U S Attitude Shifts As Ky Cracks Down In Da Nang
Washington officials say the Johnson administration was surprised by Ky regime actions against Buddhist insurgents in Da Nang. The U.S. reportedly did not foresee the crackdown and no American units or advisers are involved with Da Nang troops. Military and State Department sources warn the crisis could affect operations against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces.
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Johnson
U. S
South Viet Nam
State Department
Marshall Wright
1St Corps
da Nang
Administration
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Camp David
Awe Ae Enemi
United States
Wright
Ave
1St Corp
Nguyen
Military Action At A Standstill Near Sai Gon
In South Viet Nam two regiments of the 9th Vietnamese Division about 3,000 men began a dawn drive 72 miles southwest of Saigon to destroy a Viet Cong base camp backed by armored units and rangers. By noon light Viet Cong resistance was met, 32 guerrillas were killed, 25 weapons seized, a 20 bed hospital and an ordnance shop taken, with the operation continuing. U S Air Force B 52 bombers struck a Viet Cong base camp and storage area near the Cambodian border in Binh Long Province for a second day running.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South Camp
Sai- Vietnamese
Gon
Binh Long Province
Today In History May 16 1966 highlights
On May 16, 1860 the Republican convention met in Chicago to nominate Lincoln. Notable events include Marie Antoinette’s 1770 marriage to Louis XVI and Canada’s British Columbia admission in 1871.
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Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Dauphin
France
Congress
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
New Jersey
British
Royal Air
Bern
Brown blasts Goldwaterism and McCarthyism at UAW meet
California Governor Edmund G. Brown warned that Goldwaterism and McCarthyism are alive as he opened the UAW convention in Long Beach. He contrasted Ronald Reagan with Richard Nixon Barry Goldwater and Joe McCarthy and urged extending union benefits to farm workers. He cited 1966 and 1946 as echoes of smear campaigns and political trade marks.
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Calif
California
Edmund G. Brown
United Auto Workers Convention
Brown
Ronald Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Whittier
Richard Nixon
Joe McCarthy
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Reagan
George Murphy
Five Million Workers Set to Strike in France
In Paris AP reports more than five million workers across government and private sectors plan a Tuesday strike seeking higher wages and shorter hours. The walkout involves a broad range of industries, signaling widespread labor discontent across the country.
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Paris
Ford Attacks Dictatorship Remark at Fund Dinner
Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan accuses the Johnson Administration of steering the nation toward a dictatorship during a campaign fund dinner in Lenox Massachusetts. He criticizes the president for a domestic program that shifts power while warning the government, if large enough to provide all, can be large enough to confiscate all.
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Lenox
Mass
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Johnson
House
New System To Help Educational Field
Government launches ERIC Education Information Center a centralized clearinghouse network with 12 regional units. Two centers Ohio State University and City University of New York already active. By September 1 1967 all 12 operating at about 2 million dollars. ERIC uses subject experts and information retrieval specialists to select papers and publish bulletins. Stored on microfiche enabling wide access to migrant children teaching documents from Adams State College Colorado.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
ERIC
Educational Research Information Center
U. S. Office of Education
Washington
Ohio State University
City University of New York
Lee G. Burchinal
Adams State College of Colorado
Mine blast kills two farm workers near Syrian frontier
Two farm workers were killed when a mine exploded under their vehicle two miles west of the Syrian border. An army spokesman announced the incident and a complaint was filed with the Syrian-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission.
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Israel
Mixed Armistice Commission
World Wide Expansion for Educational Document Service
A research paper request is to be handled by the Educational Document Reproduction Service run by a private company in Cleveland Ohio at nominal cost. Eric Burchinal envisions foreign participation to make the information network global.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eric
Burchinal
Word puzzle fortune message from Miller 1966
A short daily game explains a fortune by counting letters in a first name and adjusting the count to produce a key number. Start at the rectangle’s upper left and read the message from letters under checked figures left to right. 1966 credit to William J Miller via King Features Syndicate.
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William J. Miller
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Pope condemns Poland rebuff over planned visit
Pope Paul VI voiced deep displeasure at Poland's rejection of his planned May 3 pilgrimage to celebrate Poland's Christianity millennium. He defended Cardinal Wyszynski against communist accusations and said reasons given by Warsaw for blocking the visit were not justified.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Poland
Pope Paul
Warsaw
St. Peter's
Vatican
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Cardinal Wyszynski
Czestochowa
Bus Strike Halts Greyhound Service Across 12 States
San Francisco commuters face halted Greyhound operations in 12 Western states as drivers and clerks walk out at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. About 1,500 buses are out of service, with 365 on commuter routes, affecting Las Vegas Lake Tahoe Reno visitors and other travelers while talks with federal mediators stall. Western Greyhound president cites pension-related union demands and unresolved wage issues. union and company disputes include pay scales and overtime factors.
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Seattle
San Diego
Cass
Greyhound
Nevada
Las Vegas
Lake Tahoe
Reno
Continental Trailways
Los Angeles
Afl-Cio Amalgamated Transit Union
Western Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc
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