Eisenhower dedicates D-Day mural at West Point
At West Point Eisenhower dedicates a mural of the Omaha Beach landing commemorating the Class of 1944. He reflects on memory and vows soldiers will never retreat, while the academy prepares to graduate 584 cadets with Secretary Resor as principal speaker.
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West Point
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Eisenhower
Normandy
Vietnam
Omaha Beach
D-Day
John
Col
John J. Hennessey
Donald V. Bennett
Academy
Bennett
Miche Stadium
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
James D. Fowler Jr
James D. Fowler
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs
Israeli Soldiers Slain In Clash On Syria Border
Israeli and Syrian forces clashed near Kfar Hanassi with two Israelis and one Syrian killed. Gen Moshe Dayan was appointed defense minister amid rising regional tension and calls for a stronger Israeli posture. War fears mounted as Egypt threatened the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aqaba shipping routes.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Dayan
Kfar Hanassi
United States
Jordan
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Paris
Britain
Washington
London
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Elath
Levi Eshkol
David Ben-Gurion
McNamara Moves to Slash National Guard and Reserve Units
Secretary of Defense McNamara plans to eliminate 15 National Guard divisions and five Army Reserve brigades despite Senate and House opposition. The Pentagon briefing outlined a net reduction of 1,300 units with Guard strength dropping to about 400,000 and Reserve to around 240,000, prompting resistance from Guard leaders who warn of reduced combat effectiveness.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
National Guard
Senate
House
Pentagon
Congressional
Congress
McNamara
Army Reserve
U.S
U.S. Reports Loss of 1398 Planes in Vietnam War
The US Command announced 1398 aircraft and 888 helicopters lost in Vietnam since the war began. Combat losses over North Vietnam totaled 587 planes and six helicopters, while South Vietnam losses reached 183 planes and 331 helicopters. May alone saw 38 planes lost, a new monthly high.
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Saigon
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viny
North
South Vietnam
Reds Dealt Hard Blow Near DMZ
A South Vietnamese task force of paratroopers infantry and armor struck a crack Viet Cong battalion five miles from the Dong Ha base and near the DMZ. Marines pounded a bunkered North Vietnamese ridge line near Camp Carrol and Con Thien as battle continued with sporadic fire along the zone and surrounding provinces.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Binat
Vanes Ten
Vietnam
Dong Ha
Quang Tri City
Con Thien
Camp Carrol
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
U.S. Army
West Monroe Chamber chief travels to sunny California
Eugene Smith manager of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce leaves for two weeks in southern California. He combines vacation with a business trip visiting industries interested in building plants in Louisiana.
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Eugene Smith
West Monroe
Smith
California
Louisiana
LBJ Financing Bill Faces Senate Hearings Critique
At Senate Finance Committee hearings, Sen. Williams calls Johnson’s proposed mixed financing for campaigns full of loopholes. Anderson warns private groups could bypass controls, Staats notes private-linked groups would escape coverage, and Gore cautions broader private spending for questionable uses.
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Washington
John J. Williams
R-Del
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Williams
Clifton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Anderson
Elmer B. Staats
Staats
Joseph W. Barr
The
Treasury
Barr
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Take Up Collection by Students Cuts Debt by 1.97
Washington AP report notes a high school class sent a 1.97 check to the Treasury to retire part of the national debt, now about 328 billion. The special debt retirement fund has gathered 909,066.82 through April 30, mainly from the Clayton trust of Houston and Rep. Charles Bennett. The fund aims to accumulate a milestone near one million dollars next year, not erase the entire debt.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Special Fund
Susan Vaughan Clayton
Houston
Tex
Charles Bennett
D-Fla
Legisla
Tion
Bennett
Clayton Trust Fund
Treasury
Four Die and Two Hurt in Valley Metallurgical Plant Blast
An explosion at Valley Metallurgical Processing Co in Essex Connecticut killed four employees and injured two others. The 8 am blast damaged nearby homes and businesses, started a fire, and prompted evacuations within 300 feet as Pinkerton detectives joined local police. The plant manufactures magnesium powder and other fuels for aerospace and defense uses.
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Essex, Conn
Valley Metallurgical Processing Co
George Connerat
Connerat
Aerospace and Defense Industries
Pinkerton
North East Louisiana Weather Outlook With Showers
The forecast for North east Louisiana calls for cloudy skies through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers today ending tonight. North winds at 8 to 18 mph. Highs 76 to 82, lows 60 to 65. In Monroe Thursday FAA reports 2.5 inches of rain at Selman Field.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Lindsay Act Touches Off Gotham Riot
New York reporters say Mayor John Lindsay’s actions after a rent strike triggered a violent City Hall confrontation. Police fought a crowd of about 600 landlords outside the building as he ordered court action to bar services curbs and sent Sanitation crews to clear mounds of garbage amid the eight day old strike.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
City Corporation
State Supreme Court
City Hall
Vito Battista
City Sanitation
Manhattan
J. Lee Rankin
Sanitation Department
Samuel Kearing
Soviet Charges U S Bombing of Kampha Naval Target
Moscow charged that American aircraft bombed the diesel ship Turkestan in Kampha port near Haiphong in North Vietnam. Two crew members were badly wounded in the Friday attack.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Kampha
Haiphong
United States and Britain Seek Aqaba Gulf Declaration
In Washington, LBJ and Harold Wilson push a diplomatic plan with about a dozen maritime nations to declare free and open passage through the Gulf of Aqaba, asserting it as international waterway and protecting Israel's shipping rights if signed. The plan also contemplates possible force to lift the blockade if needed.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Egypt
U.S
Middle East
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Senate
House
Gulf
Wilson
White House
Absentee Voting Deadline For Ouachita Sales Tax Vote
The Ouachita Parish clerk urges qualified voters out of town on June 10 to cast absentee ballots at the temporary courthouse on South Grand Street. Deadline is Saturday noon with hours 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. today voting ends at 5 p.m. and the absentee tally nears a parish record.
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B. S. McRaney
South Grand Street
Chuckle Cartoon Quote About Modern Wives
A humorous quip portrays a modern wife as someone who can dish it out better than she can cook it. The joke hinges on contrasting sharp wit with domestic skill.
Blimp Mayflower Snags On Power Lines In Indiana Crash
A Goodyear blimp named Mayflower, 160 feet long, tangled on high-tension wires along U.S. 40 near Dunreith Indiana as strong winds blew. Pilot Richard Nye was treated for exhaustion. Richard Johnson was unharmed. The incident blocked two lanes, cut power, and sparked a small fire that was extinguished. Goodyear officials planned to pump helium to lift the craft, en route to Akron after a NASCAR event.
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Goodyear
Robert Lane
Akron
Ohio
Mayflower
Columbia
Indianapolis
Lane
Mayflyer
Miami
Four Stevedores Die in Buffalo Harbor Fire
A fire in the hold of the Norwegian freighter Thorstream in Buffalo harbor killed four stevedores. The blaze started during chemical loading, with chlorine gas the principal risk. six men escaped and five were hospitalized. The fire was put out within thirty minutes. A police officer described a container breaking and gas spilling into the hold.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Buffalos Harbor
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