Westmoreland attack sparks Senate dissent on dissent
Ethics group asks Senate to censure Dodd amid GOP charges that Johnson era critics are being muzzled. Humphrey defends Westmoreland while Aiken Morton and Hatfield oppose attacks on patriotic dissent as Fulbright links dissent to treason.
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Dodd
Westmoreland
New York
Hanoi
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Hatfield
Yale
New Haven
Vietnam
Aiken
Morton
GOP
J. W. Fulbright
Defense Rests In Dr Coppolino Murder Trial
In Naples Florida the defense rested its case in the first degree murder trial of Dr Carl Coppolino without the defendant testifying. Bailey asked the court to accept the resting of the defense after calling no further witnesses flown from New York while the state continued rebuttal testimony for an hour.
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Naples
Fla
Carl Coppolino
Coppolino
New Jersey
F. Lee Bailey
New York
Surveyor 3 Digs Deep Trench on Moon
In Pasadena California AP reports Surveyor 3 dug a record trench on the moon today. The longest trench reached nearly two feet with a scoop at the end of a scissor arm. Two earlier trenches measured about 15 inches each with depths of 3 and 6 to 7 inches. Depth of the latest trench could not be confirmed due to sunlight conditions.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 3
Surveyor
Johnson attacks House critics over school aid plan
President Johnson denounces Republican critics of the 6.7 billion two year school aid bill as a partisan effort to rewrite laws. The dispute centers on federal versus state control of funds and distribution rules tied to educational need and desegregation regulations.
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Washington
Johnson
Vantage
House
GOP
Great Society
Rules Committee
Crossland High School
Camp Springs
New York
California
Ilinois
Twin Cities Chit Chat Highlights Local Service Update
Pvt. George L. Miller son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Miller Rt 1 Box 112 Monroe returns from helicopter repair course at Ft Rucker Alabama and heads to South Vietnam May 16 with the 10th Aviation Battalion. Patricia Ann Porter daughter of Mr and Mrs E A Porter Monroe joins Phi Kappa Phi at Northwestern State College during today’s ceremonies.
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George L. Miller
Charlie Miller
Rt. 1
Box 112
Monroe
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Pvt. Miller
South Vietnam
10Th Aviation Battalion
Northwestern State College
Phi Kappa Phi
National Honor Society
Patricia Ann Porter
E. A. Porter
Miss Porter
Northwestern
Marines Struggle With Helicopter Shortage in Vietnam
The U S Marines in Vietnam face a helicopter shortage while the Army has ample aircraft. Delays in assembling a two company relief force near Binh Son and late ammunition deliveries delayed operations. Marines, with about 220 helicopters for 18 battalions, lack the airlift and resupply seen by the Army, which fields roughly one helicopter for every 15 soldiers.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Binh Son
Route 9
U.S. Army
1St Cavalry
Junction City
Cedar Falls
Leathernecks
The
Army
Marines
Greece Junta Lifts Curfew in Athens and Pireaus
Athenians learn curfew ended in Athens and Pireaus while King Constantine, after meeting with Premier Konstantine Kollias, expresses support for a true democracy. Curfew remains 1:30 to 5:30 a.m. elsewhere as regime advances toward elections.
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Athens
Greece
Pireans
Constantine
Pireaus
Tatar
Constantine Kollias
George
Andreas Papandreous
Kollias
British Say U.S. Probing Attack On Haiphong Ship
London says the United States is urgently investigating how American aircraft attacked the 2739 ton cargo vessel Dartford in Haiphong. A Peninsular Shipping Co. spokesman in Hong Kong reports six Chinese crew injured, four hospitalized, two treated and released.
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London
United States
Haiphong
Foreign Office
State Department
Britain
Dartford
Peninsular Shipping Co
Hong Kong
Unseasonal Cool Weather In Northeast Louisiana
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Northeast Louisiana with cooler temperatures through Friday. Today’s high around 70s and lows near 50s, with Friday warmer at 74 to 78. Monroe’s Wednesday high reached 88, a record low for the morning. North winds at 10 to 20 mph.
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Louisiana
Emmy
Monroe
Bases Near Hanoi Struck. MIG Counts Disputed
U S warplanes hit two North Vietnamese MIG bases Kep near Hanoi and Hoa Lac west of Hanoi. Reports vary on how many jets were present with four at Hoa Lac and Kep described as possibly bare or under extension. Critics argued the raids risked alerting other bases and increasing losses.
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Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Defense Department
Kep
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Saigon
Gia Lan
Hainoi
Cat Bi
Haiphong
Bai Thuong
Navy
Planes and artillery press hill as Marines suffer heavy losses
U S planes and artillery pounded a stubborn North Vietnamese force on Hill 861 near Khe Sanh after 37 Marines were killed and 84 wounded in a failed three day assault. Four American planes were shot down in raids on Hanoi Haiphong with total US losses at ten aircraft this week and 520 since the air war began.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
An UN
North Vietnam
U. S
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Viettnam
Hill 861
Khe Sanh
Associated Press
Dent = Merron
Merron
Quang Tri
Laos
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Central Highlands
Pleiku Province
Manhattan
148 Americans Die In Vietnam War Past Week
SAIGON AP report shows 148 Americans killed last week, up one from the prior week, and 1 031 wounded, while U S. forces say 1 081 Communist troops were killed and 1 142 wounded the previous week. South Vietnamese headquarters report 228 government troops killed and 29 missing, with no announced wounded total.
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Saigon
U. S
Senate Censure Punishment Rate Overview
Washington AP details how rarely the Senate has censured members, listing past cases across eras. It notes Sen. Thomas J. Dodd as facing censure consideration for the ninth time and recounts precedents involving McCarthy Bingham McLaurin Tillman Harlan Benton Foote Tappan and others for misconduct or political offenses.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Sen
Hiram Bingham
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
John McLaurin
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Dodd Censured by Senate Ethics Panel for Fund Misuse
The Senate Ethics Committee unanimously recommended censure of Sen. Thomas J. Dodd for misusing public funds and seeking reimbursements for same travel, with totals from 1961 to 1965 amounting to 450273 dollars and at least 116083 dollars used personally. The panel also urged referrals to the Justice Department and IRS and cited indiscreet dealings with public relations figure Julius Klein.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dodd
Connecticut
Sen. Dodd
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Julius Klein
Chicago
Wallace Speaks To Northerners
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace, greeted by boos and chants of black power, said he was received very well by the overwhelming majority at Syracuse University. He declared the country would back Vietnam servicemen if he were president and called the Syracuse reception better than his 1964 primaries.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Syracuse University
Vietnam
Manley
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