Buddhist Crisis Deepens As Da Nang Tension Rises
Saigon turmoil widens current crisis as Buddhist leaders demand withdrawal of Ky regime troops from Da Nang while Viet Cong strike in suburbs. Monks threaten self immolation, and clashes leave casualties amid efforts to restore civilian rule. United States urges restraint to avert civil war and defeat of war aims.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Thien Minh
Minh
D. A. Nang
Ton That
Hist
Tran Quang Thuan
Too
Dinh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hue
Mayfield Man Dies in Suspected Cigarette Fire
A 70-year-old Mayfield man, Raleigh Roscoe Lawson, died from suffocation after a smoldering fire likely started by a cigarette. Firefighters found him on the floor between the dining room and living room as heavy smoke filled the one-story frame house. Damage was estimated at 3500 to the structure and 1500 to contents. Lawson, a former Delco GM plumber, was a WWI veteran and member of Jefferson Lodge 90 F&AM. He leaves a wife, a daughter Mac Cowgill, a son Clarence, and four grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete.
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Mayfield
Raleigh Roscoe Lawson
Brentwood St
Middletown Hospital
Mayfield Fire Department
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Mr. Lawson
Euclid Pierce Jr
Addie
Lebanon
Pierce
Lawson
Delco
General Motors Corp
Dayton
Jefferson
Jefferson Lodge
F&am
Mac Cowgill
Mansfield Sinks US Troops in Europe Realignment Plan
U S Senator Mike Mansfield proposed withdrawing nearly all U S troops from Europe as part of NATO realignment aiming to shift defense responsibilities to European nations. He suggested negotiations with France over De Gaulle’s exit and a potential reduction of six American divisions and support forces in Europe. Senator Frank Church urged early Senate Foreign Relations hearings on Europe policy and noted a Johnson-De Gaulle meeting could be useful.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
United States
U.S
Europe
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Church
NBC
Meet the Press
Johnson
de Gaulle
NATO
France
Butcher Prefers New Nups Over Old Prices
A local butcher jokes he would rather wait on newlyweds than recall past prices as customers debate value. The playful remark captures a period tone and reflects small shop life in the community.
British Pound Trimmed By Sea Strike
British merchant seamen struck and the pound weakened on the forex market. Union leaders, defying Prime Minister Harold Wilson, said the action was 100 percent effective as Wilson prepared a national address. The strike idled about 300 ships at midnight with 300 more ports to feel impact weekly, stirring stock market unease and potential food shortages.
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London
Harold Wilson
National Union of Seamen
Britain
Weather outlook shows cooler near 50 tonight
Showers end tonight as temperatures fall to around 50. Tuesday brings partly cloudy mild weather with highs in the upper 60s. The forecast hints at much warmer than normal temperatures later. Showers likely Wednesday and Friday with little daily change. Yesterday's high reached 72 and overnight low 58. 11 am temperature today was 68.
Debt Gift Fund Shows Slow Start for Debt Retirement
Washington AP reports a special debt retirement fund set up after Kennedy signs a 1961 bill has not yet reached its first million dollars. Through April 30 contributions totaled about $815,000, while the national debt rose $30 billion to $320 billion. Rep. Charles E. Bennett deposited the first gift of $1,000.
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Treasury Department
Department
General Fund
The
Treasury
John F. Kennedy
Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
PTA Blames The Parents Teens Too Much Power Little Responsibility
National Congress of Parents and Teachers president Jennelle Moorhead told about 2,000 delegates at the PTA’s 70th annual convention in Baltimore that adults must accept blame for giving adolescents excess power and too little responsibility. She urged focus beyond grades toward true education and warned against permissive, unreal worlds for youths while noting internal issues the PTA must resolve to ensure a confident future.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Jennelle Moorhead
PTA
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Harold Doughtery
LeRoy Theodore
Monroe
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Middletown
McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home
Mansfield
George Thomson
Dean Rusk
Belgium
Minis
Pierre Harmel
Vietnam
Leslie R. Leavoy
Alexandria
Leavoy
Eddie Adams
Bank of England
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Thames Docks
Sam
Baltimore, Md
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Ann Landers
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Ebee
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