U S Forces Hit Viet Cong In Major Jungle Battle
A 2500 strong Viet Cong regiment pressed dawn assaults near Cambodia but U S infantry, artillery, and airpower drove them back. U S losses were 30 dead, 109 wounded, and three missing. over 400 enemy dead reported with 6 captured and 150 weapons seized. The clash north east of Tay Ninh City marked a stiffest battle in Operation Junction City.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Junction City
Yacht Safely Rounds Perilous Cape
Sir Francis Chichester on Gipsy Moth 4 completes the Cape Horn leg of his solo voyage. He aims for Plymouth by May 18, with reports from Punta Arenas confirming navigation in bad weather and a choppy sea. A BBC plane sighted him about 80 miles south of the cape. he appeared in good shape and waved.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Francis Chichester
Cape Horn
Atlantic
Plymouth
England
Latin America
Chichester
Cape
British Broadcasting Corp
Milk Strike Violence Grows Threat Targets Farm Leader
Violence surrounding the milk strike escalates as Oren Lee Staley and his family flee a threat. Staley, president of the National Farmers Organization, says milk hold actions are tightening supplies and raising prices. Police kept locations secret while Staley vows resilience.
State Sees Doctor Shortage Across New York
Albany AP reports New York faces a statewide physician shortage, especially in rural areas. Health commissioner Dr. Hollis Ingraham notes patients struggle to find doctors even in populated regions, and the department itself is short of physicians. About 135 rural townships lack resident doctors, with many communities 35 miles from the nearest physician.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Hollis
Ingraham
Kennedy and Rockefeller clash over New York power plan
At Albany US Senator Robert F Kennedy and Governor Nelson Rockefeller quarrel over an eight billion dollar expansion of New York electricity facilities. Kennedy accuses cost burdens and stalled growth while Rockefeller dismisses the plan as a phony hoax. The Senate backs the proposal but Kennedy aims to defeat it in the Assembly.
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Washington
John J. Williams
Johnson
Delaware
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Williams
GOP
Fowler
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
Albany
N.Y
Robert F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
New York State
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Senate
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Capitol
Swedish Quintuplets Born Two Die at Birth in Sweden
In Vasteras, Sweden, Mrs. Fredrik Lars Jansson gave birth to quintuplets after fertility hormone treatment. Two infants died shortly after birth, leaving three babies in critical condition in incubators. The birth occurred in 25 minutes with weights ranging from 1,644 to 2,800 grams.
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Vasteras
Sweden
Fredrik Lars Jansson
Rolf Faudreaus
Jansson
Carl Gemzell
Uppsala
Mexico City
de Piney
Wyo
Spring Rides Into State On A Snowstorm
ALBANY N Y AP spring arrived in New York as a snowstorm brought freezing temperatures yet milder weather was forecast for Wednesday. The storm, moving from the Midwest, dumped up to five inches in parts of the state with rain in some areas. Upstate temperatures ranged in the 20s and 30s after near zero readings 24 hours earlier. Crocuses signaled spring in Albany though snow lingered from an earlier storm. A 2 to 4 inch fall on the Niagara Frontier knocked out a transformer near Lewiston and disrupted power to several homes and Mount St. Mary s Hospital, which relied on emergency power.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Upstate
Niagara Frontier
Lewiston
Mount St. Mary's Hospital
New York
Capistrano
Hinckley
Ohio
Reno
Texas
Chicago
Oregon
St. Patrick's Day
California
Los Angeles
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Explosion On Stranded Supertanker Torrey Canyon
An explosion in the engine room of the stranded supertanker Torrey Canyon halted salvage work off Land's End England. A salvage master from the Dutch tug Utrecht was badly burned and died later. The tanker with about 80,000 tons of oil aboard was crippled and surrounded by leaking oil covering about 100 square miles. The vessel is owned by a Union Oil Co of California subsidiary.
