Hanoi OKs Paris talks denounces US delays
North Vietnam accepted Paris as the site and May 10 as the start date for talks with the United States led by Xuan Thuy. Hanoi accused Washington of dilatory maneuvers after a month since Johnson's gesture and cited intensified bombing as justification for immediate talks to seek cessation of all U.S. raids and war actions.
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Steam Plant Blast Claims Two Lives
An explosion at Bethlehem Steel Steam power station in Sparrows Point Baltimore County kills at least two and injures many. The blast shatters windows, sends a black smoke plume, collapses part of the building and damages nearby homes and cars. Emergency crews rush victims to hospitals including Johns Hopkins.
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Hawks Welcome Paris Talks As Vietnam Peace Pressure Grows
Washington leaders from both parties welcomed the U S Soviet North Vietnam agreement to meet in Paris next Friday. Senate leaders Mansfield Dirksen Fulbright Ford Javits lauded exploratory talks and urged steady progress toward negotiations for peace.
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UPI
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House
Gerald R. Ford
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Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Bible Feted For District Leadership
Nearly 1,000 Washington citizens and federal lawmakers honored Sen. Alan Bible in a testimonial recognizing his 10 years as chair of the Senate District Committee. Tributes came from Senators Byrd Morse Cannon McGee and House leaders McCormack Baring Kerwin, plus D C Mayor Washington and local officials.
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Bandit Robs North Las Vegas Loan Office
A masked gunman robbed a North Las Vegas public finance firm on Carol and Lake Mead Boulevard taking 700 dollars yesterday. Police said the suspect, with hair recognizable, wore a different mask than a similar 600 dollar robbery a week earlier at the same hour and fled on foot.
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Poor People's March Pauses in Marks Mississippi
In Marks Mississippi tensions ease as the Poor People's March organizes Army style units to recruit in the delta. Mayor Langford and SCLC leaders discuss facilities delays and funding while Cedric Moore leads Company Four and four tents are set up in a weed covered park.
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Coast Guardsman Helps Save Driver From Lake Michigan
A Coast Guardsman and two unidentified men rescued 40 year old James Gilmore from a submerged car in Lake Michigan as bystanders watched from shore. Gilmore was taken to Wesley Memorial Hospital in good condition with a head wound after his car was forced off Lake Shore Drive by another vehicle. police cited him for negligent driving.
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Van Johnson Marriage Ends in Santa Monica Default Decree
Actress Eve Johnson wins a default divorce from actor Van Johnson in Santa Monica Superior Court ending their 21 year marriage. Johnson, 52, and Eve shared a daughter, Schuyler, 20, and split in 1960 after Eve charged extreme mental cruelty. Community property will be split equally and Eve receives 15 percent of Van Johnson’s gross income.
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Marines Pour Into Hand Battle Near Dong Ha
U S Marines reinforced in the Dong Ha area as hand to hand fighting with North Vietnamese troops intensified along the Cua Viet river. Four days of combat left 661 NVA dead, 39 Americans killed and 238 wounded, with a taxi bombing in Saigon injuring five Americans and three Vietnamese killed.
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UPI
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Demilitarized Zone
Helldorado Queen Tilt Sets Stage At Stardust
Miss Rodeo Helldorado contest at Stardust Hotel opens to unmarried women ages 18 to 24 from Clark Lincoln or Nye counties. Five entries submitted as judges from Utah plan a 11 a.m. horsemanship and 9:30 a.m. personality contest with final May 19 coronation. Paula Jean Parker hands crown to 1968 queen after May 19 ceremony.
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Nye
Jim Roberts
Mark Swain
Utah
Clayton Atkins
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International Room
Paula Jean Parker
Dixie Junior College
Opinion on Nixon Humphrey debate era photos and 1964 politics
The writer critiques campaign optics and TV image for Nixon and Humphrey, favoring W C Fields as a sharper self spoof and arguing polls mislead. It notes Johnson's withdrawal and Hubert Humphrey's rise, Rockefeller entrance, and calls for peace while criticizing Dean Rusk and Hersey. The piece ends with Nixon not running and Humphrey's solid prospects.
Police Hunt Attacker Of LV Woman
An apartment house manager, Mrs. Jean Gould, 66, was held captive for an hour by a masked gunman at the Bel Air Apartments 716 C St. He tied her, stole $200 in rent receipts, and threatened to kill her before fleeing as a neighbor untied her.
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Sunflower Oil Yields Rise in USSR Through Hybridization
Moscow reports sunflower oil content has grown from 27-31 percent in 1950 to 40-44 percent now due to hybridization by Soviet scientists. Flax seed yields 36 percent and soybeans 20 percent for comparison.
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Moscow
Russia
U.S.S.R
Northwestern Faces Student Sit In Uproar On Campus
Negro students seized Northwestern Universitys business office demanding action on alleged white racism and separate housing while a white ally group occupied the dean of students office three blocks away. They backed Columbia University strikes and vowed to stay until their demands are met. University officials planned a policy statement after a faculty meeting with no entry allowed to staff. James Turner said the sit ins could last all summer.
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UPI
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Roscoe Miller
Roland Hinz
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