Secret Probe Set in Canada
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson orders a secret full scale judicial inquiry into a security scandal involving German beauty queen Gerda Munsinger and former Conservative Cabinet members. Justice Minister Lucien Cardin alleges Cabinet mishandling. opposition demands evidence as Parliament erupts in turmoil. Continued on Page 14, Col. 7.
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Canada
Lester Pearson
Gerda Munsinger
Munsinger
Pierre Sevigny
Tap Wirenhatos
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Britain
Lucien Cardin
John G. Diefenbaker
Cardin
Diefenbaker
House of Commons
April Draft Call Drops to 21,700 Men for Army
The Defense Department reports the April draft quota at 21,700, the smallest since last August after the Vietnam buildup. All April inductees will enter the Army, while the Navy Marine Corps and Air Force rely on voluntary enlistments. The March call was 22,400.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Department
Johnson And Governors To Confer on War
Washington AP reports most of the nation s governors will meet with President Johnson and top advisers at the White House to discuss the Viet Nam war among other issues. All 50 governors were invited with over 40 accepting. Moyers said no subjects are off limits and the war is likely to dominate talks with Rusk and McNamara present.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Southeast Asia
Hatch problem could delay Gemini 8 launch
Cape Kennedy AP report says a balky hatch may hold up the Gemini 8 mission. Astronaut David R. Scott was summoned to test closing the seal, which is reported too thick for easy closure. If Scott can close and seal the hatch, the launch proceeds. otherwise the date could slip.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
David R. Scott
Space Agency
Scott
Gemini Launch Complex 19
Jungle Weather Slow Viet War Offensive Progress
Jungle cover in the south and bad weather in the north slowed allied ground and air offensive against the Viet Cong. U S Marines infantry air cavalry and allied forces failed to rout the enemy from cover after two weeks of operations. Navy and Air Force strikes on North Vietnam were minimal due to overcast. Rescue of survivors from the Ashan Special Forces camp near the Laotian border reported 204 evacuated, including 32 Americans and 172 Vietnamese or Montagnards.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Ashan Special Forces
da Nang
Regents Approve High Rise Dorms At State Colleges
Madison AP regents authorize two 10 story dorms at Eau Claire State and Whitewater State with contracts awarded by August 1967. Sheehy Construction Co. won Eau Claire for 2.8 million dollars. J P Cullen and Sons Corp. bid 2.7 million for Whitewater.
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Oshkosh
Eau Claire
Whitewater
Claire
Bon
Calcutta Food Riots Reach Third Day
New Delhi AP report says Calcutta and West Bengal faced a third day of food riots as mobs burned railway stations and bomb blasts wounded three. Death toll exceeds 25 as protesters and leftist leaders gear up for larger demonstrations chaired by Home Minister Nanda and Food Minister Subramaniam amid claims of a pro Chinese Communist plot.
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New Delhi
India
Calcutta
West Bengal
Tala Bridge
Helicopters Find 6 Men From Ashau
U S Marines and Nung tribal soldiers rescued six survivors from the Ashau Special Forces camp after it fell to an enemy regiment. Five Marine crewmen identified by Da Nang authorities were in a rescue helicopter shot down Thursday. Survivors linked up with camp escapees in the jungle.
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da Nang
South Viet Nam
Ashau
Charles A. House
Schuyler Puckett
Orange
Calif
George Mayne
Havelock
N.C
Robert E. Leathan
Jacksonville
Beards Heckle Peace Corps Director at Wisconsin
UW students heckled Peace Corps Director Jack Hood Vaughn Friday as he defended U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic. Vaughn, a former top State Department official, said he would do it again despite chants questioning Santo Domingo. He spoke from the Wisconsin Memorial Union steps after presenting a university plaque.
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Madison
Beards
Peace Corps
Jack Hood Vaughn
University of Wisconsin
Vaughn
U.S
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Wisconsin Memorial Union
Wisconsin
University
Ousters Prompt Demonstrations Across Saigon Hue Da Nang
Demonstrations linked to the ouster of Maj. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi were held peacefully in Saigon Hue Da Nang and Hoi An. Buddhist monks urged Thi retainment in some post while calling for reforms and returns of former Diem era leaders. Da Nang saw the largest rally with about 3000 people near the 1st Corps HQ.
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Saigon
South Viet
Thi
South Viet Nam
1St Corps
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Khanh
Quong van
Big) Minh
da Nang
FBI Agents Abort Secret Formula Plot
The FBI says it disrupted an international scheme to sell industrial secrets to DuPont. An unemployed truck driver and a chemical engineer were arrested in Ohio and Delaware as part of the case involving a proposed 42 500 ransom for data on a new synthetic rubber process. Both suspects faced mail fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property charges.
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Wilmington, del
FBI
DuPont Co
E. J. duPont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington Chemical
B. F. Goodrich Corp
Akron
Ohio
Montecatini Corp
Milan
Italy
Montecatini
DuPont
Goodrich
Cleveland
Pierce
Bush
B. F. Goodrich
Lorain
Wilmington
Avon Lake
Latin Teacher Turns Pop Hits Into Latin
Shrewsbury England Nicholas Dunn, a Latin teacher, says students learn the dead language faster after he paraphrases several pop hits into Latin, using contemporary tunes to teach grammar and vocabulary.
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Shrewsbury
England
UPI
Nicholas Dunn
Army Chief Suharto Declares New Indonesian Leadership
Jakarta radio reported Lt Gen Suharto dissolved and outlawed the Indonesian Communist party in Sukarno's name. Informants in Singapore said Sukarno and Subandrio were blocked from leaving the presidential palace as Suharto tightened control. Sukarno appeared as a figurehead while Suharto pledged to maintain peace and order.
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Indonesian Communist Party
Sukarno
Suhado
Indonesia
Subandrio
Jakarta
Singapore
Suharto
Youngster Dies In 2 Car Crash In Wisconsin
The Associated Press reports an eight year old boy from Weyerhauser, Gregory Peterson, died in a two car crash on Highway 8 between Bruce and Ladysmith in Rusk County. The incident raises Wisconsin 1966 highway death toll to 150, nine below last year’s tally.
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Associated Press
Rusk County
Wisconsin
Gregory Peterson
Weyerhauser
Bruce
Ladysmith
Governor Knowles Flies to Washington
Governor Knowles travels to Washington D C for a White House luncheon and briefing with governors from all states. The topic is not announced but expected to concern the Vietnam War. He plans to return to Wisconsin this evening.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Washington, D.C
White House
Knowles
Johnson
Wisconsin
New Orleans Teachers Strike Surfaces Deep South Rift
In New Orleans a teachers union walkout tested southern labor unity as 500 to 1,000 educators joined contrasts with a 124 school operation still in class. Pickets outside 25 schools and calls for a single bargaining agent defined the dispute.
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New Orleans
Deep South
Charles Hatfield
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Back
Don Pierce
Louisiana Teachers Association
Louisiana Education Association
Pierce
Hatfield
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Quiry
Liberal Party
Toronto Star
House
Mara
Indonesias Red Party
Heckle Peace Corps
Hinale
Winnebagoland
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