Americans Press North Vietnamese in Pleiku Jungle Fight
A U.S. 3rd Brigade infantry stalked a 1,000-strong North Vietnamese regiment west of Pleiku near the Cambodian frontier. Since Saturday, about a dozen fierce clashes have killed and wounded US and enemy troops. In Quang Tin, Viet Cong losses rose to 160 killed and 58 weapons seized in four hours of fighting. Air forces conducted 77 missions around North Viet Nam, with total losses mounting to 353 aircraft through May 25.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
U.S
Cambodia
25Th Division
25Th
Quang Tin
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
Navy
Vinh
Mu Gia Pass
Air Force
Nort Viet Nam
Asian Talks Open to End Three-Year Indonesia Malaysia War
In Bangkok today Indonesia and Malaysia began negotiations to halt their undeclared three-year conflict. Optimism centers on Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak and Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik likely resolving differences swiftly.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Tun Abdul Razak
Adam Malik
Three Car Wrecks Reported In City Crashes
A two vehicle collision at 9th and Iowa involved Asa B. Sampson Sr. 73 and Ralph Koehler 40 with damages of 600 and 400 dollars. A separate three car crash at 15th and Iowa damaged Lawrence Winans 65 Sahir Kutlu 20 and Emily Bagby 20 with damages totaling 1200 dollars.
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Asa B. Sampson Sr
Conn
Ralph Koehler
Baldwin
9Th
Iowa
Sampson
Campus Rd
Kutlu
Emily A. Bagby
Engel
Winans
Bagby
Gun Accident Fatal in Wichita Teen Dies from Unloaded Gun
Wichita police say 19 year old David Harold Showalter died after an accidental discharge at a teen gathering. He was handed a gun by another teen while investigating after a noise was heard, an unloaded weapon was involved.
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Wichita
Kan
David Harold Showalter
Showalter
M. S. Winter Flown to Mayo Clinic for Heart Condition
Motor car dealer M. S. Winter was flown to Rochester Minnesota today and entered Mayo Clinic for examination and treatment. He is at St. Mary's Hospital after a three month illness with a heart condition and prior stays at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Medical Center in Kansas City.
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M. S. Winter
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Eight treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eight persons were treated Saturday and Sunday in the emergency room. Patients include Edna Piper, Kathy Otto, Forrest Backlund, Gene Bowlin, Debbie Williams, Myra Ogrizovich, David Worley, and Ed Broughard with injuries ranging from cuts and lacerations to a fractured arm and bumped head.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Edna Piper
Ark
Kathy Otto
Forrest Backlund
Ohio
Gene Bowlin
Debbie Williams
Myra Ogrizovich
Dread
Kaw River
David Worley
Maple
Ed Broughard
Education Board Seeks OK to Exceed Budget in Topeka
A 9 a.m. hearing on June 8 in the State Office Building Topeka will consider allowing the Lawrence Board of Education to overspend its 1965 66 budget by 503 985. The money would cover June July and August salaries as District 60 dissolves July 1 due to unification. Superintendent Carl S Knox calls the request routine and says funds are available but need formal permission.
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State Office
Topeka
Lawrence Board of Education
Supt. of Schools
Carl S. Knox
District 60
Knox
Kansas
Time Short for Action On Annual Money Bills
Washington AP reports Congress faces a tight deadline to approve the 1967 annual appropriation bills as the new fiscal year begins July 1. Only five of a dozen or more bills have cleared the House, two have passed the Senate, and one sits on the president’s desk. The $112.8 billion budget is divided into packages, with only Interior Department funding clearing so far. A Treasury-Post Office measure awaits House Senate reconciliation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Seinem Desk
Interior Department
Congress
Treasury Post Office
Only One Couple Ready for Bachelors Derby in ESPARROS
In ESPARROS France a highly publicized bachelors derby drew dozens of curious women after bachelors promised to open themselves to female visitors. Only one couple stepped toward marriage as the event highlighted lingering coyness among both sexes amid 600 bachelors in the Pyrenees foothills.
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Esparros
France
Pyrenees
Duke researcher links virus to liver cancer findings
A Duke University researcher, Dr. Joseph W. Beard, reports experimental findings suggesting viruses can cause liver cancer. In a paper to the American Association for Cancer Research, he said chickens developed liver tumors after inoculation with the MC-29 virus strain.
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Denver
Colo
Duke University
American Association For Cancer Research
Joseph W. Beard
President Johnson laments Buddhist self-immolations in Viet Nam
In a Memorial Day Arlington speech President Johnson warned that representative government cannot emerge in South Viet Nam while internal quarrels run deep. He noted a Buddhist monk burned himself to death in Saigon, the third such action reported that day, and urged restraint to allow constitutional progress. The remarks followed a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Saigon
Arlington National Cemetery
South
America
Hue
Ngo Dinh Diem
Msgr McKenna Dies At 83 In Kansas City
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. McKenna, 83, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Cathedral Kansas City Kansas since 1938, died Sunday at St. Margaret Hospital after entering Jan. 19. Archbishop Hunkeler will celebrate a requiem mass at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the cathedral with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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Kansas City
Kan
John P. McKenna
St. Peter's Catholic Cathedral
St. Margaret Hospital
McKenna
Edward J. Hunkeler
Kansas Archdiocese
Msgr
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Death in a Cemetery in Cleveland New Mexico
A Cleveland woman, Regina L. Aportaca, about 70, died when weeds burning during Memorial Day preparations at the town cemetery caught fire. Officers said she was among volunteers clearing the lot Sunday when the flames spread.
