Violence erupts as workers flood Peking amid Mao purge
A Tokyo based AP report notes Red Chinese workers many arriving in Peking intensify the crisis around Mao Zedong. Over a million workers have reportedly reached the capital with more en route. Posters claim Mao returns to lead the purge, while production is targeted and security police powers expand.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tsetung
Yomiuri
Mao
Shanghai
China
Liu Shaochi
Kyodo
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Lin Piao
Asahi
Security Ministry
Hsieh Fu-chih
Liu
People’s Daily
Red Flag
Lucy Warner Putnam Observes 100th Birthday Friday
Mrs Lucy Warner Putnam marked her 100th birthday on Friday the 13th in Stockton New York observe the milestone with family and friends.
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Stockton N.Y.P
Lucy Warner Putnam
U S Support Troops Move Into Mekong Delta Rice Bowl
Two stranded GIs volunteering for extra war duty avoid paying homeward travel costs after the Army intervened. The two men, Spec. 4 Edward McGarry and Spec. 5 Michael Tomsich, were set to fly from San Francisco at $295 each but were redirected to military transport. In Saigon, American engineers and support troops moved into the Mekong delta, part of a larger shift drawing U S forces into the river basin as part of the war effort amid ongoing offensives near My Tho.
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Washington
Vietnam
Army
San Francisco
Edward McGarry
Portland
Ore
Michael F. Tomsich
Ely
Minn
Travis Afb
Calif
Oakland Army Terminal
Pentagon
Fear of Peking Pressure Stops Hanoi Peace Move
U N Secretary General U Thant reportedly believes fear of pressure from Red China has kept North Vietnam from privately responding to the U S offer to halt the bombing. Informed sources say Thant thinks Hanoi would retract any peace offer if Peking learned of it, influencing negotiation chances.
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Peking
Hanoi
Thant
United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U Thant
Red China
North Vietnam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
China
United Nations
United States
Wallace vows to call bluff over HEW welfare cut
Alabama Governor George Wallace blasts federal threats to cut about 96 million dollars in welfare funds. He says he will seek a federal injunction to block any cut and assures residents the elderly and children will not lose funds. Wallace accuses HEW of using vulnerable groups as pawns while his successor will be sworn in Monday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hew
Lurleen
John W. Gardner
Washington
Ruben King
State Department of Pensions and Securities
Hartford offers to pay daily to save old Opera House
Huntington Hartford heir to the A and P fortune offers up to 1200 dollars a day to the leasor of the old Metropolitan Opera House. President Johnson weighs stepping in to block demolition as the state Court of Appeals clears the way for Keystone Corp to proceed with a 40 story office complex.
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New York
Huntington Hartford
Metropolitan Opera House
Johnson
Hartford
Metropolitan Opera Association
State Court of Appeals
Seasor
Imillionaire
Keystone Corp
Charles G. Moerdler
Fight Over Cost Of Plot Delays Billy Rose Burial
NEW YORK AP The funeral had style with a Broadway theater setting and 300 mourners. The body was placed in a receiving vault awaiting arrangements. A year later Billy Rose remains unburied as his $30 million estate fights over burial location and costs. Executors recount his indifference to burial while legal wrangling continues.
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New York
Broadway
Westchester Hills
Ardsley
N.Y
Billy Rose
Billy
Morris Shilensky
Youthful Skater Killed by Auto in Henriet ta
A 14-year-old Daniel Meyering of Henrietta was killed after being struck by an automobile Thursday night while returning from an ice skating rink. Eric Hughes and Michael Bruman, also of Henrietta, were injured. An 18-year-old female driver was charged with leaving the scene. Deputies found ice skates at the scene and were unsure if the youths walked on or beside the road.
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Rochester
N. Y
Henrietta
Daniel Meyering
Strong Memorial Hospital
Eric Hughes
Michael Bruman
Highland Hospital
Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies
Parrot heir funds redirected to Red Cross and hospital
Victoria BC reports a charity reallocation of over 20000 dollars from a dead woman’s estate. The parrot Louis, now 102, is no longer needing the fund. Howard Harman says two thirds of the remaining sum will go to Jubilee Hospital and the Canadian Red Cross.
