Last of famed Navajo cavalry scouts dies at 95
John Daw of Tohatchi New Mexico, last surviving Navajo scout who helped capture Geronimo, died at age 95 in Tuba City Arizona. He served as Army scout in 1880s, later Indian police officer at Tuba City and Fort Defiance. Burial planned under a pinon tree near Tonalea after Thursday funeral.
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Tuba City
Ariz
John Daw
Tohatchi
N.M
U.S. Cavalry
Geronimo
Arizona
Daw
Ft. Wingate
Fort Defiance
Tonalea
Viet Nam Veteran Shocked by Crash at Fort Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia two Army UH-1 helicopters collided during a training flight killing 18 soldiers. An officer noted the crash appeared to be a sideswipe during tight formation as Maj. Gen. John A. Heintges mourned the losses. Victims were from B and C companies of the 1st Battalion 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division.
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Viet Nam
Ft. Benning
John A. Heintges
Infantry Center
Wade Ladue
Information Office
Southeast Asia
38Th Infantry Regiment
2Nd Infantry Division
Lisle Borum Girls State Candidate Tops New Mexico Event
At New Mexico Girls State in Albuquerque 285 high school juniors from 109 schools elected candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. Roswell’s Lisle Borum and Albuquerque’s Dee Ann Carr led gubernatorial race. Jill Yarborough of Clovis and Linda McLarry of Santa Fe pursued lieutenant governor.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Girls State
Lisle Borum
Roswell
Dee Ann Carr
Albuquerque Highland
Jill Yarborough
Clovis
Linda McLarry
Santa Fe
Marilyn Miller
Luanna Click
Lois Whited
Marilyn
Cedar
Lois
Sage
Luanna
Pine
Louise Schultz
Artesia
Pinon
American Legion Auxiliary
Joy Ride Ends In Death For Five Teens
Five Meadville youths died in a Route 62 collision with a steel truck near Sandy Lake Mercer County. Driver Robert Watkins 17 and passengers John Fleppa 15 Anna 16 Guy Porfirio 13 and Raymond Weir 20 perished. Truck driver Francis J Hovis 43 of Polk Pa survived with a leg injury.
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Route
Pennsylvania
Sandy Lake
John Mohney
Robert Watkins
John Fleppa
Anna
Guy Porfirio
Raymond Weir
Meadville
Francis J. Hovis
Polk
Johnson seeks quick passage of $4.7 billion excise tax cut
Senate and House leaders aim to complete conference action this week and send the bill to President Johnson by Friday. The agreement centers on staged auto tax cuts and retroactive relief from May 15, with subsequent cuts planned through 1969 and remaining excises to follow.
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Senate
Washington
Senate House
White House
Len Russell B. Long
D-La
Johnson
House
Conference Committee
Long
Dean
Doan
Chicago Civil Rights Rallys Echo Southern Protests
Leaders in Chicago say mass rallies daily marches and civil disobedience mirror the South as they protest basic injustice. Albert A. Raby of the Coordinating Committee of Community Organizations asserts the city seeks the same aims as protesters in Jackson Mississippi.
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Seymour M. Hersh
Chicago
South
Jackson
Miss
Albert A. Raby
City Hall
State
Madison Streets
Raby
Richard J. Daley
Benjamin C. Willis
Board of Education
Daley
Willis
$280 Million Atom Smasher Scramble Draws U S Sites
AP report describes a nationwide rush for the $280 million proton accelerator project. Applications from 39 states seek hosting sites with demands for a 3 000 acre area and strong power, water, transport, and airport links, as AEC plans a year end recommendation.
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AEC
National Academy of Sciences
Congress
Fulbright says Viet Nam talks possible after monsoon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair J. W. Fulbright told the Senate that if the Viet Cong offensive can be held in check the Communists may negotiate after the monsoon as a way to end the war. He urged demonstrating U.S. resolve and offering a credible political alternative to victory.
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J. W. Fulbright
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Johnson
Congress
White House
U.S
Arkansas Democrat
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Post Office Goof Misstates Move Address in Los Angeles
Los Angeles post office bungled a move notice by listing 300 N. Spring St as the new executive offices location. The correct address is 300 N. Los Angeles St. A spokesman said the error happened in the rush of moving, and a forwarding address has been left.
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Los Angeles
Leslie Shaw
Federal Office
Spring St
Los Angeles St
Rolling Stones Show Ends in Chaos with Fainting Girls
In Glasgow the Rolling Stones concert ended with 25 girls unconscious inside the hall and 50 boys arrested in mob scenes outside. The incident followed the beat group's performance on Tuesday night.
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Glasgow
Scotland
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