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Cleveland, N.M
Cleveland
Regina L. Apodaca
General Cecil Childre Dies at 54 in Washington
Lt General Cecil H. Childre, 54, commanding general of the Continental Air Command, died Saturday of cancer in Washington. He served as a senior Air Force officer and led key air defense operations.
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Washington
Cecil H. Childre
Continental Air Command
Memorial Day origins span wars and states in U S history
The piece recalls Memorial Day’s scattered origins from Confederate and Union graves to local observances in Wetumpka Alabama and Waterloo New York. It notes Elmira graves of Confederate prisoners, Kennedy's grave visits, Milton Olive III tribute, and early observances in Columbus Miss and Columbus Ga. It explains May 30 1868 as the first official Memorial Day and shows evolving state recognition by 1910.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Williams
Elmira
N. Y
Arlington Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Brookline
Mass
Los Angeles
Charles Elliot Junior High School
Milton L. Olive III
Viet Nam
Olive
Marietta
Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy
Columbus
Miss
Shiloh
Tenn
Waterloo
N.Y
Henry W. Welles
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Rhode Island
Nuclear Sub Stop Provokes Yokosuka Protest at U S Base
Yokosuka welcomed its first U S nuclear powered submarine the Snook with thousands of protesters from Tokyo joining left wing groups. About 300 Zengakuren students surged the gate, 13 arrested as police and guards restrained violent pushback. Authorities mobilized 5000 officers to keep order.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U.S
Tokyo
Zengakuren Student Association
Navy Base
Sasebo
Snook
Oerter Sets Modesto Meet Record In Discus Throw
Oerter, three time Olympic discus champ from Kansas, uncorks a career best 207-5 to win at Modesto Calif. meeting. He tops world record holder Ludvik Danek who had set 205-3 last year, with Danek at 205-9. Oerter credits refined concentration over weight training and plans to keep the focus.
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al Oerter
Kansas
Modesto
Calif
Oerter
Ludvik Danek
Czechoslovakia
Danek
New York
Buddhist unrest and Vietnam border clashes rise in Saigon
Spokesmen report three differing fronts of conflict. Intelligence claims 10 000 North Vietnamese troops poised in the Cambodian mountains for a border strike but Washington cites no evidence. Vietnamese forces strike guerrillas in Quang Tin Province killing about 100 while Buddhist protests intensify with self immolations in Hue and Dalat and a girl’s act of self harm. Thich Tam Chau calls for Ky and Thieu to resign and for a transitional government.
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Saigon
U.S
Washington
Quang Tin Province
Thich Tam Chau
Nguyen van Thieu
Writer James R. Newman Dies at 58 in Washington
James R. Newman, age 58, a key figure in drafting the Atomic Energy Act, died of a heart attack Saturday in Washington. His work helped shape U.S. nuclear policy and energy legislation.
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Washington
James R. Newman
Number of Deaths On Roads Mounts As Journeys End
The toll of highway deaths rose as holiday motorists returned from parks lakes mountains and seashores. Traffic fatalities reached 428 by mid day, with California recording 37 deaths the highest state total. Drownings 67 boating 29, and a three car crash in Somerset Kentucky killed five. Two soldiers died in a motorcycle collision in New Mexico. Past Memorial Day tolls ranged from 204 to 720 deaths across years.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
South Carolina
Somerset
Ohio
Lightning Sets Fire On Roof Of Leon Cathedral
Lightning blamed for Sunday night fire that burned part of the roof of Leon 13th century Roman Catholic cathedral. Priests said exterior damage was worst with paintings inside largely safe and stained glass windows among the world's finest but not broken.
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Leon
Spain
Europe
Red-Hot Dad Sells 1964 Auto After Speeding Arrest
A Reno classified ad relays a disgruntled father offering his red-hot 1964 car for sale after being checked at 100 miles per hour by highway patrol, the sheriff, and city police. The notice notes the incident and the vehicle’s sale.
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Reno
Nev
Gas prices offer Memorial Day bargains in Lawrence
Lawrence motorists filled tanks at Memorial Day as regular gas goes for 24.9 cents a gallon and ethyls at 28.9 cents. Managers say prices should not rise immediately and remain 4 to 6 cents below normal. Cemeteries report heavy visitation with many graves crowned by fresh flowers and a spokesman praising the turnout and beauty of graves.
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Lawrence
Dominican Candidates Move Into Final Campaign Days
Dominican presidential contenders enter the final campaign stretch after a weekend crisis. Balaguer quit claiming fraud then reentered after the government reformed electoral law granting voting rights to women over 25 without ID cards, likely adding 4,000 to 5,000 new voters. Bosch did not oppose the changes.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Reformist Party
Joaquin Balaguer
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Juan Bosch
Balaguer
Columbia Maryland to get Tivoli style lakefront amusements
Columbia will rise between Baltimore and Washington as a new community featuring a lakefront amusement area modeled on Copenhagen's Tivoli. The project signals a planned blend of residential growth with entertainment, drawing on European design concepts and a prominent local funeral home contact listed as Adv. Rumsey Funeral Home VI 83-5111.
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Columbia
Maryland
Baltimore
Washington
Copenhagen
Rumsey Funeral Home
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