Nation Honors Heroes in War Memorial Day Observance
Memorial Day observances pay tribute to war dead from Revolutionary to Vietnam. President Johnson places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and urges prayers for peace while affirming continued fight in Vietnam. At Arlington National Cemetery he delivers the principal address as 125000 are buried. A Medal of Honor Archives Building is dedicated at the Medal of Honor Grove in Valley Forge. The National ceremony also honors Army Capt Roger H. Donlon, first Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient, wounded four times in a five hour battle near the Laos border. A replica Tomb of the Unknowns is built at Balloon Park Albuquerque. In Andersonville a Segro soldier, Jimmy L. Williams, to be buried with full military honors despite his mother’s wishes.
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Father of 7 Shot to Death In Argument
A 34 year old Zion man William R Michal ds was shot at close range during a tavern quarrel at the Bear Inn on Highway 22 south of Kenosha. Authorities said a 33 year old Kenosha County man was taken in for questioning as the firearm was recovered. Nichols owner of Rittwar Tree Service was a tavern customer and the argument’s nature remained unclear.
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Frenchman dies after eating 12 hard boiled eggs
In France, Joseph Gregmer died from suffocation on Sunday after reportedly telling a friend he could eat 12 hard boiled eggs in one sitting. Police say the incident occurred during a casual eating challenge.
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President Speaks At Arlington Memorial Day Visit
President Johnson travels to Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deliver the Memorial Day address in an amphitheater behind the tomb. He later attends services where Dr George R Davis lauds U S forces in Viet Nam amid church praise for their deeds.
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U S Force Stalks 1 000 Red Regulars
A brigade of American infantrymen stalked a regiment of 1 000 North Vietnamese regulars west of Pleiku near the Cambodian frontier. The fighting, part of Operation Paul Revere, involved several bloody firefights with light to moderate American casualties and about a quarter of the opposing force believed killed.
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Daredevil Pole Squatters Spark 24Hour Guard Post
John Stokes perched on a 40 foot telegraph pole watched three men attempting to saw through the mast to set a pole squatting record. Precautions were taken as a 24hour guard was posted to ensure safety during the stunt.
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Memorial Day Boat Mishaps Leave Three Missing
Three youths were missing after boating accidents in Wisconsin over Memorial Day weekend. A fourth person drowned after tumbling from a lake bank. The Coast Guard searched Lake Michigan for John Engle and Carl Lichter of Port Washington as Engle’s 14 foot boat was found ashore south of the city. An 18 year old St Paul patient, William Johnson, was missing and presumed drowned in Silver Lake near Balsam Lake after a capsized boat. Dennis Flagstaff, 19, also of St Paul, survived. Charles Lechner, 9, of Elmwood, died after falling from a bank into 25 feet of water at Lake Eau Galle near Menomonie. Authorities say Mrs Edward Lechner asked him to look for a brother who later returned. Wisconsin reported no drowning deaths on Memorial Day weekend last year.
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Signboard Burned By Mob in Poland
In Gdansk Odinsk Polish Catholics attacked a government signboard during Cardinal Wyszynski’s visit. Rioters ripped posters bearing anti Catholic hierarchy slogans and burned them after a sermon to about 10 000 listeners. Police dispersed the crowd with some arrests and detentions of Western newsmen.
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Toll Tollkeeper Charged With Toll Embezzlement
El Paso Texas toll collector Henry Kaplan, 38, faced charges of embezzlement for allegedly stealing an average of 30 dollars nightly from tolls over seven years.
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Seven Die In Wisconsin Memorial Day Accidents
Wisconsin counted seven fatalities during Memorial Day weekend as holiday traffic surge neared homeward runs from lake and woodlands resorts. The toll stood at 322 for the year, below prior Memorial Day highs, with Rev. Phillip Hantschel, 28, an assistant pastor at Annunciation Catholic Church among those noted.
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Cuba says exile raid boat destroyed near Havana
The Cuban navy announced it destroyed an armed speedboat from the United States after it was caught landing two spies near Havana. Six crew members were aboard the pirate craft, two Cuban sailors were wounded, and two survivors were rescued while the presumed dead were left in the explosion. Cuban exile groups in Miami denied knowledge of the incident.
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Memorial Day holiday toll tops four hundred deaths
The National Safety Council raised its forecast for holiday traffic fatalities to at least 540 deaths in the 78 hour period ending midnight today. By late morning more than 400 lives had already been lost in crashes across the nation as thousands begin the long weekend homeward.
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Money Bills Facing Action In June
Washington AP report notes Congress rushes to pass fiscal 1967 funding. Only five of the dozen annual appropriations cleared the House, two cleared the Senate, and just one reached President Johnson for signature. The $112.8 billion budget is split into small packages, with Interior Department funding the only one cleared so far. A Treasury Post Office measure awaits House Senate differences as lawmakers depart for Memorial Day weekend.
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Fiery Deaths Rise to Four In Viet Nam
In Saigon two more Buddhists suicide amid Buddhist unrest pressing U S withdrawal support for Ky regime. Earlier, two others burned themselves Sunday. Meanwhile U S forces engage North Vietnamese near Pleiku, claiming 227 Communists killed as battles continue into Sunday night in the hills west of Pleiku.
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Radioactive Rain Reported in Kashmir After Nuclear Blast
Srinagar Kashmir scientists reported radioactive rain last week linking it to a recent nuclear test by Communist China. The finding sparked alarms about environmental and health impacts across the region.
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Surveyor Spacecraft Soars Toward Moon
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP A spidery Surveyor spacecraft with a revolving camera eye rocketed toward the moon to begin America's first lunar soil landing hopes within three years A Atlas Centaur booster launched at 9 41 am CDT to start a 63 hour 231 483 mile flight The target landing is in the Ocean of Storms near Flamsteed crater coordinates 325 south longitude 4383 west latitude. Continued on Page 10 Col 6. BAY ST LOUIS Miss APY An investigation focused on why a prototype Saturn V second stage exploded on a test pad during a pressurized fuel test Five men were hurt none seriously
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