Glenn Illness Complicates Ohio Senate Campaign
Ohio Democratic race tightens as Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. suffers an illness after a Feb. 26 fall. Officials say he may not retire by April 1, leaving his May 5 primary nomination in question while Sen. Stephen M. Young leads in campaign chatter. Glenn remains on Ohio ballots as he remains in a San Antonio hospital.
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Ohio
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
Stephen M. Yung
Marine Corps
Glenn
Wallace Greene
Ford Eastman
Space Agency
Eastman
San Antonio
Tex
Howard Metzenbaum
Young
Rights Bill Debate Near in Senate
Senate backers plan to speak on the merits as the civil rights bill stalls for a week. Senator Humphrey said the measure is pending business after Thursday’s vote, while Senator Russell warned the fight is far from over. Martin Luther King warned of direct action if filibuster continues, emphasizing nonviolence though leaving room for civil disobedience.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Russell
Georgia
Martin Luther King
Capitol
UN Troops Begin Cyprus Mission Under UN Flag
In Nicosia the United Nations Force in Cyprus begins duty with blue berets as the UN flag rises. Indian Lt Gen Prem Singh Gyani commands 7,000 troops including 6,000 British and 1,000 Canadians to protect Greek and Turkish Cypriots from clashes. Half the British contingent to be withdrawn as Swedes Finns and Irish join. An advance party of Swedes and Finns arrives tonight.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
United Nations
Prem Singh Gyani
Gyani
Phoenix Sit In Broken Up by Arizona Patrolmen
Civil rights demonstrators slept overnight on the Arizona State Senate Building floors and were ejected by highway patrolmen with no violence. Harold Giss, Senate majority leader, urged peaceful departure as demonstrators sang. Chiut Duncan led about 10 youths camped on the second floor and were lifted off by uniformed officers. They sought a public accommodations bill to outlaw discrimination in lodging, cafes, and amusements.
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Ariz
State Senate
Arizona
Harold Giss
Chiut Duncan
Congress On
Capitol
Cold weather grips eastern half of nation in March chill
The Associated Press reports widespread wintry conditions across the eastern half of the country one week after spring began. Below zero readings appear in Dakota to Michigan regions with a 7 below at International Falls. Green Bay records a 10 inch snowfall and zero as a March 27 low.
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Oklahoma
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
Dakotas
Minnesota
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Iowa
Michigan
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Minn
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Midwest
South
Atlanta
Great Lakes Region
New England
Two Fliers Are Freed In East Germany Release
President Johnson welcomed Russia's release of two American fliers David I. Holland and Melvin J. Kessler after their RB 6B recon bomber was shot down over East Germany. They were handed to U.S. authorities at Helmstedt at 8 55 am EST and flown to Wiesbaden with 1st Lt. Harold W. Welch released earlier.
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Tex
Johnson
Russia
East Germany
U.S
Helmstedt
Germany
George Reedy
Texas
Austin
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Holland
Ater
Hannover
Wiesbaden
U.S. Air Force
Europe
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Detroit
Mich
Welch
Cold Snap Forecast With Light Snow to Reach Area
A cold spell continues tonight with cloudy skies and a light snow event moving from Nebraska to the region tomorrow. Temperatures fall to the low 20s, after a high of 34 yesterday and a low of 24 today.
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Nebraska
More Dieters Tomorrow Than Today, A Chuckle
A humorous note states that more people will start diets tomorrow than today, highlighting the common diet timing pattern with light, jokey tone.
Sailors Prolong Sit-In After Navy Minister Resigns
About 3,000 sailors and marines remained in a downtown building as Navy Minister Silvio Mota resigned for failing to extract them from a sit-in supporting a corporal jailed for political activities. Rear Adm. Luis Filipe Sinai planned to resign as government tactics aimed to wait out the protest.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Silvio Mota
Mota
Luis Filipe Sinai
Marine Corps
Singer Hammerstein Freed by East German Authorities
Gabrielle Hammerstein a New York soprano was released from prison in Communist East Germany after a six year sentence for spying. The 39 year old was freed on Thursday and flew to New York with her mother Dr Gertrude Rosenhain.
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West Berlin
Miss Hammerstein
Park attempts to quiet Korean demonstrators with recall
President Chung Hee Park recalled his Japanese aide Kim Chong-pil to ease student demonstrations in Seoul. About 30,000 students protested Tokyo talks to normalize relations between Japan and South Korea. Tokyo officials said Kim's departure would not affect the negotiations.
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Seoul
Korea
Chung Hee Park
Japan
Tokyo
South Korea
Kim Chong-pil
Park
Kim
Fire damages planing mill at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus
A fire at a planing mill within the Ohio Penitentiary compound in downtown Columbus caused several thousand dollars in damage before firefighters brought the flames under control.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Follow Up To Apollo Moon Trip
NASA proposed a two year study to extend Apollo missions by orbiting three astronauts for 120 days in a modified spacecraft with a space laboratory replacing the LEM. The plan aims to test long duration weightless living and conduct engineering and scientific experiments while pursuing future interplanetary exploration.
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Houston, Tex
Earth
United States
Manned Spacecraft Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space Laboratory
Outer Space
Moon
The
Space Agency
MacArthur Shows Marked Lung Improvement
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's right lung showed marked improvement but remains in serious condition. Officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center said the development is positive, yet his overall status is essentially the same as two days prior after emergency surgery earlier in the week.
Fulbright Speech Strains Johnson Policy Debate Grows
Sen. J. W. Fulbright sharpens a border line in the election year foreign policy debate alleging the administration’s Cuba strategy is a failure. He argues for flexible policy, stresses OAS role, and says the US should not pull out of South Vietnam nor recognize Communist China.
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J. W. Fulbright
Johnson
Arkansas
Bright
Cuba
Panama
Fulbright
ABC
Organization of American States
U.S
United States
South
Viet Nam
China
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