Ambassador Taylor Arrives in South Viet Nam
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor landed in Saigon and praised the ongoing war programs as sound with vigorous implementation promised. Security was tight as hundreds of police guarded the route amid earlier bomb attacks on the US Embassy and other targets.
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Ambassador Taylor
South Viet Nam
Saigon
South West Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Henry Cabot Lacdige
Kennedy's Nurse in Republican Drift at Massachusetts Hospital
At Cooley Dickinson Hospital Edward M. Kennedy's daytime nurse Esther Madden, a Amherst Republican, insists she will not join his Democratic campaign. She jokes about Cardinal Cushing visiting and calls herself a political minority in the room. Kennedy's spokesman praises Madden as a fine nurse.
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Athampton, Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Esther Madden
Republican Town Committee
Amherst
Sen. Kennedy
Missing After Blast Rips Through New Castle Plant
Five American Cyanamid employees were listed as missing after a string of four explosions and fires at the 53 acre plant site near New Castle. At least 12 people were injured and a police officer died of a heart attack directing traffic.
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New Castle. Pa
American Dysnamid Co
Eugene Rudesi
Gerald Wingard
Donald Schenker
Wilbur Robinson
Clarence Claypool
New Castle
American Cyanamid
Pittsburgh
James Miles
Teens Die In Lake Shore Drive Crash In Chicago
Five Chicago teens died and another was critically injured when their car veered off Lake Shore Drive. Witnesses said the vehicle traveled about 60 to 70 mph before striking a tree after leaving an overpass. Victims named Leonard Stafford 17 driver Steve Box 15 Dolores Stowers 16 Evelyn Napier 15 Jerey Blackburn 14.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
Leonard Stafford
Steve Box
Dolores Stowers
Evelyn Napier
Jerey Blackburn
Kelly Elam
Case Presses Action to Recover Baker Money
Sen. Clifford Case urged the attorney general to sue Bobby Baker to turn over money he earned via the Senate payroll. He said Baker can be compelled in a civil action to repay all sums gained through influence and office. Case criticized the Rules Committee probe as inadequate and timid and warned of a whitewash.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
Rn.j
Bobby Baker
Senate
United States
Case
Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
John Birch Society
Sen
Scott
Platform Committee
Abner W. Sibai
Connecticut
Senate Probing Funeral Costs Reports Abuses in Prices
A Senate subcommittee opened hearings on the high cost of dying and heard funeral industry witnesses describe abuses in pricing and selling. They unveiled a proposed 27 rules for the Federal Trade Commission to end funeral field abuses.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
31 Killed In Mexican Earthquake Strikes Guerrero
The Pacific coast state of Guerrero suffered 31 deaths in a Monday quake. Acapulco reported no major damage. Coyuca de Catalan and Zi huatanejo were among affected areas with destroyed buildings and injuries.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Guerrero
Acapulco
Raimundo Abarca Caldiron
XEBB
Coyuca de Catalan
Ciudad Altamirano
Zihuatanejo
Criticism of funeral industry cited as justified yet misrepresentations
A speaker defends the funeral industry noting justified criticisms but warns many charges stem from isolated abuses and misrepresentations. He calls a fringe minority predatory toward the elderly and bereaved and harms other funeral directors.
Trade group flags funeral home sales abuses
The trade association proposed rules to stop deceptive pitches that claim embalming is legally required, insist on vault use when not required, and expose secret kickbacks to steer customers. It also targets inflated final charges and price fixing or conspiracies that limit competition.
Senate hearings probe burial industry antitrust concerns
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee chaired by Philip A. Hart opens hearings to uncover possible restraint of trade and antitrust issues in the burial industry.
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Senate Antitrust and Monopoly — Subcommittee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Romney Fails To Back Scranton On Rights Bill
Romney declines to endorse Scranton’s push for a constitutional declaration on civil rights at the convention. Goldwater opponents aim to use the issue to rally support while Romney's omission signals a split strategy amid heavy lobbying by Scranton aides and party moderates.
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Romney
Scranton
San Francisco
Michigan
George Romney
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Convention Platform Committee
Sen
Barry Goldwater
William RE
Miller
New York
Platform Committee
Republican Party
Clare Booth Luce
House
Tests Show Man Can Work Deep Under Sea
Edwin A. Link says man can conquer a frontier as big as Africa and rich in oil and minerals. At 430 feet in the Atlantic near the Bahamas, Jon Lindbergh and Robert Stenart spent two days and nights on the seabed under Link’s observation. They reported no fear, only gear concerns, and remained alert and capable throughout.
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Edwin A. Link
The
Bahama Islands
Link
Jon Lindbergh
Robert Stenart
Atlantic Ocean
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Great Stirrup Cay
Bahamas
Stenart
Rioting Injures Police in St. Louis Suburb
About 500 shouting protesters pelted officers and cars with bricks and bottles after a sick call. Nine officers were injured, two seriously, as three buildings burned in Kinlock after a Friday clash. Tear gas was used, four arrests made, and youths later marched on the Ninth District station.
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ST. Louis
Kinlock
Ninth District
Forbidden fruit inspires jam in humorous twist
A playful note suggests that the idea of forbidden fruit leads to a sticky situation as a joke about culinary mishaps and fruit jams. The line frames temptation and kitchen mishaps with light, witty imagery.
Peace Force Plan Draws Interest
Washington officials study evidence that the Soviet Union may back a permanent UN military force. Tokyo reports suggest Moscow proposed a UN standing army, while the U.S. favors a system of earmarked multinational units ready for the secretary general. The issue follows UN peacekeeping strains and Soviet voting losses.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
United Nations
Tokyo
U. N
Moscow
World Organization
U.N
General Assembly
United States
Violence erupts again in British Guiana after river launch bombing
In Georgetown an upsurge of racial violence was feared after a river launch carrying about 70 Negro passengers was bombed. At least 10 laborers were reported killed and 23 missing, eight children among them. A shortwave broadcast claimed up to 20 deaths. British army helicopters, police launches and private boats searched the Demerara River for survivors.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Miami
Demerara River
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