Bombers raid Laos as Vietnam toll rises
US jet fighter-bombers raided Communist areas in Laos dropping over 20 tons of bombs from Da Nang. Six F105s led a group of more than a dozen planes on a secret mission. Two more Americans died in Vietnam raising unofficial toll to 430.0 The Da Nang area was placed off limits to avoid attacks during the Viet Cong Anti American day.
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Abandoned Infant Is Named Patrick
An infant boy abandoned in a car in a parking lot at Springfield Hospital has been named Patrick by nurses in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The 7 pound 1 ounce baby was placed in an incubator after being found Tuesday night.
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Mass
Patrick
Springfield Hospital
Brother brings him in for subway slaying case
Christopher Lynch, sought in the Brooklyn subway slaying of 17 year old Andrew Mormile, surrendered at a Harlem station with his brother Roger. Police say Lynch, 17, 6 foot 4 and 210 pounds, stabbed Mormile in a car near Brooklyn as witnesses fled. An anonymous tip led detectives to Terry Toomer, 18, who aided Lynch on the train. Mormile, a Brooklyn High School of Auto Trades senior, had been with his girlfriend before the fatal attack over a cigarette demand.
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Brooklyn
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Roger FE. Lynch
Christopher
Mormile
Terry Toomer
Toormer
Aaron Koota
Newsmen
Nome
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Marialianne Feis
Queens
West Germany Israel pact cleared by Israeli parliament
Israeli Parliament approved full diplomatic relations with West Germany by a 66 to 29 vote with 10 abstentions. Premier Levi Eshkol, ill with flu, cast his vote and called the move a strong counter to Arab pressure while noting the lingering postwar anti German sentiment in Israel. Kurt Birrenbach travels from Bonn to begin talks once negotiations start.
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Kurt Birrenbach
Bonn
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Top money in occupations doctor lawyer merchant chief
Labor Department study of 321 occupations shows physicians at top with median $14 561 annually while newsboys bring $550. Banking and finance business managers earn $12 757 and lawyers $10 587. Higher education generally means higher pay, with locomotive engineers at 38th with $7 586 and millwrights at 107th with $5 933.
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Washington
Labor Department
Marches Planned as Violence Breaks Out in Alabama
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. planned to lead a peaceful march on the Montgomery courthouse amid clashes that left eight injured after deputies on horseback charged demonstrators. Gov. Wallace extended voter registration time in six counties as FBI joined the probe.
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Murder Charge Brings Two Flemish County Slayings
An Ohio man Clyde E. Fannin 32 Fairborn was charged with murder in Flemingsburg Kentucky for the deaths of Hattie Green 72 and her daughter Nannie Zornes 57. The women were found after a house fire. Investigators say they were shot before the blaze.
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Ohio
Clyde E. Fannin
Fairborn
Fleming County
Richard Hinton
Fannin
Hinton
Severe winter storm sweeps central and southern regions
A severe late winter snow storm battered the northern Plains from the Rockies into Minnesota with blizzards in places. Tornadoes and high winds struck Texas Oklahoma and Kansas causing property damage. One injury reported in Oklahoma. Snow 4 to 6 inches in parts of Minnesota Michigan and surrounding states. A wind storm hit Tyler Texas damaging businesses and homes.
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Weather notes for St Patrick's Day with rain turning to snow
The forecast cites rain through tonight with a change to snow as cold air moves in from the west. Winds stay strong, temperatures fall to near 30 tonight and remain in the 30s tomorrow. Yesterday's high was 57 and the low today 38.
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Ohio students join Alabama voting rights march
Antioch College students said they came during finals to support the voting rights movement in Montgomery. Demonstrators were dispersed by deputies after mounted possemen charged the group. no serious injuries. Er ic Ster of Cleveland, president-elect of Pittsburgh students, was among those slightly hurt.
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Ohio
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Protest Woman Becomes Torch in Detroit
German born widow Alice Herz, 82, set herself ablaze on a Detroit street corner to protest South Viet Nam and political corruption. Passers-by beat out her flaming clothing, two flammable fluid cans were found, and a note in her purse outlined her intent and political grievances including the U.S. president.
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South Viet Nam
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France
Alice Herz
Talkathon May End Early On Voting Rights Bill
Washington AP reports that shrinking Southern opposition signals Senate leaders could push a voting rights bill to passage without a full filibuster. If debate lengthens, leaders may stop it by securing a two thirds majority of those voting.
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Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Johnson to send civil rights bill to Congress today
President Johnson plans to forward the administration’s version of a civil rights bill to Congress as leaders from both parties work with Attorney General Katzenbach on final terms. The bill aims to enforce Negro voting rights in the South and affect Senate debate length and vigor. senators expect no full dress filibuster.
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Congress
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Senate
Lone
Senate debate on voting rights faces possible filibuster
Senators discuss potential filibuster as voting rights measure moves forward. Fulbright and Bible defend constitutional guarantees while Bennett questions need for delay. Montoya Bass and Fannin weigh stance on cloture amid mixed signals from replacements. Murphy signals openness to full debate.
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Jo W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Alain Bible
D-Nev
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Chuckle A Texan Prefers Disneyland Over Rhode Island
A Texan visiting Rhode Island reports the state is cute but not as appealing as Disneyland. The remark reflects a lighthearted tourist comparison emphasizing personal preference rather than a factual event.
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Rhode Island
Disneyland
Man With Green Hair At St Patrick Parade
Maurice M. Van Wie of Wisconsin sports green hair and eyebrows for St Patrick’s Day in Chicago. He jokes about kin to the Auld Sod while parade watchers pull his hair. Mayor Daley orders 100 pounds of emerald dye dumped into the Chicago River for the festivities.
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Chicago
Maurice M. van Wie
Kenosha
Wis
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Richard J. Daley
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