Alvim Heads Peace Force In Dominican Republic
Brazilian Gen Hugo Panasco Alvim was named commander of the Inter-American Peace Force in the Dominican Republic as a truce held. U S Lt Gen Bruce Palmer was named deputy commander and American forces would outnumber Latin Americans 10 to 1. First Brazilian units of 1,250 troops were due, joining Honduras Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The United States planned to withdraw about 1,700 troops as Brazilians arrived, with more withdrawals later. The OAS created the force to restore normal conditions and foster peace and democratic institutions.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hugo Panasco Alvim
U.S
Bruce Palmer
Palmer
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Inter-American Peace Force
Western Hemisphere
Organization of American States
OAS
Jose A Mora
Carlos de Meira Mattos
Brazil
Alvaro, Arias
Maj
Policarpo Paz Garcia
Col
Julio Gutierrez Rivera
Gen. Palmer
Mora
Separatists Linked to Montreal Blast Explosion at Prudential Building
In Montreal on Victoria Day a bomb exploded after police found two sticks of dynamite in a postal package and a timing device in front of an insurance building. No injuries were reported. Authorities suspect Quebec separatists aimed to sever French Canada from the English-speaking region.
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Montreal
Prudential of England
Quebec
Canada
Commonwealth
Insurance
Fifteen Die On Wisconsin Highways This Weekend
Wisconsin records a weekend toll of fifteen traffic deaths raising the yearly total to 314. The spike includes a triple fatality in Menominee County and a double fatality in La Crosse. A Chicago girl, Susan Levine, 18, was killed in Sauk County when her car left County Highway H near In- Continued on Page 14, Col 2.
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Wisconsin
Menominee County
la Crosse
Chicago
Susan Levine
Sauk County
Police arrest assemblyman during Milwaukee protest
Milwaukee AP Police arrest Assemblyman Lloyd A Barbee D Milwaukee and ten demonstrators who formed a human barricade before Brown Street School as buses prepared to transfer Negro students to another district. The protest targets school bussing policy amid charges it entrenches segregation while officials defend keeping classes intact during transfers.
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Milwaukee
Lloyd A. Barnee
Wisconsin
Brown Street
Barbee
Jack Anthony
Anthony
Pickering
1St District
Permanent Red Cuba Seen Johnson Policy
Rep. Melvin Laird asserts that permanent Communist Cuba is now part of President Johnsons foreign policy. He questions bipartisan support and warns that U.S. aims in Latin America and Southeast Asia must not include coalitions with Communist elements. He criticizes the Dominican Republic intervention timing and calls for a clear stance against exporting communism.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Cuba
Johnson
Laird
Hemisphere
House Republican Conference
House
Viet
U.S
Latin America
Southeast Asia
Congress
Dominican Republic
Franz Jonas Elected Austria's President by Narrow Margin
Franz Jonas, Vienna's Socialist mayor, won the Austrian presidency Sunday by a tight margin over Alfons Gorbach. Jonas, aged 63, captured 2,324,474 votes to Gorbach's 2,260,992 with about 94,000 blank ballots. His six year term follows the death of Adolf Lehnert in February.
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Austria
Franz Jonas
Vienna
Jonas
Alfons Gorbach
Adolf Lehnert
Gorbach
Guard Units To Aid Traffic Next Weekend
Madison Wisconsin UPI reports Governor Dav War ren Knowles announced a call out of state national guard units to assist traffic enforcement over Memorial Day weekend. He aims to curb rising accidents and may use guards on weekends through the summer. Major General Ralph Olson advised that about 50 military policemen would join the state traffic patrol for the coming weekend.
Supreme Court voids 1962 law on communist mail
The Supreme Court unanimously invalidated a 1962 law allowing the Post Office to withhold foreign communist mail. Justice Douglas ruled the rule unconstitutional as it forced addressees to act in writing to receive mail, abridging First Amendment rights and deterring those with sensitive positions. Justice White did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Post Office Department
William C. Douglas
Byron R. White
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas
Chooed Out London Express Halted by Fuel Run Dry
The Perth to London overnight express stopped 25 miles from London when its diesel engine ran out of gas. Crews brought a replacement engine to the secluded track, delaying the journey for about an hour.
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London
UPI
Perth
Vote Rights Substitute Moves Forward in Senate
Senate may vote today on a Republican substitute to the voting rights bill as lawmakers seek to clear the way for a Tuesday clash over debate limits. Southern opposition to cloture falters as Republicans seek federal voter registration under state rules, backed by White House and Democratic leaders.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
John G. Tower
R-Pex
GOP
Ambassador Jones Leaves Jakarta After Seven Year Term
Ambassador Howard P. Jones departs Jakarta for Washington ending a seven year tenure as envoy to Indonesia. He began his assignment in 1959 and his replacement announced later.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Howard P. Jones
Washington
Five Yanks In Weekend Combat Toll
An American adviser and 35 South Vietnamese troops were killed in a Viet Cong ambush 150 miles south of Saigon Sunday night. Another American adviser and 25 Vietnamese are missing. Four other Americans were killed and one wounded Saturday near Ben Cat and Song Be. Five South Vietnamese infantrymen died at Song Be with 19 missing and 10 wounded. The toll brings U.S. combat deaths to 382 since 1961. Names of the Americans killed include Staff Sgt. Murret D. Thomas, Capt. Hassel W. Condon, Ser. 1C Bernard J. Kelley, and Spec. 4C Troy JT Waters. US planes reported sinking a North Vietnamese PT boat and damaging six barracks. Continued on Page 14.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ben Cat
Song Be
Viet Nam
Troy JT. Waters
Dorothy
Coxs Mills
W. Va
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Bolivia Mines Clash Tense as Troops Fight Miners
In Bolivia, troops battled resisting miners in the Quechisla and Catavi area after authorities occupied state mine centers including Kami near Oruro. The government declared mining zones under military jurisdiction, while miners called for a halt if occupation ended and rights recognized.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Quechisla
Catavi
Argentina
Fernando Diez de Medina
Kami
Oruro
Bolivian Mining Corp
Miners’ Union
Rene Barrientos
Roman Catholic Church
Abel Antedzana
Oscar Quiroga
Central Bolivian Workers Association
Juan Lechin
Paraguay
Lechin
Barrientos
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