U S Pilot Killed As Fighting Resumes Outside Dong Xoai
Renewed fighting 60 miles north of Saigon sees 500 Viet Cong set against a Viet Nam airborne battalion as a U S Air Force pilot is killed when ground fire downed his F 100 jet. The 410th US casualty is reported while additional American losses and missing personnel are tallied.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Vong Aoa
U. S
Air Force
7Th Airborne
Dong Xoai
U.S
Dong Xuac
Three U.S. Congressmen Arrive in Saigon Amid Crisis
U.S. Reps. Otis G. Pike Richard H Ichord and Charles Chamberlain arrived in Saigon as South Vietnam faced a new political crisis. They were met at the airport by Gen. Westmoreland and other U.S. officials. The lawmakers, members of the House Armed Services Committee, declined to detail their plans here.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Richard H., Ichord
D-Mo
Charles Chamberlain
R-Mich
House Armed Services Committee
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Pike
Johnsons enjoy quiet weekend at LBJ ranch
President Johnson and family travel to Lake Lyndon B. Johnson for boating and relaxation after saluting space center astronauts. A Secret Service agent retrieves his cap during a speed boat run. Johnson and family may return to the White House by Monday. Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor heads to Saigon with US resolve to stay in Southeast Asia amid political pressure and coups.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Granite Shoals Lake
Colorado River
Lady Bird
Luci
Washington
Edward H. White II
James A. McDivitt
Manned Space Flight Center
U. S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
Taylor
Huy Quat
Pham Khac Sun
Quat
Syracuse schools chief honored for administrator work
Franklyn S. Barry superintendent of Syracuse public schools received a citation from the New York State School Boards Association in recognition of his efforts as a chief school administrator. He has led the New York State Teachers Association and held posts in Cortland Sidney and South New Berlin.
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Syracuse
Cooperstown
N.Y
Franklyn S. Barry
Syracuse Public Schools
New York State School Boards Association
Barry
New York Late Teachers Association
Cortland
Sidney
South New Berlin
Marian Anderson Receives UC Los Angeles Honorary Degree
Concert singer Marian Anderson is awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at UCLA commencement. The ceremony Friday honored her as a powerful symbol of social transformation and a pioneer in civil rights progress.
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Los Angeles
Marian Anderson
University of California At
Miss Anderson
Opera Star Joan Sutherland Arrives in New York
Australian soprano Joan Sutherland arrived at Kennedy Airport from London en route to Honolulu and Sydney, Australia, as she continues her international tour.
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New York
Joan Sutherland
Kennedy Airport
London
Honolulu
Sydney
Australia
Lynda Johnson Visits Rugged Apache Country
Lynda Bird Johnson travels with a 20 car caravan into Grasshopper Arizona to study a 1350s Apache pueblo amid a wary tipi of Secret Service and skeptical Apache residents. The Arizona campus head and locals hope the visit boosts road repairs and business.
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Rugged
Apache Indian Area
Grasshopper
Ariz
Secret Service
Miss Johnson
Boyd Knapp
University of Arizona
Raymond Thompson
Robert Welke
Miami, Fla
Sanderson Flood Death Toll Rises to 16 in Texas
Three more bodies found in Sanderson Canyon raise the death toll to 16 from the Friday flash flood. Missing list swelled to about 18 as disaster control centers logged new names. Damage estimated at 2 million dollars with 54 homes destroyed and 21 trailers destroyed or damaged. Debris, washed-out bridges, and 5 miles of railroad track reported.
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Sanderson
Tex
Texas
Sanderson Canyon
Disaster Control Center
Sanderson Canyon Creek
Richard White
D-Tex
el Paso
The
Red Cross
Southern Pacific Railroad
Fort Stockton
San Antonio
Paso
U.S. 90
Longfellow
John Wesley Johnson
Michael Johnson
Bill Cooksey
Sanderson Creek
John Connally
Brakeman Morris Nichols recalls flood that swept Johnson family
Morris Nichols, a railroad brakeman and former fighter, survived the Sanderson flood in Fort Stockton Texas. He describes how floodwaters swept away seven members of the John Wesley Johnson family, including finding two Johnson children dead, and being carried 300 yards before reaching safe ground.
