lindsay
Newspaper Guild of
World Journal Herald
Students Still Angry In Spain
Angry Spanish students set fire to Madrid newspapers claiming bias in coverage of Monday protests where seven American students were beaten by police. Police called the beatings a mistake and said the event involved the demonstrations that drew international attention including a granddaughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter.
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UPI
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Barber Named Heir to Ravel Royalties in Court Clash
In Bayonne France a civil court left Jean Taverne a 63 year old former chauffeur as the $200000 yearly heir to Maurice Ravel's musical royalties. The five year feud opposed distant cousins Georges Perrain and Marcel Perrain against Taverne, who once drove for Ravel's brother Edouard.
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UPI
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Ravel
Georges Perrain
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