Third Death Marks Escalation of French Crisis
A 49-year-old Peugeot worker Henri Blanchet died from a fractured skull after fleeing a police charge at the Sochaux plant. The death brings the weekly crisis toll to three with student rioting resuming in Paris and a one hour general strike called by the Communists.
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Paris
Dents
Henri Blanchet
Peugeot Auto
Sochaux
Alsace
Blanchet
University of Paris
Peugeot
Seine
Viet Cong rockets hit Saigon airport amid Saigon shelling
Viet Cong rockets struck Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon wounding 24 civilians and destroying a helicopter and a plane. Ten rockets fired before dawn damaged aircraft and facilities as fighting flared at the DMZ and Allied forces reported 121 North Vietnamese killed in two battles.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U S Protests Viet Cong Terror Attacks in Saigon
In Paris, U S Ambassador Harriman prepared a strong protest to North Vietnam over Viet Cong rocket attacks on Saigon. He said civilian casualties marked terrorist actions with no military justification and would raise the issue with envoy Xuan Thuy while talks continue without escalation.
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Paris
Saigon
States
North Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Harri
Man
Thuy
le Duc Tho
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Hanoi
CBS
Charles Collingwood
United States
Johnson
Colombian President Threatens To Resign
President Carlos Lleras Restrepo told the Senate to accept his reform program or resign, risking Colombia's deepest government crisis in years. Riots broke out at the University of Bogota and clashes occurred as supporters of Lleras and ex dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla faced off. Police and civilians injured as troops surrounded the campus and authorities blamed Mao Tse tung and Fidel Castro disciples for the unrest. The Senate had rejected amendments curbing Congress power over economics and allowing new political parties to run in elections.
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Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Colombian
Senate
Congress
Lieras
University of Bogota
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Mao Tse-tung
Fidel Castro
Lleras
Congress faces tight vote on tougher gun controls
Cracks appear in opposition as House Judiciary Committee edges toward a gun bill with a 16 to 16 tie. President Johnson and Senator Saxbe push for restrictions while McGovern urges SD voters to review anti legislation. The bill would ban mail orders and interstate sales of rifles and ammunition and back similar pistol limits.
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Washington
Congress
House
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
George McGovern
D.D
South Dakota
Johnson
Celler
Robert F. Kennedy
Blaiberg's Condition Improves After Transplant
Doctors report slight improvement in Philip Blaiberg to 59 year old retired dentist who received the world's third human heart transplant on January 2. He remains conscious and under close supervision at Groote Schuur Hospital amid a hepatitis related liver ailment.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Extradition Request Filed for James Earl Ray
U S officials handed the British Foreign Office a formal request for the extradition of James Earl Ray, accused killer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The U S Embassy offered no details beyond saying the papers are documents required for extradition proceedings.
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London
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Foreign Office
U. S
U.S
Weather forecast predicts cool tonight and warm Thursday
The forecast calls for fair skies with cooler temperatures tonight and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Thursday remains mostly sunny and warm with a small chance of scattered showers in the afternoon. Yesterday's high reached 97 degrees and the morning low was 68.
Four Hostages Held at Atlanta Prison by Inmates
In a tense 15 hour standoff at the U S Penitentiary Atlanta four inmates held 22 people hostage including 17 male and five female staff. Hostages remained unharmed as negotiations continued with Warden Blackwell and FBI and police aid. The inmates Frederick Leister Jr Ralph Lepiscopo Robert Gorman and Ivan Neighbors face long sentences for bank robbery kidnapping and murder.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S. Penitentiary
B. V. Wolfe
Olin G. Blackwell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta Po Police Department
Blackwell
Williams
U.S
Atlanta
Frederick Freeman Leister Jr
Ralph M. Lepiscopo
Robert W. Gorman
Ivan Daniel Neighbors
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