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Morris Nichols
Husky Railroad
John Wesley Johnson
Surrender Ends Nationwide Bank Slaying Manhunt
Duane Pope, 22, a recent college graduate, surrendered to police in Kansas City after a weeklong nationwide search linked to the Big Springs Nebraska bank hold-up and the deaths of three employees. FBI moved to arrest him on a $100,000 bond as officials reviewed his statements and travel details.
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Kansas City, Mo
Duane Pope
Pope
Big Springs
Neb
FBI
U.S
Lee Cisel
Fea
Farmers State Bank of
D. W. Bittinger
McPherson
Kan.) College
Vernon Scoville
Scoville
Roxbury
Kan
Duane
Ear
Kansas City
Karl Dissly
Wichi
Helium Leak Cancels X15 Flight at Edwards Air Force Base
At Edwards Air Force Base California US space agency pilot John Mc Kay watched the X15 rocket plane abort its second test flight due to a helium leak. The craft was to reach 3700 mph and 160000 feet to test star camera equipment before a B52 mothership returned to base. No new date has been set.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
US Space Agency
John McKay
McKay
Three Die in 2 Car Crash Near Clyde
Three people were killed and three injured in a two car collision Friday night near Clyde in Wayne County. The deceased are John Carson 72 of Lyons Marcus Frison 38 of East Williamson and Joseph Smith of Williamson who was in Frison's car. The injured include Marie Driscoll 65 in critical condition at Lyons Community Hospital James J Brennan 38 and his wife Concetta 36 of Lyons. The crash occurred on Route
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Clyde, N.Y
Wayne County
Auburn
John Carson
Lyons
Marcus Frison
East Williamson
Joseph Smith
Williamson
Frison
Marie Driscoll
Lyons Community Hospital
James J. Brennan
Concetta
Masked Bandits Take Gold Bars Worth $164000
Four armed masked men overpowered the Larder Lake rail station agent Thomas Tomkin and fled with five gold bars valued at $164000. The shipment was en route to the Canadian mint in Ottawa. The robbers escaped by float-equipped plane from Larder Lake and abandoned the getaway car on the lake shore.
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Larder Lake
Ont
Ontario
Ontario Northland
Canadian Mint
Ottawa
S.C. Yule
Kerr-Addison Mines Ltd
Virginiatown
Thomas Tomkin
Tomkin
Prisoners Use Broom to Free Contraband Gin Ball
Eight Chickasaw County prisoners smuggled a case of gin from a seized stash. They pried open a cell door with a broom and held a party, leading to additional charges of petty larceny.
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Houston, Miss
Chickasaw County
Arnold Simpson
De Gaulle and Erhard Back Plan for Market Summit
In Bonn, President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard agreed to propose a summit of the European Common Market by year end to discuss a political organization. Italy Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands must approve. France remains cautious on political union while Farm subsidy financing gains broad agreement.
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Bonn
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
France
Ludwig Erhard
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
de Gaulle
Erhard
Karl-Guenther von Hase
Danube Floods Hit Central Europe Across Four Nations
The Danube River surged with torrential rains flooding Austria Germany Czechoslovakia and Hungary. This third flood wave in six weeks follows days of persistent rain as residents brace for ongoing spring deluge.
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Vienna
Austria
Danube
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
LBJ Promotes Space Twins Prepare For Toughest Mission
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White near Houston brace for a week of receptions and parades after a Chicago ticker tape parade and homecomings at Michigan and in Michigan and Texas. The president announced promotions upgrading their Air Force ranks to lieutenant colonels and ordered congratulations at Houston.
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Houston
Tex
America
Space Twins
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Manned Space Center
Chicago
University of Michigan
Jackson
Mich
McDivitt
San Antonio
White
Johnson
Air Force
Manned Spacecraft Center
LBJ
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Associated Press
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John
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mike Mansfield
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Frank Church
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Frank J. Lausche
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