Debate Grows Over Piecemeal Air Strikes on MIG Bases
SAIGON AP reports U S strategists voice concern over limited bombing of MIG airfields in Hanoi Haiphong area. Four main bases and two secondary ones targeted since April 24 with eight raids. Critics say scattered attacks allow MIGs to retreat to unbombed bases or Red China while the air force remains only partly neutralized.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Washington
Red
China
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S
United States
Kep
Hoa Lae
Kien An
McClellan predicts F111 program cost jump to 12 billion
Sen. John L. McClellan says the Pentagon may spend 10 to 12 billion dollars to deploy 1,300 F111 aircraft, double the prior 5 to 6 billion estimate for 1,730 planes. He seeks details on a 1.82 billion General Dynamics contract for 493 aircraft and notes Navy engines and testing delays.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Pentagon
Arkansas Democrat
Air Force
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
TFX
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Navy
General Dynamics
Congress
Australia
Britain
Snow and Heat Hit Nation With Tornado Threats
United Press International reports snow and heat waves sweeping the nation. A cold front causing thunderstorms and tornadoes across the Upper Midwest moved east, with funnel clouds sighted in northern Missouri Iowa and Indiana and a tornado near Tecumseh Nebraska. Snow fell in North Dakota and Montana while Texas saw record temperatures.
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Upper Midwest
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Tecumseh
Neb
Montana
Minnesota
Dickinson
N.D
Bismarck
Texas
Wichita Falls
Abilene
San Angelo
Presidio
Tex
Chuckle On Opposite Sex Wordplay
A lighthearted quip notes that the phrase opposite sex may reflect mischief when one partner believes they have outsmarted the other, yet the response remains the actual opposite.
General To Direct Viet Pacification
The United States plans to assign more troops to South Vietnam’s pacification program with Gen. William Westmoreland directing the effort, aided by civilian deputy Robert Komer. Bunker confirmed the shift to military control to bolster security for pacification teams amid ongoing Viet Cong threats and casualties among workers.
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Tee
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Robert W. Komer
President Johnson
South Vietnam
Bunker
Navy recruit finishes training to begin Memphis air school
Airman apprentice James Larry Lindsay of the U S Navy is on leave in West Monroe with wife Patsy and friends before reporting May 17 to the aircraft fundamental school at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee after completing recruit training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California.
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James Larry Lindsay
U.S. Navy
Patsy
West Monroe
James
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Son of Monroe Civic Center engineer elected sophomore class VP
Har vey Houston, an engineer at the Monroe Civic Center, reports his son Larry Houston, 19, a freshman at Louisiana College, has been elected vice president of the upcoming sophomore class. Larry is a ministerial student and Ouachita Parish High School graduate and belongs to the Circle K Club Kiwanis youth organization at the college.
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Monroe
Harvey Houston
Larry
Louisiana College
Young Houston
Ouachita Parish
Circle K Club
Weather Outlook Promises Showers Through Friday
The forecast calls for thundershowers today and again later this week with partly cloudy skies. Highs reach 86 to 90 in the Twin Cities, lows about 62 to 68, and winds shift from south to north at 10 to 20 mph before Friday.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
Support Grows for Quie School Aid Amendments
Washington AP report notes House Republicans gain backing from state and local school officials for Rep. Albert Quie proposed changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A nationwide council of chief state school officers voted seven to zero to back lump sum state grants over district allocations.
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Washington
House
President Johnson
State Superintendents of Education
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
U.S. Office of Education
South
Edgar Fuller
Council of Chief State School Officers
Fuller
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Iowa
Oregon
Ilinois
Tennessee
Baltimore Teachers Freed After Strike Arrests
More than 120 striking Baltimore teachers were arrested for picketing public schools but released after assurances that picketing would stop. Negotiators prepared to resume talks as the Baltimore Teachers Union kept the strike in force and called off all pickets.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
Cardin
Rioting Negro Students Seize Jackson State Campus
About 1,500 Negro college students swept through the Jackson State College campus area in Jackson Mississippi driving police back with rocks and bottles. Rioters burned barricades looted at least one store and roamed Lynch Street. One student was injured when hit by a bottle. Authorities reported the area sealed and administrators unavailable for comment.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson State College
Lynch Street
John Peoples
U S War Deaths Rise Sharply in Week Near Demilitarized Zone
U S military reports 274 Americans killed in action and 1 903 enemy dead last week as battles rage in northern provinces near the demilitarized zone. Marines shell bases from North Vietnam while Da Nang front sees major combat and air strikes.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
da Nang
5Th Marine Regiment
Rare mouthless buffalo fish caught near Winnsboro
A two and a half pound 16 inch buffalo fish with no mouth was caught in the Tensas River near Winnsboro. Dr. Neil Douglas of Northeast State College examined it and said the mouth absence likely came from a past injury. The fish may have fed by gill ingestion and had two healthy growth years with a third stunted year.
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Tensas
Winnsboro
Neil Douglas
Northeast State College
Douglas
James Marvin Fletcher
Monroe Excludes Urban Renewal From Legislative Plans
Monroe will not introduce an urban renewal bill this session even if Shreveport opens the Legislature to non-fiscal matters. May or W. Howard says Monroe has no concrete plans or interest in urban renewal and will avoid involvement in the dispute. He notes Northeast Louisiana lawmakers and the governor oppose non-fiscal measures.
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Monroe
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Howard
Northeast
Louisiana
Louisiana Draft Quota Set for June Inductions
The Defense Department calls Louisiana to furnish 265 men for Army induction in June. Maj. Gen. Erben W. Wise, state director of Selective Service, announced the quota, noting a rise of over 10 percent from May.
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Louisiana
Defense Department
Army
Erben W. Wise
Selective Service
Wise
Two Soviet Ships Collision Marks Two Day Naval Stir
In the Sea of Japan at 1 33 a m EDT a Soviet destroyer collided with the U S S Walker during antisubmarine maneuvers. The incident followed a similar brush between the same ships a day earlier near Vladivostok drawing protests from Washington and prompting a U S State Department briefing with the Soviet chargé d affaires Yuri Chernyakov.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Sea of Japan
Besslednyi
Walker
Hornet
Russia
Vladivostok
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Yuri N. Chernyakov
John M. Leddy
Girl Kidnapping Suspect Nabbed in Toronto Rescue
Toronto police halted an intensive kidnap hunt by recovering 6 year old Mary Farncomb in front of the Hospital for Sick Children. A tall, fair haired man was arrested after a plain clothes detective retrieved the crying girl amid construction boards as officers closed in. Mary is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Farncomb. ransom had been demanded.
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Toronto
Mary Farncomb
Mary
Donald C. Farncomb
Duplex Avenue
Dont Miss the Big Parade
A public notice highlights a major parade event with emphasis on participation and anticipation, urging readers to mark the date and join the festivities.
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United Press International
Frederick Tolman
Portland
U.S. Air Force
U.s.air Force
Mississippi
Tensas River
Bob Carroll
Otis Hassel
News- Star—World
Southeen
TIN Raytheon
Admiral TV
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