South Viet Nam Executes War Profiteer in Saigon Square
In Saigon, a 34 year old Chinese descent businessman Ta Vinh was executed for economic sabotage and embezzlement. Premier Ky’s anti corruption tribunal later sentenced Dang Cao Sach to death for embezzling public funds dating from 1956. Vinh’s wife appealed amid barbed wire as soldiers carried out the firing squad. Shops in Da Nang reopened after protests against Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi’s dismissal, while Thi’s supporters staged a five hour city strike.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ta Vinh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dang Cao Sach
Treasury Service
Dalat
Sach
Vinh
Ery
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Four Drown In State Four Ice Fishermen Die In Wisconsin Waters
Four ice fishermen drowned in Wisconsin over the weekend. One companion was rescued after a 40 minute ice cling on Delavan Lake. Victims include a Chicago teen, a Madison father of 12, and two Waukesha brothers. Bartosovic survived after 40 minutes. Gargano missing. Marx, 49, Madison, drowned on Lake Mendota near shore. Goelz climbed to safety. Two brothers, Max Plehn 89 and Henry Plehn 61 of Waukesha, were recovered from Ottawa Lake near Dousman after being reported missing Friday night. Investigators note ice broke multiple times during the outing. Local authorities continued searching for Gargano’s body.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Delavan Lake
Chicago, Jr
Madison
Waukesha
Walworth County
Michael Gargano
Chicago
Gargano
Steve A. Bartosovic
Bartovesic
Bartovosic
Elkhorn
Werner L. Marx
Lake Mendota
Dane County
Clyde Chamberlain
Arnold Goelz
Elm Grove
Marx
Goelz
Ottawa Lake
Dousman
Waukesha County
Emergency Bills to Suir Controversy
Washington AP reports Congress faces urgent measures this week. A $13 billion defense appropriations bill seeks to fund Vietnam programs, while a $6 billion tax bill aims to extend Social Security benefits and revitalize revenue through excise tax restorations. Controversies loom over a vice president residence and a nationwide DST mandate. The Senate schedules little major legislation besides prior aid, tax, and judiciary bills.
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Congress
House
Senate
Social Security Trust Fund
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man shoots mother then kills self in Waucoma County
Jaynes P. Troceno, 42, a former mental patient, shot and killed his mother Mrs. Anna Troceno, 73, and then killed himself with the same rifle in an apparent murder suicide in Waucoma County. A neighbor alerted authorities early today. the coroner said the shooting likely occurred this morning.
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Wautoma
UPI
Jaynes P. Troceno
Anna Troceno
Waushara County
Strike Back at Reds Who Took Outpost
U S Air Force and Marine fighters bombed the Ashan Special Forces camp on the Laotian border, facing heavy anti-aircraft fire while destroying a building and five mortar positions and neutralizing camp defenses. Six U S planes were lost earlier. a U S spotter plane was shot down with the observer killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ashan
U.S
Plot to Attack U S Embassy Foiled In Jakarta
Singapore sources report Foreign Minister Subandrio urged pro Communist forces to strike the U S Embassy in Jakarta in retaliation for student raids. Agents exchanged fire with troops. arrests and weapons found. Suharto's government holds Subandrio and Sukarno under house arrest amid a broad purge.
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Singapore
Indonesia
Subandrio
U.S
Jakarta
Peking
Suharto
Sukarno
Merdeka
War in Asia To Determine Budget Plans
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler said the Johnson administration is watching developments in Vietnam to decide if fiscal 1967 budget plans will be adequate. He noted the budget could move toward deficit or surplus and expects labor force growth of 1.6 million in 1967.
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Asia
Detroit
API — Scretary of
The
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson Administration
Viet Nam
Fowler
Economic Club of
Fulbright Defends Senate Panel on Viet Nam Policy
Sen. J. W. Fulbright, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defends the hearings on Viet Nam as essential to shaping a true national consensus. He says airing differences strengthens U S policy though it exposes division and that questions about China aim to prevent war by understanding the Chinese people and leaders. Deputy VP Humphrey likewise urges containment of China’s militant assertiveness while avoiding isolation from the world community.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Johnson
Asia
China
Fulbright
National Conference of Higher Education
Chicago
Viet Nam
United States
America
Hubert H. Humphrey
Red China
Peking
Humphrey
Diefenbaker rejects security threat link to Munsinger
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker says Germany born Gerda Munsinger’s ties to Conservative officials pose no security threat. He urges Justice Minister Lucien Cardin to name the ministers involved, as he returns from a fishing trip to defend himself in Parliament amid calls for a judicial inquiry.
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Ottawa
John G. Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Justice
Lucien Cardin
Canada
Gerda Munsinger
Munsinger
Cardin
Germany
Pierre Sevigny
British Columbia
House of Commons
Lester
Pearson
Gemini 8 flight delayed to Wednesday for leaks
Cape Kennedy AP reports the Gemini 8 launch is postponed 24 hours to Wednesday after leaks were found in an Atlas Agena rocket and a spacesuit circuit. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will review flight plans as technicians repair gasket leaks and the countdown resumes. The mission aims to reach a 185 mile high orbit and link with the Agena for a space walk testing life in high altitude.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Space Agency
Agena
Armstrong
Scott
Earth
Suspect Heavy Loss in China's Powerful Quake
AP reports from Red China say the March 8 quake may have flattened numerous villages with high casualties. New China News Agency cites massive relief work, field hospitals, and teams rebuilding collapsed homes. The 5:30 a.m. quake centered near Kaifeng, a major city, was nearly as strong as the Alaska event.
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Red China
Orth
China
New China News Agency
Alaska
Kaifeng
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