South Vietnamese Students Demand End to War
The Saigon University Student Union representing 25 000 students called for ending the war by negotiations to spare the people of Vietnam and criticized U S actions as foreign driven. The union chairman Nguyen Dang Trung urged a settlement while publishing antiwar pieces and a piece from L etudiant calling U S conduct immoral.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Saigon University Student Union
Sinh Vien
Student
Saigon Student Union
Nguyen Dang Trung
L’etudiant
U.S
Vietnam
Trung
Weather outlook with warming trend through Wednesday
Cloudy and partly cloudy with a gradual warming trend through Wednesday. A chance for brief thundershowers tonight or Wednesday. Highs Wednesday in the 80s, low tonight 65 to 70. Inside sections list Classified 11-13 Comics TV Bridge Crossword 15 Editorials 4 Family Living 6-7 Sports 9-10 Youth 5.
Largest surrender of war as 121 enemy troops surrender near Saigon
In Gia Dinh suburb on the outskirts of Saigon 121 enemy soldiers, including Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars, surrendered to South Vietnamese marines. They pleaded not to be shot and handed over 50 rifles and six larger weapons as part of the day’s events.
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Saigon
Gia Dinh
U.S
Dmz
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
USS
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Minh
Subcommittee advances gun bill amid Johnson push
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted 9 to 0 to report the administration gun control bill to the full committee. The measure would ban mail order sales of pistols and shoulder weapons to juveniles and nonresidents, with further licensing proposals under discussion.
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Senate Judiciary
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Thomas J. Dodd
D Conn
Senate
House
Kennedy
Dodd
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Ray to Fight Extradition Hearing in London for MLK Killing Case
British magistrate set June 27 to hear U S government bid to extradite James Earl Ray to Tennessee for trial on murder of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Missouri prison. Ray’s London hearing follows his arrest and ongoing defense by Roger Frisby with help from Birmingham lawyers Arthur J Hanes and Arthur Jr.
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U.S
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Roger Frisby
Bow Street
Frank Milton
Milton
Wandsworth
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur J. Hanes
Arthur Jr
London
Panel rejects gun law repeal in Illinois
The Illinois House Executive Committee voted 17 to 6 to reject a repealer of the 1967 gun control law set to take effect July 1. Sponsor Rep. Ben Blades argued for citizens armed against communists and criminals.
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House
Illinois
Ben Blades
R-Fairfield
GAO balks at price in M16 rifle contract ruling
GAO rejected bids that questioned Army contract legality for M16 rifles. Army picked Hydramatic GM and Harrington and Richardson, basing award on schedule and reliability rather than price, after excluding Maremont and Cadillac Gage. Rep Kyros challenged the ruling as inaccurate and sought reconsideration. A separate report notes a Rock Island jail hold on Rollan Freean for a 1967 toddler death.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Army
Special House
GAO
Hydramatic
General Motors
Ypsilanti
Mich
Harrington and Richardson Co
Worcester
Mass
Harrington and Richardson
Maremont Co
Saco
Maine
Cadillac Gage
Warren
Maremont
Peter Kyros
D-Maine
Miés
Harrington and
Richardson
Kyros
Rock Island
Rollan Eugene Freean
Moline
Teresa
William Boyle
Illinois House committee endorses school aid bill
The Education Committee approved a bill to raise foundation aid from 400 to 485 per student, with an estimated 61 million yearly cost. Debate focused on funding sources amid an 170 million budget deficit, final vote 17 to 6 and now sent to the House Revenue Committee.
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Springfield
Illinois House Education Committee
Gene L. Hoffman
Elmhurst
John E. Fick
Decatur
Fick
Charles Clabaugh
Rchampaign
Illinois
Clabaugh
House Revenue Committee
Poor chiefs in seclusion
The Poor People Campaign leadership and aides remained in seclusion as they refused to confirm the location of their command post after vacating a Negro owned motel. Demonstrators fanned out to three government agencies and a mule train prepared for Wednesday’s Solidarity Day ceremonies.
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Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Pitts
Marks
Miss
Alexandria
Atlanta
Regional urging to end neighbor knocking promotes Southern Illinois
Robert W. MacVicar of Southern Illinois University urged Regional Economic Technical Assistance Program executives to stop regional rivalry that "tears down" Southern Illinois. He argued multiple agencies share credit for new industry and stressed a common regional goal of prosperity. RETAP, funded by the federal EDA, aids communities and firms in development.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinois
Robert W. MacVicar
Southern Illinois University
MacVicar
Chambers of Commerce
Southern Illinois Inc
Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
RETAP
Federal Economic Development Administration
University of Illinois requests $200 million capital funds
President David D. Henry will urge a 1969 71 capital funds budget near 200 million for Urbana Chicago Circle and the Medical Center. He seeks 191 710 729 total with 165 619 729 from state funds and more than 125 million for construction. A 76 million Urbana-Champaign campus budget is also proposed.
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University of Illinois
Urbana
Chicago Circle
Medical Center
David D. Henry
Board of Trustees
Henry
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Rockford
Peoria
Decatur
Urbana-Champaign
Johnson heads to Washington amid budget questions and march
President Johnson returns to Washington after a five day ranch stay. He faces meetings on appropriations and budget while thousands prepare to march in support of the Poor People Campaign. Johnson weighs the omnibus crime bill amid calls for a $6 billion spending cut and a 10 percent income tax surcharge.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Washington
LBJ
White House
Luci
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Air Force One
Bergstrom Air Force Base
George Christian
Congress
Astros fire Grady Hatton as manager replacement named
The Houston Astros dismissed manager Grady Hatton and named batting coach Harry Walker as his replacement. Hatton becomes the second NL manager fired in four days after Gene Mauch’s ouster by the Phillies last Saturday and Bob Skinner’s installment as his interim successor.
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Houston Astros
Grady Hatton
Harry Walker
Hatton
Philadelphia Phillies
Gene Mauch
Bob Skinner
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Atty
Minnesota
Crater Lake
Ore
Larry Gates
Gary Dreier
Northfield
Minn
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Price
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