Democratic Platform Hearings Open Amid Vietnam Dispute
In Washington the Democratic Platform Committee began hearings with Rep. Hale Boggs urging reconciliation amid clashes over Vietnam policy. The contest pits Vice President Humphrey against Sen. McCarthy over inviting the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front into a Saigon coalition and risks a floor fight at Chicago.
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Democratic Platform Committee
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
North Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
National Liberation Front
Chicago
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Humphrey
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Plane crash Kills 41 in Cyprus
An Egyptian Antonov 24 on a Cairo to Damascus flight disappeared from Nicosia radar and wreckage with 41 aboard was found about 120 miles south of Cyprus after British forces searched the Mediterranean.
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Nicosia
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Cairo
Damascus
Sniper on LIRR Kills Father of Three in Ambush
A sniper fired from a sandy embankment at a moving Long Island Rail Road train killing Vincent Maher a 31 year old elevator operator and father of three and wounding Gabriel Jansen 48 a dredger worker. 16 year old John Whitmore of Long Island City was arrested and charged with homicide felonious assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. The train continued to Pennsylvania Station.
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Long Island
John Whitmore
Long Island City
Queens
Vincent Maher
Gabriel
Jansen
Pennsylvania Station
Manhattan
Maher
Jones Beach
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Point Pleasant
N.J
Eisenhower Remains Extremely Critical Despite Pacemaker
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in extremely critical condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors report recurrent ventricular irregularities despite pacemaker use and electrical conversion attempts. Family members stay near as the general, 77, shows brief alertness and intermittent sleep.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Gordon Moore
Col
John Eisenhower
Middletown Forecast Calls For Warm Humidity Tonight
The Middletown area is forecast for fair warm and humid conditions tonight with lows around 70. Tuesday will have variable clouds and continued warmth with scattered thundershowers. Yesterday’s high was 91 and this morning’s low 72 with no rainfall over the weekend.
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Middletown
American Armor Breaks Back Of Tay Ninh Reds
North Vietnamese troops pulled back from Tay Ninh after days of heavy combat that left more than 200 dead. An American armored column and South Vietnamese forces moved through the city with little resistance, part of four days of intensified fighting from the Mekong Delta toward Da Nang. About 500 North Vietnamese regulars reportedly slipped out under darkness through an allied siege. Tay Ninh, a 200000 population city 45 miles northwest of Saigon, faced serious clashes as the ground war heated.
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Tay Ninh
Mekong
da Nang
Hanoi
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Navy
Lose Jobs Over Sideburns At Northwest Orient Airport
George Parker cargo manager at Kennedy Airport ordered workers with sideburns to shave or face dismissal. Fourteen employees were sent home after the deadline, appealing to the International Association of Machinists which will meet with company reps.
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Kennedy
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van Buren
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International Association of Machinists
Second Child Heart Transplant OK in Houston
Five year old Maria Giannaris from Hagerstown Maryland woke soon after her heart transplant at Texas Children’s Hospital. She became the world’s 31st heart recipient, receiving a donor heart from 11 year old James Dudley Herron II of Purdue University.
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Maria Giannaris
Hagerstown
Nick A. Giannaris
Texas Children’s Hospital
James Dudley Herron II
James Dudley Herron
Maria
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