Riots Endanger Ky Regime in Saigon and Da Nang
Rioting erupted in Saigon and Da Nang as anti American sentiment rises against Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. About 500 youths battled police and torched a U.S. Army jeep while thousands protested near the Buddhist Institute and National Assembly. Schools to close indefinitely. Ky mobilizes air and troops as Da Nang mayor vows resistance and Hue hosts a protest near the U.S. consulate.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dan Nang
U.S
National Assembly
Tu Do
Buddhist Institute
U.S. Information Service
Nguyen van Thieu
da Nang
Pepe
South Viet Nam
Hue
Johnson
U.N
U Thant
United States
South
North
Viet Nam
Dalat
Indonesia to rejoin UN and seek better US ties
Jakarta announces new government under Suharto will return Indonesia to the United Nations and pursue improved relations with the United States to aid a near bankrupt economy. Foreign Minister Adam Malik cites a neutral, steady foreign policy and no changes to stance on Red China.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Adam Malik
United Nations
United Sates
Malik
Sukarno
World Organization
Malaysia
Security Council
Subandrio
Suharto
United States
Red China
Peking
Holy Week Observed as Passover Begins for Jews
Pope Paul VI led Palm Sunday rites in St. Peter's Basilica with 10 000 in attendance. He blessed palms in the Sistine Chapel and urged youths to uphold Christ’s values as thousands listened to his sermon on faith and responsibility.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Basilica
Christ
Jerusalem
Tiff
God
Non-Swimmer Rescues Child From Pool In Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta executive Walkin Wolkin, visiting a motel, leaped into a pool to save a small girl who had fallen in and cried for help. He described a self developed slashing style to reach the child and push her to the pool edge as spectators pulled her out. The father thanked Wolkin but the rescuer did not know the child's name.
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Atlanta
Walkin
Mattress Company
Wolkin
Vote on pact to end Boston newspaper strike
Printers and mailers in Boston vote Tuesday on a tentative agreement to end the city’s newspaper strike. The pact was announced after marathon negotiations with unions publishers and mediators. Several papers have been shut since March 6 and terms were not disclosed.
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Boston
Morning and
Evening Globe
The
Morning Herald
Evening Traveler
Record American
Christmas in April for Brooklyn Fire Victims
The Logue family a 39 year old father mother 30 and two of their four blind sons lost their Brooklyn home in a March 26 fire. Boy Scout troop to assist spread word of the need drawing more than 2000 in funds and a furniture store donated three full rooms. A truckload of furniture and clothing was delivered to the fourth floor apartment as volunteers packed 45 tons of clothing upstairs. The money will be saved for the sons college educations with the youngest aged seven.
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New York
Andrew Logue
Logue
Ellen
Brooklyn
Richard Logue
Logues
Luna 10 Orbits Moon Quietly Marks Soviet Lead in Space
The Soviet government announced at the Communist party congress that Luna 10 entered lunar orbit becoming the first artificial moon satellite. Tass said it carries scientific instruments sending data, while no moon surface photographs were indicated. The achievement contrasts with the U S plan to begin lunar orbit launches later this year.
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Moscow
Communist Party Congress
United States
Party
Kremlin
West Germany
Bochum Observatory
Tass
Earth
Moon
McNamara to address editors at Montreal meeting
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara will address the American Society of Newspaper Editors at its May gathering in Montreal. Vermont Royster said a luncheon on May 18 will feature the speech, with about 500 editors expected to attend the convention outside the United States. Canadian publishers will join as special guests.
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New York
Robert S. McNamara
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Montreal
Vermont
Royster
The
Wall Street Journal
McNamara
United States
Florida Twisters Kill Nine Injure Hundreds
Tornadoes ripped central Florida causing nine deaths and about 250 injuries. Hillsborough and Polk counties declared disaster areas as the National Guard aided searches. Tampa and Lakeland suffered major damage with schools struck and hundreds treated. storms stretched from Tampa to Cocoa with power outages and widespread destruction.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
St. Petersburg
Gulf Coast
Melbourne
Atlantic
Paul Robinson
WLCY
Haydon Burns
South Florida
Lakeland
Winter Haven
Auburndale
Clearwater
Cocoa
Rail Union Ends Strike After Federal Judge Lifts Fines
Trains resumed on eight railroads ending a four day firemen strike that hurt industry and commuters. Judge Holtzoff vacated a show cause order threatening 5100000 a day fines on the union and its leader H F Gilbert. Railroads backed the move saying penalties should not be renewed and a hearing on a permanent injunction set for April 27.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Ers
Gilbert
Francis Shea
Holtzoff
Shea
Chicago
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Union Pacific Railroad
Crouse dies at 73 ending Broadway writing duo run
Russel Crouse longtime collaborator of Howard Lindsay died at St Luke's Hospital at age 73 from pneumonia and complications. They created Anything Goes Life With Father State of the Union and Sound of Music and won a Pulitzer in 1946. Lindsay travels back to New York after the loss.
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New York
Russel Crouse
Howard Lindsay
Lindsay
Crouse
Broadway
St. Luke's Hospital
Father
Dorothy Stickney
South
Longest coma on record marks Elaine Esposito tragedy
Elaine Esposito, now 31, has been in a coma for 25 years after an August 1941 appendectomy. Her case, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, began when she was 6 and has left her parents and medical observers debating cause and prognosis.
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Elaine Esposito
Clearwater, Fla
London
Louis Esposito
Elaine
Mrs. Esposito
Mrs Johnson Enjoys 11 Mile Rio Raft Trip in Big Bend
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson joined a press party to Big Bend National Park Texas on a Palm Sunday visit. She hiked Lost Mine Trail rafted the Rio Grande through Mariscal Canyon in a yellow raft amid rugged limestone cliffs and dust storms.
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Panther Junction
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Big Bend
Chisos
Texas
Rio Grande
Mariscal Canyon
White House
Critics select Darling best screenplay and Steiger Andrews top actors
About 200 film critics named Darling as the year’s best screenplay. Rod Steiger and Julie Andrews earned best actor and actress for The Pawnbroker and The Sound of Music, while Michael Dunn and Vivien Leigh won best supporting honors for Ship of Fools. Elizabeth Hartman was singled out as the year’s final standout. Barry Gordon and Patty Duke won best juvenile actor and actress for A Thousand Clowns and Billie.
Tent In Dramatizes Negro Bid for Antipoverty Funds
In Washington Mississippi Negroes living in four tents near the White House staged a protest to press for 1.3 million dollars in antipoverty funds. Led by Frank Smith the 90 residents from Greenville and Greenwood slept in tents to urge action by OEO and a pledge from the President.
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Washington
White House
Mississippi
Frank Smith
Greenville
Greenwood
Lafayette Park
Smith
OEO
Office of Economic Opportunity
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Twisters
Mal Ogden
Tallahassee
Burns
Hillsborough
Polk
Ogden
Coun
Southwest Junior High School
Lakeland General Hospital
Highway 98
Bill Whitehead
Lakeland Ledger
Vernon Young
Galloway
Melody
Holly
Roxanna
Robert §. Boyle
Bay
Brotherhood of Firemen
H. F. Gilbert
Strik
Mrs. Johnson
Rio
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