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Victoria, B.C
Victoria Wilson
Louis
Jubilee Hospital
Canadian Red Cross
Howard J Harman
Miss Wilson
Red Cross
Gas-Fed Fire Destroys 20 Jamaica Homes in Queens
Fire and gas explosions ripped eight blocks in Jamaica Queens destroying 20 homes and forcing rapid evacuations as residents fled in night clothes. Police and firefighters evacuated about 140 people while two fire apparatus were destroyed. Authorities let burning gas vent to reduce risk as crews hosed structures and searched for anyone left inside.
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Jamaica
N.Y
New York
Queens
Robert O. Lowery
Lowery
Roger Bernard
Bernard
John O'Connor
Francis Keating
O'Connor
Kennedy International Airport
Foster Parents Win Adoption Battle For 4 Year Old
In New York state a foster couple Michael and Livia Liuni, both 48, won a year-long fight to adopt Beth a four year old girl. Ulster County welfare commissioner Joseph Fitzsimmons had opposed the adoption due to Beths lighter coloring and the couples age. Fitzsimmons announced he would sign consent, placing responsibility on those who disregarded adoption guidelines. The decision ends a prolonged battle amid concerns over race and suitability.
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Tillson
N.Y
Beth
Michael Liuni
Liuni
Ulster County Welfare
Lionis
Joseph Fitzsimmons
Warehouse Burns in Troy Cement Office Blaze
An early morning fire destroyed the Mohawk Cement Co. office and warehouse in Troy New York. No injuries were reported though the cause was not determined and damage estimates were unavailable.
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Troy
N. Y
Mohawk Cement Co
Firing error kills eight U S soldiers in Vietnam
Eight U S soldiers were killed and 34 wounded when supporting artillery fire struck a company of the 1st Infantry Division during Operation Cedar Falls in the Iron Triangle about 30 miles north of Saigon. An investigation continues as 16 rounds of 155mm fire were reported. A previous incident near the DMZ killed 16 Marines and wounded 11.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong River
U.S
My Tho River
Dong Tan
My Tho
Iron Triangle
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Cedar Falls
USS Marine
Demilitarized Zone
North
Fashionable Saratoga Spa House Burns Fire at Regency Home
A fashionable Saratoga Springs residence formerly owned by the late Mrs. Dodge Sloan was damaged in an early morning fire. The two story home, now owned by Albert C. Bostwick Jr., was unoccupied and closed for the racing season. Flames struck the roof and a second floor servants area, with water damage to much of the house. Antiques and artworks were covered to prevent loss. Mrs. Sloan, a society figure, owned the champion Sword Dancer and the Bostwick family has long been active in racing and harness circles.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Dodge Sloan
Albert C. Bostwick Jr
Sloan
Sword Dancer
Bostwick
Family not bashful about Friday the 13th in Winona
In Winona Minnesota the Bauer family marks Friday the 13th with birthdays and counting. Mrs Bauer is one of 13 children of Harley English Sr and has 13 grandchildren. Her eldest daughter Mrs Howard Mondry of South St Paul recently gave birth to grandchild No 13. A son John serving with the Navy at Kodiak Alaska also shares a birthday today.
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Winona
Minn
Harry Bauer Sr
Bauer
Harley English Sr
John
Navy
Kodiak
Alaska
Plans Negro Meet to Consider Action Against Powell
New York AP Civil rights leader A Philip Randolph says he will call a Negro summit conference to consider possible action against congressmen tied to Rep Adam Clayton Powell s congressional troubles Powell lost his House committee chairmanship and seat in the 90th Congress Randolph aims to re examine and revise Negro strategy against the white power structure Emanuel Celler named as a target for not actively helping Powell Celler says he led civil rights bills and warns others to beware the sword may be bent against themselves
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New York
A. Philip Randolph
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
House Committee
Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Con
Emanuel Celler
Brooklyn
Celler
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Liu Shao-chi
Lenin
Marx
John Cosminski
Peter Anceri
Nick Castoro
Ancari
Anceri
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Wayne L. Bromley
Bobby Baker
Baker
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Clifford Jones
Nevada
First Western Financial Corp
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Nev
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N.J
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Harvey Aluminum, Inc
Torrance
Alfred Berk
Los Angeles
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