Bombers Strike Haiphong Power Plants Amid Heavy Raids
U S Navy fliers report severe damage to Haiphong power plants cutting lights in North Vietnam s major port. Raids 20 to 40 miles from Hanoi target trains rail yards and storage dumps as six B 52 strikes in one day approach wartime records amid antiaircraft and missile fire.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
Northietnam
South Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Surveyor 3 Extends Arm During Moon Soil Study
In Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 3 extended its tubular arm with a 2 by 5 inch shovel end from the lunar craft at 4 56 a m EST. Controllers held the arm about 50 inches above the surface as they paused operations before dawn and planned to resume after the Moon rises over Goldstone later tonight.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 3
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Moon
Womenfolk Take To Road Fixin in West Virginia
In southwestern West Virginia, women from teens to sixties form a road repair brigade on Twelve Pole Creek road to protest unemployment and state welfare funds for men. They wield shovels and sledgehammers, working up to four hours daily with crews of 20, repairing a pocked two lane route and pressuring neglected maintenance.
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West Virginia
Pole Creek
Naugatuk
Here
Greek king imposes military rule amid capital crisis
Greek army acts under King Constantine seizing power with a near total communications blackout in Athens. A royal proclamation says the move aims to protect the country from internal danger as new elections are set for May. Tanks and troops patrolled deserted streets while a curfew excluded doctors and pharmacists.
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Athens
Turkey
Constantine
Greece
Rome
George Papandreou
Andreas
Hanoi Rejects Demilitarized Zone Proposal
Saigon reports Radio Hanoi rejected the American plan for a 26 mile demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam calling it a flat turn down. The broadcast signaled Hanoi’s firm stance on the proposal and heightened tensions in the region.
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Saigon
Radio
Hanoi
Alcohol Can Directly Harm Liver Despite Good Diet
Two New York studies presented at a medical biology meeting show alcohol damages liver cells even with a balanced diet. Researchers Rubin and Lieber found fatty deposits in liver cells after controlled alcohol exposure with high protein and vitamin intake, indicating nutrition cannot prevent alcohol toxicity.
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Chicago
New York
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Emanuel Rubin
Logist
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York City
Rubin
C. S. Lieber
Bellevue Hospital
Space Race Even Says Astronomer
Sir Bernard Lovell, British astronomer, says the space race appears about even now. He noted he would not bet on who leads at present but might this summer due to what the Russians could unveil soon.
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Oakland
Calif
Sir Bernard Lovell
U.S
Bernard
Merritt College
Stalin's Daughter On Way To U S
Svetlana Stalin left Switzerland by plane for New York, as announced by the Swiss government. This marks her departure from Europe during wartime affairs with the United States awaiting her arrival.
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Stalin’s
U.S
Bern
Switzerland
Joseph Stalin
Svetlana
New York
Rubber Workers Strike Hits 50,000 Jobs Across Firms
United Rubber Workers Union walked out on three of the four major rubber companies as midnight contract deadlines passed. The action affects more than 50,000 union jobs and marks the largest stoppage since 1959, following a 1965 action at U S Rubber Co now Uniroyal.
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Akron, Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
U. S. Rubber Co
Uniroyal
Firestone
Tire
UAW
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
General Tire and Rubber Co
General
Cleveand
Duellists Clash Over insult in Paris suburb
In Neuilly sur Seine near Paris, Socialist mayor Gaston Defferre and Gaullist Rene Ribiere dueled after an insult in a National Assembly debate. Defferre, 56, wounded Ribiere's right arm twice, the match lasting four minutes. Ribiere, 45, said it was his first sword foray. Both sought quick resolution as immunity not shielding them from charges.
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Paris
National Assembly
Marseille
Gaston Defferre
Assembly
Rene Ribiere
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Defferre
Ribiere
Middletown Weather Forecast Through Saturday
Clouds linger as warmer air moves in with chances of showers and thundershowers. Tonight’s low near 60. Tomorrow’s high in the 70s. Yesterday’s high 69 and low 58. Rain total reach .18 inch by 8 a.m.
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Middletown
Chicago Truckers Out Again
Truckers resume strike against eight Chicago area firms as talks between trucking associations and Teamsters stall in Washington. Industry spokesmen urge government intervention to avoid paralyzing national commerce. Teamsters Local 705 pickets outside firms employing over 1,700 drivers, including Willett Transportation, Frank Cordray Motor Service, and Lasham Cartage.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Teamsters Local 705
Willett Transportation Co
Frank Cordray Motor Service Inc
Lasham Cartage Co
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