Two Buddhist Nuns and Monk Die in Self-Immolations
Two Buddhist nuns and a novice monk burned themselves to death in separate cities in South Viet Nam, bringing the total to nine self-immolations in protest of the military government. The incidents coincide with large air raids by the United States on North Viet Nam and fierce ground fighting involving the Korean Tiger Division near Qui Nhon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
North
Tiger
Qui Nhon
Thich
Nu Bao Luan
Buddhist Institute
Dieu Ky
Nha Trang
Quang Tri
Viet Nam
U.S. Agency For International Development
Hue
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tri Quang
Thich Tam Chau
Tam Chau
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Soviet President congratulates Johnson on Surveyor 1 landing
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny sent a telegram to President Johnson congratulating the United States on the soft lunar landing of the Surveyor 1 spacecraft. He lauded the American specialists for ensuring the mission's success.
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Moscow
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Union
Johnson
U.S
Podgorny
Moon
Truce Holds in Two Michigan Teacher Walkouts
In southeastern Michigan two protests ended in court negotiated truces with school boards and teachers returning to bargaining talks. About 80,000 students were kept from classes as unions of AFL CIO Michigan Federation of Teachers and the Michigan Education Association led walkouts over pay while some districts continued negotiations over weekend prospects for a Monday return.
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Detroit
Southeastern Michigan
Afl-Cio Michigan Federation of Teachers
Michigan Education Association
North Dearborn Heights
Melvindale
Taylor Township
Flint
Ford Breaks Chevrolet Lead in May Car Sales Rise
Detroit AP reports May new car sales fell 10 percent from a year earlier to 692,805 with Ford Motor Co. the sole major gainer. Ford sold 184,255 cars, more than Chevrolet at 174,213, ending Chevrolet’s seven year lead in monthly volume.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chevrolet
Chevry
Hamilton College to Honor U Thant with Honorary Degree
U N Secretary General U Thant was to accept an honorary Doctor of Laws at Hamilton College in Clinton New York on Sunday He would fly to Rochester en route back to New York City for the ceremony and return Sunday night
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Hamilton College
U Thant Clinton
N.Y
U.N
U Thant
Rochester
New York City
Governor Seeks 3.7 Million For Brookhaven Atom-Smasher
Gov Rockefeller proposes a 3.7 million appropriation to show support for the federal build of a 200 billion electron-volt atom-smasher near Brookhaven Long Island. The plan funds land costs before AEC decision and notes the Brookhaven site as the sole New York option among several states.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Brookhaven
L.I
Senate
Hoffman Mountain
Adirondacks
New York State
National Academy of Sciences
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
Colorado
Michigan
AEC
Milan man offers life for sale to clear debts
A 50 year old Italian man says he will sell his life for 16 000 dollars so his daughter can be freed from parental debts under Italian law. He describes himself as sane and seeks to fund medical or scientific research by ending his life. The note, signed with initials L B, cites his daughter aged 22 and his estranged wife.
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Milan
Italy
L.B
Paris
Lynda Johnson Graduates From Texas U Today
Lynda Bird Johnson earns a bachelor of arts with cum laude honors from the University of Texas at Austin. The White House says President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson will attend the evening commencement with 10 000 others. Francis Keppel will be the speaker. Luci Johnson remains in Washington to finish nursing studies and is not attending.
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Austin
Tex
Lynda Bird Johnson
Lynda
University of Texas
Johnson
White House
Luci
Georgetown
Texas
College of Arts and Sciences
Francis Keppel
Godfrey Leads 23,300 Mile World Flight Attempt
Entertainer Arthur Godfrey flies a twin engine jet from La Guardia aiming to set 15 international speed and distance records. The crew includes Fred Austin Dick Merrill Karl Keller and Jerry German with Lowell Thomas observing. The mission covers 23,300 miles across 12 nations with an estimated 80 hours 41 minutes total time.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
la Guardia
Godfrey
Marine Terminal
St. John’s Newfoundland
Fred Austin
Los Angeles
Dick Merrill
Miami
Karl Keller
Norman
Okla
Jerry German
Oklahoma City
Lowell Thomas
Rochester Woman Perishes in Fire
A 46 year old Rochester woman identified as Mrs Grace D Foster was found dead in a chair after a fire damaged her apartment Friday Firemen tested a bottle found near the chair to determine if it held a flammable liquid The Monroe County medical examiner’s office withheld a death certificate pending investigation
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Rochester
N.Y
Grace D. Foster
Monroe County Medical Examiner’s
Wheat exports may be restricted as U.S. grain reserves dwindle
U.S. farm officials warn that wheat reserves could fall from 1.411 billion bushels on July 1, 1961 to 555 million this year and possibly 350 million next year, risking export limits to keep ample domestic supplies while drought and damage cloud the 1962 crop outlook.
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Washington
Orville
L. Freeman
Freeman
Great Plains
Pentagon Raises May and June Draft Calls by 9500
The Defense Department increased May and June draft calls by 9 500 men citing lower than expected Army enlistments. Adjustments show routine revisions over ten months to absorb enlistment results, with May set at 34 600 and overdeliveries to June by 3 500.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Department
Army
Director of Selective Service
Seaway Employees vote on strike in Canada
Canadian workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway mail ballot to authorize a strike to back a 35 percent pay rise from the current 2.13 dollar hourly wage. Result due Monday night with a possible strike start around June 20 if approved.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Firefighter Collapses and Dies Battling Snyder Blaze
John P. Bresnahan a 48 year old volunteer and second assistant chief of the Snyder Fire Department collapsed while fighting a Friday storage barn fire and apparently suffered a heart attack. He was a custodian at the Park School in the Buffalo suburb. The cause was not determined. Nearby school buildings were not endangered.
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Snyder
N.Y
John P. Bresnahan
Snyder Fire Department
Francis B. Ludwig
Jesnahan
Park School
Buffalo
Weekend Jail for Teens Who Damaged School Buses
In Niagara Falls two teens Kenneth Ashley and Jay Bernard pleaded guilty to malicious mischief for ripping wires from about 30 Lewiston Porter Central School District buses. Each was fined 100 dollars, ordered to pay 250 restitution, and serve five weekend jail terms starting Friday night. They must clean buses in a district parking lot on June 24 witnessed by the high school junior class. Over 4,100 pupils missed classes as a result.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Lewiston- Porter Central
Kenneth P. Ashley
Lewiston
Jay F. Brainard
Youngstown
Peace
Sebastain Lombardi
Lombardi
Legislature Girds for Talks on N Y City Fiscal Issues
In Albany, the Republican Senate backs two NYC revenue measures claiming $88 million for Mayor Lindsay. It had already approved $130 million via higher real estate taxes and a $120 million fare increase argument. Assembly Speaker Travia opposes piecemeal actions and transit fare hikes.
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N. Y. City
Albany
N.Y
New York City
Senate
John W. Lindsay
Lindsay
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Earl W. Brydges
Travia
Brydges
Gemini 9 Abandons Plan To Link Up At ATDA
Gemini 9 astronauts abandon docking with the augumented target docking adapter ATDA after failing to dislodge the shroud on the satellite. The EVA space walk is postponed 24 hours due to fatigue and fuel concerns, with Stafford and Cernan citing bushed crews and慎.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eugene A. Cernan
Thomas P. Stafford
Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
ATDA
Stafford
Cernan
William C. Schneider
Agena
Apollo
Clifford Charlesworth
Tom
Neil A. Armstrong
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