Parents of Navy corpsman urge Johnson to end Vietnam slaughter
Mr. and Mrs. Lester B. Lanning of North Muskegon Michigan returned President Johnsons sympathy letter. They said the president bore partial responsibility for their son John Lannings death near Con Thien on May 8 when he was aiding a wounded Marine and called for removing restraints on military commanders in Vietnam.
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Johnson
Vietnam
White House
Lester B. Lanning
North Nuskegon
Mich
John Lanning
Con Thien
Chiang Kai-shek kin dies in New York hospital
Kung Hsiang-hse, brother-in-law of Chiang Kai-shek and longtime finance minister, died in New York Hospital at 86. A Shansi banker by birth, he helped shape currency reform and served as premier during the Nationalist era. He married Soong Ai-ling in 1913 and left a widow with four children.
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Hlh. Kung
Chiang Kai-shek
China
New York Hospital
Chiang
Bom Kung Hsiang-hse
Shansi
Confucius
Christan
Oberlin College
Ohio
Yale University
Locust Valley
Nly
Japan
Soong Ai-ling
Sun Yat-sen
Parkinson Resigns as Nixon Campaign Chief
Dr Gaylord Parkinson of California resigns as chairman of the Nixon for President committee citing his wife’s serious illness and major surgery. He will remain to oversee a smooth transition and plans to stay active in California while becoming executive chairman of the Nixon advisory council.
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Washington
Gaylord Parkinson
California
Parkinson
Ronald Reagan
Wal
Nixon Advisory Council
Nixon Campaign
White House
Air War Peak Effectiveness Says Wheeler
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chair of the joint chiefs, told a Senate defense subcommittee that the air war against North Vietnam is at peak effectiveness and saving American lives in South Vietnam. He noted reduced plane losses but heavy anti aircraft fire, called bombing integral to strategy, and warned that shipments and ports like Hai Phong Harbor are sensitive targets with potential expansion risks.
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UPI
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Senate Defense
Wheeler
Adm
U.S
Southeast Asia
Paiptong
Haiphong
Auto Rolls Into Lake Tragedy at Sunapee Cove
A Weston mother tried to stop a car rolling 40 feet down a sloped driveway into Lake Sunapee. The vehicle sank 18 feet. divers recovered James Murray, 7, and Katherine Murray, 6, both dead. Authorities noted two birch trees near the shoreline could have halted the car, had it struck them.
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N.H
UPI
Lake Sunapee
Jane Murray
Weston
Mass
Katherine
James
Jimmy
Kathy
Jesse Stone
Newport
Johnson warns Bonn on German troop cuts
President Johnson warned Chancellor Kiesinger that substantial German armed force reductions could force the United States to further cut its troops in Europe. The White House talks stressed maintaining Atlantic Alliance strength and avoiding abrupt military reductions.
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UPI
Johnson
West Germany
United States
Kurt George Kiesinger
U.S
Europe
United
Germany
Bonn
White House
Kissinger
Gold Thefts Financing Terrorism, British Say
London police trace an international gold smuggling ring funding Chinese Communist terrorism. Raids in Bedfordshire and Middlesex yielded submachine guns ammunition and counterfeit coin molds. Detentions of British businessmen in planning stages. Interpol alerted. Hong Kong riots raise gold black market prices. ex speedway star Francis Wateman and fiancée charged with illegal export of gold after $28,000 in gold bars found.
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Scotland Yard
Flong Kong
Bedfordshire
Middlesex
Interpol
Europe
Far East
Shen
Francis “Squire” Wateman
Avril Priston
Waterman
Newhaven
England
Hong Kong
Arrival Mixup Delays Miss America Tour For Vietnam Beauty Queens
Miss America 1967 Jane Anne Jayroe and five other beauty queens arrived in Saigon for a 17 day USO tour amid a arrival delay mixup. US Command provided escorts and transport as Capt. Frank Lennon leads the group through Vietnam. The visitors include Carole Ann English Connecticut 1966 Angeline Grooms Alabama 1968 Barbara Anne Harris South Carolina 1968 Sharon Mae Singstock Wisconsin 1965 Ellen J Warren Maine 1964.
Johnsons baby Lyn Converses With German Chancellor
President Johnsons seven week old grandson Patrick Lyndon Nugent met West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger at a White House state dinner. Luci Johnson Nugent laughed as Lyn spoke in baby talk. Patrick and Luci then left for Austin with a stop to visit paternal grandparents in Waukegan, Illinois.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kissinger
Lyn
Luci Johnson Nugent
Luci
Patrick
Austin
Tex
Gerard Paugent Sr
Waukegan, i
Detroit Police Wins Rulings On Killings Rights
Two white Detroit officers August and Paille face murder charges after a judge repeatedly blocked prosecution testimony, ruling they were not properly informed of their right to counsel and to remain silent. The case centers on July 26 sniper killings at a Hot Zone motel amid riot turmoil.
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Hndl
1Ssue
Robert Demascio
Ronald August
Robert Paille
August
Paille
Hot Zone
Avery Welswasser
de Mascio
Weiswasser
George Masserlian
DeMasch
Welswasser
Faille
DE Masch
National Guard
Theodore I Thomas
Thomas
Aubrey Potlard
Paikle
Fred Temple
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