Viet Cong Shelling In Saigon Escalates Civilian Toll
Saigon battles intensify as Viet Cong shelling across the city kills civilians and damages districts. Government says 36 civilians dead nationwide five weeks into peace talks while reporting light Army casualties. In Cholon, Viet Cong losses mount as troops and surrenders are announced. a motorbike assassination kills an army lieutenant near the U S ambassador’s residence. Grial Hospital reports wounded civilians and police. city officials Loan and Cua are replaced as police head and Saigon mayor.
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ONAP
Saigon
Ner
Lier
Cholon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Gral Hospital
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
National Police
van van Cua
Grail Hospital
Loan
Cua
Tran van Hai
South Vietnam
Hanoi demands full and unconditional bombing halt in talks
Hanoi negotiators insist on an American promise to stop all bombing as the Paris talks proceed. Harriman arrives in Paris with Vance to press for concessions while both sides expect a long negotiation period and extended stays.
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Jurces
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
U.S
Ksom
Vietnam
Yell Harriman
York
of Sem
Robert F
Lings
Paris
Harriman
Vance
United States
Kennedy Service Draws World Leaders to St Patrick’s
In New York a Requiem for Robert Kennedy drew leaders from politics and world affairs to St Patrick’s Cathedral. Edward Kennedy eulogized his brother saying he gave strength in trouble and cherished real love and sacrifice. Police halted a gun-armed man attempting entry as President Johnson and others attended. The service proceeded amid heat and prayer, with details of the train moving Kennedy’s body to Washington.
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Hemident Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Joseph Jr
Johnson
Syacuse
N.Y
Terence J. Cooke
Maas
Fifth Avenue
Bishop Cooke
America
Sen. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washington
Johnsons
Robert Kennedy Returns To Washington He Loved
Robert Francis Kennedy comes home to the capital he loved, with a funeral procession route past Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, and Arlington gravesite. The cortege, funeral at St Patrick’s, and memorial services reflect broad national mourning for the late senator and former attorney general who served in World War II.
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Robert Kennedy
Washington
UPI
Robert Francis Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Virginia
Union Station
Capitol Hill
Serse
Senate
Capitol
Constitution Avenue
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
National Archives
Justice Department
United States
White House
George Washington
Resurrection City
Memorial Bridge
John F. Kennedy
Custis- Lee
Brother John
Kennedy
Ethel
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Arlington
John Kennedy
President Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
America
U.S
Arrest of James Earl Ray in London shocks nation
James Earl Ray, prime suspect in Martin Luther King Jr. slaying, was arrested by Scotland Yard in London while attempting to fly to Brussels. He faced passport fraud and gun charges, with authorities noting his two Canadian passports and alias Ramon George Sneyd. The arrest follows a two month manhunt spanning multiple countries as federal and state cases proceed.
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Washington
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
London
Ramsey Clark
Ray
Scotland Yard
Brussels
Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Ramon George Sneyd
King
Canada
Mexico
Portugal
England
Lorraine
Memphis
Tenn
St. Joseph Hospital
Eric Starvo Galt
Gali
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
United States
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Ottawa
Lisbon
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Coretta
Kennedy
Atlanta
Fox River pollution orders target multiple Wisconsin sites
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issues pollution abatement orders for the Upper Fox River drainage, naming towns and facilities from Portage to Adams counties. Plants and mills must meet Lake Michigan Enforcement Conference standards with plans due by October 1, 1968, and some sites must exclude clear waters by July 1, 1969.
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Fox River
Portage
Marquette
Green Lake
Wetg
Fond du Lac
Wau
Shara
Calument
Columbia
Adams
Lower
Lake Michigan
Wisconsn
Alto
American Baptist Assembly
Berlin
Camp Ground Cheese Factory
Byron
Fond du Lac County
Chicago and North Western Railroad
North Fond du Lac
Cowan Farms
Oshkosh
Dairyland ‘Poultry, Inc
Endeavor
Mainte
Nance
Eden
Eldorado
Fairwater
Green Giant Canning Company
Ripon
Green Giant Company
Rosendale
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Nemy
N& I i
National, World Leaders
Archbishop Cooke
Great Cathedral
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
John Jr
Caroline
Society Sages
Winnebagoland
Washington National Cathedral
Bulletin
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