Buddhist Militants Defy Ky Regime In Hue Protests
Buddhist militants defy the Ky regime by removing street altars in Hue while troops move in after Premier Ky excluded chief critics from the junta. Marines and paratroopers encamp south of Hue as government and Buddhist forces clash over the scaled back city seizure plan.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
da Nang
Trn Quang
Viet Red
Central Highlands
U.S. Air Force
U.S
101St Airborne Division
U.S. .25Th Infantry Division
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Buddhist Struggle Movement
Utica Blaze Destroys State Street Mill Store
A half million dollar fire destroyed the Route 5A State Street Mill store in Yorkville Utica Fire Department and over 200 volunteers fought the blaze. No injuries reported and the cause was not determined. The store opened in 1963 as part of State Street Mills Bargain Center Inc. connected to Family Bargain Stores.
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Utica
N.Y
Yorkville
State Street Mill
William Farley Sr
State Street Mills Bargain Center Inc
Family Bargain Stores
New York
Pennsylvania
Republicans Pressing for State Medicaid Change in New York
In Albany Republicans unveiled a 10 point plan to revise the state medical aid law amid Democratic opposition. Key GOP amendments, endorsed by all members on the health committee, aim to curb fraud though Democrats warn changes may delay implementation.
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Albany
N.Y
GOP
Joint Legislative Committee On Health and Medicare
Senate
Assembly
Upstate
Referendum Required On County Reapportionment Plan
Erie County officials must submit a weighted voting reapportionment plan to voters before applying it to the Board of Supervisors. Justice Harold P Kelly cited a March 31 appellate ruling mandating a referendum. A temporary suspension halted the May 4 start. the Feb 2 plan would give each supervisor one tenth vote per 1000 residents represented.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Erie
County Board of Supervisors
Harold P. Kelly
State Supreme Court
Appellate Division
Kely
Lower Premiums For Medical Insurance In New York
Governor Rockefeller announced potential rate cuts for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New York due to Medicare and the new medical assistance law. Direct pay individuals could see 10 to 30 percent savings, totaling about 2.2 million dollars annually for 274,612 subscribers, with group and family plans also likely to fall as data develops.
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Albany
N.Y
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New York State
Rockefeller
State Insurance Department
Rockefeller Faces Mutiny as Assembly GOP Blocks Plans
Governor Rockefeller confronted a Republican mutiny in the New York Assembly as lawmakers rejected his air pollution and aged care bills and blocked funding for housing and community development. Upstate opposition, led by Verner Ingram, pressed to reef the measure while Duryea warned of delays.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Assembly Republicans
Verner M. Ingram
Potsdam
GOP
Perry B. Duryea
Monay
Duryea
Upstate
Ingram
Assembly
Mother of Seven Shot and Killed in Massena
In Massena New York a 38 year old mother of seven, Helen Dumas, was shot three times in her home and died. Her husband Albert Dumas 41 was found in nearby woods with a rifle and surrendered to police after being questioned.
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Massena
N.Y
Helen Dumas
Albert
Dumas
Dale Wright
New Baby Upsets Graduation Plans
Mrs. Thomas Rusling of Rochester expected to graduate from the University of Rochester in May with an education degree after finishing early. Her newborn daughter Eleanor Merrill arrived Sunday, the day of the ceremony, forcing the graduate to receive her diploma in absentia. The baby weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces.
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Rochester
N.Y
Thomas Rusling
University of Rochester
Eleanor Merrill
Indonesian Education Ministry says non-Indonesian schools to close
Jakarta authorities announce closure of all non-Indonesian schools except embassy child schools, targeting Chinese schools predominantly. Unclear stance on large international school funded by an American firm and a Catholic-run Jakarta school.
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesian Education Ministry
Jakarta
Hurricane Alma Leaves 73 Dead as Cuba, Florida Battened
Hurricane Alma battered Cuba and reached the Florida Keys with gale winds. In Cuba the Isle of Pines and western provinces faced full force while evacuation orders and emergency measures spread. In Honduras 73 people died and San Rafael was submerged by 30 inches of rain. In Mississippi Aubrey James Norvell was formally charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and murder in the Meredith case.
