Marines and Vietnamese break North Vietnamese regiment near Saigon
In a massive close assault near Saigon, 45 Marines joined South Vietnamese paratroopers and rangers to rout a 2,000-strong North Vietnamese regiment. About 1,030 enemy troops were believed killed as Marines described it as their best action so far. Ground fighting ended with a mop up as allied forces reported capturing weapons and records. Two American jets were lost in the air war over North Vietnam, with one pilot rescued after groundfire.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
SAP
Viet Nam
Fouay
Com
Nelo Command
Wigon
21St Regiment
al Sneiay
Bruce Tones
Melean
Army
Peter Dawkins
Weet Point
U.S
North Viet Nam
Banmick
Vinh
North Viet
Nam Sai
LBJ seeks federal pay raise for civilian employees
President Johnson asked Congress to approve an average 3.2 percent pay increase for federal civilians including fringe benefits. Direct salaries would rise about 8 percent with the remainder for benefits, estimated at 485 million dollars yearly, effective January 1. The plan targets about 2.4 million workers, with higher rises for upper grades to curb recruitment issues and retirement contributions shifting to seven percent of pay.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Johison
Jamison
Menteil
Toluigon
Reise
IL Servier
Jonson
Om. Moyes
East Berlin visits approved during Easter and Pentecost
Berlin AP reports a signed agreement allowing West Berliners to visit East Berlin with passes from April 7 to 20 for Easter and Pentecost, and May 23 to June 4 for Whitsun. Last crossing occurred during the Christmas season with about 824,000 people crossing.
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Berlin
Today’s Chuckle Inch Rent Joke
A light quip notes that generosity can backfire as a man who is given an inch ends up renting it, delivering a witty observation on misplaced expectations and opportunistic humor.
SU coed drowns as canoe capsizes near Syracuse University
A Syracuse University canoe trip on Limestone Creek ended in tragedy when Geanie Griswald, 17, a freshman from Onondaga County, drowned after her canoe capsized. Companion Sars C. Mirus, a senior from Clarence, saved himself. Weather and swollen streams hampered rescue efforts. Miss Corcoran, another participant, remained missing until later presumed dead. The outing included multiple students and ed alike, all wearing life jackets, with autopsy planned for Miss Griswald.
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Acros
Syracuse University
Limestone Creek
Maniius
Hovattawith
Yetteville
Onondaga
Griswald
Thornton Reese
Fayetteville
Martin’ FJ Hilfinger Jr
Blizzard Ends With 19 Dead In Historic Storm
Northern Plains and Midwest endured a three day blizzard that buried trains and barns, severed electric and phone service, and left 19 people dead with many missing. National Guard planes airlifted food as interstates and rails froze, while two North Dakota children died braving the cold to tend chores in the night.
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Dakotas
Great Lakes
Minneasota
Nebraska
National Guard
Syracuse Forecast Flurries and Warm Up Ahead
The weatherman at the Ancox Field predicts cloudy skies with a chance of snow flurries tonight. Temperatures will dip into the teens, then rise to near 80 tomorrow. Over the next five days readings hover around seasonal normals 37 and 22. Mild midweek, cooler Thursday and Friday. precipitation totals about half an inch with rain or snow on Thursday and Saturday.
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Ancock Field
Mercury
Morrow
Stair
Freed Candace Mossler Seeks Life After Slaying Trial
In Miami, Candace Mossler faces the future with her nephew Melvin Powers after an acquittal in the 1964 murder of her husband Jacques Mossler. Mossler vows to “pick up the pieces” of her $33 million business while denying marriage plans with Powers, despite public interest and lingering questions.
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Artur Everett
Miami
Fla
Bonde
Candace Massler
Melvin Lane Powers
Musband
Jacques Mosler
Ray
Aikatte
Zat
Selscen
Williams quits for Senate bid from Michigan
Washington AP says G. Mennen Williams resigns as assistant secretary of state for African affairs to run for the Senate from Michigan. The resignation becomes effective March 23, and President Johnson expresses regret at losing his steadying hand in key assignments while praising his public service and electoral ambitions.
