Tornado Toll Rises in Minnesota Cities Hit by Storms
In Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs a string of tornadoes killed at least 13, injured over 400, and caused millions in damage. Authorities reported multiple deaths in Mounds View Spring Lake Park Norwood and Norwood, with Island Park and Navarre also struck as National Guard units aided recovery and hospitals treated the injured.
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Minneapolis
Mounds View
Karl Relvaag
National Guard
Civil Defense
Lake Minnetonka
Spring Lake Park
Mound
Island Park
Navarre
Norwood
Fridley
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids
Robert van Hauser
UPI
Pilot Killed In Jet Crash Near Virdon
Holloman Air Force Base Captain Jack R. Brickley 32 died when an F4C Phantom II crashed near Virdon as he trained in a new jet. Instructor Captain Jerry E. Crown parachuted to safety. Rancher Sam Johns reported the explosion and helped Crown reach a farm home where authorities were notified.
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Virden
Holloman Air Force Base
Jack R. Brickley
Air Force
Jerry E. Crown
Sam Johns
Leroy McCarty
Johns
Crown
Four More Marines Die as Dominican Reds Fire Suppression
Four Marines killed and several wounded as patrols stray into rebel held Santo Domingo. Rebels report one insurgent dead and two wounded. Newsmen Al Brut and Doug Kennedy wounded. Two Marines captured earlier released to OAS Peace Commission. Snipers hit troopers and a helicopter. Embassy area quiet otherwise. Col. Francisco Caamano Deno denies communist posts in rebel government.
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U.S
Santo Domingo
Boxer
United States
Organization of American States
al Brut
Doug Kennedy
Miami
Fla
OAS Peace Commission
Francisco Caamano Deno
Marines and Seabees land to build airfield at Chu Lai
A flotilla brings 3,000 U S Marines and 3,000 Seabees ashore at Chu Lai 52 miles south of Da Nang to guard and construct a 4,000 foot airstrip for central Vietnam operations. No contact with Viet Cong at landing. intelligence ties a North Vietnamese regiment to western foothills.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Chu Lai
Big da Nang Air Base
Leathernecks
Viet Nam
Than Hoa
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Deadlocked jury ponders Klan murder in Alabama
A jury in Hayneville Alabama is stalled in the Col lie Leroy Wilkins Jr. trial over accomplice and degree of homicide questions. Judge T Worth Thagard explains Alabama law treating accomplices as equal to killers and notes Rowe’s testimony requires corroboration.
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Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
T. Worth Thagard
Clifford McMurphy
Thagard
McMurphy
Alabama
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Sheppard's Lawyer Seeks New Appeal to Rehear Case
Dr. Sam Sheppard's attorney F Lee Bailey says he has asked the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its order sending Sheppard back to prison for the 1954 Marilyn Sheppard slaying. Bailey seeks a new trial and has filed for a 20 day extension to June 14. Sheppard was freed last July by a federal judge.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sam Sheppard
6Th
U §. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sheppard
Marilyn
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
Johnson outlines six point Atlantic Alliance program
President Johnson delivers a live address marking Germany's World War II surrender anniversary. He urges faster erosion of the Iron Curtain and expanded peaceful trade with eastern Europe, calling for unity and warning against narrow nationalism as France's De Gaulle policy looms. The speech aired from the White House via the Early Bird satellite.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic Alliance
France
United States
Western Europe
Germany
Congress
Europe
Soviet Union
Atlantic
White House
Bird
Alliance
SAC Shifts Operational Control to Davis Monthan
Operational control of Strategic Air Command units at Walker Air Force Base will move to the 12th Aerospace Division at Davis Monthan AFB Arizona on July 1 after the 22nd Aerospace Division is deactivated at Walker. The change affects the 6th Aerospace Wing and was announced by Lt. Gen. Archie J. Old Jr. at March AFB California. Brig. Gen. William C. Bacon said Walker’s division would deactivate June 30 with 19 military and 2 civilian losses.
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Strategic Air Command
Walker Air Force Base
12Th Aerospace Divivision
Davis - Monthan Afb
Ariz
22Nd Aerospace Division
WAFB
Archie J. Old Jr
15Th Air Force
March Afb
Calif
6Th Aerospace Wing
Walker
William C. Bacon
County seeks replacement for Wollard as county physician
Commissioner Carl Clardy said he has asked Dr. Don Clark to consult the Chaves County Medical Society about a replacement for resigned county physician Dr. Lee Wollard. He added he has not yet received a report and urged reading the Indigent Hospital Claim Act, noting hospitals face financial strain and liens may be placed on recipients to cover costs.
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Carl Clardy
Don Clark
Chaves County Medical Society
Lee Wollard
Clardy
Clark
Medical Society
Johnson signs 700 million for Vietnam war effort
AP reports President Johnson signed a 700 million appropriation to finance the Vietnam War as a display of American resolve. In Mackinaw City two ships, the Cedarville and Topdalsfjord, collided in fog near the Mackinac Strait and one sank. Saigon reports 81 US Air Force jets hit bridges and barracks in North Vietnam with one F105 downed but rescued. Comsat scheduled an Early Bird satellite relay for 12 networks this weekend. Postal inspectors near a break in the Plymouth Massachusetts cash truck robbery case.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Mackinaw City
Mich
Mackinac
Cedarville
Topdalsfjord
Mackinaw Bridge
Saigon
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Amehisi
Plymouth
Masr
Design Suggestions For College Planned Near Roswell
Roswell residents are asked to submit drawings showing preferred architectural styles for the proposed Roswell Community College west of Roswell. 240 acres on Brown Road and College were donated by Olen Featherstone. 1966 bond issue funds and federal matching money form the tentative $2 million budget.
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Roswell
Community College
Dale Traylor
Brown Road
College
Olen Featherstone
Traylor
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