84 Aboard U S Plane Die In El Toro Crash
An Air Force C135 carrying 72 Marines from Camp Pendleton and 12 Air Force crew from McGuire AFB crashed near El Toro California shortly after takeoff toward Honolulu. All 84 aboard died, with next of kin being notified as rescue teams searched the isolated brushland crash site.
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EL Toro
Calif
Air Force
Okinawa
Hawaii
Marine Air Base
Camp Pendleton
Pendleton
California
San Diego
Here
McGuire Air Force Base
McGuire
18Th Air Transport Squadron
Military Air Transport Service
Honolulu
Washington
Defense Department
T Nam
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Johnson Urges UN Role in Viet Nam Peace and Global Alliance
President Johnson addressed the United Nations in San Francisco urging the body to help promote peace in Viet Nam and to form an alliance for humanity to combat poverty, arms race, and population growth. He called for action by the UN and pledged American support for effective peace efforts.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
San Francisco
United Nations
U.N
Alliance For Man
Southeast Asia
World Organization
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
East German Communists threaten to halt West Berlin shipments
East Germany threatens to stop barge and rail traffic to West Berlin if Bonn and East Berlin fail to reach new terms by July 1. Freight rates may rise about 20 percent and new transit documents could block through shipments. The Berlin air corridor issue is also raised.
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West Berlin
Edwin Kramer
Communist Party Central Committee
Neues Deutschland
Kramer
West Germany
East Germany
Bonn
Otto Winter
Central Committee
Berlin
Senate OKs Bill to Remove Silver From Dimes Quarters
The Senate passed a bill removing silver from dimes and quarters and cutting the half dollar to 40 percent. It moves to the House where a similar measure faces debate. President Johnson urged rapid action due to dwindling Treasury silver stocks. Western Senators pushed to keep 40 percent silver in all coins but were defeated.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Congress
Treasury
Demos Praise 89th Congress as Johnson-Humphrey Feature
The Democrats caped Johnson and Humphrey celebrate the 89th Congress with praise and fundraising at a hotel dinner and a Washington Armory rally. Bailey reports about $650000 raised for campaign coffers while Johnson lauds the Congress as effective and history making.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Washington Armory
Hubert H. Humphrey
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Congress
Washington Hilton
Armory
Baptist World Congress Opens With 23 Million Delegates
Miami Beach Florida hosts the 11th Baptist World Congress as twenty thousand leaders gather representing about 23 million Baptists from around the world in a once every five year assembly.
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Miami Beach
Fla
11Th Baptist World Congress
Action Sought to Ease New York Water Shortages
Albany N Y The Assembly Speaker Anthony J Travia said he would ask the Joint Legislative Committee on Natural Resources to study ways to alleviate depleting water resources. He urged empowering the Water Resources Commission to buy watershed sites for sale to communities in need.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Joint Legislative Committee On Natural Resources
New York State
Travia
Conservation Department
Water Resources Commission
N. J. Man Elected Jaycees President
James A. Skidmore Jr., 32, of Brick Township New Jersey, was elected national president of the U S Jaycees after more than 12 hours of balloting at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium He secured 1774 votes of 3485 possible to win the majority amid the convention proceedings.
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Buffalo
N. Y
James A. Skidmore Jr
Brick Township
N.J
U.S. Jaycees
Skidmore
Memorial Auditorium
Begley Probe Finds No Evidence of Conflict Law Violation
A New York County grand jury reported no bill in the Begley investigation. It found no proof that State Senator Owen M. Begley or others violated the Public Officers Law during his seven year tie to Blauvelt Engineering. The probe also questioned firm head Harold Blauvelt and Begley testified twice.
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Begley
Beg York UP
New York County
Owen M. Begley
Schenectady
Blauvelt Engineering Co
Supreme Court
Sidney A. Fine
Public Officers
Senate Highways and Parkways Committee
New York City
Blauvelt
State Public Works Department
Court
Harold A. Blauvelt
Johnson and Truman Meet for U.N. Birthday in Kansas City
President Johnson marks the United Nations 20th anniversary with a private breakfast and a stroll with former President Harry S. Truman in Kansas City. They discuss Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic and reminisce on Truman’s early acts. U Thant plans a follow up with Johnson after the U.N. speech in San Francisco.
