Eisenhower Mild Heart Attack Lands Him at March AFB
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, suffered a myocardial infarction described as mild and will be hospitalized at March Air Force Base for several weeks before transfer to Walter Reed. He played golf Monday morning before onset and has shown no fever with normal blood pressure and no chest pain since. Mamie Eisenhower visited him at the base hospital.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March Air Force Base Hospital
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Mamie
Gettysburg
Eldorado Country Club
Palm Desert
March Air Base
State bars phone strike jobless pay
The Illinois Division of Unemployment Compensation ruled that Communications Workers of America members striking against Illinois Bell are eligible for benefits. The decision extends to workers under bargaining jurisdiction and those not reporting due to picket lines or support for the strike, following Illinois Supreme Court rulings.
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Chicago
Illinois Division of Unemployment Compensation
Communications Workers of America
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Samuel C. Bernstein
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security
Bernstein
Illinois Supreme Court
Kerner to resign May 19. Shapiro to become governor
Gov Otto Kerner will quit at midnight May 19 to join the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Lt. Gov Samuel H Shapiro will assume the governorship immediately, facing a state finances crisis and a July 15 legislative session as acting leader until formal induction.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kerner
Samuel H. Shapiro
Chicago
John S. Hastings
Shapiro
Illinois
Senate
Johnson
Win G. Khoch
Indiana
Wisconsin
Cook County
U.S
Otto Kerner Sr
Kankakee
John Stelle
Henry Horner
Stelle
Indonesia offers ship as peace talks site
The United States quickly accepted Indonesia's proposal to hold preliminary peace talks with North Vietnam aboard an Indonesian naval vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin. A neutral ship at sea was named as a suitable meeting place and the plan appeared acceptable to Washington, with both sides having ambassadors in Indonesia.
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New York
White House
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Indonesia
United States
Chistian
Fighting rages in northeast Vietnam as 616 enemy killed
In the third day of heavy combat in South Vietnam’s northeast corner U S and South Vietnamese forces report 616 enemy killed in two days. 43 Americans killed 221 wounded. South Vietnamese 6 killed 17 wounded. Allied totals 60 killed 278 wounded.
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Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Marine Division
Dong Ha
Dzu Arrested Over Coalition Plan in Saigon
Truong Dzu, runner up in South Vietnam, was arrested and moved from a Saigon hospital after advocating a coalition government with the National Liberation Front. His family cites heart trouble and doctors’ statements. Dzu polled 17 percent in last fall’s vote. he has a history of arrests. Illinois plans to seek 1,800 acres in Grundy County for a conservation preserve.
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South Vietnam
Truong Dinh Dzu
Saigon
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Robert Kennedy
United States
Dzu
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Interior Ministry
Springfield
Illinois Conservation Department
Illinois Building Authority
Grundy County
125 teachers back Columbia student strike
Columbia University faced ongoing campus turmoil as 125 teachers backed a student strike while about 4,000 faculty remained split. A senior faculty meeting urged a day of reflection. the university stayed open with no regular classes amid police clashes and mass arrests on campus and nationwide demonstrations at other colleges and schools.
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New York
Columbia
J. Michael Nichols
U.S
Stony Brook
N.Y
State University
Suffolk County
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio State University
Columbus
South Bend
Ind
Mild weather continues into Thursday with warm highs
The forecast calls for mild conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies and a low in the upper 50s. Thursday will bring continued mild weather with a high in the mid 80s, and a weather details map is on page 2.
Write-in surprise tops Republican slate in Massachusetts primary
Governor Rockefeller wins a high profile write-in upset over Volpe on the Republican ballot as McCarthy leads in Democratic votes. Nixon and Reagan follow among Republicans. Kennedy and Humphrey trail on the Democratic side. About 56 percent of 329000 voters cast write-ins amid 34 GOP and 72 Democratic delegates bound on first ballots.
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Boston
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Volpe
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
California
Nixon
Reagan
Humphrey
Arlington
Rockefeller calls for Asian parley on Vietnam policy
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged a four point plan to reverse Americanization of the Vietnam war. He backed convening a conference of Asian nations to foster economic growth and stability, respect South Vietnam’s political process, and pursue a negotiated settlement. He urged dialogue with Communist China and warned against military escalation in the North.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Great Crescent
Japan
India
Iran
China
United States
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