U S Denies Downing MI6 Over China Conflict Claims
The United States rejects Beijing’s charge that American jets shot down a Chinese MiG over North Viet Nam, stating no entry into Chinese airspace. The Pentagon and White House officials emphasize uncertainty and cite Saigon military statements about a MiG downed northwest of Hanoi after a dogfight with Phantoms.
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Peking
North Viet Nam
Red River Valley
Gilbert L. Meyers
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Washington
State Department
U.S
Red China
Peting
Robert J. McCloskey
Saigon
Hanoi
China
Marines Fight Off Big Force Slay 175 in Viet Nam Actions
Reports describe a Marine unit resisting a large insurgent force as helicopters and jets supported ground troops. A firefight near My Thanh involved napalm and 1,000 pound bombs, with all sides exchanging heavy fire. Separate Viet Cong incursions were repelled with gunship support, and a major underground cache of rice and drugs was uncovered. In Chicago, probate matters center on Miss Alice B Atwood whose estate details are unpacked in court, including conservatorship and inheritance provisions.
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Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Chicago 4
Mu Gia
Chicago
Richard King
Texas Calle Pass
Baron
Alice B
Ai Atwood
Bate
Circuit Court
My ‘Thanh
Makwan Location and China clash sparks war talk
Wap locates Makwan in Red China about 70 miles northwest of Hanoi where Beijing says a Communist Chinese plane was shot down by American fighters. Peking’s New China News Agency called the incident an act of war according to AP dispatches.
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Peking
Johnson
China
Army
America
United States
Meyers
Red China
Yurman
Makwan
Wap
Hanoi
New China News Agency
Lynda Bird May Skip Graduation Ceremony
Washington reports President Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird may skip her liberal arts college graduation at the University of Texas to Europe. She weighs avoiding the ceremony to start an early trip, aiming to return for sister Luci's August wedding. Final decision pending June 3 when grades are in.
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Jahmson
Lynda Bird
University of Te
Lynda
Austin
Europe
Liberal Arts
Lynnda
Johnson
Southwest
Texas State
Sam
Washington
Luci
Royalty wraps five day Belgium visit with WWI fields tour
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip conclude a five day Belgian state visit noting a World War I battlefields tour in West Flanders. The itinerary included Burges medieval town, Tyne Cot cemetery, Langemark Canadian Memorial, and Ypres where British forces faced heavy losses. The White House says Lynda’s Europe trip remains private. her actor boyfriend George Hamilton may join.
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Brussels
UPI
Queet
Elizabeth Th
Prince Philip I
Britain
Belgium
West Flanders
Burges
Tyne Cot
Langemark
Ypres
Conservative comeback in 323 borough elections across Britain
In a broad set of local polls across Britain and Wales, the Conservative Party surged to 299 seat gains while losing 27. Labour won 62 seats and dropped 237, and the Liberal Party recorded 41 gains with 89 losses as results flowed from 323 boroughs.
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London
Miita
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Birmingham
Cardiff
Plymouth
England
Wales
Labor
Liberal Party
Big Business Bosses Talk on Economy
UPI reports U. S. business leaders and top government officials at the spring Business Council meeting in Mot Springs. Economists and Garner Ackley discuss inflation, profits, and possible tax changes while Federal Reserve Chair William McChesney Martin Jr. advocates a tax hike.
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UPI
U. S
Viet Nam
Business Council
U.S
Washington
Garner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
JJ Wag Ackley
Ackley
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesnry Martin Jr
White Martin
Jimi
Widow Left Most of Astor 2 Million
New York reports state that most of the Astor estate’s 2 million dollars in American assets were disposed of in surrogate’s court. The widow Bronwen Pugh inherits the bulk, along with two daughters, and William Waldorf Astor aged 15 from a prior marriage receives a share. Two former wives also receive bequests.
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New York
Astor
Lady Astor
Avere
Bronwen Pugh
Britain
William Waldorf Astor
No Coals in Newcastle Beer Drouth in St. Louis
In St Louis Missouri beer supplies run thin as Local 133 strikers clash with six distributors. Weather worsens the shortage while talks continue after the February 28 contract expiry. Union reps and firms meet today to reach terms, withabout 400 workers on strike. Smaller taverns face storage limits, while larger bars import from outstate Missouri cities.
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Newcastle
St. Louis
Leum|sters
Jota Cassimatis
Sheahan
Falstaff Brewing Corp
Anheuser-Busch
Illinois
Mississippi River
Truth in packaging bill approved by Senate panel
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a long stalled truth in packaging and labeling bill by 14 to 3 to curb advertising claims. The package rules would require uniform front size and clear net quantity, ban confusing phrases, and allow FDA and FTC to regulate sizes and cents off promotions.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Commerce Committee
Aimost
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
FDA
FTC
Aides Death Delays Scranton Viet Trip
Harrisburg Pa The death of Attorney General Alessandroni delays Governor Scranton's two week mission to Alaska Tokyo and South Nam until Monday. The change stems from Alessandroni's funeral in Philadelphia Saturday and postpones the departure that was set for Sunday.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
Alaska
Tokyo
Waller EF. Alessandroni
Alessandrani
Philadelphia
Law Man Uses Abandoned Car To Get Spare Parts
Derek Taylor a 25 year old man sought spare parts from an abandoned car near his home and was told by a police sergeant the act would be illegal. He then towed the car to the station claiming it as found property and argued the law allowed him to take it if unclaimed after two months. Officials worried about loopholes and yard clutter. Abandoned cars are a problem in Britain with limited urban space.
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Derek Taylor
Taylor
Jota
Iris
Weston Cobb
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