British Troops Land Unopposed On Anguilla
A 315 member British task force landed by ship and helicopter at dawn to seize Anguilla with paratroopers and marines. Acting President Ronald Webster urged submission while Anguillans expressed mixed defiance and fear of the island’s future under British rule.
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Red Devil Regiment
Ronald Webster
Ding
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Rothesay
Minerva
Calypso
Bay of Piglets
Webster
Anthony Lee
Viet Cong Attacks Da Nang and Saigon Area
Viet Cong spring offensive hits Da Nang shantytown and targets U S and South Vietnamese forces near the city. In northwest Saigon, a counteroffensive kills 123 N Vietnamese on day one. one American dead and 23 wounded. Civilian casualties rise as a Da Nang shelling kills 13, wounds 21, with a Korean civilian worker and Marines among the dead and injured. Mortar barrage south of Da Nang wounds and kills several Marines. two enemy troops penetrate a mess hall but are slain. A rocket attack planned for Saigon is foiled by alert guards spotting radar traces and calling in mortar fire.
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U.S
John T. Wheeler
Navy Pier
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Wheeler
Dien Ban
James Wales
North Olmsted
Ohio
Pfc
Eugene Griesing
Weatherley
GM Recalls 1.1 Million Vehicles in Second Major Setback
General Motors recalls 1.1 million vehicles for possible brake defects, adding to a prior recall of 4.9 million for carburetor and exhaust issues. The recalls span Pontiac cars and Chevrolet and GMC trucks and buses, tied to a Alabama bus crash that killed a 4 year old and injured 24.
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Alarich
Pontiac
Chevrolet
GMC
Alabama
National Highway Safety Bureau
Apollo 10 Moon Flight Set for May 18
Apollo 10 will launch May 18 to circle the moon for 63 hours with two crew members approaching 10 miles above the surface to test a lunar module descent. The ascent stage will rendezvous with the command module while the ascent stage is left in lunar orbit. A moon landing is postponed to Apollo 11 planned for July. Commander Thomas Stafford and crewmates Eugene Cernan and John Young will fly the mission.
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Tex
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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Stafford
Navy
Eugene Cernan
John Young
Middletown Forecast Sees Warm Day and Cooler Night
The Middletown area is expected to see fair and cool weather tonight with lows in the 40s and increasing clouds. Thursday will be mild with highs in the 60s, following yesterday’s high of 70 and this morning’s low around 33.
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Middletown
Embassy shooter kills three at Ethiopian mission in Mexico City
A janitor named Afework Ber Manu, 30, murdered three people and wounded six at the Ethiopian Embassy in Mexico City before hanging himself in a hotel room. The ambassador's wife died and his two children were seriously wounded. police found the suspect six hours later.
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Mexico City
Bermanu Aftwork
Gallachew Bekele
Bekele
Antonio Carillo Flores
Flores
Afework
Ethiopia
Officials Try To Curb U.S. Economy
Washington officials push disinflation measures as banks lift the prime rate to 7.42 percent and corporations plan 14 percent plant spending rise in 1969. McCracken touts fiscal restraint while warning of inflationary psychology and a looming recession risk.
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Washington
Nies
Pope Plans July Visit To Africa
Pope Paul VI will undertake a brief July trip to East Africa to Kampala Uganda to consecrate a shrine to African martyrs and attend a bishops conference. It will be his seventh trip outside Italy and his second visit to Africa, following a 1962 journey to South Africa Ghana and Nigeria.
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Paul VI
East Africa
Kampala
Uganda
Italy
Paul
Africa
Milan
South Africa
Ghana
Niger
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