Relaxed President holds wide ranging press conference
President Lyndon B. Johnson, self declared lame duck, signals Vietnam peace talks to begin around May 10 and urges Congress to pass spending cuts through the tax bill. He criticizes Mills and hints at tax bill action, while declining to discuss successors or Vietnam details. Johnson plans a Kansas City visit to meet Harry S. Truman.
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Linsday-Schaub
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Paris
Congress
Mr. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Truman
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Gress
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Talks planned in Paris as U S Hanoi ease tensions
Reports say Washington and Hanoi agreed to hold talks in Paris while U S and allied forces claim a major victory near Dong Ha. In four days of fighting 1 303 enemy KIA with 108 US and 541 ARVN casualties. Hue and Dong Ha saw heavy clashes. a MIG was shot down in air war over North Vietnam.
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U.S
Dong Ha
South Vietnam
Hue
3Rd Marine Division
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Imperial
North Vietnam
Navy
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
DRV
Paris
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Poor People's Campaign Appeals For Serious Government Review
President Johnson pledged serious consideration of the Poor People's Campaign appeal linked to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The planned mass march from multiple regions to Washington raises concerns of potential dangers and nonviolence is urged. Citizens retain rights to present views legally. Congress and the Administration will review proposals before resuming government business.
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Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Washington
Congress
Preliminary peace talks to begin in Paris
The United States and North Vietnam agreed to open preliminary peace talks in Paris next Friday or soon after. President Johnson announced the decision after Hanoi signaled readiness, with talks framed as first steps toward ending the war and with Harriman named as U.S. envoy for these discussions.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Johnson
Hanoi
Clark M. Clifford
Dean Rusk
U.S
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
W. Averell Harriman
Llewelyn Thompson
Soviet Union
Moscow
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Tonkin Gulf
Terrorist TNT Blast Knocks Out Saigon Television
A taxi loaded with 120 pounds of TNT exploded near the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing three Vietnamese and wounding about 25 Vietnamese and five Americans. The Viet Cong was blamed. the attack hit the World University Service building and the government television studio, marking the capital’s first major terror strike since February.
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U.S
Houston Performs Ninth Heart Transplant First in Texas
A 47 year old Arizona man received a donor heart from a Houston suburban woman in a three hour operation at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital. Doctors said the recipient Everett Clair Thomas is satisfactory and his heartbeat was restored by one electric shock. The donor died from a gunshot wound in the head.
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Houston
Tex
Arizona
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Texas
Everett Clair Thomas
Phoenix
Charlie L. Martin III
Charles L. Martin Jr
Stanford
Calif
Joseph Rizor
Stanford University Medical Center
Rizer
Sunny with cooler night then mild Saturday
Tonight will be generally fair and cooler with lows mostly in the 40s. Saturday promises sunny skies and mild conditions with a high near 78. Map and details appear on page 18.
Train rental plan weighed by Interstate Commerce panel
An ICC examiner expects a two month decision on Illinois Central's rent-a-train grain plan after four days of hearings in Springfield. The tariff would allow Cargill Inc to rent an 86 car freight train for about 1 million dollars annually to move 300000 bushels of grain to the Gulf for export.
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Springfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
Jair S. Kaplan
Kaplan
Cargill Inc., of
Minneapolis
Gulf of Mexico
Northwestern seized building by Negro students in Evanston
About 60 of Northwestern Universitys 125 Negro students seized the universitys two story business office building in Evanston to press demands on admissions scholarships curriculum counseling and facilities. Black students marched outside while police and campus security stayed away from the scene.
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Northwestern University
Evanston
James Turner
Roland Hinz
Hinz
Turner
Local government group urges more county voice in Illinois
At a Marion hearing Illinois officials from Saline Williamson and Jackson counties debated whether counties should gain broader authority under permissive legislation Rep William T Redmond noted Illinois has 6500 local government units and many laws suit only large counties Officials backed more highway dog control landfill building inspection and health department duties while warning against overbearing state rules Richman proposed nine point plan including consolidation of townships and road districts a state income tax and abolition of the state attorney position for a district or circuit attorney role.
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Redmond
Jack T. Knuepfer
Saline
Williamson
Jackson
Donald Stricklin
Mt. Vernon
Richard McKain
Springfield
Department of Revenue
N. G. Allen
Kallie Sadler
Maynard Cannon
Saline County
Delmar Ward
Jackson County
George Borgsmiller
Steven Sargent
Illinois Municipal League
Bobby Joe Hale
Williamson County
Henry Wright
Homer Askew
Justice of the Peace
Aatty
Richard Richman
Richman
Phone union votes on historic wage package in nationwide strike
The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America bargaining with Bell Telephone seeks a three year contract raising total wages near 20 percent. About 200000 strikers nationwide vote on the offer as 400000 more workers await contract decisions.
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Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
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Norman Hofhauer
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Delmer Mitchell
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