Viet troops Overrun Do Xa HQ in Central Vietnam clash
Government forces seized the Do Xa headquarters of a top Viet Cong general in central Vietnam during Operation Do Xa begun April 27. The battle, supported by American helicopters, left 26 Vietnamese dead and 103 wounded while Don and most of his guerrillas escaped. A second phase was reported underway as government forces pressed to disrupt the Viet Cong command post.
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UPI
Don
Saigon
Do Xa
Do Cao Tri
2Nd Corps
Exile referendum backs new Castro war drive
Five Cuban exile leaders including a Bay of Pigs veteran win world wide refugee endorsement to form a war board and plan bases outside the United States. The Cuban referendum tallies show 40 905 yes votes with 979 no and 29 496 ballots lost or unused.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
United States
Manuel Artime
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
MRR
Caracas
Venezuela
Sentinels of Liberty Organization
Oriente
Eneido Oliva
Washington, D.C
Comittee
Havana
Ernesto Freyre
Oliva
Freyre
Powell Surrenders in Puerto Rico Fraud Warrant
UPI reports Congressman Adam Clayton Powell turned himself in to police in Vega Baja Puerto Rico on a fraud warrant related to allegedly transferring property to avoid payment. He was released after promising to appeal for trial at a later date and contest the charge.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Esthe James
Harlem
New York
James
Powell
Puerto Rico
Jose Perez Rodriguez
Vega Baja
Rescue of two pilots from China reported
Formosa based sources say an American and a Chinese pilot whose reconnaissance plane crashed on the Communist mainland were rescued by Nationalist guerrillas and flown back to Formosa. Names and mission details were withheld and it was unclear if a U2 plane was involved.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
China
U.S
Rockefeller Sees California Defeat End for Goldwater Bid
Nelson A Rockefeller Predicted California primary defeat could end Goldwater’s bid for the GOP nomination. He touted momentum from Oregon and said Californians were shifting to his campaign. Goldwater and Rockefeller remain the only major contenders with write ins not allowed.
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UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Garry Goldwater
California
Rockefeller
New York
Arizona
Goldwater
Cali
Fornia
Oregon
Bernard CC. Brennan
Richard Kleindienst
National Goldwater Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Madison Avenue
Mucindienst
Goldwater Accuses Rockefeller of Demagoguery on Colorado River Plan
Sen. Barry Goldwater accuses Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of political demagoguery over Water Project disputes. He defends the $1 billion Central Arizona Project as a reclamation effort repaid to the Treasury, while urging regional water plans under Interior Secretary Udall.
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UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Goldwater
Colorado
Rockefeller
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Arizona
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Calif
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California
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Interior
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Fear Two Dead As Fire Rages Boston Tenement
A wind driven blaze in a three block tenement district forced about 1,000 people to flee or evacuate. Nineteen houses were leveled and another damaged as two children were reported missing. At least nine people including six firefighters were injured, with conditions not serious. Fire officials expected hours to confirm the children’s status. The neighborhood faced chaotic scenes as residents fled their homes.
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Boston
UPI
James J. Flanagan
Weather table summarises 24 hour state temperatures
United Press International reports a 24 hour temperature and precipitation table ending at 4 a.m. yesterday, compiled by the U S Weather Bureau in San Francisco. The notice lists regional readings and variations, providing a snapshot of recent meteorological conditions across the nation.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Weather highs and lows across western states
The day saw Blythe California report the highest temperature at 10. The coldest reading was 23 at Butte Montana.
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New York
Exile War Imagined by Gringos in Cuba
Havana officials dismissed reports of exile landings and hostilities as the imagination of the U S Central Intelligence Agency. Maj Raul Castro told cane cutters at the Delicias sugar mill that Cuba has mobilized to harvest the sugar crop and to repel any attack, urging troops to move from the cane fields to trenches if needed.
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UPI
Raul Castro
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Castro
Werser
Delicias
Cuba
Khrushchev Praises Egyptian Farms During tour near Alexandria
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev praised Egyptian farming methods but asserted we do a better job in Russia. He toured the Nasser Project near Alexandria with officials, criticized housing plans, and accepted gifts from peasants including a white Arab stallion as he praised overall progress and pledged further irrigation and land reclamation efforts in Egypt.
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UAR
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
Khrushchev
Abdel-Hakimamer
Nasser
Liberation
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Alkahir
Not Likely But It’s Different At Least Not Likely
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson returns from a Kentucky poverty tour to a proposed vice presidential pairing by a Lexington editorial suggesting Lady Bird Johnson as running mate. She comments on the poverty program and notes vocational and teacher schools are desperately needed.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky
Herald
Lyndon
Lady Bird Johnson
Senate Republicans Set Meeting on Rights Bill
Senate Republicans planned a Monday meeting to decide on a compromise package of amendments aimed at breaking the southern filibuster against the civil rights bill. The package, drafted by Everett Dirksen with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, seeks to protect the bill while allowing further amendments.
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Washington
UPI
Yester I.a
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert F. Kennedy
Dirksen
Illinois
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Congressional Record
Johnson
Nehru Open to Laos Peace Conference and Aid
Prime Minister Nehru said India is willing to attend another Laos peace conference and may send a medical unit to aid neutralist forces. He spoke at his first news conference since a January stroke and noted the Laos situation is not good. The Lao neutralist premier Prince Souvan na Phouma requested medical aid.
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UPI
Mawoharlal Nehru
India
Laos
Nehru
Souvanna Phouma
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