Ground Forces Press The North Vietnamese With Heavy Fighting
U.S. ground and air forces clash with a large North Vietnamese force in the central highlands near Dak To. About 25 North Vietnamese and 8 Americans killed with 47 wounded. B52s fly 11 missions north of Saigon dropping nearly 1,000 tons as monsoon rains mount. Marine battles near Da Nang add to casualties, with weekly totals showing continued high losses for both sides.
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Lewis M. Simons
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Dak To
Laos
Cambodia
Dak
Kortum
Jeff Williams
Dakh Pek
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Dmz
Leathernecks
Westmoreland Named Army Chief and Two Other Top Reassignments
President Johnson announced Lt. Gen. Bruce Palmer Jr. will become full general and vice chief of staff of the Army under Gen. Westmoreland. Gen. Ralph E. Haines Jr. is reassigned as commander in chief of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, replacing Gen. Dwight E. Beach. Additional promotions: Maj. Gen. John E. Kelly named commandant of the National War College in Washington, Maj. Gen. Richard G. Stilwell to 1st Field Force in Vietnam, Maj. Gen. Walter T. Kerwin to 2nd Field Force in Vietnam.
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John ON City
Tex
Johnson
Bruce Palmer Jr
Army
William C
Westmoreland
Palmer
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Second Field Forces
Ralph E. Haines Jr
Pacific
Haines
Dwight E. Beach
Texas White House
John E. Kelly
National War College
Washington
Andrew J. Goodpaster
U.S
Gen. Kelly
Army Headquarters
Richard G. Stilwell
William B. Rosson
Stilwell
3Rd Marine Amphibious Force
Walter T. Kerwin
2Nd
Frederick C. Weyland
Kerwin
U.S. Army Military Assistance Command
VFW Leader Blasts Open Stores on Memorial Day
VFW commander Don Crisswell of Claysville criticized many stores for remaining open on Memorial Day. He urged shoppers to remember it as a day of national mourning for the fallen, telling about 100 people in Washington County that buying bargains is inappropriate.
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Watesburg
VFW
Don Crisswell
Claysville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Greene Counties
Crisswell
Barbara Jane Pile Seeks Miss Pennsylvania Title
Barbara Jane Pile age 18 Miss Laurel Highlands competes for Miss Pennsylvania in Hershey with 20 other contestants. She will perform a two song medley from Sound of Music as talent. Finalists named June 14 with Miss Pennsylvania to appear at Miss America in Atlantic City in September.
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Barbara Jane Pile
Laurel Highlands
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Robert J. Pile
Friedens RD 2
Miss Pile
Commonwealth
Millersville State College
Sound of Music
Somerset Area Senior High School
Hotel Hershey
Hershey Community Theatre
Atalntic City
Nixon Plans New Tactics For Campaign Strategy
President Nixon called his top aides to a weekend strategy huddle in Key Biscayne Florida to map a brand new campaign. Mrs Nixon praised the 73 percent Oregon primary victory while the couple stayed upbeat amid congratulations.
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Stanley Johnson
Associated Press
Dallas, Tex
Richard M. Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Pat
Oregon
Mrs. Nixon
Signal From Scorpion Hoax Suspected In Navy Search
The Navy ended a Atlantic search for the Scorpion after a lone voice broadcast was heard at 8 28 p m by six ships and a plane The message used the sub s code name but authorities deem the transmission likely a cruel hoax Families of the Scorpion crew numbered about 60 in Norfolk and the search extended 600 miles west of the Azores with no evidence found.
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Norfolk, Va
Atlantic
Atlantic Fleet
Pentagon
Washington
Lapon
Norfolk
Navy
Scspion
U.S
Fleet
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Polaris
Simon Bolivar
LST
Inclement Weather Dampens County Memorial Day Services
Persistent rain in Somerset County forced cancellations of the grand parade and parts of the program at the Court House Plaza. Memorial Day services moved indoors to Court Room No 1 with Major General Henry K. Fluck delivering the address.
