Plot Suspect Leaps From Police Window Saigon
Saigon police say Communist agent Ngu yen Van Troi leaped from a second floor window at police headquarters suffering a broken leg and coma after confessing plans to blow a bridge as McNamara arrives with U S officials in a security sweep tied to his visit. Viet Cong suspects were detained after attempting to mine a river bridge and a kerosene can mine was found. Taylor and McNamara attended talks on the war with Premier Nguyen Khanh’s steps noted but considered preliminary.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Nguyen van Troi
Troi
McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maxwell PD. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Naimara
Taylor
Washington
Nguyen Khan
Viet Nam
GOP Lawmaker Signals Budget Battle in Louisiana
Baton Rouge AP reports Rep. Taylor O Hearn of Shreveport warned the first major clash this session will be over the $964 million budget. O Hearn and Rep Morley Hudson opened the session, with Lyons stating the party carries a mandate of 300000 voters to act as a responsible second party and push ethics reform.
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Baton Rouge
Taylor O’hearn
Shreveport
GOP
Morley Hudson
O’hearn
Charlton Lyons Sr
Honorable
Lyons
Pools To Open Here On May 28
Public pools in the Twin Cities will open for the summer on May 28. H W Mc Sherry, Commissioner of Finance and Utilities, announced hours from 7 a m to 9 p m daily with pools closed Mondays for cleaning.
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Twin Cities
H. W. McSherry
Commissioner of Finance and Utilities
Plane crash near Manila kills 78 at Clark Air Base
A U S military transport crashed in heavy rain near Manila, killing 78 of 85 aboard including a taxi passenger. The craft, carrying 73 passengers and 10 crew, broke up near the runway at Clark, after leaving Travis AFB and stopping at Hickam Field. Weather was cited as locally squally but not deemed cause.
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Manila
U.S
Air Force
Viet Nam
Clark
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Servce
U.S. 5Th Air Force
Japan
MATS
Army
Navy
Clark Field
Southeast Asia
13Th Air Force
South
Broadway Singer-Dancer Carol Haney Dies at 39
Carol Haney, 39, famed Broadway singer and dancer known for Steam Heat in The Pajama Game, dies in New York hospital after pneumonia. choreographer for Funny Girl and She Loves Me among other works. Autopsy underway. illness details not disclosed.
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New York
Carol Haney
Barbra Streisand
Fanny Brice
Miss Haney
New York Public Library Ranked Second Largest in U S
The New York Public Library is identified as the second largest library in the United States after the Library of Congress, according to the World Almanac.
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New York Public Library
Library of Congress
United States
Twin Cities Officials to Attend McKeithen Inauguration
Two Twin Cities officials plan to attend the inauguration of John McKeithen in Baton Rouge. Monroe Mayor W L Howard will attend for a few hours, while West Monroe Alderman Charles Anding will stay for the entire event.
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Twin Cities
John McKeithen
Baton Rouge
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Charles Anding
West Monroe
Summer memberships for Little Theatre My Fair Lady
Mrs. Robert H. Evans, president of the Little Theatre, announces summer memberships may be applied for now at P. O. Box 868, Monroe. The production of My Fair Lady will be presented later, with details on CHIT-CHAT page 5-A.
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Little Theatre
P. O. Box
Monroe
Robert H. Evans
The
New Bomber Really Tame Monster
Palmdale California AP The Air Force unveiled its new XB70A bomber at North American Aviation its 185 foot length and 2000 mile per hour capability shown painted white to resist heat while burning fuel limits keep it from crossing the Pacific officials call it a research plane despite its bomber designation and expect early problems before it enables supersonic flight Maj Gen Robert Ruegg and Brig Gen Fred Ascani spoke at the roll out noting the craft uncanny cobra like shape and emotional reactions from the crowd
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Pacific
North American Aviation, Inc
Robert Ruegg
Air Force Systems Command
Fred J. Ascani
Air Force
National Guard Troops Precede Wallace Arrival
About 400 National Guard troops assembled in Cambridge Maryland eight hours before the planned arrival of Gov George C Wallace. Local guardsmen from Cambridge joined 350 more as tensions rose after a Sunday night Negro demonstration with stones and firecrackers. Wallace planned a May 19 primary speech for the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association opposing civil rights measures.
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Cambridge
National Guard
George C. Wallace
Alabama
City Hall
George M. Gelston
Wallace
Maryland
Dorchester
Jury Amendment Stalls Voting in Senate Debate
The Senate debate on a civil rights bill edged toward a possible jury trial in criminal contempt cases. Dixie bloc senators predicted no votes this week but planned a Tuesday meeting to assess chances. Smathers proposed jury trials with penalties up to six months and $1,000 fines. Senate leaders weighed a Mansfield-Dirksen compromise tying trials to penalties over 30 days or $300.