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Miami
Fla
Alma
Havana
Florida Keys
Cuban
Isle of Pines
Honduran Weather Service
San Rafael
Honduras
Marathon
Key West
Keys
Weather Bureau
Isle of Pine
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Surgidero
Cuban Weather Bureau
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Las Villas
Florida
Raymond Kraft
Miami Weather Bureau
Tegucigalpa
Hernando, Miss
Mississippi
Aubrey James Norvell
Memphis
James Meredith
Novell
Norvell
Gemini Twins Give Experts Review of Dramatic Flight
Two space travelers Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cer nan review Gemini 9 mission outcomes after a four day voyage. They recall spacewalks, near misses, and new data as they prepare 11 days of debriefings and a return to Houston. Protestors seek more federal protection as they press Katzenbach in Washington.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Space
Navy
Stafford
Earth
Wasp
Atlantic
Houston
Tex
Vatican to receive Birth Control Commission report this summer
The Vatican said the Roman Catholic Commission on Birth Control will submit its recommendations to Pope Paul VI after June 26. If no clear recommendation is ready by then, the Pope may study the issue throughout the summer. the panel will finish by Wednesday, with final review by 16 cardinals and bishops. The fate of the Church ban on artificial contraception remains undecided.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Roman Catholic Commission On
Paul VI
Kennedy reacts to Meredith attack in Mississippi
Cape Town AP dispatch says Sen. Robert F. Kennedy expressed shock and sadness at the attack on James Meredith in Mississippi. He noted Meredith’s 1962 integration role and recalled Kennedy ordered federal officers to enforce his enrollment during his time as attorney general. Kennedy was visiting South Africa on a five day trip.
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Kennedy
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
James Meredith
Mississippi
South
Katzenbach
Justice Department
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Lester McKennie
Senate
Cape Town
South Africa
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
U.S
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Doctors Refuse State Medicaid Support in Genesee Group
Genesee County Medical Society votes unanimously to defy New York State medical assistance law. About 95 percent of the 52 members attended a meeting in Batavia and adopted a noncompliance resolution citing concern for indigent patient care and limits on eligibility. Dr. David Harrington noted the unit is the second in the state to act. Similar actions have emerged in Suffolk County and other counties. Some physicians posted notices in offices declaring noncompliance.
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Batavia, N.Y
Genesee County Medical Society
David Harrington
Society
Genesee Unit
Suffolk County Medical Society
Terms Shooting of Negro Great Tragedy
London AP report shows Billy Graham calling the shooting of James H Meredith a great tragedy. He is leading an evangelical crusade in London and prays for Meredith’s recovery amid what he calls a deeply troubling summer ahead.
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London
Billy Graham
James H. Meredith
Graham
NATO ministers eye moves after France quits command
In Brussels, NATO foreign ministers begin their spring talks to address steps after France withdrew from the alliance military command. They consider hosting SHAPE in Belgium and plan a October meeting to decide moving the NATO Council from Paris.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
Soviet Union
NATO
Maurice Couve de Murville
Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
NATO Council
Five Ford Plants Start Four Day Work Week
Ford Motor Co announced that five of its seventeen U.S. assembly plants began four day workweeks to balance inventories as the 1966 model year ends. Plants in Chicago St Louis Los Angeles Atlanta and Wayne Michigan will be down on Fridays while production changes occur.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Co
U.S
Chicago
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Wayne
Ford
Meredith shot in Mississippi march case raised in court
Meredith, 33, wounded in the back near Hernando after vowing to return, signs of a rising civil rights effort. Norvell, held after a morning arraignment, faces plea status as authorities defend police protection amid the national attention.
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Teamster Union
Hoffa
Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
Frank Fitzsimmons
Supreme Court
Gibbons
Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Union
Miami Beach
Detroit
Rocky
James Hl. Meredith
Pontiff
Bob Kennedy
Jackson
Hernando
Whitley Perryman
DeSoto County
Ross Franks
W.L. Meredith
Dick Gregory
Gregory
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