Dominican Defense Aid Passes House for Viet Nam Crisis
The House approved an emergency 700 million defense bill by a 508 to 7 vote to fund Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic actions. Most funds will buy weapons and support operations through June 30, with Senate action anticipated. President Johnson defended U.S. policy amid a growing crisis.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Senate
Appropriations Committee
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dr Sam Sheppard Ordered Back To Prison
In Cincinnati the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Sheppard must return to prison to resume his life sentence for the killing of his wife Marilyn. The court found publicity harmed the trial but did not overturn the conviction. F Lee Bailey may appeal to the Supreme Court within 20 days.
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Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Ohio
Dr. Sheppard
Ariane Tebbenjohanns Sheppard
UPI
Cincinnati
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sheppard
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
U.S. Supreme Court
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Marilyn
Bay Village
U.S
Carl Weinman
Weinman
Ohio Supreme Court
Voting Bill Is Modified For Speed-Up
The House Judiciary Committee altered the administration voting bill to accelerate voter registration for Negroes in the covered states. By a 16-14 vote the panel dropped a requirement that federal examiners verify a prior denial within 90 days, with no Republican support for the change.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dominican clash ends with cease fire and troop freeze
An OAS backed accord freezes positions for both sides in the Dominican Republic civil war and evacuates political refugees. Marines expand the international refugee zone despite rebel sniper fire and Caamano Deno warns of a possible massacre.
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Organization of American States
Francisco Caamano Deno
Dominican
U.S
Ozama River
el Salvador
Guatemala
Ecuador
OAS Commission
Richardo M. Colombo
Argentina
United States
Roswell Development Pledges Top $50,000 Toward $300,000 Goal
Roswell Industrial Development Corp announces pledges exceeding $50,000 toward a $300,000 goal. Don Anderson leads with $18,000 over three years, followed by Glover Packing Co. and Roswell Daily Record at $7,500 each, with several mid-range gifts from Valley Chevrolet Broadmoor Motors Reliable Motors and KBIM.
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Roswell Industrial Development Corp
Homer Glover
Jim Jennings
Don Anderson
Roswell Inn
Glover Packing Co
Roswell Daily Record
Valley Chevrolet
Broadmoor Motors
Reliable Motors
KBIM
Roswell
Stanley Talbott
Glov
Attack on U.S. Embassy in Caracas Injures No One
Terrorists fired on the U S embassy in Caracas wounding no one despite shattered windows. The incident follows a wave of anti American protests over U S intervention in the Dominican Republic.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U. S
Narrowl
Dominican Republic
WAFEB to Lose Air Division as General Bacon Plans Retirement
The 22nd Air Division at Walker Air Force Base will be deactivated in July and Brig. Gen. William C. Bacon will retire by August 31. The division controlled Atlas F missile sites near Roswell and bomber and tanker units. Deactivation costs 19 military and two civilian jobs at the base. command passes to the 6th Aerospace Wing under Col. R. M. Hoban. Bacon cites broader Air Force reductions ordered by Defense Secretary McNamara. Bacon has led the division for a year and plans to return to Texas.
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WAFEB
Bacon
William C. Bacon
Walker Air Force Base
Air Force
579Th
Strategic Missile Squadron
Roswell
WAFB
Walker
6Th Aerospace Wing
R. M. Hoban
Defense
Robert McNamara
Pilattsburg
N.Y
Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
22Nd Air Division
22Nd
Malmstrom Afb
Great Falls
Mont
Schilling Afb
Kan
Informer Testifies He Could Not Prevent Slaying of Viola Liuzzo
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. testifies he held a loaded gun during the March 25 Liuzzo killing after a Selma to Montgomery march. He said 12 shots were fired at Liuzzo’s car and that Collie Wilkins Jr. and other Klansmen were indicted in the case. Rowe acknowledged FBI payments for information while denying ties to Castro or any communist government. Federal agents guard him in court.
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Hayneville
Ala
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Selma
Montgomery
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Matt H. Murphy Jr
United Klans of America Inc
Rowe
Liuzzo
Wilkins
Mr. Eaton
William Orville Eaton
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
Murphy
Minnesota
T. Worth Thagard
Castro
Powers Medal Highlighted by CIA Secret Ceremony
The Associated Press reports the CIA awarded a medal to Francis Gary Powers the U 2 pilot whose Soviet Union crash shocked the world. The ceremony was described as secret by sources cited in the Herald Tribune.
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Associated Presh
NEW York
Central Intelligence Agency
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
CIA
New York Herald Tribune
Dexter Native James A. McMains Dies in Mexico
James A. McMains long time Dexter resident died in Monterrey Mexico on April 23. He studied in Dexter through high school and after graduating from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces moved to Mexico where he lived for over 30 years. He is survived by several brothers and sisters his wife and son.
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James A. McMains
Dexter
Monterrey
Mexico
Mr. McMains
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Paratroopers Land in South Viet Nam First U S Ground Units
An armada of transport planes landed 1200 U S paratroopers in South Viet Nam the first American Army ground combat units to engage the Viet Cong. Another 2300 from the 73rd Airborne Brigade were expected from Okinawa this week.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
73Rd Airborne Brigade
Okinawa
Bien Hoa
Vung Tau
South China Sea
Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Phu Bai
Ellis Williamson
Raleigh
N.C
Vinh Linh
Xom Rung
Colonel Rhodes Leaves NMMI
Col John F Rhodes professor of military science at the New Mexico Military Institute was transferred today. He lived at 2502 Gage Drive with his wife and three children and served four years at the Institute. Maj John O Bovard will be acting PMST until Rhodes replacement arrives this summer. Bovard has served three years with the U.S. Army Instructor unit at the school.
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John F. Rhodes
New Mexico Military Institute
Col. Rhodes
Gage Drive
Maj
John O. Bovard
PMST
Maj. Bovard
U. S. Army
County Indigent Fund Exhausted in County Budget
The county indigent fund for the fiscal year is depleted prompting transfer of funds from another source. The $5,000 budget has been drained by high bills from indigent departments including drugs for inmates and jail medical care, with officials asking departments to cut costs. County physician Lee Wollard urged finding a cheaper doctor for prisoners.
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Dorothy Herring
Health Department
Welfare Dept
Chaves County
Los Lunas Hospital
Alan Norwood
Norwood
Lee Wollard
Wollard
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Santo Domingo
Ugees
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Twinkle
Cecilia Mary
Victoria
British Columbia
Record City
U. S. Marine
Binh Thai
Nang
Fidel Castro
Colombia
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Strasbourg
France
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Rep
Wayne L. Hayes
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hayes
Northiet Nam
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Charles de Gaulle
Rhodes
NMMI
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