U S Forces Reach 45000 in South Vietnam Fight
About 1000 U S Army paratroopers and Marine elements landed in South Vietnam to lift total American strength to a record 45000. The Leatherneck unit from Okinawa joined Marine battalions at Chu Lai and Saigon bases while additional troops were dispatched to bolster Bien Hoa and Vung Tau air bases. Combat around Song Be saw Viet Cong ambushes repelled with Vietnam and U S forces sustaining casualties. air and ground operations continued to widen the U S presence in the region.
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Michael T. Malloy
United Press International Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
U.S
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Saigon
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Bien Hoa
Vong Vou
Cel
J Lee Surat
New York City
Tee
339Th Artillery
6Th Armor
Viet Nam
West Fee Weed
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Spo
Song Be
Msgr Geisen Dies in Covington Diocese Leader
Rt Rev Msgr Gerhard H Geisen prothonotary apostolic and longtime Covington Diocese official died at St Luke Hospital in Fort Thomas at age 72. He served as diocese chancellor for 34 years until May 1960 and was a former pastor at Immaculate Conception Church Newport. A Covington native, he was among three priests in the diocese honored with the title.
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Fort Thomas
Uruguay Envoy Urges UN Action On Dominican Crisis
Uruguay and OAS propose a Security Council measure urging the secretary general to monitor Dominican Republic events and take necessary steps. The resolution defends Dominican self determination while bridging U S and Soviet positions on U S intervention and Caribbean peacekeeping.
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United Nations
UPS
Uruevay
Thant
Organization of American States
OAS
Carl jMaria Velazquez
Security Council
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Ah Jinter
U.S
Caribbean
United States
Kremlin
Resignation Follows Pressure On Kentucky Official
Mack G. Walters resigned as director of conservation education in Kentucky’s Education Department, saying he faced pressure to back candidates in the legislature. Gov. Edward Breathitt accepted the move. Walters, a Simpsonville farmer-politician, had previously chaired Chanler’s 1963 gubernatorial bid and then aligned with Breathitt forces. He was expected to back Waterfield supporters in the upcoming May 25 primary.
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Govellor
Breathitt
Chandler
Walers
Walters
Waterfield
Governors Plan Talks on School Desegregation
Governors from nine Southern states will meet with Congress members in Washington to discuss school desegregation. They criticized Health Education and Welfare guidelines as beyond the law and warned of possible lawsuits, urging federal clarification and support from their congressional delegations. They oppose the pace and scope of federal desegregation orders and want a clear understanding of duties and expectations.
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Atlanta
UPD
Carl Sanders
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sanders
Francis Keppel
Keppel
United States
Newspaper Notice: Classified Rates and Rights
The Daily News details publication rights, wire services, and subscription rates. Rates list carrier 35 cents weekly and mail options for Middlesboro area including Bell Minox Lee Claiborne counties with annual and monthly prices.
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Citizens News CO. Inc
Middlesboro
Kentucky
United Fresh International
United Press Internationals
U.P. News
Middleshorn
Bell and Minox
Lee County
Claiborne County
Tenn
Red Moon Shot to Soft Land Says Tass
Moscow based Tass announced Luna 5 would reach the Moon in the Sea of Clouds area about 10 18 p m Moscow time 2 15 p m EDT with radio links normal and a soft landing test seen as ambitious by Western observers If Luna 5 succeeds it could include sampling the surface or camera data If it fails Soviet observers hedge with caveats while US Surveyor plans move ahead in 1967 The Luna 3 weighed 3294 pounds and launched on Sunday
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Russia
Orean
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United States
Tass
Homer Newell
Space Program
Washington
Ge Rus_ siams
AML
Tuna
Secretary’s Funeral Set For Today in Tennessee
Nancy C ole Tyler secretary to former Senate Majority Secretary Bob by Baker died in a small single engine plane crash off Ocean City Maryland. Her funeral was scheduled at Calvary Baptist Church in City Tennessee. The crash also killed pilot Robert H. Davis 43 Huntingdon West Virginia. Baker was aboard a boat that recovered bodies from the wreckage. Tyler had assisted investigations of Bakers business interests. The plane failed to pull out of a loop and plunged into the Atlantic.
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Tenn
UPE
Nancy Cole Tyler
Senate
Bobby Baker
Calvary Baptist
Tennessee
Robert H. Davis
Huntingdon
W Va
Davis
Atlantic Ocean
Baker
Occan Cuy
Miss Tyler
Breathitt Sets Date For Session
Governor Edward Breathitt set June as a tentative date for a special session of the General Assembly. He would limit topics to a school aid problem in Louisville and Jefferson County, possibly broader if lawmakers craft a bipartisan plan. The session, nonpartisan by design, could expand if requested by the assembly and the Assembly group meets again in May to decide.
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Frankfort
UPI
Edward T. Breathitt
General Assembly
Lepisteters
Louisville
Jefferson County
Constitution Revision Assembly
Sal
Exploratory Talks With Rebel Leader Seek Settlement
UPI reports US envoy John Bartlow Martin held exploratory talks with rebel Col Francisco Caamano Deno in Santo Domingo arranged by papal nuncio Emanuele Cialdini to seek a settlement amid the Dominican crisis. Also present were Hector Aristy and others as discussions continued with no disclosed results. The junta insists it has no plan to attack the rebels while U.S. forces maintain security as normal returns to the capital.
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Martin McReynolds
United Press International
Santo Domingo
UPI
John Bartlow
Martin
Francisco Caamino Deno
State Department
Emanuele Clatiala
Cynmano
Dominican Republic
Hector Aristy
Johnson
Hospital Notes and Admissions at Regional Hospitals
Daily hospital notes list visiting hours and a string of dismissals admissions and births across Middieshare Appalachian Regional Hospital and ARH. Names include Avril Dillman James Lawson Mabel Mustard Nan W Burch J R Suneey Chaynie Moyers Edward Dooley Callie Duncan Magpie Martin Ede Martin Ola J Martin Cline Wilford Jack FB Jen Wilson and son Tessie McKinney Rebecca Lynn Scab Myra Casper Michiel McManaway Wille Lee McCombs Verda Lambdin J W Nilbeck Sarah Trosper Marjorie Partin Teddy Brock Sherry Mrinelsen Mrs Chester Lawless and others.
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Avril Dillman
James Lawson
Jonesville
Mabel J. Mustard
Harrogate
Nan W. Burch
City
J. R. Suneey
Chaynie T. Moyers
Edward M. Dooley
James Bryant Koy
Tazewell
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Callie Duncan
Magpie Martin
Big Stone Gap
Ede Martin
Ola J. Martin
Cline Wilford
Jack FB
Chadwell, Sr
Jen Wilson and Son
Adatisseons
Tessie McKinney
Rebecca Lynn Scab
Ftembree
Myra J. Casper
Cy Michiel McManaway
Wille Lee McCombs
Verda Lamb
Houston Boycotts Grow in Large City Integration Drive
United Press International reports Negro teachers in Houston plan intensified classroom boycotts to press for faster school integration in the South’s largest urban district. A Tuesday meeting vowed repeats, with 3,000 students boycotting five Negro high schools and 90 percent seen as successful. King resumes Alabama voter registration efforts amid tense protests in Demopolis and other southern cities.
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Drhind
Leflore
Integral
Houston
Martin
al Demopolis
Albert Cooper
Demopolis
Cooper
Orangeburg
Preston H. Gray
Negro Hkitchen
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