Site Snares Viet Peace Talks
North Vietnam accused the United States of delaying peace talks over a site dispute and warned Washington to stop creating problems. Hanoi noted U.S. objections to Phnom Penh and suggested Warsaw while Washington proposed a number of options.
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Washington
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Thant
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Panhandle
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Cambodia
Dean Rusk
Paris
U.S. strikes kill hundreds in Khe Sanh and Delta
U.S. air strikes and artillery Friday and Saturday killed 238 Vietnamese and Viet Cong around Khe Sanh and the Mekong Delta. A C130 at Khe Sanh exploded on landing, killing one American civilian and wounding five Marines aboard the craft. Hanoi called for peace talks and accused Johnson of delaying negotiations. The NLF said VC troops would observe a three day truce in four Mekong Delta provinces for the Cambodian New Year, ending Tuesday at 1 a.m. Local and international responses urged speedier talks and discussed possible neutral sites for discussions.
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Panhandle
North
National Liberation Front
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Chau Doc
Kien Phong
Ba Xuyen
Cambodia
Viet Cong
National Guard Withdrawn From Several City Riots
United Press International reports that federal troops were pulled from Chicago and most Washington duty ends, with 3,000 guardsmen in Kansas City and 6,900 in Baltimore also departing. Rioting eased nationwide, but sporadic arson and sniper fire persisted in some areas. Damages in Chicago reached 9 million. national losses estimated at 45 million. Detroit Mayor Cavanagh announced a new police recruitment direction citing a five percent Negro force.
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Mutual Loss Research Bureau
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Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Easter Sunrise Services Unity and Remembrances Across Cities
Easter Sunday draws thousands to sunrise events across the nation. In Atlanta more than 100 churches join a 25,000-strong Interdenominational service honoring the slain Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Other cities host notable crosses atop Mt. Davidson in San Francisco and the Cross of Peace at Bald Knob Mountain in Illinois with sermons recalling pioneer days. A Watts memorial sunrise service honors Dr. King.
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Pope Paul VI Mass at St Pauls Outside the Walls
Pope Paul VI celebrated Easter Mass at the Basilica of St Pauls Outside the Walls in Rome, despite strain from recent prostate surgery. The service featured the lighting of the paschal candle and a broad blessing, with the Pope later preparing for Easter Sunday duties including an open air Mass at St Peters and the Urbi et Orbi blessing.
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Kennedy Would Bring Vietnam Troops Home
Senator Robert F. Kennedy vowed if elected he would withdraw American troops from Vietnam and let South Vietnam fight its own war while the United States aids only population centers. He cited McNamara’s praise in edited interviews, though McNamara did not endorse him. Kennedy linked Cuba loss to McNamara tenure and differed with Johnson on war policy.
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South Vietnam
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New York
Logan County
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World Bank
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Berlin
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Minnesota
Cuba
East German Ban on West Berlin Access
East German authorities barred West German cabinet members and other senior officials from land routes into West Berlin. The interior ministry said the ban would last until further notice, marking a severe disruption of access to the isolated city. Officials cited the presence of West German Interior Minister at the time of the Rudi Dutschke attack and subsequent police actions against student unrest.
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East Germany
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Ministry of the Interior
Rudi Dutschke
North Vietnam talks site dispute stirs White House plans
U S officials rejected Hanoi charges that Washington delays peace talks and outlined a plan to hold preliminary discussions in Asian capitals or other suggested sites. Officials want liaison groups, media presence, and robust communications to curb communist manipulation.
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United States
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Jakarta
Vientiane
Rangoon
New Delhi
Hanoi
Geneva
Tokyo
Colombo
Ceylon
Hong Kong
Johnson
Josef Klaus
Austria
Pnom Penh
Warsaw
Kaesong
C. Turner Joy
Wilfred Burchett
Killer's Identity Checked in MLK Jr Murder Probe
The FBI probes whether a white man named Eric Starvo Galt, 36, used a false identity while in Birmingham last fall. He lived at Economy Grill and Rooms, bought a 1966 Mustang for 2000 dollars, took a Birmingham driver test in September, and may have used an altered identity while questioned about the MLK Jr case.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
Eric Starvo Galt
Galt
F.B.I
Peter Nicholas Cherpes
Economy
Cherpes
Louisiana
Col
Thomas Burbank
Louisiana State Police
Baton Rouge
Good Morning and the Quiet Power of Patience
A light editorial note on morning civility and staying calm when tempers rise. It frames tolerance as the steady act of holding one's temper and proceeding with composure through tense moments.
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