Vietnamese Delay Terrorist's Trial Sailor Mutiny Costs Admiral
U S officials report up to 200 Viet Cong killed in a big battle with Vietnamese marines in Binh Dinh province about 320 miles northeast of Saigon. Five South Vietnamese killed and 25 wounded. no American casualties. Earlier, 276 Viet Cong killed and 38 captured in the Mekong Delta battle. six Americans and 16 South Vietnamese died. In Saigon a mutiny by young naval officers against Admiral Chong Van Cang suggests government approval.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen van Thai
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Thai
Gustav ¢. Hertz
U. S
Binh Dinh Prowines
Mekong River
Adm
Chong van Cang
Medicare Bill To Pass Today
Washington AP reports House Democrats push for quick passage of a 6 billion dollar health care Social Security bill amid Republican claims of a rubber stamp. A preliminary vote is seen late today as President Johnson backs Rep. Byrnes proposal with no payroll tax rise. Democrats say they can pass the administration version overwhelmingly.
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Washington
House
Johnson
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Byrnes
Mediators May Join Steel Talks
Negotiations between an eight man United Steelworkers committee and a management team continued in Pittsburgh with reports that federal mediators may join within a week to help break the deadlock. Both sides reportedly oppose government involvement.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Chuckle The Trouble With Square Neals
A witty quip notes that irregular squares cause roundness in a humorous aside about geometric quirks and arithmetic mishaps.
Anticancer Chemical Shows Promise in Animal Tests
Dr Harold G Petering of Upjohn, presenting at the 14th ACS national meeting, reported a new experimental anticancer agent dubbed KTS that destroys or slows many cancers in animals. The compound acts like claws to chelate copper, requiring copper for activity, with initial human safety tests begun at Roswell Park Memorial Institute and in few difficult cancer cases.
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Detroit
American Chemical Society
Harold G Petering
Petering
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Midwest Floods Grow With Widespread Damage Across the Midwest
Destructive flood waters pressured several states as thousands sought shelter. Two people died in a southern Minnesota storm and two children were missing after near the Battle Creek River in Ramsey County. About 1,000 people were displaced in Iowa towns as Cherokee faces over 2 million in damage and the Little Sioux River ran above flood stage. The Weather Bureau expects up to an inch of rain by tomorrow.
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Midwest
Minnesota
Battle Creek River
Ramsey County
Cherokee
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Northeastern Iowa Faces Severe Floods From Cedar River
The Cedar River swelled across Northeastern Iowa while Central Iowa fought the Des Moines River. Water flooded parts of Waterloo and Cedar Falls with evacuations near Fort Dodge. The Red Cross cared for 135 sheltered residents in Cherokee, Webster City, Marshalltown and Waterloo and 346 others in additional towns.
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Iowa
Cedar River
Cental Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge
Red Cross
Cherokee
Webster City
Marshalltown
Race attack gun duel shocks Bogalusa paper mill town
In Bogalusa Louisiana a gun duel between civil rights workers and unidentified assailants erupted early today near CORE lodging. A brick was thrown and shots fired with no injuries reported. CORE and national leader James Farmer threatened a nationwide boycott of Crown Zellerbach over alleged segregation practices. Auxiliary police sheriffs and state police were deployed to maintain peace during Farmer's planned visit.
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Bogalusa
Jarmes Farmer
Thain Inwactionsinn
AveNe
ITI
Omivecueel
Ku Klux Klan
Farmer
Denver
Crown-Zellerbach Corp
Crown-Zellerbach
12 Year Old Candy Tycoon Faces Civic Backlash
In Ridgeland a 12 year old girl Lezlie Mitchell ran a yard candy stand drawing brisk traffic and tax stamps but drew zoning complaints and charges of traffic hazard blight and health risk. Police moved her cart to a vacant lot across from a school to limit circulation.
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Wallingford, Conn
Lezlie Mitchell
Ridgeland
Lezlie
Ridgeland Property Owners Association
Carl Grasser
Leziie
Interracial step in church union moves urged in Lexington
Three large Negro denominations announce plans to join a broader Protestant church union project. Leaders hope the move broadens representation, with about 2.2 million members from Negro Methodist bodies expected to enter talks, expanding the nine-denomination coalition to over 25 million members. The accord includes Methodist, Episcopal, United Presbyterian, United Church, Disciples, and Evangelical United Brethren traditions.
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America
Charles S. Spivey Jr
Payne Theological Seminary
Wilberforce
Ohio
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Consultation Methodist
Episcopal United Presbyterian
United Church, Christian (Disciples
Evangelical United Brethren
Autobahn Shutdowns Persist in Berlin Crisis
Berlin communists closed the autobahn for three hours, reopening after a U S convoy challenged the blockade. The 44 man convoy proceeded toward West Berlin with no processing difficulties reported by the U S Mission. East Germany escalates harassment during the West Berlin tension.
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Berlin
East Germany
Berli
Hamburg
German Maneuvers Ahead of Bundestag Session
Germany conducts military maneuvers on Sunday as road and air restrictions loom. Soviet aircraft flew low Wednesday to oppose the West German Bundestag session amid Berlin talks slated for April 28 with a decision expected Friday.
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Germany
Bundestag
Berlin
Weather outlook with clearing skies and warmth Friday
Skies clear after night snowers and thunderstorms tapering by morning. Warm temperatures expected Friday with highs near the high 50s after a cooler night. yesterday’s high was 74 and today’s low was 47.
Johnson proposes unconditional talks on Viet Nam ending
President Johnson calls for immediate talks with the Communists to end the war in Viet Nam without preconditions and outlines a major Southeast Asia development program funded by a 5 billion investment. He backs UN leadership, invites industrialized nations, and names a team led by Eugene Black to guide participation.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.N
U Thant
Soviet Union
Eugene Black
World Bank
U.S
Kirill Mazurov l
Moscow
Unina
Hanoi
Peking
Jakarta
Sukarno
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