B52 Strike in Mekong Area Yields 200 Dead
Saigon reports American B52 bombers struck in South Vietnam, killing 200 Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta Vinh Binh Province. Other raids targeted camps west of Kontum, near Khe Sanh, and southwest of Hue as U.S. commanders noted the enormous toll and limited follow up ground sweeps.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
U.S
Vinh
Binh
Delta
Kontum City
Khe Sanh
Hue
Vinh Binh
Vietnam
US accuses Hanoi of delaying Vietnam peace talks
Hanoi accuses the United States of delaying preliminary peace talks and creating unfavorable conditions. North Vietnam denounces U.S. stubbornness and cites Cambodia and Warsaw as rejected venues while signaling openness to future talks. Both sides deny a final rejection, suggesting possible agreement on location within days.
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Tokyo
North Vietam Foreign Ministry
United States
Vietnam
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Hanoi Radio
Hanoi
U.S
Nhan Dan
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
George Christian
Cambodia
Johnson
Hood Allegedly Blamed For I-35 Wreck Near Ottawa
Four members of a Shawnee Mission family were hospitalized after a car on I-35 south of Ottawa veered off and rolled when the hood allegedly flew up and struck the windshield. Mrs. Virginia L. Ditto 37 drove the vehicle and suffered facial injuries as the windshield broke inward. Clifford Ditto 17 Wayne Ditto 18 and Douge Las Ditto 16 sustained facial burns and leg injuries. Kenneth E. Norton 18 of Cleveland Oklahoma was treated and released.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Virginia L. Ditto
Frankelin County
Clifford Ditto
Wayne Diteto
Dougelas Ditto
Kenneth E. Norton
Cleveland
Okla
Coeds Headed For Court Over Campus Rights
University of Georgia coeds who sat in an administration building to press for equal campus rights faced a restraining order and a Monday hearing. Judge James Barrow curbed demonstrations and set a hearing to decide if the order should become permanent. Currently no alcohol on campus for women 21 or over and strict curfews apply to students.
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Athens, Ga
University of Georgia
Georgia
Easter Observances Include New Touches Worldwide
The Associated Press reports Easter activities across the globe. In Rome Pope Paul VI concelebrated Mass at St. Pauls Basilica while thousands gather for holy week and Good Friday rites. Jerusalem saw Christian and Jewish observances under Israeli rule. In Starved Rock Illinois a Judeo Christian Mass will recall Marquette. Colgate University hosts an interdenominational service amid a campus sit in protesting racial discrimination. New York Central Park plans a Yip-out by Youth International Party to aid the Poor Peoples March.
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Associated Press
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St. Paul’s Basilica
Paul VI
Christ
Holy
Jerusalem
United States
Via Dolorosa
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Starved Rock State Park
Ottawa
Tll
Chicago
Joseph Donnelly
Jacques Marquette
Illinois
Marquette
Father Donnelly
Colgate University
Donald Berry
Berry
New York City
Central Park
Youth International Party
Washington
Sporadic Sniping Feeds Kansas City Curfew Strains
AP report details scattered sniper attacks during a strict Friday curfew as racial unrest in Kansas City winds down after three nights of violence leaving six Black residents dead, about 133 arrests mainly for curfew violations, fires injuring nearly 100, and $500,000 in damage. Police and guardsmen maintained order amid city tensions.
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Kansas City
West Side
Weather snapshot shows warm Friday and tall barometer
High Friday 75 with a today low of 56. Year ago highs and lows were 66 and 60. Record highs 86 in 1936 and record lows 21 in 1950. Precipitation 0.10 inch in the last 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Hourly readings peak at 74 at 2 p.m. and fall to 56 by 8 a.m. Barometer 29.90 inches.
Pope Paul VI's Holy Week Fatigue Draws Attention
Vatican reports show Pope Paul VI appeared fatigued during Good Friday rites and postponed part of the Way of the Cross due to rheumatism. Italian papers note he has suffered health strain and had three doctors nearby, including Dr. Mario Fontana, at the ceremony.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Mario Fontana
Vatican Health Office
Humphrey to Enter Presidential Race by April 17
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is expected to announce his bid for the presidency on April 17 but will skip the June 4 California primary. A secret meeting with California supporters set the plan, noting insufficient time for a full state campaign.
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Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Los Angeles Times
the Times
Humphrey
Easter Observances Amid Desert Sun In Jerusalem
Thousands of Christian pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem for Easter Sunday rites marking the risen Christ as the first day of Passover draws Israelis and Arab commandos brace for potential trouble. Protestant sunrise services were planned around the City of David plus a Catholic Pontifical Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with Latin Patriarch Msgr Alberto Gori officiating at the tomb.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Israel
of David
Kansas News Briefs Dry TOPEKA
Condition of range feed in central and western Kansas remains well below average though slightly better than last year. Western two thirds of the state show 66 percent of normal range feed as of April 1, down 4 points from last month but up 6 from a year ago.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas appoints six to Constitution revision commission
Study Group TOPEKA AP legislative leaders named six appointees to a 12 member Kansas Constitution revision commission. The Senate named Ross Beach of Hays Stanley J Lind of Kansas City Kan and Clifford R Hope Jr of Garden City. The House named August Lauterbach Colby Mrs Fran cis Heller Lawrence and Wesley H Sowers Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Robert Docking
Senate
Glee Smith
R-Larned
Ross Beach
Hays
Stanley J, Lind
Kansas City
Kan
Clifford R. Hope Jr
Garden City
House
John Conard
Greensburg
August Lauterbach
Colby
Francis H. Heller
Lawrence
Wesley H. Sowers
Wichita
Derailment of 60 cars halts Rock Island freight near Wichita
Sixty cars of an 89 car Rock Island freight derailed Friday near Kechi three miles northeast of Wichita. No injuries were reported as boxcars and piggyback cars slammed together. One pile was six cars deep and several utility poles were broken. The locomotive rolled along the tracks before stopping. The southbound train had just crossed a new crossing. Workmen described couplings behind the engine seeming shaken apart.
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Wichita
Rock Island
Kechi
Coue Plinga
Arraigned in Wichita nightclub shooting case
AP report says two men were arraigned on related charges after a Thursday night shooting left Raymond L. James dead and Donald D. Kinney wounded. Michael D. Briley, 19, faces third degree manslaughter and felonious assault. Richard J. Tibbets, 20, named as an accessory. Briley released on 1000 bond, Tibbets held. two juvenile girls turned to authorities. The incident occurred after James and Kinney left a nightclub and paused beside a parked car with the other two men and the girls.
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Wichita
Michael D. Briley
Raymond L. James
Donald D. Kinney
Derby
Kan
James
Richard J. Tibbets
Briley
Tibbets
Sedgwick County
Kinney
Park revenue bonds urged for state parks
Wichita AP report says Lynn Burris Jr park authority director urged issuing revenue bonds to improve Kansas state parks at a Friday meeting with about 30 legislators who were interested but noncommittal. Burris noted park visitation rose to four million in 1967 and pressed upgrading marina buildings and other facilities.
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Wichita
Lynn Burris Jr
Park Authority
Burris
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