South Korea raises protest as Pueblo talks simmer
Seoul formally protests U S negotiations with North Korea over the Pueblo crew. Premier Chung Il kwon hands a note to ambassador Porter and warns of unilateral self defense if Washington remains lukewarm to NK threats. About 50 students protest outside the U S Embassy in Seoul.
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South Korea
United States
Kim Dong-jo
Washington
Demilitarized Zone
Chung Hee Park
U.S. State Department
Dean Rusk
North Korea
Chungang University
U.S
Chung Il-kwon
William J. Porter
Panmunijon
Porter
Travia backs weekly lottery drawings in Albany
Albany NY AP report says Assembly Speaker Travia supports possible weekly drawings to boost lagging lottery sales. Gov Rockefeller proposals would expand outlets and raise revenue. Tax Commissioner Murphy favors twice monthly drawings while a Rochester senator pushes repeal measures.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Associated Press
Travia
Rockefeller
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
Thomas Laverne
Rochester
Senate and
Reds Fight to Hold Hue as Saigon Battles Intensify
AP reports the Hue Citadel remains mostly in enemy hands while U S Marines recapture the Hue headquarters building. South Vietnam and U S forces press to blunt the Communist offensive with air strikes, artillery, and river threats as Da Nang and surrounding areas face renewed mortar and ground attacks.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
U.S
Thua Thien
da Nang
Hoi An
North Vietnam
Strike Continues As Hospitals Face Trash On City Strike
The Hospital Employes Union defies a court order by instructing members not to cross picket lines as Mayor Lindsay orders sanitation drivers to remove hospital waste under police protection. The Teamsters affiliate faces contempt proceedings for not obeying a no strike order. No National Guard plans exist despite rising health risks.
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New York
City Sanitation
John V. Lindsay
Nick Cifuni
Afl-Cio American Federation of
Uniformed Sanitationmens’ Association
Teamsters Union
State Supreme Court
Lindsay
Health Department
National Guard
Nelson A. Rockefellers
Guard
Kennedy blasts Viet Cong attacks reveal South Viet apathy
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says the large Viet Cong raids on South Vietnamese population centers show deadly apathy among South Vietnam's people and call for reforms. He notes corruption concerns and urges a new confrontation with Saigon to demand a government worthy of public respect.
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S. Viet
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
South Vietnam
Massachusetts Democrat
Saigon
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Wisconsin
Nixon
Tragedy in Syracuse: Father and daughter found dead in apartment
In Syracuse a man, Richard M. Verton, 36, and his daughter Vicki Ann Verton, 13, were found shot to death in a bedroom. Police believe the man killed the girl before taking his own life. a note and a .22 rifle were found.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Richard M. Ferton
Vicki Ann
Jack Walter
Verton
Detroit News and Free Press end 83 day shutdown talks
Striking Teamsters and publishers reached interim deals on a contract aiming to end the 83 day Detroit newspaper shutdown. Remaining negotiations involve 13 other unions and a spokesman warned publication resume timing remains uncertain.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
Photographer Wounded Covering Hue Fighting
Associated Press photographer Rick Merron aged 27 was slightly wounded by shrapnel in Hue. The Jersey City native and three year Vietnam War veteran did not require hospitalization.
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North Vietnam
Hue
Vietnam
Associated Press
Rick Merron
Merron
Jersey City
N.J
Delay in Blaiberg Discharge Reported at Groote Schuur
CAPE TOWN AP A Groote Schuur Hospital spokesman denied fluid was removed from near Philip Blaiberg's transplanted heart and rejected another hospital's claim that tapping accumulated fluid was necessary. The fluid buildup contributed to delays in Blaiberg's discharge from the hospital.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Groote Schuur Hospital
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Ex Newspaper Magnate Lord Kemsley Dies at 84
Lord Kemsley, retired British newspaper magnate behind the Sunday Times, died Monday night in Monte Carlo at age 84. His family announced the death. he had sold the empire to Lord Thomson in 1959.
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Sley
Monte Carlo
Kemsley
Sunday Times
Lord Thomson
Fire destroys former Fischer Road school in West Seneca
A pre-dawn fire gutted the former Fischer Road elementary school in West Seneca, a Buffalo suburb. The State Thruway Authority planned to use the one story brick building as an office after remodeling, with work to relocate scheduled for Wednesday.
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West Seneca, N.Y
State Thruway Authority
Fischer Road
Buffalo
Refugees flood Saigon streets as Viet Cong raids continue
Tens of thousands flee south Saigon amid attacks, with 47,000 refugees in camps and more expected. Shopkeepers report burned 500 homes and police unhelpful as a police, army, and air strikes strike outskirts. residents describe chaos on bridges and canals in the 8th Precinct near Cholon.
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Saigon
Cholon
Will Probe Port Charges on U. S. Food Shipments
A Senate subcommittee plans to summon four federal agencies to explain why the government pays millions in port charges on American food shipments to foreign countries. President Johnson urges a travel tax to curb the drain, proposing up to 30 percent of expenditures over 15 dollars per day. Fiscal 1967 port payments were about 7.1 million and rising.
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U. S
Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Johnson
Congress
General Accounting Office
United States
Nixon in Wisconsin Drive Aims for Farm Vote
Nixon campaigns across Wisconsin for the April 2 presidential primary seeking strong farm support. He calls farm policy a key test and says farmers, though 6 percent of the workforce, can swing the race. His schedule includes Appleton Stevens Point Fond du Lac and a Lincoln Day speech before Milwaukee.
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Nixon
Wisconsin Drive
Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Richard M. Nixon
Badger
State University
Stevens Point
Fond du Lac
Rail Strike Spreads To Sea Board Coast Line
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen strike spreading from Missouri Pacific and its Texas and Pacific subsidiaries reaches the Sea board Coast Line. Missouri Pacific says crew-size disputes draw industry attention and may prompt strikes on up to six other lines as workers across 12 states join picket lines.
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ST. Louis
Brotherhood of Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line
Florida
Missouri Pacific
MOPAC
Midwestern
Romney Campaigning Backed by Rockefeller Despite Rising NY Ratings
George Romney says Nelson Rockefeller’s higher popularity in New York has not shaken his pledge for the Republican nomination. Romney campaigns in New Hampshire as Rockefeller distances himself, though Rockefeller aids Romney’s travel to events and a fund raiser dinner.
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Nashua
N.H
George Romney
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
Messam
Albany
N.Y
Michigan
New Hampshire
Romney
Rockweller
Rockefeller
New York
Wayfarer
New York State Society of Newspaper Editors
William R. Johnson
Albany Exchange
Richard M. Sixon
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