Viet Nam bomb blast kills and wounds dozens at Bien Hoa air base
Demolition experts detonated four 500-pound bombs at Bien Hoa, killing 27 Americans and injuring 103 as 40 planes were destroyed or damaged. A fifth bomb exploded later with no casualties. The blast disrupted the base but did not halt operations as missions continued from other runways.
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Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa Air Base
Maj
Air Force
William K. Martin
Washington
Moore
Viet Nam
Winds to 73 mph lash district farmers hard hit
The district suffered the most damage from Sunday's gale with winds reaching 73 mph. Topsoil removal, blown crops, and reseeding pressures were reported south of the city while many areas faced dust reducing visibility. A Schuler farmer suffered a 19 stitch cheek wound from flying debris.
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Jack Anderson
Anderson
Schuler
Leo Stelter
Stelter
Alberta
RCMP
Cablevision
Crescent Heights
Radio
Johnson seeks large excise tax cuts in congressional request
President Johnson asks Congress to slash excise taxes by about 4 billion dollars with phased reductions through 1970. He assures no current evidence military spending in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam will derail the plan and urges business to pass on savings to consumers. Car taxes fall from 10 to 7 percent July 1 then to 5 percent by January 1, 1967 with a 6 percent interim step. A permanent 5 percent tax on passenger cars would remain.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Tuo
Dominican Republic
South Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Free World
Pearson avoids questions at Regina airport
Prime Minister Pearson blocks questions on federal aid to education after arriving from Ottawa. He will receive an honorary degree at the University of Saskatchewan and plans a brief public appearance with Liberal Premier Thatcher. Tax talks on potash mines likely to be raised during the Saskatchewan visit.
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Regina
Pearson
University of Saskatchewan
Ross Thatcher
Thatcher
Saskatchewan
National Liberal Party
Coal mine explosion kills 15 in Tonypandy
Cardiff authorities report a Tonypandy coal mine blast trapped 25 miners three hundred feet underground. One body recovered as relatives waited at the pithead. National Coal Board says heavy casualties feared. Power Minister Fred Lee orders a formal inquiry in London.
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Cardiff
Wales
Reuters
Tonypandy
Rock Falls
National Coal Board
Fred Lee
London
Army sergeants win grand prize in Operation Hippo diet
At Fort Sill Oklahoma two sergeants Conrad Tillick Jr and Press Young win the program prize after eight months of weight loss. Tillick dropped from 448 pounds and Young from 430 pounds totaling 332 pounds lost. Their reward is an enlistment for another tour of duty.
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Ft, Sill
Okla
U.S
Conrad Tillick Jr
Press Young
Tillick
Young
Pressure on junta as battles flare in Santo Domingo
U S forces pressured the Dominican junta to resign while tanks fought rebels in northern Santo Domingo in heavy rain. Civilians and troops suffered casualties as Cross units struggled to access the area after a ceasefire, with U S paratroopers wounded in the fighting near the Ozama River.
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Santo Domingo
United States
Red Cross
Deno VS. Wessin
Francisco Caamano Deno
Constitutional Government
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Wessin
Antonio Imbert Barreras
U.S
82Nd U.S. Airborne Brigade
Ozama River
Polish military chief seeks asylum in the United States
Wladislaw Tykocinski, Polish military chief in West Berlin, defected and asked for political asylum in the United States. A U S Air Force plane escorted him to West Germany as U S authorities review his request. The six foot three, 259 pound diplomat had served five years in Berlin and had previously held posts in Rome and Korea. His defection marks the first high ranking Communist diplomat to defect in years from West Berlin.
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West Berlin
Tykocinski
Rome
International Armistice Commission
Korea
Myron H. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
U.S
U.S. Berlin
U.S. State Department
Gypsy Baron
Johann Strauss
Tiger and Li'l Abner Join the NEWS Comic Page
The NEWS adds four comics Tiger Li for today Tiger joins Li'l Abner Beatle Bailey and Rip Kirby forming a country wide lineup. Tiger features Suzy and Stripe the dog drawn by Bud Blake chosen by King Features Syndicate. Al Capp's Liz Abner and General Bullmoose remain popular with millions of readers daily.
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Tiger
Li'l Abner
Beatle Bailey
Rip Kirby
Bud Blake
King Features Syndicate
al Capp
Liz Abner
General Bullmoose
Evil Eve Fleagle
North America
Four prisoners escape Prince Albert penitentiary by cutting bars
Four inmates including a life-term robber Yvon Lamarche 29 Maurice Gosselin 38 Claude Pitre 31 and Robert Savard 25 years robbed prisons escaped by cutting through cell bars then crawling via a service duct to the roof and down a bed sheet rope. RCMP and police set roadblocks up to 25 miles away as staff search for them.
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Prince Albert
Prince Albert Penitentiary
RCMP
Prince Albert City
Federal Penitentiary
John Norfield
Yvon Lamarche
Maruice Gosselin
Claude Pitre
Robert Savard
Montreal
Mr. Norfield
St. Vincent de Paul
Lamarche
Gosselin
Pitre
Savard
Homesick Welsh traveler hides in crate aboard jet
Brian Robson a 19 year old from Wales shipped himself in a crate billed as a computer to reach Britain cheaply. After 92 hours the crate jammed open at an airport warehouse and he was found in Melbourne and later admitted to County General Hospital. He faces federal charges as a stowaway and illegal entrant and hopes for deportation to Cardiff.
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Los Angeles
Brian Robson
Australia
Robson
Britain
C.o.d
County General Hospital
U.S
Melbourne
United States
Cardiff
South Wales
Jewish teens attacked by large Toronto gang on Centre Island
About 40 youths attacked 25 Jewish teens on Centre Island in Toronto harbor with bats chains and hoses. Howard Hoffman 17 suffered possible skull fracture and concussion. his condition was listed as satisfactory the next day. James Brunswick 17 and a 15 year old were charged with assault causing bodily harm and possession of dangerous weapons.
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Toronto
Centre Island
Beth Sholom Synagogue
Howard Hoffman
Mark Whundert
Eight delegates to Alberta Chamber convention named
Dave Broadfoot announced by telephone that all resolutions from the Medicine Hat Chamber were approved. Eight delegates will attend the Alberta Chamber of Commerce convention in Red Deer on May 17 and 18, led by William J. Selhorn J M Pritchard A H Wiggins E A Amos J H Cocks J C Miller Dave Broadfoot and Roy Keating.
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Dave Broadfoot
Medicine Hat
J. C. Miller
Roy Keating
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Library Association
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U.S. Air Force
Thailand
Saigon
2Nd St. S.E
Moore's Furniture Store
Mitchell Crescent
Len Morris
LBJ
P.A
Ottawa
Winnahs
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News Family
Suzy
Stripe
Canada
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Archie
Peanuts
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Lois
B.C
Little Cloud
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