Kennedy Takes On Nixon In Idaho Campaign Swing
Senator Robert F. Kennedy shifts attack to Richard Nixon in Idaho and Utah as he barnstorms toward the presidential race. Johnson enjoys several endorsements from governors, while McCarthy faces a press aide dispute and Wallace expands his third party bid in the South.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Idaho
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
Pocatello
New York
Utah
Philip H Hoff
Vermont
Harold &. Hughes
Iowa
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Seymour
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wausau
Wis
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Seattle
Polish student protests tie to government purge surge
The son of a Polish Culture Ministry official was arrested for organizing a Warsaw Medical School protest on March 11. Warsaw University professors named in purges include Juliusz Katz-Suchy and Krzysztof Pomjan, amid a government drive to blame intellectuals and Zionists for unrest. A 15 point student rights declaration drew a government rebuttal in Zycie Warszawy, while Edward Holmes, a U S student, was detained and expelled after being questioned by police.
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Warsaw
Poland
Warsaw University
Kurier Polski
Andrze
Newmark
Culture Ministry
Stanislaw Neumark
Juliusz Katz-Suchy
Krzysztof Pomjan
Zycie Warszawy
Berlin
Edward Holmes
Pittsburgh
Krakow
Eleonora Sears, Pioneer Sportswoman, Dies at 87
Eleonora Randolph Sears AIDS? no, dies after brief illness in Palm Beach at age 87. Born September 28, 1881 in Boston, she first drew attention in 1909 attempting polo. She became the first woman squash champion in 1928 and excelled in tennis and horse show rings. Her wide sports interests included horse racing polo baseball football and boxing. She was four times a member of a national doubles championship tennis team.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Eleonora Randolph Sears
Abrams Figures the Man for Vietnam Command
Washington reports secrecy around General Creighton Abrams possible as successor to General Westmoreland in Vietnam. Abrams, Westmoreland’s deputy, arrived unannounced after a White House lunch with President Johnson and met with Secretary Clifford and General Wheeler amid speculation of a forthcoming command change.
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Washington
Creighton W. Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Abrams
Westmoreland
Pentagon
Defense Department
White House
Johnson
London Gold Market Faces Secret Talks and Free Trade Plan
Urgent discussions among London bullion dealers aim to create a free market in the world’s largest gold trading center after a two week closure. The dollar’s fate may be at stake as a two tier system with central bank pricing and a market price is debated amid alleged French attempts to influence Paris trading.
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London
Paris
Bank of France
Washington
Public Education Task Force Works on Stopgap Program
Santa Fe AP report: emergency task force edges toward a stopgap program for New Mexico public schools. Eastham proposes a special session between May 15 and June 1, with drafts by the Legislative Council Service. Proposals include a new textbook funds formula, local option taxes for 1968 69, and redistribution of existing funds, plus a 50 percent surcharge on personal income tax and a small rise in corporate tax to fund schools.
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Santa FE
Emergency Task Force On Public Education
New Mexico
John Eastham
Bernalillo
Eastham
Legislative Council
James Green
The
New Mexico Education Association
Marriage Rites Honor Resisters
NEW YORK AP The wedding at St. Clement's Episcopal Church on Manhattan's West Side united Joan Baez 27 and David Harris 22 in a ceremony that honored draft resisters. Guests sang gospel hymns after the vows with the couple and 150 attendees present in festive summer attire.
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New York
Joan Baez
Miss Baez
David Harris
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
Manhattan
West Side
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Jerry Wayne Bernard
Broadway Baptist Church
HouStOn, Texas
Immanuel
Public Education Task Force
Bill Feather
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