Capture Ends Dahsons Search For Brother
In Saigon a U S Army general says rescue is impossible without risking lives as Donald Dawson and Collette Embarer halt in Red territory with a priest amid Viet Cong lines to recover Lt. Daniel L. Dawson, missing since last November when his helicopter went down near Bien Hoa.
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Donald Dawson
Daniel L. Dawson
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Father Dean
Dawson
Daniel
Miss Embarger
Collette
Mr. Dawson
U.S
Father of Four Bottles Home To Burn Children
Police in Rome stormed a barricaded house and detained 30 year old Antonio Casari as he poured gasoline on his four children and vowed to burn them alive. The mechanic was restrained in a straitjacket for mental evaluation. The children aged 11 months to 11 years were terrified but unharmed. Casari had been released from a mental institution recently.
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Rome
Antonio Casari
Casari
U S launches largest air strike on North Vietnam
Saigon reports the United States mounted its biggest raid of the war with at least 242 aircraft dropping 300 tons of bombs on Vinh area targets including an air field and barracks. Two Navy Crusaders were shot down and one pilot rescued after a sea bailout.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Song Ca
Red Military
Vinh Hanoi
U.S
Informa
Vinh
Weather forecast hints at late day thundershowers
The Weather Today looks to be summerlike with possible thundershowers increasing after a dry period. A high in the 80s is expected, with storms likely late in the afternoon or early evening.
United States defers Dominican recognition awaiting OAS role
The United States avoids formal recognition of the Dominican junta on Saturday and leans on the Organization of American States to address the crisis. U S officials say no decision on recognizing the new government until peace and democratic processes emerge, with OAS fact finding backing the U S stance. Latin American nations may send forces under an OAS command as regional troops arrive.
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Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
U.S
OAS
Republic
Santo Domingo
Johnson
Tve
Nation Oas
Richardo Colombo
Goldwater Applauds LBJ Actions and Reflects on Politics
Barry Goldwater praised Johnson for sending Marines to the Dominican Republic as “just as right as the day is long.” He also supported the Vietnam policy, critiqued the Republican Party, and said he might run for the Senate in Arizona if Hayden retires. He spoke in New York while en route home from Europe.
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Johnson
U.S
Dominican Republic
Barry Goldwater
Associated Press
Goldwater
Phoenix
Ariz
Peggy
Viet Nam
Cuba
Arizona
Republican Party
Senate
Hayden
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Middletown’s Tobacco Era and The Leper In Focus
Middletown history features tobacco as the early city’s major industry at the turn of the century. A separate piece recalls The Leper once shunned, now treated and cured, with pages noted for more detail.
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Middletown
Two Soviet Officials Expelled in Canada Spy Case
Ottawa says A E Bytchkov a Commercial attache and V N Poluchkin a chancery clerk were expelled after a plot to buy Canadian defense and industrial secrets with large bribes was uncovered by the RCMP. The External Affairs Department declared them unwelcome after a tip from two conscientious Canadians.
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Ottawa
Canada
A. E. Bytchkov
V. N. Poluchkin
External Affairs Department
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Three Die In Dakar Stampede At Pilgrim Return
In Dakar Senegal a stampede at the dockside killed at least three people and injured several as a crowd surged to greet a shipload of Mecca pilgrims returning. Authorities had closed gates to ease control but the crowd pressed forward.
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Dakar
Senagal
Mecca
Burdened taxpayer critiques foreign relations budgeting
A reader laments that the nation's foreign relations suffer from living beyond its means, linking fiscal strain to international policy. The opinion reflects concern over government spending and its impact on diplomacy.
Search For Survivors In Cedarville Disaster at Mackinaw City
The Cedarville freighter sank after a collision with the Topdalsfjord in fog near the Mackinac Strait. Eight crewmen remain missing with two confirmed dead and 25 rescued as divers, helicopters, and land teams search the icy waters.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
Cedarville
Coast Guard
Topdalsfjord
Straits
Mackinac
Mackinac Bridge
Sault Ste. Marie
Truman Celebrates 81st Birthday With Johnson Banter
Harry S. Truman marked his 81st birthday at a Kansas City luncheon attended by over 300 guests including lawmakers governors and diplomats. President Johnson joked about vetoing birthdays and praised Truman’s leadership as a national legacy while Truman joked about waiting to count to 100.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
Kansas
Truman
Jack Benny
W. Averell Harriman
Copenhagen
Randall Jessee
Denmark
U.S. Information Agency
Bradley recalls V E Day word at 4 am 20 years ago
Gen. Omar Bradley remembered receiving the news at 4 o clock in the morning on V E Day after a phone call from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The exchange occurred as Bradley, then 52, now retired, spoke in Kansas City during Harry S. Truman's birthday observance. The general noted he was not surprised by Eisenhower's call.
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Kansas City
Omar N. Bradley
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brad
Senhower
Bradley
Army
Eisenhower
Four Die as Nebraska Treated by Tornadoes
Four people were killed in Primrose as Nebraska tornadoes leveled the village and damaged farms. Gov. Morrison ordered the National Guard to the scene while the town’s only standing building was a school used as a patrol HQ.
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Nebraska
Primrose
Grand Island
Albion
Lincoln
Frank Morerison
National Guard
State Patrol
FBI Star Informer Unmasked in Ku Klux Klan Case
In Haynesville Alabama an FBI undercover informer Gary Thomas Rowe 34 testified in the murder trial of Klansman Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. Rowe aided by jury deadlock and possible retrial while remaining under tight security amid Klan threats as two other defendants await trial.
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Ala
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Gary Thomas Rowe
Rowe
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Wilkins
Lowndes
Liuzzo
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
U.S. 80
Here
Robert Shelton Jr
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