1968 Viet Cong strikes widen urban war in Saigon and Da Nang
Reports describe a Viet Cong assault on a Da Nang Navy building time bomb blast injuring seventeen US and Vietnamese staff. In Saigon, munitions depots exploded and guerrilla forces attacked a barbed wire gate, while casualties across the country rose. Allied officials note a shift to urban targets.
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Jad
Saigon
DA Nang
Navy
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
Ta da Nang
Consolidated Procurement Center
Rockefeller Attacks Nixon in L A Campaign Stop
Rockefeller blasted Nixon as outdated politics during a two day California swing. He urged a new international order with closer Europe China contact, proposed a Atlantic partnership summit, and warned escalation in Vietnam won t solve the conflict. He praised Johnson for pursuing negotiation over further war while stressing GOP must broaden appeal beyond cities.
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Richard Nixon
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Murtder
California
Watts Manufacturing Center
Aerojet General Corp
Centinela High School
Francine Shepard
Compton
Xeee
Town Hall
Rocky
Humphrey
Nixon
New York
Calfornia
Vietnam
Johnson
Married in Prison. 54 Year Sentence for Barbieri
Ezio Barbieri a 44 year old former Italy’s top criminal will wed seamstress Maria Soresina in a Sicilian prison on June 18. Barbieri is serving 54 years for armed robbery and leading a 12 000 inmate revolt at San Vittore prison near Milan in 1946 after exchanging letters with his fiancée for 17 years.
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Milan
Italy
UPI
Ezio Barbieri
Maria Soresina
Barbieri
San Vittore
Miss Soresina
Witness recounts smiling girl beside Sirhan in Kennedy shooting
An FBI style court testimony describes a mystery woman in a white polka dot dress near Sirhan Sirhan during the Kennedy assassination. Di Pietro says the girl smiled as Sirhan stepped from a tray stacker and together they smiled before the shots. The witness notes the dress flaws and the woman’s dark shoulder length hair as Kennedy met a waiter and moved away.
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di Perro
Bi Pierro
Sirhan
Ib Sirhan
1 Pierro
di Pietro
Sen. Kennedy
Belli Denies Offer to Defend Sirhan
Los Angeles attorney Melvin Belli, once a defender of Jack Ruby, said he has not offered his services to Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and denied reports that his free services were rejected.
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San Juan
Los Angeles
Melvin Belli
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Belli
Sirhan
Jet Grash disaster claims 57 aboard and six dead
New York released a list of Americans aboard the 57 Escape flight with six confirmed deaths and numerous survivors. Names span California to New York and include a Peace Corps worker in New Delhi, UNESCO staff in Seoul, and university affiliates from Missouri to Georgia.
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New York
Susan Dillingham
Rev
Dillingham
Fresno
Calif
Phyllis Gress
San Carlos
Peace Corps
New Delhi
Barbara W. McDowell
Pan Am
Hazel McDowell
Plattsburgh
N.Y
William Daly
Daly
Lexington
Mass
W. Cameron
D. Crazan
Los Angeles
H. Hullermeyer
Belmont
Betty Daliss
New York City
H. Jackson
Keyser
W. Va
James McDivit
Seoul
Korea
Unesco
J. McKinsey
University of Missouri
Columbia
W. McPherson
Arlington
J. Meagher
Stamford
Conn
J. Metcalf
Chicago
Susan Schmidt
Glen Mueller
Tau Gallie
Fla
John H. Quarterman
White Oak
M. Seabra
Mahanny City
O.C
Temples
British Extradition Bid Faces Appeal Path for Ray
The United States seeks Ray's extradition with charges to be judged under British law. If granted, Ray has 15 days to appeal to the High Court and, if upheld, 14 days to appeal to the House of Lords. Scotland Yard probes Ray's London movements and a hotel receptionist notes a potential accomplice. In Toronto a fat man and a cab driver description link to a delivery of an envelope. In Memphis the ACLU pressures against death penalty amid constitutional questions from a Supreme Court ruling.
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United States
Foreign Office
Milton
Ray
High Court
House of Lords
Britain
Supreme Court
Michael Dresden
Scotland Yard
Iis
London
Jane Nassau
Toronto
King
Manuel Reis
Star
Rooming House
Memphis
American Civil Liberties Union
Dist. Atty
Phil Canale
ACLU
Surviving Crew List From California Based Flight Team
Flight crew Captain Jarion K. Monroe aged 45 from Saratoga California is listed among the survivors along with Rudolph Brabenec 29 from Cupertino California first offices Chip Miller 30 co-pilot Foster City California Joseph O Malley 29 engineer Los Gatos California. Cabin crew Arula J Plepp purses New York City Nancy J Scott Mrs Brooklyn Heights NY South Graf New York City Helen Nishida Honolulu Hawaii.
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Nancy J. Scott
Brooklyn Heights
Nyouth
Graf
New York City
Helen Nishida
Honolulu
Hawaii
L A Youth Slain After burglary attempt ends in shooting
Police killed 17 year old Henry Rees of Los Angeles after he tried to flee a burglary scene at 1438 W. 38th St and attacked Officer John Inglis. A 16 year old companion was booked on suspicion of murder. Officer Sgt Ed Lutes described the chase and the fatal shotgun shot.
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Los Angeles
Henry Rees
Ed Lutes
Market
W. 38Th St
Lutes
Rees
John Inglis
Safety funds approved for presidential candidates protection
Congress approved 2 million dollars to fund Secret Service protection for presidential and vice presidential candidates. The House passed the measure 369 to 10, the Senate backed it by voice vote, and it proceeds to President Johnson for signature after Kennedy’s assassination spurred demand for tighter security.
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Solon OK
Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Senate
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Deny Atlantic Hops to Two Airlines
Two small British airlines British Eagle and Caledonian were refused government permission to open transatlantic routes. The larger British Overseas Airways Corp. objected to both applications, halting their plans to fly the Atlantic.
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Lonpon
British Airlines
British Eagle
Caledonian
British Overseas Airways Corp
Atlantic
Sheep Man Heart Graft Attempt Ends in Death
A patient in Mississippi underwent a pig heart graft to support circulation while awaiting a donor. The operation failed and the patient died at 2:00 am after surgeons abandoned further efforts. The case followed a prior chimpanzee heart transplant in 1964 that lasted about one hour.
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Newell France
University of Mississppi Medical Center
Mississippi
James D. Hardy
Colorado General Hospital
Denver
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