Siege Lifted as Duc Co Camp Breaks 70 Day Standoff
US and Vietnamese forces end a 70 day siege at Duc Co near the Cambodian frontier. Air battles see a Navy A4 Skyhawk shot down 50 miles south southwest of Hanoi. pilot believed killed. Government forces claim 154 Viet Cong dead as relief columns reach Duc Co and Can Tho area.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Duc Co
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Ba Binh
Dien Bien Phu
Mekong Delta
Can Tho
173Rd Airborne Brigade
1St Infantry Division
Pleiku
2Nd Corps
Central Highlands
Hoover Memory Honored by White House Invitees
Five living Republican presidential nominees were invited to the White House to honor Herbert Hoover and witness Henry Cabot Lodge take the oath as ambassador to South Vietnam. The event also marked creation of the Herbert Hoover National Historical Site in West Branch Iowa.
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Washington
Alf Landon
Barry Goldwater
White House
Herbert Hoover
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Johnson
GOP
Landon
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
West Branch
Iowa
Hoover
Bill D. Moyers
Lodge
Viet Nam
Phoenix
Ariz
Weather forecast calls for heat and strong sun
The Weather Bureau warns of rising temperatures with southwesterly winds and abundant sunshine pushing the high into the 90s. Tonight’s low in the 60s. yesterday’s high reached 84 and today’s low was 5.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Truck crash kills woman in Cincinnati
A runaway semitrailer with failed brakes struck a car in Cincinnati on Wednesday. The victim, Mrs. Augusta Saxer, 4, was killed. Driver Harold G. Doda, 42, Florence Wisconsin, was cited for involuntary manslaughter and running a traffic light.
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Cincinnati
Augusta Saxer
Harold G. Doda
Florence
Wis
Singapore Chief Hopes to Meet Sukarno for Recognition
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore offered to meet Indonesian President Sukarno once Indonesia recognizes Singapore as independent. He warned Communists to avoid unrest and said Singapore may join Malaysia as a future outcome. Lee stressed Singapore and Indonesia should live peacefully.
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Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Indonesia
Lee
Sukarno
Malaysia
Subandrio
Southeast Asia
Stool Carriers Rally Despite Piano Move
A humorous note recalls that too many people rush to carry a stool when a grand piano is to be moved. The quip highlights overzealous helpers and the comic imbalance between tasks.
Blind Girl Climbs Broken Top Mountain in Oregon
Susan Maltby, 17, blind since birth, reached the 9165 foot Broken Top summit with the Chemeketans in the Oregon Cascades. She skis on snow and water, sails, knits, and was named girl of the year after graduating from South Salem High School.
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Steve Erickson
Salem
Ore
Susan Maltby
Susan
South Salem High School
Broken Top Mountain
Oregon Cascades
Peter
State School For the Blind
White House
Wife Got Threats Captain Sullivan Honored at Parade
Captain Christopher J. O Sullivan posthumously received the Distinguished Service Cross as his widow Eleanor accepted the award on Governor's Island. His sons Stephen and Michael joined, with Cardinal Spellman and Mrs Smith present. O Sullivan died May 30 in Vietnam leading Rangers to rescue Lt. Donald Robinson. Vietnamese Ranger casualties topped 75.
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Governor's Island
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Stephen E. Smith
John F. Kennedy
O'Sullivan
Michael
Stephen
Donald Robinson
Tacoma
Wash
Discrimination Suit Dismissed Over Cost of Defense
Cincinnati officials report it cost 14118 to defend the Cincinnati Board of Education in a discrimination suit filed by parents of 45 Black children. The suit was dismissed after Judge John W. Peck ruled the parents failed to prove their children were deprived of rights. The parents had claimed de facto segregation in city schools.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Board of Education
U. S. District Court
John W. Peck
Naval lieutenant posthumously awarded Silver Star
The parents of Bay Village naval lieutenant William M. Barschow, 27, received his Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in Viet Nam. The posthumous award was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Barschow by Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze, who noted the exploits had become legendary among locals in South Viet Nam.
Eight-Day Gemini 5 flight aimed at first space rendezvous
Cape Kennedy NASA outlines Gemini 5 mission with Lt. Col. L Gordon Cooper Jr and Lt. Cmdr Charles Conrad Jr racing to link with a satellite named REP the Radar Evaluation Pod. The plan includes a two hour seven minute second orbit and a four orbit rendezvous finale to within 20 feet. The eight day flight would break Soviet and U.S. stay records and ends with a western Atlantic splashdown.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
The
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Atlantic
Bermuda
Cooper
Conrad
Globe
Valery Bykovsky
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Gemini 5
Schirra
Stafford
Greece’s Monarchy At Stake Amid Political Struggle
In Athens AP reports a rising clash between King Constantine and former Prime Minister George Papandreou over Greece’s monarchy. Papandreou’s backers push for his return to power while the king seeks a cabinet with wider support as elections loom. Papandreou’s Center Union could gain a larger majority if elections are held.
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Athens
Constantine
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Greece
Reine
Center Union
Fighting Disturbs Indians
Fighting unsettles Kashmir as guerrilla clashes erupt with claimed infiltrations from Pakistan. About 50 clashes reported in six days. Troops dispatched to Bihar to stop mobs raiding trains and stations. Civil disturbances spread across eastern and southern areas of the subcontinent.
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New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Pakistan
Bihar
Colleges Brace for Tighter Draft Deferments Nationwide
As Vietnam calls grow, 13 of 20 states plan to review college student deferments. Local boards flag stricter checks including transcript verification and grade assessments. Officials caution against wholesale reviews while some boards pledge to protect students pursuing education.
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New York
Associated Press
Howard W. Davis
Connecticut
Ohio
Selective Service
Raymond E. Clouse
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