Gas Disperses Negroes Again in Cambridge Md
National Guardsmen used tear gas to break up a crowd of about 25 rock throwers in Cambridge Maryland as 100 Negroes attempted to march on the white section under limited martial law. No injuries reported. prior incident left two demonstrators hospitalized. An autopsy debunked claims the gas killed a baby. Three people were arrested in New York during plumbers union picketing over racial discrimination and a federal study noted biases against Negro doctors getting staff appointments in city hospitals.
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Maryland
National Guardsmen
United Press International
Cambridge
New York City
Britons harmed by rebel forces buried with honors
The remains of Capt Robin Edwardes and Pvt John Warburton, heads hacked off by rebel tribesmen, are to be buried in Aden with full military honors. Their bodies were found in the Radfan Mountains near the Yemen border after a patrol encountered more than 100 rebels on April 30.
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Aden
Robin Edwardes
John Warburton
Radfan
Federation of
South Arabia
Yemen
Edwardes
Flower Show Set At Raiford Prison By Inmate Group
Inmates at Florida’s maximum security Raiford prison invite the public to a flower show next week. The event is sponsored by prisoners enrolled in the prison’s ornamental horticulture training program.
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Raiford, Fla
UPI
Florida
Senate Defeats Bid to Reopen Baker Inquiry
In a tense session the Senate defeated a Republican bid to reopen and broaden the Bobby Baker investigation by a 42 to 33 vote. Democratic leaders engaged in a heated exchange with freshman Senator Edward Kennedy presiding, as the measure to extend the probe and cover campaign funds was tabled.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Clifford P. Case
R-Mj
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mansfield
Baker
John J. Williams
R-Del
Senate Rules Committee
Johnson
Knife Killer Is Questioned In Pratt Case
Sheriff Richard T. Lowell said his interview with Terry Caspersen of Wausau yielded little information linking Caspersen to the slayings of 18 year old Eleanor Kaatz and Oshkosh station operator Wayne Pratt. He urged Caspersen to take a lie detector test and noted Caspersen’s hospital detentions and escapes.
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Richard T. Lowell
Terry Caspersen
Wausau
Eleanor Kaatz
Wayne Pratt
Oshkosh
Caspersen
Pratt
Winnebago State Hospital
Lowell
Winnebago
Minnesota
Senators Set For Review Of Rights Package
In Washington UPI reports Senate leaders expect liberals to press for stronger civil rights measures while moderates push for cautious changes. A bipartisan package of amendments will be reviewed in separate conferences as the Senate enters its 56th day of debate, with the southern bloc seeking only a skeletal version of the bill.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Wisconsin reapportionment leaves both parties without clear victory
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a historic reapportionment ruling that neither Democratic Gov. Reynolds nor the Republican legislature can claim a decisive win. The court backed 25 seats for Milwaukee County but drew its own district boundaries, while affirming two seats for Waukesha and one seat each for Douglas and another county, amid broader debate over judicially imposed reapportionment.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
John W. Resnolds
Reynolds
Miwaukee County
Wisconsin
Assembly
Milwaukee County
Robert Haase
Marinette
Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Douglas County
Viet Cong Trap Kills 51 in Relief Column
A Viet Cong ambush killed 51 soldiers in a relief convoy, as U.S. moves to bolster South Vietnam air power. The United States plans to raise the South Vietnamese Air Force by about one hundred Skyraider bombers and double pilot training to 800, aiming to shift combat duties away from U.S. crews and into Vietnamese hands.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
White House
Saigon
Johnson
Defense
Defense Secretary
Nebraska liquor official resigns after guilty plea
Vernon O. Taylor resigned from the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission after pleading guilty in Lancaster County Court to intoxication and disturbing the peace charges. The action ends his tenure with the agency amid the legal case.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Vernon
Taylor
Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
Lancaster County
Oregon GOP primary expected record turnout
Portland AP report flags a six-candidate Republican presidential primary in Oregon with an estimated 265000 voters. Polls show Henry Cabot Lodge leading, though the margin narrows. Lodge aides intensify push while Nelson Rockefeller backs him. 18 convention delegates are at stake.
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Portland, Ore
Oregon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Rockefeller
California
Arizona
State Soldier Dies in Mishap at Fort Leonard Wood
Two soldiers died in a crane accident at Fort Leonard Wood report says Pvt. Robert W. Rothwell 17 of Verona Wisconsin and Capt. Andrew M. Weber Jr. 31 of Cleveland Ohio were electrocuted when the crane cable struck a power line while moving a small storage shed.
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Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Wisconsin
Robert W. Rothwell
Verona
Wis
Andrew M. Weber Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Rothwell
Weber
Torpedo Confiscated From Cuban Exiles Near Miami
An unarmed 11 foot radio controlled torpedo tested on a lake near Miami International Airport was seized from two Cuban exiles. US Customs says they do not know the intended use and the case remains under investigation. The freighter Las Villas reportedly loaded in France on May 4 with 300 trucks for Fidel Castro's government and was due to pass near Florida en route to Havana.
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Miami, Fla
Miami International
Las Villas
France
Fidel Castro
Florida
Havana
Fred Patton
U.S
Miami
Viet Cong ambush wounds 60 troops in Tan Uyen area
In one of the year’s bloodiest ambushes near Tan Uyen, Viet Cong forces attacked three outposts and a relief column. Fifty one government troops were killed and about 30 wounded, including an American Ranger officer, with ten missing. American advisers lament recurring mistakes.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Tan Uyen
Dong Nai
Shocking Squalor Found On First Lady's Property
On a 3700 acre Alabama tract owned by Mrs Lyndon B Johnson four families live in tenant houses as poverty investigators accuse the First Lady’s land of deplorable squalor. White House says income per acre is 14 cents and tenants chose to stay. Johnsons let tenants remain as land shifts from cotton to timber.
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Billingsley
Ala
UPI
Willie Cutler
Washington
Alabama
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dave Martin
Nebraska
M. G. Snyder
Kentucky
White House
Patillo
Effie
Texas
Johnson
Huntsville
Alaham
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