New Rule Formed Dominican Junta Makes Move For Popular Support
In Santo Domingo a five man civilian military government replaces the prior three man junta. Gen Antonio Imbert leads the new government of national reconstruction as Caamano's rebel forces fight for control. The move aims to win public backing while the ceasefire holds and the OAS police force potential intervention looms.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
Antirebel
National Reconstruction
Antonio Imbert
Caamano
Imbert
Rafael L. Trujillo
Tony
Poliical
Juan Bosch
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Organization of American States
OAS Talks Three Commissioners To Shape Dominican Election
Washington AP report says OAS eyes appointing Romulo Betancourt Luis Munoz Marin and Jose Figueres as special commissioners to restore constitutional government in the Dominican Republic within 60 days. They would supervise a forthcoming election and help US withdraw troops once order is secured and communists blocked.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
the Organization of American States
Caribbean
United States
OAS
Hemishere
U.S
Island
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Luis Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Jose Figueres
Costa Rica
Munoz Marin
Beatencourt
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Revisions Made To Cut Costs Of Civic Center
Mayor W L Jack Howard announced cost reductions for the civic center complex after electrical inspector William Hines proposed changes to the electrical system. Architects Jack Neel and D Fr Burkhalter Jr joined the meeting with utilities engineers to review revisions, aiming to readvertise bids after Thursday’s higher-than-estimate offers.
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Civic Center
W. L
Jack) Howard
William Hines
Howard
Hines
Jack Neel
D. Fr. Burkhalter Jr
Civic Center Complex
Bill Hines
Red Burkhalter
The
Utilities Commission
Nee
U S Jets Hit Red Targets and Troops Land
U S forces launched another air assault against North Viet Nam with 81 jet planes and 6,000 more troops entering the war. The Thanh Hoa bridge remained standing but damaged, while 3,000 Marines and 3,000 Seabees landed at Chu Lai to start a new airstrip.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
France
Dien Bien Phu
U.S. Air Force
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
U.S
7Th Fleet
Chu Lai
da Nang
U.S. Army
Ramblin Mr and Mrs Mask to Visit Charleston and Norfolk
Ramblin Mr and Mrs W B Mask Sr of 15313 Cole Ave plan trips starting Monday to Charleston South Carolina and Norfolk Virginia. In Charleston they will stay with Mrs Ada Mashaw, Mrs Mask’s sister formerly of Monroe.
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W. B. Mask Sr
Cole Ave
Charleston
S.C
Norfolk, Va
Mrs. Mask
Ada Mashaw
Monroe
Tarver Named Assistant Editor Of Tulane Law Review
Michael K. Tarver of Monroe a Tulane Law junior has been named assistant editor of the Tulane Law Review for 1965 66 academic year. Editors are chosen for scholastic achievement. Tarver son of Mr and Mrs M D Tarver of 1610 North Seventh St earned a 1963 BA in political science from Tulane.
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Michael K. Tarver
Monroe
Tulane University School of Law
Tulane Law Review
WWII Era Bomber Stolen Flew Over Waikiki Beach
A former fighter pilot, James A. Ashdown, stole a World War II B25 bomber at Honolulu airport before dawn. He flew the craft along Waikiki Beach, damaged a radio tower, and narrowly avoided hotels and palm trees before landing and being arrested. The aircraft, used in a film, belonged to Frederick Pack Associates.
