Eight die in Fort Worth nightclub inferno
Police charged 27 year old Freddie Lee McKenzie with murder after a bucket of gasoline sparked a blaze at Luckey s Grove nightclub killing eight people including Willie Charles Davis Jr. The motive cited as revenge, exit doors poorly marked, and victims listed with names and ages. He remained at large.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Luckey’s Grove Club
Freddie Lee McKenzie
McKenzie
Willie Charles Davis Jr
W. W. Matthews
Oliver Ball
Ball
Davis
Larry White
Samuel Thomas Jenkins
George W. Johnson
Ray Clayton Dillard
Kenneth W. Simpson
Carol Sue Peninger
Jewelene Prince
Joe Daniel
Poor People's March Reaches Selma At Edmund Pettus Bridge
The Southern caravan of the Poor People's March on Washington holds a Selma demonstration near the Edmund Pettus Bridge where King's 1965 march was thwarted. About 500 marchers, including some whites, sing and chant, recalling past clashes with state troopers.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Poor People
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Edmund Pettus
Alabama River
King
Montgomery
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Indiana Showdown Vote Today For Bobby McCarthy
Kennedy drew about 10,000 at Fort Wayne and 2,000 at South Bend rallying for rule changes and an end to poverty. The vote today may reveal if his crowds reflect ballot support or curiosity and whether McCarthy fades after the President’s decision not to run again.
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Indiana
Bobby
McCarthy
Kennedy
Fort Wayne
South Bend
John F. Kennedy
Branigin
Allies Hit Reds Surrounding Vietnam Capital
Nightlong rocket and artillery fire struck Saigon and surrounding bases including near the U S embassy and an Army field hospital. Saigon and Dong Na were major targets as U S Marines counted 62 NVA killed at Dong Ha and 1,500 NVA killed around the area over the past week with 123 Americans dead and 402 wounded.
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Vietnam
National Police
Vo Tanh Street
Are
Cholon
U.S
Army Field Hospital
U. S
Dong Ha
Saigon
Dong Na
South Vietnam
Relatives Pray As Rescue Crew Seeks Trapped Men
In Hominy Falls West Virginia a mine shaft collapse trapped 26 men nearly a mile inside a soft coal pit. One escaped and 15 sought refuge higher up while 10 remained unaccounted for. Rescue teams pumped water lowered levels and drilled access from surface and nearby mines. A company president said earlier 28 were trapped.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
C. E. Richardson
US and North Vietnam Set Paris Peace Talks Site
Agreement reportedly reached to hold preliminary Vietnam peace talks at the International Conference Center in Paris near the Arc de Triomphe. Diplomatic sources said the venue was chosen for its conference facilities as police sealed off the site ahead of expected Friday discussions. Local notes mention U S officials and North Vietnamese delegates arriving and the gestapo-era hotel Majestic cited as a historic background for the site.
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Paris
UPS
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Gestapo
Woodruff Wallner
U. S
Mai van Bo
International Conference Center
Arc de Triompe
Wallner
Roe
Legation
France
Tere
John O’brien
Hanoi
Col
Ha van Lau
Lawmen Close In On Witness In Alsup Death
Detectives believe two men killed Alsup over a labor dispute at a Strip hotel project. A getaway car circled to 2353 Warm Springs Road while the triggerman hid in mesquite brush and then waited beside a pickup. Investigators later found parts of the shotgun used, supporting a planned assassination tied to union activity.
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Alsup
Warm Springs Road
Mike Marathon
the Sun
Marathon
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Don Wilson
Bay City
Oakland
Calif
Wilson
Painters Union Local 4
Suspect Arrested After Secretary Robbery Attempt
Mrs. Miller screamed for help as a gunman demanded money. The suspect fled on foot with an insurance man close behind and was caught at Euclid and Wengert Avenues with a coat, lighter, change and a sack of .22 shells recovered. The revolver was recovered by a citizen.
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Walcott
J. W. Grizzle
S. C. Jenkins
Euclid and
Wengert Avenues
Ballard Drive
Carl Hayden retires after 56 years in Congress
Senator Carl Hayden, aged 90, announced he will retire from the United States Senate after a long career spanning 56 years in Congress. He teared briefly at the moment, requested Arizonans elect Rov as his successor, and former Senator Barry Goldwater surfaced as a potential candidate. Lyndon B. Johnson joined Hayden in bidding farewell as he notes a transition to retirement and teaching.
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Washington
UPI
Arizona
Carl Hayden
United States Senate
Congress
Johnson
Hayden
Senate
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Five Republicans press Hershey on draft reform push
Five Republican congressmen accused Selective Service Director Hershey of blocking reform proposals aimed at a younger first draft. They introduced a bill with seven draft-system changes including drafting 19-year-olds before older men. They criticized Johnson for scuttling Marshall Commission reforms and demanded release of a task force report.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Johnson
Atty
Burke Marshall
Congress
Robert T. Stafford
Richard S. Schweiker
Charles W. Whalen
Ohio
Armed Services Committee
Frank Horton
N. Y
Garner E. Shriker
Kan
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Hershey
Department of Defense
Budget Bureau
Marshall Commission
Columbia University Faces Civil Rights and Strike Turbulence
Columbia University grapples with a four week student strike that led to clashes at picket lines and the seizure of campus buildings. Police raided sites, 696 students were arrested and 109 injured while Columbia College canceled classes through May 16 as leaders push for a resolution. Protests continued amid threats of court injunction and police involvement.
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Columbia
David B. Truman
Columbia College
Truman
Morningside Heights
Upper West Side
Californian Loses $500 In Burglary
A California man named Val Salisbury of Playa del Rey reported $500 missing from his pants pocket after a nap at a Strip hotel. Deputies noted no signs of forced entry and that $250 remained untouched. In a separate local case Edward W. Folds reported $475 stolen from a home on 4585 Charles Ronald.
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California
Val Salisbury
Playa del Rey
Edward W. Folds
Charles Ronald
Armstrong escapes injury after crash of moon-landing trainer
At Ellington Air Force Base near Houston astronaut Neil Armstrong ejected from a $2.5 million single seat moon landing trainer seconds before it crashed and burned. He walked away unharmed and returned to the hangar within minutes, with officials unsure of the cause.
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Ellington Air Force Base
Houston Space Center
O.k
Haney
Armstrong
Air Force Base
Czechs and Reds Seek to Repair Soviet Ties
Prague moves to mend rifts with the Soviet Union as Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek visits Moscow for talks on current affairs and ambassador Vladimir Kouky presents credentials to President Nikolai Podgorny.
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Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Macow
Russia
CTK
Jiri Hajek
Vladimir Kouky
Nikolai Podgorny
Johnson Warns Peace Representatives Before Paris Talks
President Johnson met for two hours with Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance to review Vietnam talks as Paris negotiations near. Harriman warned Americans to expect patience, noting difficult negotiations in an election year. top officials including Rusk McNamara Katzenbach and Taylor attended the White House session.
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API
Johnson
Vietnam
Hanoi
Averell Harriman
U.S
Defense
Cyrus Vance
White House
Paris
Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
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North Vietnam
Gestapo
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Maxwell D. Taylor
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