Buddhist self immolations rise as Viet Nam unrest grows
In Saigon and other cities two Buddhist nuns and a novice monk burned themselves, raising the total to nine as protests against South Viet Nam's military government intensify. Meanwhile, U S air and naval raids against North Viet Nam dominate the news, with heavy bombing reported and several American aircraft losses. In ground fighting near Qui Nhon, the South Korean Tiger Division clashed with Viet Cong. Viet Cong deaths were initially cited as 119, later corrected to 70. The clergy urged restraint amid ongoing political turmoil surrounding elections and a coming Constituent Assembly vote.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
North
Tiger
Qui Nhon
Thich
Nu Bao Luan
Buddhist Institute
Dieu Ky
Nha Trang
Orthe
Saigo
Quang Tri
Viet Nam
Na Bao Luan
Hue
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tri Quang
Thich Tam Chau
Tam Chau
Surveyor 1 Nears 2000 Lunar Photos From Moon Landing
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 1 sends nearly 2000 lunar photographs from the moon, with Jet Propulsion Laboratory noting the 620 pound craft has released about a dozen images to the public. The TV camera swivels for views of feet and horizon as power runs from solar panels and will stop at lunar night.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Earth
Richview boy dies after highway mishap near home
Joseph Ray Taylor Jr. aged 3 was killed when struck by a car driven by William M. Bernard 43 of Belle Rive. An inquest is set for 6 p.m. at Hogan Funeral Home Ashley. The boy, among several children playing along Highway 51, dashed across after a passing truck. Survived by parents Joseph Ray and Marilyn Taylor and sisters Vicki Carla and Linda. burial at Richview Cemetery.
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Ashley
Richview Area
Joseph Ray Taylor Jr
Joseph Ray Taylor
Richview
William M. Bernard
Belle Rive
Hogan Funeral Home
Charles Longwell
Nashville
Washington County
Bernard
Vicki
Carla
Linda
Lowell J. Williams
Charles Holloway
Richview Cemetery
Centralia
Joseph Ray
Marilyn
Roger) Taylor
Arnold Taylor
Route 7
Mt. Vernon
Boy Charged With Murder In 16 Year Old's Slaying
In Chicago a 17 year old Roosevelt High School student admitted strangling his girlfriend Jane Levine a junior at the same school saying he had the urge to kill. He described stuffing a handkerchief in her mouth and using a nylon stocking to strangle her in a forest preserve. He sought hospital then alerted a shop owner who called police.
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Chicago
Morris B. Fiddler
Roosevelt High School
Jane Levine
Fiddler
Miss Levine
Arthur Wirkus
Four senators tour Broyles district in two days
A trio of Republican senators will join Sen. Paul Broyles on a two day district tour starting June 7 from Mt. Vernon traveling to Fairfield Olney Flora Mount Carmel Lawrenceville Robinson Casey and ending with a candidates night. They will hold news conferences and meet local residents along the way.
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Senate
Paul Broyles
Mt. Vernon
Robert W. Mitchler
Oswego
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Sen
Harris W. Fawell
Naperville
Fawell
Mitchler
Illinois
Broyles
Harris
Sen. Broyles
Sen. Mitchler
General Assembly
Sen. Fowell
Fairfield
Olney
Flora
Jefferson County
Mount Carmel
Lawrenceville
Robinson and
Casey
Aca
Defense Department raises May June draft calls by 9500
The Defense Department quietly increased the May and June draft calls by 9,500 as routine revisions after Army volunteer enlistments fell short of expectations. Officials cited Viet Nam buildup volatility and fluctuating enlistments, noting prior unannounced adjustments and overall amended fiscal 1966 calls.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Department
Army
Director of Selective Service
Teachers Union Wins In Vote In Chicago Schools
The Chicago Teachers Union won a bargaining election among 23 000 public school teachers. Of 12 208 votes cast the union received 10 936 with 364 for the Chicago Education Association and 16 for the Chicago Teachers Federation. Miscellaneous 111 and 781 blank. The board will review results June 8.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Statistical Tabulating Corp
Chicago Education Association
Chicago Teachers Federation
Wayne City Board to Meet On Monday Night
The Village Board of Wayne City will conduct routine business in a regular meeting Monday night. Harvey Austin, village president, will preside.