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Land's End
England
Torrey Canyon
Royal Navy
Utrecht
Union Oil Co. of
California
Son of Amsterdam Chief Killed in War
Aarine Captain Lawrence J. Celmer, 26, son of Amsterdam police chief Andrew Celmer, was killed in Vietnam. He died March 18 in Quang Ngai Province after being struck by small arms fire. his parents were notified today.
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Amsterdam
N.Y
Aarine
Lawrence J. Celmer
Vietnam
Celmer
Quang Nagi
Andrew
Johnson returns to Washington after Guam talks
President Johnson flies from Honolulu on the final leg of an 8,000 mile trip. He stops at Hickam Air Force Base for 55 minutes to refuel before continuing to Washington. No one in his party leaves the aircraft during the stop.
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Honolulu
Johnson
Washington
Guam
Hickam Air Force Base
Hanoi Rejects Johnson Saigon Peace Talks Open Offer
Tokyo AP reports North Vietnam rejected direct talks with the United States after President Ho Chi Minh replied to President Johnson. Ho demanded an unconditional halt to bombing and all acts of war before any talks could occur, noting the U S position requires a response from the Communists first.
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Tokyo
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Sug
Vietnam
North Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
United States
Moscow
Vietnam News Agency
VNA
Democratic Republic of
North
Firemen vote strike and pension cut bid in New York
Five thousand city firemen voted for a strike referendum by mail after rejecting a wage and pension offer. They authorized suspending all services except emergencies. The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 94 noted the no strike clause and said a machinery setup would enable a vote. The department totals 14,000, with a history of no strikes in a century.
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New York
Uniformed Firemen's Association
UFA
International Association of Fire Fighters
Afl-Cio
International Association
Arrests and Violence Surround New York Milk Price Strike
Tension rose as National Farmers Organization members press for support in New York State. State Police arrested three individuals in separate incidents tied to dairy farmers seeking to ship milk. Helen Salanco and Frank Litwen of Little Falls faced malicious mischief charges for dumping about 85 pounds of milk at a Middleville plant. Walter L. Pickert, an NFO spokesman and friend to the couple, delivered the milk. Pickert was a non-member. James Foster, 19, of Mohawk, was also arrested on unspecified charges in Manheim.
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Chicago
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
National Farmers Organization
Whitesville
NFO
Corning
Iowa
Omaha
NFC
Reuben Anders
Bucks County
Doylestown
Philadelphia
Albany
N Y
New York State
Helen Salanco
Frank Litwen
Little Falls
Middleville
Walter L. Pickert
Snowstorm Moves Across Midwest Toward Northeast
A snowstorm swept the upper Midwest and headed northeastward, creating hazardous driving conditions and a dismal first day of spring. The belt stretched from Minnesota to the eastern Great Lakes, with Wisconsin and Michigan hardest hit. Gulf Coast saw rain and a few thundershowers, while most of the country enjoyed near seasonal temperatures. Temperature readings ranged from 2 degrees at Houston Maine to 71 at Key West Florida.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Michigan
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Houston
Maine
Key West
Fla
Johnson says Guam talks productive but no military decisions
President Johnson said two days of Vietnam talks on Guam were instructive but produced no mos mentous decisions. Ky appealed for U.S. support and urged unity to fight, while Thieu said Hanoi had been invited to discuss peace but offered no reply.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Vietnam
Guam
South Vietnam
George Kahin
Cornell University
Southeast Asia
Kahin
Saigon
Everett M. Dirksen
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Pacific
Honolulu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North Vietnam
Hanoi
White House
George Christian
Navy Officers Club
United American
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
High Court Split Signals Police Deference in Rulings
The Supreme Court shows a renewed tilt toward police in criminal cases with a 5 4 ruling allowing arrests without warrants when informant reliability is deemed sufficient by the trial judge. Justice Douglas dissented, calling informers “old reliable” a criticism echoed by civil libertarians. Continued on Page Eight.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William 0. Douglas
Douglas
Potter Stewart
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M. A. Minns
James F. Foster
Foster
Justice of the Peace
George Lyon
Manheim
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