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Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Federal Aviation Agency
James A. Ashdown
Ashdown
Jacob Yoon
Waikiki
Kalakaua Avenue
Foster Towers
Moana Surfrider
Waipahu
KAHU
Gil McCoy
FAA
Frederick Pack Associates
Harm's Way
Tornado Toll and Disaster Declared in Minnesota
President Johnson declared Minnesota tornado ravaged areas a disaster as the death toll reached 13 with about 400 injured and damage estimated at 10 million dollars by the Insurance Information Institute. The floods earlier in March added to the devastation, totaling 21,000 displaced and 88 million in flood damage. Vincent Bernard survived a funnel that lifted his car from Island Park and hurled it into Lake Minnetonka.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Johnson
Minnesota
Insurance Information Institute
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Weather Bureau
Vincent E. Bernard
Mound
Minn
Island Park
Lake Minnetonka
Bernard
Liberals Aim to Ban All Poll Taxes in Voting Bill
Washington DC reporters note Senate leaders moved to block a liberal bloc effort to insert a poll tax ban into the voting rights bill. Senator Kennedy and 28 colleagues pressed an amendment to abolish remaining state poll taxes to secure Negro voting rights. The plan faces opposition over constitutional questions and a previous party-line rejection of a southern amendment.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Congress
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Mont
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Vermont
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
Texas
Aiken
Mansfield
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Everett M. Dirksen
House Splits With Senate On Aid Issue
The House Foreign Affairs Committee rejects creating a new planning commission for foreign aid. It agrees the current program should remain intact and opposes a separate commission or drastic revisions, while the Senate panel urged a middle ground with a new approach by next year.
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House
Senate
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson Administration
Special Committee
Executive Branch
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Committee
House Committee
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast for Twin Cities Through Sunday
Partly cloudy skies with little change in temperatures. The forecast covers the Twin Cities through Sunday with highs near 62 to 66 and winds from the south at 5 to 15 mph. Friday saw no rainfall at Selman Field, and May remains dry with 0.02 inch recorded thus far.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Freighter Cedarville Sinks After Collision in Straits
In fog near Mackinac City the 588 foot Cedarville and the Norwegian Topdalsfjord collided. Three crewmen died and seven went missing from Cedarville's 35 aboard. 25 survivors were rescued by the icebreaker Mackinac. The straits connect Lake Superior and Michigan and separate Michigan's peninsulas.
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Mackinaw City, Mich
Cedarville
U.S. Steel Corp
Straits
Mackinac
U.S. Steel
Bradley Transportation Lines
Rogers City
Mich
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Record Stocks Traded Friday Shatters NYSE Benchmark
On Friday the New York Stock Exchange logged a record block trade of 129,200 Union Carbide shares at 134 dollars each, totaling 17.31 million. Wagener, Scott & Co. bought both record blocks, while Union Carbide closed at 135.50, down 1.75, on 139,200 shares.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Union Carbide Car
Gulf Oil Corp
Wagener, Scott & Co
Union Carbide
Kosygin Attacks U.S. on V-E Day Anniversary
At the 20th V-E Day anniversary in Berlin Soviet Premier Kosygin and other Communist leaders condemned U.S. actions in Vietnam the Dominican Republic and the Congo. They warned Washington must heed world opinion and denounced imperialism while urging a peace treaty to resolve the Berlin question.
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Berlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Kosygin
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Poland
Lu Ting-yi
Red China
East Germany
Congo
Republic
Washington
Soviet Union
Nist
China
West Berlin
Germany
Holdout jurors say witness broke oath in Liuzzo slaying
In Hayneville Alabama a 21 year old Ku Klux Klan member Col lie Leroy Wilkins Jr was acquitted by a 2 vote margin in a five day first degree murder trial for the March 25 slaying of Viola Gregg Liuzzo a 39 year old Detroit mother of five The jury had been deadlocked at 102 and was discharged The two holdout jurors testified the undercover FBI informer within the Klan violated his oath by turning star witness for the prosecution The jurors denied Klan affiliation The case now heads for retrial in September in Lowndes County Circuit Court The foreman said members viewed the evidence with different perspectives and denied racial prejudice or outside influence The defendant showed little emotion after the verdict and Wilkins parents appeared relieved
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Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Wilkins
Lowndes County
Alabama
McMurphy
T. Worth Thagard
Edmund Sallee
Murphy
Sallee
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Trujillo
Ramblin
Liuzzo
Collie Wilkins, JR
Center
Viola Liuzzo
Coast Guard
Stanley Haske
Wheelsman
Edward H. Jungman
Reinhold S. Radtke
Coast
Idalsfjord
Clifford McMurphy
News - Star
Monroe - West Monroe
Louisiana
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