U.S. strategists meet in Hawaii on Southeast Asia crisis
Top American policy makers gather at Pacific Command HQ near Pearl Harbor for secret talks on Laos and South Vietnam as Pathet Lao pressures rise. Delegates include Rusk Lodge and McNamara, weighing possible military options against North Vietnam amid growing Communist activity.
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Southeast Asia
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Pathet Lao
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Pearl Harbor
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
Washington
McNamara
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South Viet Nam
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Johnson
China
United States
Four Children and Mother Die in Buffalo Fire
A mother Mrs Barbara White 28 and her four children Mark 4 Kevin 3 Scott 2 and a 6 month old boy perished when a single story frame home in Buffalo Central Park district burned. Father Charles White 26 in serious condition at Columbus Hospital with burns over 75 percent of his body. Fire Chief Eugene Bowers said flames were controlled in about 20 minutes and damage was about 6000 dollars. Arson squad was called to investigate the cause.
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N. Y
Central Park District
Charles White
Columbus Hospital
Barbara White
Mark
Kevin
Scott
Eugene Bowers
7Th Battalion
Bowers
Woman Dies in Fire Near Sanborn Route 31
A 67-year-old woman identified as Ethel Horner perished when a fire swept her home on Route 31 near Sanborn New York. Officials say a faulty oil heater caused the blaze and there was no estimate of damage.
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Sanborn
N. Y
Route 31
Niagara County
Ethel Horner
California primary closes amid Goldwater Rockefeller clashes
Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller issue final pleas as California voters head to the polls for the Republican primary and 86 delegates. The fight sharpens with charges of smear and irresponsibility as Rockefeller pursues a frontrunner role while Goldwater stresses party direction ahead of a high stakes convention.
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Rocky
California
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Supreme Court overturns Florida school Bible reading ruling
The Supreme Court reversed a Florida court decision upholding Bible reading and the Lord's Prayer in Miami public schools. It cited the 1963 Abington Township case and noted other issues such as religious baccalaureates and religious census remained unaddressed as not properly presented federal questions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Miami
Abington Township
Pennsylvania
Abington
Maryland
Rockefeller spends Sunday with wife and newborn son
Gov. Rockefeller spent Sunday with his wife and their day-old son Nelson Jr born Saturday. The governor flew in his private plane to California for a final campaigning day before Tuesday's primary and planned to return to Tarrytown to await election returns. Mother and child were reported doing fine.
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Rockefeller
California
Tarrytown
Strike Averted as Telegraphers Reach Settlement
A contract settlement between Western Union and about 24 000 telegraphers was reached today, averting a threatened nationwide strike. AFL-CIO Commercial Telegraphers Union president E L Hageman said there will be no strike.
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Washington
Western Union
E. L. Hageman
Afl-Cio Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
N.Y. State Man Found Dead on Vermont Road
Edward L. Gockeler, 64, of Saranac Lake, N.Y., was found dead on a rural Vermont road after photographing scenery. Police believe he died from a heart attack after returning equipment to his car. Regional medical examiner Dr. Hugh Hermann ruled the death a Saturday heart attack.
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Reading
Edward L. Gockeler
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Hugh Hermann
Gockeler
Fire claims 18 month old in Binghamton home blaze
Billy Beddoe, 18 months old, died in a two family house fire on the second floor. His parents and another child escaped as two siblings were away. Firefighters suspect an electrical fault and report no immediate damage estimate.
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Binghamton
Billy Beddoe
Neil Beddoe
Kennedy's Wife Loses Expected Baby in Miscarriage
Mrs. Edward M. Kennedy, wife of Massachusetts Senator Kennedy, suffered a miscarriage at Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. William J. Cusack said she was resting comfortably in the early stages of pregnancy. She had entered the hospital to avoid a miscarriage and previously miscarried in May 1963.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
William J. Cusack
Sen. Kennedy
Kara
Edward M. Jr
Senators Agree Rights Bill Is Watered Down
In a split assessment Senators Javits and Sparkman said the antidiscrimination bill has been watered down by amendments though Javits noted some strengthening. Sparkman called it a bad bill and vowed to oppose it in full. The Senate weighs the measure as Memorial Day recess ends and cloture timing grows critical with a June vote target.
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Washington
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
John Sparkman
D-Ala
House
Javits
Sparkman
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Man's Body Recovered From Oneida Lake After Pier Swim
State police recovered Albert DeLong 42 of Churchville Oneida County after he was swept from a pier by high waves on Oneida Lake Thursday. His body was found by divers near the Barge Canal area. two other fishermen were rescued.
