Navy Jets Down Two Red MiGs in Dogfight Near Hanoi
U S Navy Phantom jets shot down two Communist MIG-17 fighters about 60 miles south of Hanoi during a 29 second encounter while escorting other planes bombing targets 20 miles north of Thanh Hoa. Pilots Page of San Diego and Batson Jr. of Buffalo reported the win and the mission as they spoke in Saigon.
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Saigon
Phtom
Hanoi
U.S
Thenh Mea
Omer
Louis C. Page
San Diego
Calif
J.g
E. D. Batson Jr
Buffalo, N
Hainag Island
Gulf of Lonsin
Page
Navy Jets Down Communist Planes Over Target Area
A U S Navy spokesman says two Phantom jets shot down two Communist MIG-175 near a map location about 49 miles south of Honni. AP Photofax map accompanies the report.
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Honni
U.S
Early Cut Seen For Excise Tax
Washington AP reports the House approved a comprehensive excise tax repeal aimed at cutting prices on autos and lip sticks. A Senate vote followed quickly with timing set to have reductions signed by President Johnson and take effect by Saturday. The measure retroactively refunds buyers of autos and air conditioners from May 15.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Russell Long
C-ha
Chamber
I House
Jolson
Denver Area Hit Hard By Floods
Denver and southern communities faced the worst flood in over 30 years as a South Platte surge wrecked bridges, flooded businesses, and left hundreds homeless. One man drowned during evacuation, and firefighter Frazzini was rescued after being swept from a row boat. Evacuations and power outages affected the metro area amid rising water and tornado damage nearby.
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Denver
Garner
Public Service Co
South Platte
17Th Street
Union Pacific
Thiven Oa
Colorado Highway Patrol
Waterton
Globeville
Causin Frazzini
John A. Love
Switchmen's Strike Blocked by Federal Judge Action
Federal Judge Richard B. Austin issued a temporary order restraining the switchmen's union from striking against the Rock Island Railroad on June 22. A hearing was set for that date and the injunction remains in effect until June 25.
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Switchmen’s Strike
Chicago
Ime
Richard B. Austin
Afl-Cio
Switchmen's Union
Rock Island Railroad
Convict Woman Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Des Moines
Mrs Arlene Violet Shipley 41 of Des Moines convicted of manslaughter in the April 11 fatal shooting of Ralph Stewart 30 at her home. District Judge Wade Clarke set Monday for sentencing. Also reports a boy killed when a tractor overturned near Volga and a body found in McKinlay Lake Creston, plus ordination of eight elders and twelve deacons at South Iowa Methodist Conference in Des Moines.
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DBS Moines
Arlene Violet. Shipley
Deg Moines
Ralph Stewart
Wade Clarke
Volga —P
Waterloo
Here
Anthony Allen Hines
Donald Hines
Des Moines
South Iowa
US Bolstering Forces Big Boost in Viet War Effort Told
Defense chief McNamara said the United States will add 16 080 to 21 000 troops to Vietnam, bringing total U S forces there to 70 000 to 75 000. Nine combat battalions plus support units will be in place within weeks, at Hanoi's request to strengthen bases and defense.
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Washington
United States
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
White House
McNamara
Army
Marines
Air Force
Navy
7Th Fleet
Gemini Astronauts Visit White House to Receive Medals
The Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II arrived at the White House to accept Exceptional Service medals from President Johnson and to hear that their spacewalk closed the nation’s gap in manned flight. Johnson praised their achievement for global hopes of peaceful space cooperation. The two men traveled by plane to Andrews Air Force Base, with families, helicopters, and a busy itinerary including a Capitol luncheon and a State Department reception with diplomats from many nations.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Mathews
Capitol
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
State Department
McDivitt
Medals Returned by Beatle Foe in Protest
London AP report: Col. Frederick Wagg 74 returns 12 MBEs to Queen Elizabeth II in protest against Beatle awards, resigns from Labour, cancels a 33200 bequest, condemns “Decorating the Beatles.” He keeps the Croix de Lorraine from WWI given by Gen. de Gaulle. Several MBEs have already mailed their insignia back.
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London
Queen Elizabeth TL
Frederick Wagg
MBS
Order of the Jeritish Empire
Prince|o Sinister
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Poe
Mb.e
Buckingham Palace
Charles de Gaulle
Committee OKs Public Works Appropriation
The House Appropriations Committee approved 4.2416 billion dollars for public works for the coming fiscal year, a cut of 12.1685 million from Johnson's request. The Atomic Energy Commission faced the largest reduction, receiving 2.355 billion against a request of 2.421 billion.
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Oks Public Works
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Daly
Johnson
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Prohibition figure Harris seized by FBI in Illinois
Fairfield Illinois AP Charles Black Charlie Harris a Shelton Gang member and wanted for murder indictments was captured today by FBI agents at an abandoned farmhouse near Fairfield. He carried a .22 rifle but did not resist and was jailed in Mount Carmel after surrendering. Harris 67 had vanished last year before indictments in the slaying of Jerry Merrit and a farmhouse fire that killed Merrit and a woman.
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Fairfield
Ill
Charles
Charlie) Harris
FBI
Wayne County
Harris
Wabash County
Mount Carmel
Jerry Merrit
Merrit
Charles Newton
Shelton
Shelton Brothers
Dominican Rebel Fire Fatal to 8 in Santo Domingo
An American paratrooper was killed and seven soldiers wounded in nine hours of sporadic fighting Wednesday night with Dominican rebels. The clash involved units from Brazil, Honduras, and the United States around the international security zone encircling the rebels in downtown Santo Domingo.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Frank Ramirez
Domingo Rodriguez
Goldwater to Lead New Conservative Education Group
AP report says Barry Goldwater will be honorary chairman of the Free Society Association, a new organization to promote conservatism through political education. He flatly rejects any third party efforts and vows to resist their formation.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Free Society Association
Goldwater
Arizona
Amerca
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Milan
Italy
Roswell Garst
Coan Rapids
B. J. O'Dowd
Joe Gibson
L. HK. Bussey
Iowa Trade Mission
AP Photofax
Vietnam
Hee
Shainan
Palmer Lake
Valley Country Club
Denver Area
Littleton
South Platte River
Lake Creston
South Viet Nam
Iowa
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa River
Burlington Street Dam
John ‘W. Weuzil
John F. Neuzil
Ray Neubauer
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles W. Mathews
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
White
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