Downed U S Pilot Killed by Viet Cong in Central Highlands
Viet Cong guerrillas murdered a U S Air Force pilot after his observation plane went down about 25 miles north of Pleiku in the Central Highlands. Rescue teams found the airman dead at the crash site. U S Navy planes attacked a Viet Cong force near Saigon while other crews reported downed aircraft over North Vietnam.
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UPS
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Pleiku
North
Viet Nam
Hancock
Gulf of Tonkin
Vinh
Navy al Skyraiders
Saigorn
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
da Nang
Watts Widow Recalls Husband Leonard Deadwyler Death
Mrs. Deadwyler testified for about three hours in the Watts inquest into Leonard Deadwyler’s death after a car confrontation with police. She described the officer at the window with a revolver, the fatal shot, and her husband’s sober condition as they headed toward General Hospital at 60 to 65 mph.
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Watts
General Hospital
South Africa Bans Foreign Newsmen From Kennedy Visit
The Information Department said no foreign reporters may accompany Sen. Robert Kennedy during his planned visit to Johannesburg next month. The ban aims to keep the trip from becoming a publicity stunt and cites possible use for future elections. As many as 30 American journalists were rumored to accompany Kennedy.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Sen
Robert Kennedy
D-N. Y
Information Department
Kennedy
Trial Delay In McNamee Beating Case
The attempted murder trial of Phillippe Denning, accused of beating Nevada Supreme Court Justice Frank McNamee, was postponed pending a sanity trial to determine his mental state during and after the alleged offense. A three-woman nine-man jury remains. four psychiatrists will testify as the sanity hearing begins next Tuesday at the Nevada State Hospital.
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Dist
Frank Gregory
Denning
Gregory
Ky vows to oust leader amid Saigon protests and turmoil
Rebel Ky asserts a removal plan in talks with military chiefs and Tri Quang as Dinh denounces him. In Saigon, a political congress faces inaction while 400 Buddhist monks protest at the U.S. embassy and 400 militant students protest and are denied entry to the congress area. An American soldier’s shot in front of a pagoda sparks new street violence with conflicting claims by the U.S. mission.
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Dinh
Saigon
Congress
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Congress Meeting Hall
Viet Hoa Dao Pagoda
Clark Loses Dallas County Sheriff Primary Ruling
A federal court ruled Wilson Baker the winner over segregationist Jim Clark in the Dallas County Democratic sheriff primary. Judge Daniel H. Thomas ordered the county executive committee to count previou sly rejected ballots from six Negro polling places, after Clark alleged irregularities in the voting.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Wilson Baker
Jim Clark
Dallas County
U.S
Daniel H. Thomas
Democratic Committee
Clark
Political Races Narrowly Tilt as Primaries Advance
In Kentucky, M Gene Snyder wins the GOP nomination in the 4th District, defeating James Thompson and George Ratterman, while John J. Moloney bests Gus Sheehan in the Democratic race. Kentucky Republican Sen. John Sherman Cooper secures renomination. Democrat John Young Brown poised to challenge him. In Oklahoma, Preston Moore leads a Democratic runoff. John N Camp and Pat Patterson hold slim leads in GOP contests for governor and Senate respectively. LBJ leads Burns in a high margin state race with Kennedy’s stance under scrutiny for a 1968 VP bid. Kennedy has not announced a bid.
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Burns
Kennedy
New York
Kentucky
M. Gene Snyder
Goldwater
Louisville
James Thompson
George Ratterman
GOP
John J. Moloney
Gus Sheehan
John Sherman Cooper
John Young Brown
Cooper
Oklahoma
The
American Legion
Preston Moore
Raymond Gary
Henry Bellman
John N. Camp
Dewey F. Bartlett
Pat Patterson
Don Kinkaid
Fred Harris
D-Okla
NSW Chamber Plunges Into Secret Meeting Seeks Leader Ouster
Tense dispute erupts as NSW Chamber faces calls to remove its leader amid claims of inadequate performance. Local merchants formed a rival association in College Park Shopping Center after branding the chamber and Retail Merchants Committee a do nothing organization. Auditor Bob Arneson told the SUN he was asked to present to the board though the audit remains incomplete and preliminary findings were not to be disclosed. Lowe says board colleagues rebuked him for sharing crisis details, lamenting the pressure to stay silent despite leakage accusations.
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College Park
Chamber
Retail Merchants Committee
Bob Arneson
the Sun
Lowe
Judge Roger T. Foley’s Long Legal Journey and Honors
Judge Roger T. Foley, 80, began as Esmeralda County attorney in 1912 and rose to District Attorney. He lost two subsequent bids, then returned to office, later serving again after two years. Gov. Pat Carville appointed him District Judge in 1939, and he joined the federal bench in 1945. He was named City of Hope’s Man of the Year during ceremonies last January.
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Torney
Esmeralda
Pat Carville
City of Hope
U.S. Admits Cuban Soldier Shot at Guantanamo Base
The Defense Department said a Cuban soldier was armed and breached the Guantanamo base perimeter on May 21. After a warning shot was ignored, a second shot wounded the infiltrator who left the area.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Guantanamo Naval Base
Defense Department
Havana
Department
Naval Base
Judge outlines sterilization-or-jail offer in family case
Santa Barbara municipal judge Frank P. Kearney says a 21 year old mother of two faced a sterilization or jail compromise to curb a life he described as dissolute and a danger to her children. Nancy Hernandez chose jail over sterilization and was briefly jailed pending a May 31 hearing.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Frank P. Kearney
Nancy Hernandez
C. Douglas Smith
Posse Captures Butcher as Wife Is Charged in Slaying
A swamp chase 10 miles south of Arkadelphia ended when Glenn Everett Stewart 30 was cornered and captured. He is wanted in Marion Indiana for butchering a man while his wife Edith Schmidt 27 watched. Mrs Schmidt is charged in Indiana with first degree murder as an accomplice and had previously been held as a material witness in the case against her husband Larry Lee Schmidt.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
UPI
Glenn Everett Stewart
Marion
Ind
Clark County
Robert Foust
Stewart
R. W. Stevenson
Russia's Gromyko Will Visit Japan
Soviet Foreign Minister A. A. Gromyko and his wife will make an eight day official visit to Japan from July 29 to August 5. This trip would mark the first official visit by a Soviet foreign minister to Japan since 1925.
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Tokyo
UPI
A. A. Gromyko
Japan
Gromyko
Ministers Face Pressures to Discipline in Modern Age
In Detroit at the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference Jimmy Allen of Dallas warned ministers confront a modern “pursuit of pleasure.” He cited escapes from discipline amid a culture of fast music sex and rapid pace. More than 15,000 Baptists attended the opening session where Wayne Dehoney delivered final SBC remarks.
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Detroit
UPI
Texas
Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference
Jimmy Allen
Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Wayne Dehoney
SBC
Senate Battle Lines Form Over CIA Oversight Control
The Senate subcommittee that monitors the CIA reaffirmed its refusal to expand its peephole. Chairman Russell and members foresee a floor battle as Fulbright’s Foreign Relations panel delays filing a report until next week. Russell insists his Armed Services Appropriations group is the proper chamber for review.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Appropriations
Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services
Russell Group
Russell
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Milton R. Young
R- S.D
Fulbright
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