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Sylvan Beach
N. Y
Albert DeLong
Churchville
Oneida County
Oneida Lake
DeLong
Shastri Favored To Succeed Nehru In India
Lal Bahadur Shastri leads in party polls as Mo r arji Desai resists defeat and Kamaraj plans to propose a Shastri nomination. In Saigon, U.S. urges broader free world support for South Viet Nam while Paris and London monitor the aid mix. In New York, teen gangs terrorize Brooklyn and Manhattan transit areas, with arrests and a brutal Crown Heights rape-murder prompting patrols by Hasidic volunteers.
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India
Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
Morarji Desai
Congress Party
Kamaraswami Kamaraj
Kamaraj
Congress
Desai
Times of India
Student killed in Troy plane crash near airport
Norman Wainer, 22, of Hinesburg Vermont, nearing a RPI degree, died when his single engine Piper Colt crashed near the Troy Airport during a sunset approach. A witness described a left wing over before the craft went down and burned. he was pulled from the wreckage by attorney Andrew Dwyer, but died at Samaritan Hospital.
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Troy
N. Y
Norman Wainer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wainer
Hinesburg
Warner
Andrew Dwyer
Samaritan Hospital
Public intoxication arrest in Syracuse
A man arrested on a downtown Syracuse street Sunday night was charged by police with public intoxication. Police identified the suspect as Southern Drinker.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Rocky, Barry Vie For Votes In New York Primary
Gov. Rockefeller seeks 77 New York delegate votes as California draws national focus. Goldwater factions target 22 NY GOP seats to influence the republican national convention. NY primary also features Democratic contests for U S House seats and state legislature amid pay raise headlines. Poll hours: 3 to 10 p m in NYC, noon to 9 p m elsewhere.
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New York Republican Organization
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U.S. and Soviet Union Sign Consular Treaty
President Johnson announced the United States and the Soviet Union signed a convention to establish consulates in each other’s nations. The pact ensures Americans detained in the USSR may see U.S. officials, seen as a significant step to increase contacts and understanding between the two peoples.
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United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Johnson
Fire Kills Four Children and Woman in Patcong House
In Patcong New Jersey a Sunday fire in a house killed four of five Hennings children and their vacation host Theresa Coston. Mrs. Hennings and their 2-year-old son escaped to hospital with injuries while Mr. Hennings outside tried to reenter but flames forced retreat.
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N.J
Robert Hennings
Reds sever ties with Phouma regime in Laos
The Communist Pathet Lao cut all remaining links with neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma’s government in Vientiane and withdrew its officials from the capital, ending the coalition fiction.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
Sanity hearing urged for condemned killer Jack Ruby
Three court appointed psychiatrists recommended a sanity hearing for Jack Ruby, convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald. Judge Joe Brown will confer with the doctors before ruling. Ruby, 53, was found sane by a jury last March and faces execution.
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Tex
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
R. L. Stubblefield
John T. Holbrook
William R. Beavers
Brown
Joe Tonnhill
Texas Supreme Court
Oswald
Sammy Baugh Named New Coach of Oilers
Sammy Baugh became head coach of the Houston Oilers in Houston AP report. Bud Adams Jr. announced Ivy’s contract as general manager was terminated effective today.
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Sammy Baugh
Oilers
Houston
Frank Ivy
Houston Oilers
K. S
Bud) Adams Jr
Ivy
Supreme Court Vacates Alabama NAACP Ban in 1960s Case
The U S Supreme Court unanimously reversed an Alabama ruling that barred the NAACP from operating in the state dating to 1956 63 actions. Justice John M Harlan delivered the decision calling for vacating the permanent injunction and allowing NAACP to qualify to do business in Alabama. The case hinges on constitutional rights of association due process and equal protection and the issue of foreign corporation registration.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John M. Harlan
Montgomery County
Ala
NAACP
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Harlan
High Tribunal
Alabama Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Supreme Court of Alabama
Eave
Court Rejects Loyalty Oaths
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that Washington state loyalty oath laws for state employees are unconstitutionally vague. Justice White delivered the majority opinion with a dissent by Clark joined by Harlan, regarding university employees challenging the 1955 subversion oath and the 1931 teaching oath.
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Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan
University of Washington
U.S. District Court
Seattle
Wash
White
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