V-E Day marked with parades and ceremonies worldwide
Nations recall the end of World War II with Paris staging a 3000-man parade and fireworks after a de Gaulle review, East Berlin hosting a Soviet leaders parade, Bonn wreaths, and memorials across Europe. Poland Denmark and Italy also mark the anniversary with rallies, salutes, and Liberation Days.
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Reuters
Paris
East Berlin
Kosygin
Europe
West Berlin
Ludwig Erhard
Heinrich Luebke
Bonn
Erhard
London
de Gaulle
Champs Elysees
Wroclaw
Breslau
Warsaw
Gdansk
Danzig
Lublin
Denmark
Italy
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
Two-government choice for Dom. Rep. citizens
SANTO DOMINGO. Citizens face a split political scene as a new five man reconstruction government is sworn in alongside the existing rebel led constitutional authority. The two groups vow to seek national stability while shifting loyalties among military and civilian factions in a tense post overthrow balance.
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Donald Reid Cabral
Antonio Imbert Barrerra
Caamano
Dominican Republic
U.S
Reid Cabral
Julio Pospige
Santo Domingo
Juan Bosch
Carlos Grisolia Poloney
Alejandro Zeller Coco
Col
Pedro B Benoit
Imbert
Supreme Court
Julio Acuello
India massing forces near Pakistan borders says Pakistan
Pakistan accuses India of massing 18 of 20 divisions and all armor near the Pakistani west and east borders. It says New Delhi informed the United Nations and may seek action from the Security Council. Observers warn of possible SEATO CENTO responses.
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Karacht
Reuters
India
Pakistan
United Nations
Security Council
Ts Athies
SEATO
CENTO
Johnson outlines Atlantic partnership despite France stance
President Johnson tells Charles de Gaulle the United States will pursue an Atlantic partnership even if France stays aloof. He urges unity over division and calls for reducing Cold War tensions, while reaffirming support for German self determination and peaceful settlement across Europe.
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Washington
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
Europe
Early
Bird
Atlantic
Canadian action against Russians in dockside expulsion
Two Russian officials were expelled from Canada amid continuing aftermath of a collision in the Straits of Mackinac. Seven seamen remain missing presumed dead from the Cedarville Topdalsfjord wreck after the limestone carrier sank in fog four miles east of Mackinac.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
Straits of
Mackinac
U.S. Steel Corp
Cedarville
Topdalsfjord
James Leitzow
Rogers City
Lietzow
Queen fever in Germany West German turnout for Queen Elizabeth visit
West Germany buzzes with Queen Elizabeth preparations for a 10 day state visit. Rehearsals, repairs, and etiquette training surge as newspapers magazines and TV build state reception. Public polls show two in three West Germans expressing admiration for the Queen.
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Bonn
Reuters
West Germany
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Fife
Two Soviet embassy officials expelled from Canada for espionage
Canadian external affairs announced the expulsion of A. E Bytehkov and V. N. Poluchkin for espionage activities. They paid thousands of dollars to a government worker and a naturalized Canadian to obtain technical data and information on the Trans Mountain Pipeline and defense electronics.
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Ottawa
Canada
External Affairs Department
A. E Bytehkov
V. N. Poluchkin
Ivan Shpecko
RCMP
Defence Industry
Retrial set for Klansman after deadlocked jury
In Hayneville Alabama Attorney General Richard Flowers says Colie Leroy Wilkins Jr. will face trial again for the murder of a Detroit civil rights demonstrator after a 12 jurors could not reach a verdict. Two co defendants, Eugene Thomas and William Eaton, await September trials. Wilkins was linked to the shooting that killed a Detroit mother of five near Selma during a march.
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Hayneville
Ala Capi
Richard Flowers
Alabama
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Ala
Maining
Circuit
T Werth Thagard
Wilkins
Edmund Sallee
Flowers
Klngsman
Viola Linaza
Detroit
Mich
Oanatios
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer, al
FBE
FBI
Klan
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Selma
Montgomery
Asis Rowe
Ote
Welkins
Thomas
Haion
Determined War Correspondent Miss Irons Seeks Dominican Transport
Miss Evelyn Irons of London Sundays Times, a noted war correspondent, sought air transport from San Juan to the Dominican Republic. Rear Admiral Caldwell relayed that the Atlantic Command would deny transport unless conditions were met, and Irons departed San Juan for Santo Domingo by alternative means.
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Norfolk
Dean Rusk
Atlantic Command
Henry H. Caldwell
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Evelyn Irons
London
Dominican Republic
Corres
Dominican Repub
Santo Domine
Washington
Lincoln Hotel
Miss Irons
Irons
Santo Domingo
Viet Cong Detains U S Civilian In Viet Nam Jungle
Donald Dawson 25 a Costa Mesa merchant marine officer enters Viet Cong territory to search for his brother US Army Lt Daniel Dawson 27 after a possible body find. He travels with a Vietnamese interpreter and a priest to meet Viet Cong and discuss returning the remains.
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Saigon
Donald Daveson
South Viet Nam
Dawson
Daniel IL. Dawson
Damel
Donald
Costa Mesa
Calif
Dean
Work stoppage lifted for CPR station alterations
City building inspector Dick Pearce said the CPR station alterations, totaling 30000 dollars, can proceed without a building permit under a national agreement between the railway and cities. The CPR will still comply with building code regulations as required.
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CPR
Dick Pearce
Pearce
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