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Kansas City
Johnson
United Nations
Harry S. Truman
U. N
Truman
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
White House
Missouri
San Francisco
U.N
Muehlebach Hotel
George E. Reedy
Customs Collections May Reach New High
Customs Bureau estimates receipts will top 2 billion in the fiscal year ending next Wednesday, signaling a record year for duties and customs revenue.
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Washington
Customs Bureau
Two Explosions Kill Dozens at Saigon Floating Restaurant
Viet Cong claimed execution of U S Army Sgt Harold Bennett spurring warnings of further killings. In Saigon, two blasts hit the My Canh floating restaurant, killing 17 and wounding 24, with 40 to 50 feared dead including Americans. A bicycle bomb target struck a tobacco stall nearby as security tightens city curfew.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Harold George Bennett
Hanoi
U.S
Bennett
Pauline H. Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Binh Gia
33Rd
Ranger
Binh Gin
Tea
Charles E. Crafts
North Jay
Maine
Manor
U. S
South Vietnamese
Viet Nam
My Canh
Paratroopers Find Viet Cong Staging Area Near Thuong Lang
Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade probed a bamboo thicket near Thuong Lang and found a well concealed Viet Cong staging area. The complex of huts bunkers and trenches appeared ready for a company or two but the enemy had slipped away earlier in the operation. The 2nd Battalion crossed the Dong Nai River about 20 miles northeast of Saigon after dawn air strikes and helicopter insertions met sporadic sniper fire.
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Thuong Lang
South Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Dong Nai River
Saigon
Viet Nam
Korea
Dong Nai
Charley Company
Two Cars Involved in Man's Death at Ithaca Intersection
Maurice M. Raskin, 74, of Miami Beach Florida, was killed in Ithaca when struck by one car at a downtown intersection and then run over by another as he crossed the street to attend his grandson's high school graduation. The graduation was scheduled for Sunday.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Pottee
Maurice M. Raskin
Miami Beach
Fla
Pickett Named NY State Director of Fire Chiefs Group
Vern A. Pickett of Hilton New York elected New York State director of the Eastern Association of Fire Chiefs. He serves as fire chief of Monroe County community and attends the association 38th annual conference in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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Scranton, Pa
Vernon A. Pickett
Hilton
N.Y
New York State
Eastern Association of Fire Chiefs
Pickett
Monroe County
Association
Teamsters Strike Breaks Up in Philadelphia Area
A five day wildcat strike by Teamsters Local 107 drivers disrupted food distribution in Greater Philadelphia as trucks from Food Fair Acme A and P and Penn delivered perishables. Hoffa sent agents amid warnings to return to work. losses run into millions with thousands laid off as coverage expanded regionally.
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Philadelphia
Teamster
Local 107
Food Fair
Acme
Penn
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Greater Philadelphia
Lightning kills four golfers near Butler Armco course
Four men were killed and six injured by lightning at the Armco Steel Corp golf course near Butler Pennsylvania. The victims were John Katrych Andrew Dobon Allen Pollock and Eugene Horan all residents of Butler. Authorities say the men were likely struck by multiple bolts while in or near a four compartment wooden shelter at the 16th hole. State Police noted the dead had their golf bags.
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Butler
UPI
Armco Steel Corp
John Katrych
Andrew Dobon
Allen C. Pollock
Eugene
Horan
Armco
Rockefeller Signs Budget Measure Into Law
Governor Rockefeller vetoed three bills and signed two including a supplemental budget raising total state spending to 3.48 billion dollars for the year. The action cut 390 thousand in appropriations and rejected 150 thousand for a joint constitutional committee while creating a temporary commission for a possible state constitutional convention next year.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
New York
Senate Assembly
Assembly
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Frank J. Kovac
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