Nineteen Americans Die In Five Copter Crashes Near Saigon
U S forces report nineteen Americans and nineteen Thai soldiers killed in five helicopter crashes around Saigon as allied troops press a drive to thwart Viet Cong attacks. One helicopter shot down. another combat loss to engine failure. The toll includes crews and passengers plus five American infantrymen killed on the ground during a twelve hour battle near Saigon.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Navy AG
Enterprise
U.S
Sai Battalion
Bay Meat U.S
Sth Ae Oe
Nha Be
American Broadcasting Co
Jim Deckard
Deckard
Secret Service Assigned to Guard Reagan Campaign Forces
U S Secret Service agents were added to Gov Ronald Reagan's security detail in California as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination. Public tours of the governor's outer office were canceled. The move follows assassination concerns and new legislation after the Senate hearing.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.S
Secret Service
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Robert Jes
Washington braces under state of emergency as guards patrol streets
National Guardsmen armed for riot control patrol Resurrection City and surrounding districts after disorder and bottle throwing in Washington. Mayor Walter Washington declares emergency, imposes dusk to dawn curfew, with 1,450 guardsmen deployed. Police report 274 arrests and one injury as curfew and tear gas clear downtown areas.
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Washington
Nation
Resurrection City
Walter Washington
Patrick Murphy
Congress
Ralph David Abernathy
Capitol
Alog
Poor People's Campaign
14Th Street
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Andrew Young
SCLC
Hosea Williams
Oswego Hospital Campaign Tops Million Dollar Target
Oswego and surrounding areas reached the community goal of 1 001 774 for the Oswego Hospital Building program within 15 months. Bernard Shapiro says three major donors helped push the total over the top while Dr J Sherwood Dunham and his campaign team are credited for their efforts. Final funding will approach two million with federal and state aid of 934 720 added to pledged funds.
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Oswego
Oswego Hospital
Bernard Shapiro
Hospital Board of Trustees
Shapiro
St Pete
Harold W. Collins
J. Sherwood Dunham
Rockefeller Blasts Nixon Silence Over Wallace GOP Plan
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller accuses Richard Nixon of silence on George Wallace joining the GOP. Rockefeller says Nixon would condemn the Republican party with such a move and cites Wallace cutting into Nixon’s base as he refrains from comment. Howard Calaway reiterates Wallace should be in the GOP.
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Rocky
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
George Wallace
GOP
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Wallace
Rockefeller
Humphrey Warns McCarthy Might Break With Democrats
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey says supporters fear Senator McCarthy could bolt the Democratic Party and lead a third party after clashes at the Minnesota party convention in St. Paul. McCarthy denies plans to abandon the regular Democratic ticket and says he intends to work within the party.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
Or J. McCarthy
McCarthy
St. Paul
Minnesota
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Plane lands safely after collision with TV tower
An airliner with people aboard made a safe landing after colliding with a television tower. The 2,000 foot structure collapsed to the ground smashing a garage and knocking two TV stations off the air.
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Sioux Falls
NAACP Convention Sees Moderates in Control on Day Two
The Atlantic City gathering enters its second day with moderates in control after delegates rejected a Young Turks resolution described as endorsing looting and burning. The debate focused on strategies and reforms within the civil rights organization.
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Atlantic City
N.J
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
To Heed Strike Order in Canada Rail Row
A top union official said dissatisfied railroad firemen will follow a government order and postpone the threatened strike against Canada's two major rail systems in Montreal.
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Union
Canada
Santa Monica strike halts transport and fills streets with trash
Santa Monica, Calif. A municipal employee strike entered its fifth day as beaches faced debris. Refuse overflowed city streets and taxi firms carried 20,000 bus riders left without transportation.
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Santa Monica
Calif.a
California
Rockefeller signs record 1,006 bills this year
Governor Rockefeller signed 1,006 bills and vetoed 319, a veto rate of 32.6 percent that trails the long-term average. Historical records show the high water mark for bills signed before 1968 was 1,989 in 1960.
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Albany
N. Y
Rockefeller
No Gold or Silver Backing U. S. Currency
The article reports the United States ends silver certificates and gold backing, leaving only federal reserve notes backed by the economy. It notes the final break followed prior gold linkage removal, freeing more than $10 billion in gold for defense and declaring the dollar now non metallic backed.
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U. S
Washington
Federal Reserve
Johnson Calls for Federal Registration of Every Privately Owned Gun
President Johnson urged federal registration of all privately owned firearms and tighter gun control. He proposed a single national computer registry and licensed ownership with federal standards, allowing state licensing if standards are met, with federal intervention if not within a year.
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Johnson
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Sikes
National
Ri Fle Association
L. Mendell
Rivers
Thuy rejects Humphrey call for Viet Nam cease-fire
North Vietnam negotiator Xuan Thuy brushed aside Vice President Humphrey's demand for an immediate cease-fire during talks with U.S. Ambassador Harriman. He said Hanoi would not discuss peace until U.S. attacks on North Vietnam stop. Thuy spoke to foreign reporters at the Angl0-American press event in Paris.
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Young
Jesse Jackson
Resurrection City
Jackson
Southwest
Far West
Capitol Hill
Paris
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harrman
Thuy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hanoi
Anglo-Amercan Press Association
Harriman
Guardsmen Help Restore Order at Ohio Prison Riot
Ohio National Guardsmen aided prison guards in regaining control after a riot at the state penitentiary left 50 injured and caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Keys were missing, inmates blamed, as 290 guardsmen joined police to quell the five hour melee.
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Ohio
Columbus
General Ling
Maury C. Koblentz
Koblentz
Ernest Maxwell
Maxwell
Eisenhower's Grandson Heads Youth for Nixon
David Eisenhower 29 son of former president becomes national chairman of Youth for Nixon. The Amherst College junior, engaged to Julie, discusses war ending via Nixon and law and order, his draft deferment, and plans to marry after the election. He aims to persuade college students nationwide and is already on the primary circuit with Julie.
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David Eisenhower
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
David
Julie
Washington Command Post
Johnson Administration
Supreme Court
Amherst College
Davd
New York
Amherst
Petit
David Wal
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