Navy Pilot Downs MIG17 Over North Vietnam
A U S Navy pilot in a Crusader crippled by enemy fire and low on fuel shot down a Communist MIG17 over North Vietnam 65 miles northeast of Hanoi. Another MIG was damaged as four Navy fighters tangled with four MIGIs, while ground fire downed a Navy photo-recon plane. Five American aircraft were lost in 24 hours. Paratroopers and cavalry fought a Communist battalion in the central highlands as Ky lifts a brief pause in Saigon’s Buddhist Institute blockade.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thick Tri Quang
Hue
Central Highlands
South
101St Airborne
1St Cavalry
Highland
Tuy Hoa
Highlands
U S Commanders Confident of Victory in Viet Conflict
U S commanders in Viet Nam express guarded optimism after military gains in the past three months and record weekly offensives. The alliance plans to add 100000 combat troops this year alongside boosts from Australia and South Korea as allied forces outnumber North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
United States
Miss Los Angeles Pair of Twins Compete in California Pageant
In Santa Cruz 37 entrants for Miss California contest while a pair of identical twins from San Gabriel named Marilyn and Melody Keymer, both 19, weigh 113 pounds and stand 5-6, will sing a duet in the talent phase. they attend Los Angeles State College and list a 36-23-364 measurement.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Differing Views Slow Moscow Talks
The opening round of France Soviet talks slowed by divergent views on easing tensions versus security. French informants said de Gaulle and Brezhnev led three hours of discussions before de Gaulle's upcoming trip to four Soviet cities. He plans more formal talks after returning June 29 to Moscow.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
de Gaulle
Senate Bill Push Tightens New York Medicaid Law
Senate Republicans sent 11 bills to the Assembly to tighten the medical assistance program. Only four bills drew Democratic support, with one measure guaranteeing recipients free choice of physicians winning favorable mention from Speaker Travia. Democrats seek to delay NYC tax bills until after the June 28 primary, risking a late adjournment.
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Senate
N. Y. Medicaid
Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Upstate
Travia
New York City
Morhouse Leaves Sing Sing to Await Appeal
L Judson Morhouse former Republican state chairman is released from Sing Sing in his own custody pending appeal. His son Sanford and lawyer Harris Steinberg delivered the release court order and drove Morhouse to his Upstate home in Ticonderoga. Morhouse 52 began a two to three year sentence after conviction for bribery tied to a Manhattan liquor license for the Playboy Club.
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Ossining
N.Y
L. Judson Morhouse
Sing Sing
New York City
Morhouse
Sanford
Harris E. Steinberg
Upstate Ticonderoga
State Supreme Court
Samuel M. Gold
Gold
Martin C. Epstein
State Liquor Authority
SLA
Manhattan
Senate approves full crew law repeal in Albany
The New York Senate unanimously approved Gov. Rockefeller’s bill to repeal sections 54-A and 54-C of the railroad full crew law. The measure would end the requirement for trains operated over the road or in switching to carry three brakemen and a baggageman, and now goes to the Assembly for concurrence.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Gov
Rockefeller
Senator Dodd Trip Aimed to Help Klein, Witness Claims
James P. Boyd Jr. testified that Senator Thomas Dodd said the 1944 Germany trip aimed to aid Julius Klein by bolstering his image. The Ethics Committee hears the case as part of its probe into Dodd’s conduct tied to Klein and an interview with a German prisoner.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Germany
Chicago
Julius Klein
James P. Boyd Jr
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
Connecticut
Klein
Boyd
David Martin
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ethics Committee
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Democrats Block NYC Tax Package Pending Primary
In Albany, Democrats aim to delay action on the New York City tax package until after the June 28 primary. Senate leader Brydges plans votes next week, while Assembly Speaker Travia will wait for Senate action. Lindsay’s $253 million tax plan could balance a $4.6 million budget, but pre primary resistance stalls passage.
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Albany
N.Y
New York City
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
House
Joseph Zaretzki
Zaretzki
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Executive Mansion
New York
John V. Lindsay
Brydges
No Medicaid Fee Decided for Doctors in New York
Albany AP reports state budget director denies reports of a uniform statewide fee schedule for medical care under the new medical assistance program. Dr T Norman Hurd says several payment plans remain under consideration and no reimbursement form has been chosen. Agencies and the State Medical Society continue discussions.
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Albany
N. Y
Gram
T. Norman Hurd
Hurd
Departments of Social Welfare and Health
State Medical Society
White Man Shot in Race Violence in Mississippi
In Philadelphia Mississippi a white man identified as Stanley Stuart was wounded by buckshot during gunfire between Negroes and whites near the Freedom Democratic party headquarters. Police sealed off the area as civil rights leaders debated violence and nonviolence during the Mississippi march.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Bruce Latimer
Stanley Stuart
Freedom Democratic Party
Stuart
Buck
FBI
Latimer
Gibson Eakes
Eakes
King
Yazoo City
Martin Luther King
Neshoba County
James Chaney
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Meredith
New York
Canton
Highway 51
Hernando
Cecil Price
Chaney, Goodman and Schmerner
Willie Ricks
Kresge Resigns After 53 Years At S S Kresge Co
Sebastian S. Kresge 98 resigns as chairman of the Detroit based S S Kresge Co after 53 years leading the firm and as trustee of the Kresge Foundation. H B Cunningham remains president and CEO. The foundation now holds about 175 million in net assets.
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Detroit
Sebastian S. Kresge
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
S.S. Kresge Co
H.B. Cunningham
Kresge
Trus
Tee
Cuban athletes defect as Caribbean games end in San Juan
Two more Cuban athletes flee to seek asylum in the United States as the Central American and Caribbean Games near conclusion in San Juan. Francisco Marti Gonzales the swimmer aged 20 and Hector Rodriguez a track athlete join wrestler Juan Pablo Vega Romero who defected earlier.
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San Juan
P.R
United States
Francisco Marti Gonzales
Hector Rodriguez
Marti
Juan Pablo Vega Romero
Upstate New York Weekend Weather Outlook
An extended forecast from the Weather Bureau says warm weather continues into the weekend with highs in the 80s and nights in the 50s to 60s. A few showers possible Saturday and Sunday. otherwise dry conditions expected.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Weather Bureau
Johnson signs bill to free poor defendants awaiting trial
President Johnson signed a measure allowing poor people awaiting federal trial to be released without bond. He called the reform needed to stop treating defendants as dollar signs and emphasized fairness and individual consideration at a White House ceremony.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
GOP Effort to Present United Front in Fall Campaign
Washington AP Republicans strive for unity in the fall race amid policy splits. Sen. Everett Dirksen campaigns for Illinois ticket while Charles Percy leads the senatorial ticket and supports the Johnson civil rights housing provision, clashing with Dirksen over compromise language and Katzenbach memo.
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GOP
United Front
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Rtil
Illinois
Charles Percy
Chicago
Percy
Johnson
Dirksen
Senate
Can
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
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