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Washington
Sen
Dixie Bloc
Senate
House
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Russell
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Dirksen
Police Think Killer Drowned After Crash
Boise Idaho AP report says Raymond A Reasons is sought for questioning after a family slaying and a car crash into an irrigation canal. Police drag the canal to locate him as three children, a stepdaughter, and a former wife are found dead. two victims shot, two garroted, one beaten. A patrolman chased a suspicious motorist believed to be Reasons before the crash.
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Boise
Idaho
Raymond A. Reasons
Tragic family killings unravel in Reasons case
The man escaped a car plunge but vanished in the water. Estelle Reasons, 47, the divorced wife, was found shot in the car. Edna Reasons, estranged wife, told police he admitted killing his children Eddie Ray 13 Pamela 11 Patty 10 and his stepdaughter Sally 19. all were later discovered at Reasons' house. Police described a tangled sequence of marriages and quick divorces among Reasons and his spouses.
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Reasons
Estelle
Edna Reasons
Eddie Ray Reasons
Pamela
Patty
Sally Gohman
Estelle Reasons
Thundershowers Possible This Afternoon and Tuesday
A forecast indicates scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with high temperatures around 84 to 88 today and 80 to 84 on Tuesday. Overnight lows should range from 64 to 68 with southeasterly winds 8 to 16 mph becoming variable tonight.
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FFA
Selman Field
Rockies
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Central Rockies
West Gulf
Appalachians
New England
East Coast
North Central
Northwest
Oregon Test Friday races and Bayou clean up in Arkansas
Oregon Republican primary draws top political billing as Goldwater leads with 266 votes and Rockefeller 63 in early figures. A six-man crew cleans floating logs from Bayou DeSiard under Arthur Barker, aiming to finish within two weeks and improve fishing and boating safety for nearby property owners.
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Oregon
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arizona
Nebraska
New York
West Virginia
San Francisco
Associated Press
Goldwater
William W. Scranton
Henry Cabot Lodge
Margaret Chase Smith
Richard M. Nixon Rockefeller
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Bayou DeSiard
Arthur G. Barker
City Department of Sanitation
Barker
Biedenharn
Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Nixon
Rockefeller
Today's Chuckle Rich live longer claim tease
A witty quip notes that wealthier people may appear to outlive others through perception, while suggesting the contrast with poorer relatives. The line plays on social satire about fortunes and family ties.
Eight Die Violently in Louisiana Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports eight fatalities across Louisiana over the weekend, including six traffic deaths. Victims include 75-year-old Dan Hall of Magee Mississippi, struck by a car at Holly Ridge, and 21-year-old Joyce Cotton of New Orleans killed in a three car crash on U S 61. Other deaths involve Henry Haynie, a seaman struck by a bus in New Orleans, and Adrian Guidry plus a 20 month old, in separate crashes near Houma and Boutte respectively. A nine year old, Henry Martin Jr., drowned at the Little Bogue Falaya River near Covington.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Dan Hall
Magee
Mississippi
Holly Ridge
Richland Parish
Hall
U. S. 61
New Orleans
Joyce Cotton
Miss Cotton
Ronald J. Gremillion
Gremillion
Edward Bertoneaux
New Or
Bertoneaux
Henry R. Haynie
Public Service
Haynie
Boutte
U. S
Clement Zerangue
Luling
Houma
Adrian S. Guidry
Charles Carole
Beverly Carole
Golden Meadow
Henry Martin Jr
Laplace
Little Bogue Falaya River
St. Joseph's Abney
Covington
Henry Martin
McKeithen's Forces Win On Presidency
Gov elect John McKeithen's allies secured key posts as the 1964 Louisiana Legislature opened. Sen. E. W. Gravolet Jr. was elected Senate president pro tempore by acclamation, while Rep. Vail Delany won the House speakership to end his 24-year tenure. The capitol crowd hailed the orderly framing of leadership amid party alignment and long service.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
E. W. Gravolet Jr
Plaquemines Parish
Senate
McKeithen
Vail Delany
Lake Providence
Gravelet
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Howard Jones
St. Joseph
Sen
B. B
Rayburn
Bogalusa
C. C. Aycock
House
Leander H. Perez
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
Delany
Tom Jewell
New Roads Sclon
Jimmie H. Davis
Capitol
Terminal Cockpit of New Racial Struggle
In a Bronx $25 million produce terminal project four men, three Puerto Ricans and one Black, report to work while 41 white union plumbers refuse to labor. Plumbing work stops as President Johnson directs Labor Secretary Wirtz to intervene, pressuring the contractor Ralph Astoride to hire irrespective of race, color, or creed under Taft-Hartley provisions.
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New York
Johnson
New York City
Bronx
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Plumbers Union
Ralph Astrove
New York Commission
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Delony
Sam Hanna
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