Shells Hit Cambodia as U S Acknowledges Cross-Border Fire
The U S command for the first time confirms shelling into Cambodia amid heavy artillery exchanges with Viet Cong across the border in Tay Ninh Province. American forces, including the 1st Infantry Division, pressed a sweep along the Cai Bac River while B52 bombers pounded the region. The attack followed days of border clashes as U S troops seized a large Viet Cong supply cache totaling thousands of tons of rice and other gear.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cambodia
Cai Bac
Tay Ninh
Guam
Vegebarian Mrs Adeline Jones Drury Reaches 100
Du Quoin Illinois Mrs Adeline Jones Drury marked her 100th birthday this week after she claimed she became a vegetarian at 23 when doctors warned she had little time to live.
Kennedy urges commission to reassess Red China policy
Senator Edward M. Kennedy calls for a sweeping reassessment of U.S. policy toward Red China and urges President Johnson to name a special commission. He proposes the panel be led by a national leader of the caliber of Ridgway Gruenther or E. Milton S. for new approaches, continued on page 10.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
U.S
Red China
Johnson
Matthew 8B
Ridgway
Korea
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Milton S. E
Primary lineups form in six states for fall election
Washington AP reports six states Florida Indiana New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma begin primaries shaping Democratic Republican lines. In Alabama Governor George Wallace faces a large field as Negro registration grows while Atty Gen Flowers seeks Negro support. other contenders include Bob Gilchrist Carl Elliott Paterson Folsom Gore Todd Woods Powell. Mrs Wallace leads but a majority is not assured. Continued on Page 10 Col 1.
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Washington
Alabama
Florida
Indiana
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
George C. Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Bob Gilchrist
Carl Elliott
John Patterson
James Folsom
Eunice S. Gore
A. W. Todd
Charles Woods
Sherman Powell
Viet Nam Coverage Won Prize for Arnett
Associated Press correspondent Peter Arnett won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Viet Nam coverage. His frontline work included a dramatic helicopter insertion into a Viet Cong attacked rice paddy and documentation of a Marine supply column’s destruction with crews killed and wounded. The award honored his insistence on immersive reporting over official briefings.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
U.S
Arnett
Marine
Viet Nam
Arnett Monday
United States
Saizon
Niewspa Prrff Phlye
Binh Dinh
New York
AP Wor
Construction Of Highways Tops His List
Gov. Warren P. Knowles names highway construction as the top priority for Wisconsin’s spring session. He urges accelerated highway work along with a water quality plan four highway safety measures and Medicare statute changes to boost a business like session. He notes hundreds of bills remain and hopes to finish by month’s end.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Boston Paper Wins Pulitzer for Public Service Campaign
Boston Globe earns a gold medal for public service journalism for a campaign to block Boston Municipal Judge Francis X. Morrissey from a federal judgeship. Morrissey, backed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, withdrew after the campaign. Peter Arnett of AP wins 1966 prize for international reporting from South Vietnam. Continued on Page 10.
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New York
Boston
Francis X. Morrissey
Boston Globe
Morrissey
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
South Viet Nam
Parachute instructor breaks leg in demo at Arvin
In Arvin California UP1 reports parachute jump instructor William Rogers aged 37 from Santa Monica jumped from a three foot high table to demonstrate safe landing technique and broke his leg.
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Arvin
Calif
William Rogers
Santa Monica
Fair Housing Move Hit By Senate Skirmish
Washington AP explains the Senate's first clash over President Johnson's civil rights bill with the fair housing provision likely doomed. Republican Everett Dirksen calls the section unconstitutional, threatening to oppose any move to end the filibuster if kept, while other party leaders resist deadlines and aim to preserve other parts of the bill expanding desegregation and penalties.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Japan marks 19th anniversary of no war constitution
Tokyo observes the 19th anniversary of Japan's no war constitution drafted by the Americans after World War II. It was declared a national holiday with schools banks and businesses closed.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Scheols
Mt Kelut Volcano Death Toll and Floods Reported
Indonesian reports say 100 bodies recovered from Mt Kelut eruption while hundreds remain missing. In nearby Lesser Sunda Islands floods killed 32 and displaced 250. Lava neared Blitar and trapped 35 people atop rocks as authorities continue search and rescue amid continuing rumblings.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Mt. Kelut
East Java
Lesser Sunda Islands
Antara
Blitar
Sukarno 5
War Hit By Vietnamese Political Unrest
Secretary of Defense McNamara says South Vietnamese political unrest cut allied military operations by 50 to 70 percent and raised fears of civil war and government overthrow in Saigon. He noted bombing of North Vietnam continues while infiltrators rise, and warned the impact could worsen.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
McNamara
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
North
Viet Nam
New Hampshire Rep James Cleveland Takes First Karate Lesson
Rep James C. Cleveland R NH begins his first karate lesson today after two assaults in 14 months. He says he wants self defense training following an office robbery and a street incident near his Washington home.
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Washington
UPI
James C. Cleveland
R-N.h
Cleveland
Airline Passenger Traffic Increases in April
North Central Airlines reports strong April gains at Winnebago County Airport with total boardings up 903 to 3,973 and terminatings up to 4,234 from last year. Cargo also rose across categories, including air freight and air express, with detailed pounds rising versus April 1965. Air Wisconsin shows 44 boardings and 34 arrivals in March figures.
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North Central Airlines
Winnebago County
Louis Gried
Air Express
AIA
Air Wisconsin
Outagamie
Rampart
Dr Np
Marche
Senate Gas Signs Bill Rejected as Invalid
Madison UPI Atty Gen Bronson La Follette criticized a Senate passed bill requiring gas stations to display fuel prices on fixed size placards. He argued it exceeds police powers and would be struck down, warning penalties up to 250 dollars or days imprisonment for violations, while the 24 by 30 inch sign size limit and restricted signs face likely court challenge.
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Madison
UPI
Bronson la Follette
la Follette
Assembly
State Road Toll Boosted to 268
The 191 traffic toll in Wisconsin rose to 268 after a pair of fatal car crashes. Victims were Lloyd Chambers, 63, of Madison, and William Sellers, 65, of Milwaukee. Deputies say Sellers’ car entered the eastbound lane of Interstate 94 from an off ramp near Oconomowoc, traveling the wrong way.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lloyd Chambers
Madison
William Sellers
Milwaukee
Jefferson County
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Commission On Red China
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Ameri
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Knowles
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