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G. Mennen Williams
Itate For
Senate
Michigan
Williams
Jetter
Johnson
Kennedy
Mysoit
Explosion rocks W E B Du Bois Club HQ in San Francisco
A blast at the W E B Du Bois Club national headquarters in San Francisco ripped through the ramshackle two story building with shattered windows and debris. no injuries reported. The blast likely involved a tinamite charge of about 400 pounds placed under the front porch. Police say no suspects yet and the incident follows a Justice Department move to force the group to register as a Communist front.
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Molino Tispeetor
Robert Mer Gounan
McClennan
Justice Department
DuBois Clubs
Brooklyn
N.Y
du Boys Club
New York
San Francisco
W.J .E. B. DuBois
Teachers Face Regents Exams With Mixed Feelings
The editorial page weighs regents exams and student stress, arguing for balanced standards and supportive measures. It cites teacher concerns, student anxiety, and calls for practical guidance to ease pressure while maintaining accountability.
Budget Trim Hope Fueled by Albany Democrats
Democrats controlling the New York Assembly aimed to trim Governor Rockefeller's $3.8 billion plan by $30 to $40 million, with GOP Senate leaders offering modest cuts. Leaders planned a vote to push policy changes opposed by Gov. Rockefeller as the legislative session extended into May amid NYC fiscal clash.
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Assembly
Senate
Guy ‘Borkeleler
GOP
Harvey Lisset
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Senale Finance
Warren M1. Anderson
Capitol i
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Marke
Heller
Col
Teens suspended over granny dresses in Trumansburg schools
Three sisters Faline 15 Teddie 14 and Lamona 12 Bateman were suspended after defying a ban on ankle length granny dresses for classes at Trumansburg Junior High and High School. Principal says dresses unsafe on three stairways. Mother plans legal action while daughters to return in proper attire. board backs principals' disciplinary steps.
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Trumansburg
N.Y
Orwell
Imimansburg
Jie
Faline
Teddie
Lamonah Jateman
Min T
Trumansburg Juntor
Charles
Dickerson
Andy
Robert Hammond
Jickerson High School
Failini
Lamona
Joseph A. Meskill
Theodore W. Bateman
Meskill
Supreme Court Upholds Key Voting Rights Act Provisions
The Supreme Court sustains Congress power under the Fifteenth Amendment to suspend literacy tests and appoint federal examiners in voting. Chief Justice Warren asserts the act furthers constitutional responsibilities, enabling broader participation and protection against racial discrimination in voting. Justice Black writes separately, concurring in part and dissenting in part.
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Supreme Court
Barl Warren
Warren
Hugo L. Black
Virgina
Lewissima
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Congress
Granddaughter of Irving Berlin Dies in London
Elizabeth Clare Fisher, year-old granddaughter of American composer Irving Berlin, dies in London on Sunday. She was the daughter of Edmund Boyd Fisher, a British publishing executive, and Elizabeth Berlin Fisher, born February last year, and died of pulmonary fibrosis.
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London
Eiizabeth Clare Fisher
Irving Berlin
Edmund Boyd Fisher
Filizabeth Berlin
Stocks hit skids again in heavy selling
New York AP report describes a downward stock market renewed in heavy trading with shares sliding $1 to $6. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell around 11,290 to 210 at noon as losses hit aerospace, airlines, electronics, office equipment, and other high flyer stocks. Brokers cite profit taking and tight money fears.
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New York
Lucky once but not twice
Mrs. Cneodor Vaskevitch of Toronto learned her husband died in a Canadian crash after she phoned him in Tokyo. He had decided to stay another day and would take BOAC to Hong Kong. a later call told her NOAC flight had crashed and her 53 year old husband was dead.
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Carla Welk
Strasburg
Toronto
Cneodor Vaskevitch
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