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Wayne City
Harvey Austin
Stafford Wanted To Bump Target
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports space pilot Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan discuss bumping the augmented target docking adapter on Gemini 9 to loosen a stubborn shroud. Mission control questions EVA plans and the feasibility of removing the lanyard inside the shroud while the two astronauts describe the ATDA as a “weird machine” with jaws like an angry alligator.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
ATDA
Hawaii
Stafford
U.S
Eugene A. Cernan
Mission Control
Cape
Houston
Cernan
Houston Control
Roger
Tom
Turncoat Short of Travel Money
A U.S. consulate spokesman said lack of funds and travel documents delay the return of Korean war turncoat Clarence Adams, his Chinese wife, and two children from Hong Kong to the United States. Adams, who fled to Red China over 12 years ago, crossed from the mainland with his family May 26 and said his mother promised to send travel funds.
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Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
United States
U.S
Adams
Memphis
Ike's First-Born Son Is Re-Buried In Abilene
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower brings the exhumed body of his first-born son to Abilene Kansas for re burial in the family cemetery plot. He is accompanied by his brother Milton. Doud Dwight Eisenhower died of scarlet fever in 1921 at age three and was initially buried in Denver. The recommittal service was private.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Steeve
Eisenhower
Milton
Doud
Dwight Eisenhower
Denver
Colo
Parents Of Cernan Host 20 People at BBQ in Bellwood
Bellwood Illinois AP report says Mr and Mrs Andrew Cernan hosted about 20 newsmen and friends at a patio barbecue while Gemini 9 orbited. They voiced pride and relief as astronauts' mission progressed and discussed the hoped moon landing.
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Richard Ciccone Bellwood
Ill
Andrew Cernan
Cernans
Cernan
Rose Cernan
Jack Riley
Bellwood
Mrs. Cernan
Chicago
Cernan’s
NASA
Ceylon Demonstration in Colombo Supports South Vietnamese Buddhists
About 150 monks students and teachers at the Buddhist University of Vidyodaya demonstrated in Colombo in sympathy with Buddhists of South Vietnam. The event showed regional solidarity amid the Vietnam conflict.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Buddhist University of Vidyodaya
South
Viet Nam
Runaway Girls Rent Apartment For Night In Chicago
Police found three missing girls aged 10 8 and 7 after they rented a three room apartment for six dollars for one night. They told officers they skipped school and earned seven dollars at Riverview Amusement Park before spending nine cents on a cab home. The occupant Mrs Mary Iles 65 faces charge of contributing to delinquency for not reporting the girls location. The girls were unharmed and returned to their parents who punished them.
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Chicago
Vicki Faught
Mary
Linda Brewer
Mary Iles
Three Ashley Residents Hurt In Nashville Accident
Three Ashley residents suffered serious injuries in a Friday crash on U S Route 460 at the east edge of Nashville. Andrew Doc Runzie 74 and Mrs Henrietta Lucke 58 were taken to Washington County Hospital with head lacerations while Mrs Rose Kula 50 was treated at Pinckneyville Community Hospital. All injuries described as serious but not critical.
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Ashley
Nashville
Andrew
Doc” Runzie
Henrietta Lueke
Rose Kula
Runzie
Lucke
Washington County Hospital
Kula
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Soviet Papers Cover Gemini 9 Flight Briefly
Pravda printed a short front page notice announcing the U S Gemini 9 launch and a back page brief article with a photo of the two astronauts. Other Soviet papers carried similar concise notices without comment.
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Moscow
U.S
Pravda
Voice
Soviet Communist Party
Thebes Man Killed in Cairo Traffic Crash
Norman F. Hampton, 70, of Thebes died Friday after being struck by a car in Cairo. Police reported the fatal traffic incident as the cause of death, with investigations ongoing.
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Cairo
Norman F. Hampton
Thebes
Gemini 9 Abandons Docking Efforts In Space Walk Delay
Cape Kennedy Fla AP The Gemini 9 mission faced repeated setbacks as the crew abandoned attempts to dock with the ATDA due to a hung shroud and fuel strain. Commander Cernan and pilot Stafford delayed the EVA, awaiting better conditions, after a tense rendezvous with the makeshift satellite ended without contact. The ground team worked to dislodge the shroud while rescue simulations and manual calculations continued.
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Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
ATDA
Stafford
Cernan
William C. Schneider
Agena
Gemini 9
Apollo
Clifford Charlesworth
Tom
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Karin
Dianne
Barbara Cernan
Tracy
Michael Donald Haskins
Monterey
Mexico
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Naval Academy Stadium
Joaquin Balaguer
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Ilinois
Teachers Union
Chicago Board of Education
Ike
St. Simon Church
Eugene
Howard Benedict
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