US Planes Strike MIG Bases in Vietnam War Start
U S. Air Force and Navy aircraft attacked MIG bases in North Vietnam for the first time, hitting Hoa Lac and Kep airfields near Hanoi. Simultaneously about 20 000 U S and South Vietnamese troops pressed a major assault on three communist jungle redoubts as combat spread in northern provinces. The operation Manhattan involved four brigades plus armor artillery and aviation, with casualties reported on both sides.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Air Force
Navy
North Vietnam
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Kep
U.S
South Vietnam
Manhattan
25Th Division
1St Infantry Division
Spies Left Out In Cold After New York Visit
In New York and Washington Soviet KGB officers Vasily Morshechkov and Nikolai Vinogradov, under cover as progress checks, ended their trip with a humorously misadventure. They locked themselves out of a car, prompting FBI scrutiny when a parcel marked Top Secret and a Len Deighton note arrived before flight departure to Paris. The items were deemed a practical joke as the agents headed home.
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New York
Mozshechkov
Vinogradov
Washington
FBI
Paris
Len Deighton
Vasily V. Morshechkov
Kuznetsov
Nikolai F. Vinogradov
KGB
Soviet Union
Committee On State Security
Nervous bandit wounds self in botched drug store steal
In Los Angeles police described a man wanted for a $50 drug store robbery as nervous and shaky. During the attempt he accidentally fired his gun and wounded his own hand.
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Los Angeles
Walker Confidence Grows for CAP Bill Passage
New Mexico at large Rep Johnny Walker said in a phone call to Hooker Dam Association officials that he is optimistic about the Central Arizona Project CAP and the Hooker Dam component in Grant County. CAP administrator Joe Scott shared optimism, with a scheduled Hooker Dam rally set for Friday at the Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo Grounds.
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Johnny Walker
New Mexico
Hooker Dam Association
Central Arizona Project
Hooker Dam
Grant County
Walker
Joe Scott
Sherifffs Posse
Washington D.C
Frontier Days Schedule Told in Silver City
Hugh Hawkins releases a tentative Frontier Days program for Western Week in Silver City from June 26 to July 4. Events include rodeo queen ceremony, cowboy matches, polo, air show, dances, parades, a breakfast, bar-b-q, and fireworks with rail displays and exhibits, plus a 32 page program detailing times and venues.
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Hugh Hawkins
Silver City
Sheriff's Posse
Rodeo Arena
James Stadium
I Arena
Grant County
Silver City Kiwanis Club
Grant County Jaycees
A.T. and $.F. Railroad
Army
Air Force
Scott Park Golf Course
Proclamation Sets Soil Stewardship Week Observance
Proclamation by President Johnson designates Soil Stewardship Week from April 30 to May 6. Grant Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors Noel Rankin Frank Light Henry Davis Jim McCauley and Ben Ormand Jr supplied 12 area churches with bulletins under the theme The Earth Is The Lord's Consider Our Land. PARIS AP Lt Col Etienne Eyadema Togos chief of state wounded in one hand in an incident at Lorne where a gendarme in an honor guard fired his rifle.
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Johnson
Grant Soil and Water Conservation District
Noel Rankin
Frank Light
Henry Davis
Jim McCauley
Ben Ormand, Jr
Paris
Etienne Eyadema
Togo
Lorne
Landing Parachute Ropes Cause Soyuz 1 Crash Death
Moscow reports Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died when Soyuz 1 crashed during landing due to tangled parachute lines. He was 40, a two time space traveler and a hero of the Soviet Union. The crash raises questions about the Soviet moon effort versus the United States. He will reportedly receive a hero’s burial in Red Square.
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Fred Coleman
Moscow
Vladimir Komarovv
Soyuz 1
Moszow Radio
Space Powers
Komarov
Soyuz
Izvestia
Red Square
United States
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Cape Sule
Komarovy
Soviet Union
Tass
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Flier-Cosmonaaut
Pavel Popovich
Space Center
Fair And Warm Fair and warmer today to night and Tuesday
24 hour report notes high 76 and low 37 at Airport with record highs dated 1962. Denver eight Silver City Fire Department answered a 12 10 Sunday night call to a barbecue house for opening preparations. no damage reported. eight volunteers responded.
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Denver
Silver City
Eight Cars Three Wrecks Keep Local Policemen Hopping
Eight cars were involved in three separate accidents in Silver City over four hours on Saturday. The first wreck near Memory Lane Cemetery involved a Silver City juvenile and two others, with a passenger treated at Hillcrest General Hospital. The 6:15 p.m. crash at Silver Heights Blvd and Hudson Street saw Fay Fleming cited for losing control after a left turn. both cars traveled north. The 8 p.m. collision at Highway 180 and Silver Heights Blvd involved Arthur Hope of Las Cruces running a stop sign, injuring several, withjie. Multiple people were treated at Hillcrest General Hospital. injuries undetermined.
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Highway 180
Memory Lane
Silver City
Hillcrest General Hospital
Silver Heights Blvd
Hudson Street
Gregorio T. Ortega
Central
Fay Fleming
Arthur, Hope of
Las Cruces
Don F. Antes
Antes
Western New Mexico University
G. Hope
John F. Weir
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Gila River
Cliff
Gila
H. Wallis
Frontier Days
Joe Mason
Arenas Valley
Merritt Wiseman
Penney
Penney’s
Bullard Street
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