Ha Noi Area Raids Intensify As Bridge Targeted
U S Air Force raids against Hanoi intensify with a major strike on a key Red River bridge near Hanoi, plus an electrical transformer site hit seven miles north. Reports say U S losses rose to six planes over North Vietnam as Marines endure fighting in rugged Quang Tri Province with 14 Marines killed and 38 wounded.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Red River
Red China
U.S
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Tass
Radio
MI6
Haiphong
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
U.S. Marine Engineers
Tougher Soviet Stand On POWs Seen In Hanoi Issue
Washington reports a Soviet rebuff to a U S request for joint action to improve American POWs in North Vietnam. Moscow cites North Vietnam sovereignty and directs the U S to deal with Hanoi. Officials note 12 confirmed prisoners, 12 suspected, 203 missing, total 383.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
North Vietnam
Moscow
State Department
Alexei N. Kosygin
Harold Wilson
London
China
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
International Committee of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Shaw's Lawyers Move To Obtain Testimony From Magazine Author
In New Orleans AP report lawyers for Clay L. Shaw request the author of a May Saturday Evening Post article be made a material witness. They assert James Phelan’s statements are essential to Shaw’s defense and undermine key witness Perry Russo in Jim Garrison's Kennedy probe.
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New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
Perry Russo
Jim Garrison
Edwin Wegmann
F. Irving Dymond
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Clerk of Criminal Court
James Phelan
Saturday Evening Post
Phelan
Garrison
Bond
Russo
Alabama Governor posts 5400 reward for judge’s mother bombing
Gov. Lurleen Wallace denounces the bombing of U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr.'s mother Mrs. Frank M. Johnson Sr. home as cowardly and offers a 5400 reward. FBI and state police lead the investigation with Ft. Rucker demolition support after a 10:30 p.m. blast damaged the two story brick house with no injuries.
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Frank M. Johnson Sr
Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Frank M. Johnson
FBI
Fourth District Judges Attend Louisiana Bar Convention
Two Fourth District judges Mack E. Barham and Jesse S. Heard travel from Monroe to Biloxi Mississippi for a four day Louisiana Bar Association Convention. They will serve on policy making committees during the annual session. Virginia Burnside of Pittsburgh Penn visits the Kidds in Monroe before a short stay with her parents in Ruston as sister to Capt Kidd commander Troop F in Monroe.
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Mack E. Barham
Jesse S. Heard
Louisiana Bar Association
Biloxi
Mississippi
Monroe
Virginia Burnside
Pittsburg
Penn
M. E. Kidd
Ruston
Marine Corporal Dennis Brown Alive After War Death Report Error
An 18 year old Marine corporal Dennis Brown told his parents he would come home from Vietnam after a mix up reported his death last weekend. Parents Harold and Hazel Brown of Hickey learned the correction Sunday morning and Dennis phoned at 4 30 a m today confirming he is alive and leaving for a 30 day leave.
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Cleveland
Vietnam
Dennis Brown
Harold R. Brown
Hickley
Brown
Dennis
Denny
Students End Disorders At Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge confrontation ends after six hour meeting at predominantly Negro Southern University. Student leaders gain concessions, but administration retains authority to hire and fire. Night watchman James G. Jones, 61, freed on 100 dollar bond, faces aggravated assault charges after firing a 30-30 rifle at students, injuring seven. one student, Percy Harvey, kept overnight for observation. Governor McKeithen orders full report as parties promise ongoing talks on academic freedom and campus grievances.
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Baton Rouge
Negro Southern University
Charles Marxer
Mathew Winston
James G. Jones
Jones
Percy Harvey
John McKeithen
Southern
J. E. Netterville
Ysah Legget
Long Triumphs In Senate On Campaign Financing Law
Sen Russell B Long won a 48 41 Senate vote defeating opponents seeking to uphold repeal of the presidential campaign financing law. The result sets up a potential showdown vote on Longs plan to overturn the repealer. An 88 0 outer space treaty vote occurred separately advancing Johnsons bridge building program. The financing plan would provide up to 30 million dollars to each major party for 1968 and allows taxpayers to donate one dollar of federal income tax to campaigns.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Senate
Long
D-La
Johnson
Outer
Twin Cities Weather Outlook Shows Showers and Thunder
The forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms today in the Twin Cities. Tonight cools to the 40s, with a high today between 76 and 62. Winds shift from south to north this afternoon.
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Twin Cities
Solon Claims Report Shows Apollo Laxity
Rep. William F. Ryan released excerpts of the Phillips Report and said NASA hid the full findings. He cited unsatisfactory hardware, poor workmanship, and lack of effective reporting and supervision at North American Aviation. The 1965 critique preceded the Apollo 1 tragedy by 18 months.
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Solon
Washington
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Ryan
House
NASA
North American Aviation Inc
NAA
Phillips
North American
Downey
Calif
North American Aviation
Honeymoon Thrill Highlights Witty Wife Moment
A lighthearted note from Today’s Chuckle about a honeymoon as a thrill of wedded life. The quip frames marriage as playful romance and shared jokes in a brief humorous observation.
Johnson and Kiesinger vow full consultations after Bonn talks
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Kiesinger agreed to constant full consultations before joint decisions on nuclear, trade, troop, security, and prosperity issues. They met over two hours at Kiesinger’s home after Adenauer’s funeral and planned deeper reviews when Kiesinger visits the U.S. Johnson departed for Washington with Dean Rusk.
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Bonn
Johnson
Germany
Kurt George Kiesinger
Konrad Adenauer
Kiesinger
United States
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Federal Republic of Germany
United States of America
Washington
Dean Rusk
McNamara Cites Increased North Viet Bombing Triggers
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said stepped up air action by Communist war planes led to the U S decision to bomb airfields in North Vietnam. He noted MIG activity rose in the past three weeks and that air assaults were considered wise. The remarks came as Senate debate over U S Vietnam policy intensified.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
North Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Senate
McNamara
Sinkhole swallows Florida home in Polk County
In Bartow Florida James Whitten raced for movers as the bedroom floor collapsed into a sudden sinkhole swallowing the house and a neighbor’s car port. The pit deepened beyond a 19 foot ladder and filing material pours in as others monitor cracks and drought conditions.
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Bartow
Fla
James Whitten
Whitten
Melvin Prine
Prines
Florida
Winter Haven
Surveyor 3 Scoops Moon Soil For Photo Tests
In Pasadena California AP report describes Surveyor 3 lifting a clod of lunar soil, moving it several feet, and dumping it on its white foot pad to aid photography. Engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory used color filters to image the sample, confirming the material was soft soil and noting the sample weighed about two cubic inches.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 3
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Goldstone Pass
Goldstone
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