Buddhist Protesters Clash With U.S. Forces in Saigon
In Saigon Buddhist monks and nuns led a march on the U.S. Embassy, presenting a petition to Ambassador Maxwell Taylor. South Vietnamese paratroopers used tear gas and clubs to disperse the crowd, injuring several monks and nuns as officials arrived to assess the disturbance.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
U.S
U.S. Information Service
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
A. Alexis Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Pilot praised after Allegheny plane crash landing at Lancaster
Richard Murphy of Pittsburgh credits Capt. William Morris of Somerville for saving 25 passengers and three crew on Flight 338 from Pittsburgh to Newark when engine failure forced a snowy field landing. Two aboard hospitalized. investigation by Allegheny Airlines and the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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Lancaster, Pa
Richard Murphy
Allegheny Airlines
Lancaster
William Morris
Somerville
Murphy
Pittsburgh
Morris
Morris Stroh
New York City
Reading
Newark
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ten Die As U S Air Force Plane Crashes In Greece
An Air Force C124 Globemaster carrying 10 aboard crashed near Kalavrita in the northern Peloponnesus while en route from Aviano Italy to Athens. All on board are believed dead. Greek army units responded as bad weather and low clouds hindered search efforts. Kalavrita sits at 2,460 feet and hosts a historic Orthodox monastery.
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Athens
Greece
Air Force
Kalavrita
Peloponnesus
U.S
Aviano Air Base
Italy
Narth Air Transport
Dover
Del
U. S. Air Force
Weather Bureau
Tiros 9 Firing Success in Cape Kennedy Launch
Tiros 9 rocketed into polar orbit from Cape Kennedy at 2:52 am atop a Delta three stage booster. The 305 pound satellite aims to provide the best earth weather pictures yet for a continuous cloud cover map.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Tiros 9
Ohio League of Women Voters to push reapportionment drive
The Ohio League of Women Voters will launch a legislative reapportionment campaign next week. President Mrs Jerome B Berman announced the effort at a Columbus meeting, with a constitutional amendment on reapportionment to be submitted to voters in May.
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Cincinnati
Ohio League of Women Voters
Jerome B. Berman
League
Columbus
Civil rights testing yields mixed results in Alabama cities
In Tuscaloosa Negro civil rights leaders call the public accommodations drive a break after tapping into dining service with peaceful entries. In Selma six arrests marked police action as King supporters press the campaign while a Birmingham bar fight leaves a white supremacist beaten and hospital bound.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Selma
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Chicago
SU Uuba
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
King
James George Robinson
National States Rights Party
Perfectionist Delights in Sharing Meticulous Chuckles
A joking note celebrates the perfectionist who goes to great lengths to craft humor and then passes that meticulous chuckle craft to others, turning careful craft into communal amusement.
End Seen To Dock Strike Progress After New York Vote
New York longshoremen voted to accept a contract they had rejected, signaling possible end to the Main-to-Texas dock strike. ILA President Thomas W. Gleason planned a meeting with shippers and Gulf Coast workers in Galveston to push for swift settlement. About 60,000 longshoremen may not immediately return to work as ports await unified contracts.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Association
Thomas W. Gleason
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Tex
ILA
Rhodes urges southern Ohio counties to act on industry growth
Gov. James A. Rhodes told a meeting of developers and business leaders from 20 southern counties to move now to create jobs or risk missing the next big opportunity. He urged formation of community improvement corporations and backed a May 4 vote to empower loans for development. He highlighted a $29 million highway bond issue and a $2.5 billion highway program to improve transport and airports.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Appalachias
Washington
Carroll
Coshocten
Holmes
Tuscarawas
Congress
Rhodes
Ohio Department of Development
Goldwater-backed chairman era ends as Bliss named
In Chicago the Republican National Committee elected Ohio political veteran Ray C. Bliss as national chairman, accepting the resignation of Dean Burch. Bliss, 57, will assume duties April 1, signaling a shift after Barry Goldwater’s failed bid and a push by progressives within the party.
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Chicago
Barry Goldwater
Ohio
Ray C. Bliss
Goldwater
GOP
National Committee
Dean Burch
Bliss
Burch
Gordon Walker Resigns as Foreign Secretary in UK by-election defeat
London AP reports Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker resigning after a Labour defeat in a special election. Prime Minister Harold Wilson may take over the post, with Denis Healey seen as a potential successor after the Feb 16 defense policy White Paper. Labour's margin falls to three, jeopardizing Wilson's fragile majority.
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London
Patrick Gordon Walker
Harold Wilson
Foreign Office
Gordon Walker
Laborites
Denis Healey
House of Commons
Healey
Labor Party
Ronald Buxton
Frank Cousins
Frank Owles
House of Lords
Cousins
Wilson
Labor
Progressives Back Bliss as GOP Tent Tightens
The party progressives, angry at exclusion by Burch, support Bliss a political technician who can unite the GOP. Southern conservatives mutter discontent claiming Goldwater's compromise with Bure foes sold out. Any revolt appears likely to be brief.
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Progressives
Burch
Bliss
Goldwater
Bure
Pont named Indiana head coach after Dickens resigns
Bloomington AP reports John Pont former Yale coach is named head coach at Indiana University to replace Phil Dickens who resigned after seven years. Cincinnati AP notes two masked men robbed a First National Bank branch and fled with 50000.
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John Pont
Yale
Indiana University
Phil Dickens
Indiana
Churchill battle continues as fire near bedroom erupts
Sir Winston Churchill, 90, shows no change in condition after a stroke. A fire broke out near his bedroom as four fire engines fought flames behind his town house, smoke filling the window area. Lady Churchill walked outside briefly as the illness grinds on.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Statesman
Sir Winston
Christopher Soames
Churchill
Medical Association
Churchill Lying in London Home as Newsmen Stand Vigil
Churchill rests in a ground floor room at 28 Hyde Park Gate while reporters keep vigil outside. Lady Churchill, calm and brave, walks Hyde Park with Mary and Christopher Soames. BBC technicians prepare TV booths inside St Pauls Cathedral for the nation’s tribute to its heroes.
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Churchill
London
Hyde Park Gate
Lady Churchill
Sylvia Henley
Hyde Park
Mary and
Christopher Soames
British Broadcasting Corp
St. Paul's Cathedral
Churchill to Lie Near Parents at Bladon Grave Site
Report notes Churchill will be buried in Bladon Oxfordshire beside his parents as others stake out positions in the village churchyard. The Daily Mirror circulates a five million copy edition speculating that Churchill would disapprove of the political climate created by his illness.
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Bladon
Oxfordshire
Churchill
Daily Mirror
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