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Somerset County
the Husband Cemetery
Court House Plaza
Court Room No. 1
Temple of Justice
Somerset
Henry K. Fluck
Gen Fluck
America
Flack
Robert Swank
Ligonier
General Flack
Company C
John N. Cover
Major Fluck
French Citizens Rally Behind Charles De Gaulle
Paris crowds march along the Avenue des Champs Elysees in a massive demonstration in support of President Charles de Gaulle. They chant De Gaulle slogans and sing the Marseillaise, backing him against a feared Communist dictatorship.
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Charles de Gaulle
William L. Ryan
PARIS
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Place de la Concorde
Arch de Triomphe
de Gaulle
Campaigners vow to stay at Resurrection City encampment
Washington leaders of the Poor People's Campaign pledge to resist removal from their Resurrection City camp near the Lincoln Memorial as a federal permit nears expiry on June 16. A House committee has approved a bill banning overnight camping on federal or DC property, while a Memorial Day MLK tribute is rained out and mud worsens conditions at the site.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
House
America
Rev
Drew Young
Willard Hotel
Willard
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
District of Columbia
House Public Works' Committee
De Gaulle vows to stay amid French crisis and mass protests
President Charles de Gaulle declared he will remain in office to fight totalitarian communism and consider other means than elections if the 10 million worker strike continues. He retained Premier Georges Pompidou as crowds filled the Champs Elysees in support, amid talks of army loyalty pledged after a Mulhouse trip.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Champs Elysees
de Gaulle
French Communist Party
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Mulhouse
Six Teens Die in High Speed Crash Near New Kensington
Six graduates from Kiski Area High School and Arnold High School, all celebrated young people, were killed when their speeding blue Cadillac left PA 56 east of Lower Burrell, slid 80 feet, and plunged into a creek. The group included an honors student and National Merit scholar, two athletes, a tenor soloist, and a musical performer.
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New Kensington
Loren Lee Banks
Avonmore
Wayne Houston Hutcherson
Candergrift
Charles Nabors III
North Vandergrift
Cyndra Lee Marbury
Leechburg
Kiski Area High School
Burtha Mae Pryor
Arnold
Arnold High School
Hutcherson
Gregory
Kiski
Hubert
Banks
Pennsylvania 56
Lower Burrell
Alfred Braden
William Miller
U.S. War Casualties Near 24 000 Mark
The latest Saigon report shows U S battle deaths in Vietnam rise sharply. In two months since March 31 bombing cutback, about 3 330 U S troops have died, averaging over 400 weekly.
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U.S
Washington
Saigon
Johnson
Paris
Vietnam
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Rises Across Nation
As the Memorial Day weekend nears its end, highway fatalities grow with 77 deaths on a recent 24 hour span. An AP survey counted 488 deaths over the four day nonholiday period. In a severe crash near New Kensington Pennsylvania six youths perished when their car left a winding Laurel Mountain road, hit a pole and fell into a creek.
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Associated Press
New Kensington
Laurel Mountain
TV Fire Damages Home in New Centerville Area
Firefighters from New Centerville and rural district responded to a Thursday afternoon blaze at John Neil’s Rockwood RD 2 residence two miles from town. A short in the television caused the fire, triggering about 1200 dollars in TV damage and damage to the house. Mrs Neil and two children were home but reported the fire via a neighbor due to a phone outage. Assistant fire chief Dale Cramer led 17 men at the scene.
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New Centerville
U S Reds Try Again In Paris For Sixth Peace Talks
The United States and North Vietnam plan a sixth Paris peace talks session Friday amid ongoing deadlock over Ha Noi’s demand to end US attacks on Northern territory. France's crisis may force a relocation, Vatican open to hosting.
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United States
North Vietnam
France
Vatican
Paul
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
Johnson
Johnso
Hanoi
Panhandle
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Miller
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Comdr
Roy Ingraham
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British Overseas Airways Corp
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Panmunjon
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