Thant Urges Halt in Bombing to Spur Vietnam Talks
U.N. Secretary General U Thant said meaningful negotiations to end the Vietnam war could start within days if the United States halts bombing North Vietnam. He spoke after meetings with North Vietnamese envoys and leaders in New Delhi, Moscow, London, Paris and Washington, calling for an unconditional halt and noting both sides’ resolve to prevent defeat and escalation.
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U Thant
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Preident
Bailey
U.S
Gosta Johansson
Swedish Aliens Commission
Stockholm
Johansson
U.S. Army
Sweden
West Germany
Aliens Commission
Deserters in Sweden Set Goal of 2000 U S Defectors
A group of American Vietnam War deserters in Sweden aims for 2000 defectors seeking asylum. Rich Bailey, 19, says arrivals average one per day with 13 granted asylum to date.
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U. S
Stockholm
U.S
Richard Bailey
Jacksonville
Fla
Intrepid
Japan
Moscow
France
Bailey
Vietnam
Gunnar Myrdal
National Liberation Front
FNL
Byrd of Virginia Dies at 78 in Boyce
Thomas B. Byrd, 78, last of the famous Byrd brothers, died Friday night at his Clarke County home in Boyce Virginia. He headed the Byrd trimocrat in Virginia and ran the family apple orchards in the Shenandoah Valley with his politically noted brother Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. who died in 1966. the third brother Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the Arctic explorer, died in 1957.
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Richard E. Byrd
Harley W Magee dies editor of Popular Mechanics
Rochester note says Harley W. Magee aged 71 died Thursday night after a cancer battle. Magee served 12 years as editor of Popular Mechanics and was a former Associated Press newsman. He led the Famous Artists School in Westport Connecticut for years and retired five years ago as vice president.
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Rochester, Minn
Harley W. Magee
Popular Mechanics
Associated Press
Famous Artists School
Westport
Conn
Congress to Reconsider Johnson Visa Plan for Tourists
President Johnson proposes easing visa rules for short tourist stays up to 90 days with reciprocal arrangements and security safeguards. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans a cautious review. Western Europe would benefit, while Bulgaria and Yugoslavia already waive for Americans.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee
Texas White House
Judiciary Committee
U.S
Bill Johnson
Congress
Europe
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkan Tourist
Lurleen Wallace Back to Work After Tumor Operation
Doctors report Lurleen Wallace is in a serious but not critical condition after removing a pelvic tumor. They say the governor is doing well and hopes to return to work in a month or so as she recovers from Thursday surgery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Hue Citadel Palace Grounds Recaptured by South Vietnamese
South Vietnamese forces recaptured Hue Citadel palace grounds from Communist troops after 25 days of occupation. Government troops raised their flag on the radio tower, cleared the palace area within two hours, and reported two wounded while fighting continued along the citadel walls.
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Hue
Vietnam
Namese
Citadel
Associated Press
George McArthur
Korean captive frees 13th hostage then is captured
In Shizuoka Japan the moody Korean criminal Kim Hi ro freed the 13th hostage from a hotel using dynamite sticks and a rifle but was not carrying the rifle when he pushed Namio Shibata 26 out to waiting plainclothes officers. As reporters watched millions across Japan, detectives tackled Kim as he gestured toward his jacket amid the crowd. Five hostages remained inside.
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Shizuoka
Japan
Kim Hi-ro
Namio Shibata
Kim
Laurence Olivier Improves After Emergency Appendix Surgery
Sir Laurence Olivier is reported making satisfactory progress in a London hospital after emergency surgery for appendicitis. Doctors say the operation, performed Friday night during a performance of Strindberg's Dance of Death in Edinburgh, showed no trace of cancer.
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Rence Oliver
London
Strindberg
Edinbugh
Israeli Patrol Kills Five Saboteurs Near Allenby Bridge
An Israeli army patrol ambushed and killed five Arab saboteurs north of the Allenby bridge on the occupied west bank of the Jordan River. The clash follows Jordan's warning to El Fatah to halt operations and references the February 15 Israeli raid on Jordanian villages.
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Tel Aviv
Allenby Bridge
Jordan River
Hussein
Jordan
el Fatah
Syracuse Woman Crowned World Airline Stewardess Queen
Jill Spavin of Syracuse New York was named a world queen of airline stewardesses at Punta del Este Uruguay. The 25 year old blonde, employed by American Airlines, won among stewardesses from around the world in a Saturday contest.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Jill Spavin
Syracuse
N.Y
Miss Spavin
American Airlines
Pope names ambassador to Honduras and Nicaragua
The Vatican announces Pope Paul VI has appointed Most Rev. Msgr. Lorenzo Antonetti as apostolic nuncio to Honduras and Nicaragua. He previously served with the apostolic delegation in Washington.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Msgr
Lorenzo Antonetti
Honduras
Nicara
Gua
Vatican
Apostolic
Washington
Communists Gather in Budapest for World Conference Talk
Delegates from many nations arrive in Budapest to discuss forming a world Communist conference and outlining potential topics for it. The gathering signals broad international interest in coordinating communist movements and strategies.
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Budapest
Wrong Suitcase Top Presbyterian Lay Officer Arrests Marijuana Bearer
W T Thompson, the stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A, spotted a bag at Kennedy Airport with a mismatched ticket stub and opened it. Inside were 19 brick sized packages of marijuana. The rightful owner claimed the bag after police took Gregg Howard Hill, 22, of Midland Michigan, a musician known as Craig Merlin, into custody on possession charges.
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New York
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Kennedy Airport
W. T. Thompson
Wayne, Pa
United Presbyterian Church
Los Angeles
Thompson
Queens
Thomas J. Mackell
Gregg Howard Hill
Midland
Mich
Craig Merlin
Manhattan
Bail Hurdle for H Rap Brown in New Orleans
H Rap Brown faces two federal charges in New Orleans with bonds totaling 100000. He returned from Miami after travel to California violating bail terms and threatening an FBI agent, as federal marshals moved him to New Orleans.
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H. Rap Brown
Freedom
Miami
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Richmond
Brown
New York
Maryland
California
FBI
William H. Smith
Merhige
Virginia
Dirksen Rates $1,000 Fee To Give Lecture
Rock Valley Junior College board in Rockford Illinois decided to pay U S Senator Everett M Dirksen one thousand dollars for a Lincoln Day lecture to a local high school The decision followed a comparison by a board member between Dirksen and recording star Marian Anderson noting both as high profile speakers The board approved the fee unanimously and scheduled the appearance
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Rockford, Ill
U.S
Rock Valley
Dirksen
Fanny Hurst Dies at 78 Noted American Author
New York AP reports Fannie Hurst died Friday at 78 in her Central Park West apartment. Born October 18 1889 in Hamilton Ohio she wrote hundreds of short stories and 30 books before gaining fame after Just Around the Corner.
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Fannie Hurst
Washington University
Miss Hurst
Columbia University
American Letters
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