Vietnam rejects shipboard talks with United States
North Vietnam rejected the plan for preliminary peace talks with the United States aboard an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hanoi called the shipboard talks unacceptable and urged either Phnom Penh or Warsaw as neutral sites while U S senators urged acceptance of Warsaw as the venue.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
Johnson
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
Allies claim 1139 enemy dead in Hue Dong Ha battles
Allied forces report 1139 North Vietnamese killed in heavy fighting near Hue and Dong Ha as Marine units contend bunker to bunker near Dong Ha. U S and South Vietnamese casualties total 93 killed and 449 wounded, with air strikes and an A Shau Valley push ongoing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
Dong Ha
3Rd Marine Division
U.S
A Shau
North Vietnam
Robert E. Cushman
Closed trial in Charleston is protested
The Illinois News Broadcasters Association protested an order barring the public and news media from a preliminary hearing in Charleston for Thomas C. Fuller II, accused of the five child murders at a Mattoon farm. The hearing was postponed to Friday and closed.
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Chicago
Illinois News Broadcasters Association
Charleston
William J. Sunderman
Circuit Court
Thomas C. Fuller II
Fuller
William Cox
Mattoon
William Cherikos
Ralph Glenn
Coles County
Sunderman
Robert D. Manewith
WGN Radio
Manewith
Cherikos
Reardon Committee
American Bar Association
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Illinois
Association
Reds slow Communist push in Laos as diplomats weigh peace aims
Western diplomats in Vientiane say the Communists have paused their drive against Royal Laotian forces. Casualties from probes and mortar attacks have fallen to twos and threes daily after a prior January to April surge. A Royal Army spokesman cites possible regrouping while others blame Soviet pressure to avert new barriers to Vietnam peace.
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Vientiane
Laos
Royal Army
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Israel marks 20 years with military parade through Jerusalem
Israelis celebrated twenty years of nationhood with a parade of military hardware from the West and captured Arab arms. The display ran through the captured Arab sector of Jerusalem and sparked protests in several Arab capitals. In Lebanon, about 10,000 people demonstrated.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Lebanon
Bell System workers reach 6.5 per cent annual wage rise
A nationwide strike by about 200000 telephone workers ends in a three year contract raising wages and fringe benefits by 19.58 per cent total. AFL CIO official Beirne says 600000 non supervisory workers will see $2 billion in raises. Installers gain $34 weekly by year three. operators gain $16 weekly. Agreement covers vacations, holidays, overtime, pensions, health and life insurance.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communication Workers of America
Bell System
Beirne
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ben S. Gilmer
At&t
Prifon
Maverick asteroid Icarus to pass near Earth this June
Navy astronomers report the Icarus asteroid, about a half mile wide, will approach within four million miles of Earth on June 14, its closest pass since discovery in 1949. No danger of collision is seen, though some experts warn it could alter its orbit in future returns.
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Washington
Navy
Earth
Robert S. Richardson
Richardson
Altadena
Calif
Mercury
Transplant under way at Stanford Medical Center
A heart transplant is under way at Stanford University Medical Center with families to clear further details. This is Stanford's second such operation. Dr. Norman E. Shumway led the team that performed the first on Jan. 6. The first recipient, Mike Kasperak, died 15 days later. Phillip Blaiberg in Cape Town is the first long term survivor. In Illinois, Rep. Clyde Choate backs Hubert Humphrey for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Norman E. Shumway
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Shumway
Cape Town
South Africa
Phillip Blaiberg
Springfield
Clyde Choate
Anna
Illinois
House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Choate
United Democrats
Oakley reservoir project urged by Sen Percy before Senate panel
Sen Charles Percy urged fast action on the Oakley reservoir as essential for Midwestern growth. Decatur serves as gateway to central and southern Illinois, with expert supporters backing a $2 million land acquisition measure. Ellender, Springer and local proponents testified ahead of hearings.
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Ralph Johnson Lindsay-Schaub
Washington, D.C
Oakley
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate Appropriations
Percy
Middle West
Uts Hammer and Tong
Decatur
Illinois
Allen J. Ellender
Subcommittee
Congress
William L. Springer
Champaign
Senate
Champaign - Urbana
Washington
Ellender
T. W. Samuels
Coed 18 arraigned in NIU dorm fire arson case
An 18 year old Rock Island coed Sharon Harris was charged with arson after a fire in a 10th floor storage area of Northern Illinois University North Grant Towers. The blaze forced 500 plus students from the dormitory causing over 100 thousand dollars in damage. Harris appeared in Circuit Court in Sycamore on bond set at 25000 and was jailed.
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Northern Illinois University
North Grant Towers
Sharon
Susan Harris
Rock Island
DeKalb County
Sycamore
de Kalb
Miss Harris
James O’grady
O’grady
Weather outlook for tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions tonight with a slight chance of showers in some areas. Mild tonight, cooler Friday with a high near 80 after a low around 60.
Reagan to Issue Position Papers for Opinion Molders
Gov Ronald Reagan plans a series of position papers for opinion molders nationwide this political year. The first 22 page illustrated booklet urges united public and private enterprise to guarantee equal rights. Future papers will cover law and order public assistance growth education and quality of life. Reagan will mail them to governors leaders businessmen newsmen and others in the independent sector as he campaigns across Idaho Colorado and a forthcoming South and Midwest tour.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
United Public
Torch
Club
Reagan
America
Idaho
Colorado
South
Midwest
Memphis ceremony marks King statue dedication for Poor People’s Campaign
Nearly 1,000 gather in the Lorraine Motel courtyard Memphis for the dedication of a marble stone in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. The event features King’s widow Coretta Scott King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy and launches a bus caravan to Marks Mississippi.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Marks
Miss
King
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lorraine Motel
Abernathy
Memphis
Mississippi
Quitman County
Jack Harrison
Willie Bolden
SCLC
Appalachia
America
Congress
Washington
SCLC to Tour 10 Cities for Poor People's Campaign
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference will conduct a 10 city tour expected to involve about 1 500 participants en route to the Poor People’s Campaign reaching Washington by mid May. Chicago participants depart May 8 after church rallies with Milwaukee and Minneapolis Saint Paul joiners in South Bend Indiana.
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Chicago
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
SCLC
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
South Bend
Ind
Indianapolis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Toledo
Detroit
Cleveland
Akron
Pittsburgh
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Martin Mc Murray
Lake Manawa
Council Bluffs
Iowa
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Martin
Lee Mc Murray
Council Bluffs, Ar
Oakley Reservoir
Coed
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Dean Rusk
Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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