US and North Vietnam clash on de escalation in Paris talks
In Paris Harriman and Thuy held a three hour forty five minute session marked by mutual scolding and no progress on de escalation. Hanoi rejected U S and demilitarized zone ideas and urged the United States to halt bombing first. The North Vietnamese delegation announced Le Duc Tho's arrival in Paris as special counsellor to the talks, while Harriman pressed for concrete moves from Hanoi.
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Xuan Thuy
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Thuy
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William J. Jorden
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Lao Dong
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Ho Chi Minh
Pham van Dong
Nguyen Thanh le
South
Southeast Asia
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Hoover Says Crime Rise Real Not Just Reports
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover rejects claims that higher crime stems from more youths or better tabulation. He cites 1960 67 data showing crime up 80 percent while population rose 10 percent and youth arrests up 72 percent, noting many acts go unreported.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Bureau
Law Enforcement Bulletin
Johnson raises interest rates on U.S. Savings Bonds
President Johnson boosted rates on E and H bonds from 4.15 to 4.25 percent and Freedom Shares from 4.74 to 5.0 percent effective Saturday to spur sales. Texas White House cited competition from other investments as a factor in slower bond demand. The move accompanied minor bills, military assignments, promotions, and an advisory committee for the Teacher Corps.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
U.S
Freedom
Texas White House
Poor People campaign pushes for meeting with Cohen in Washington
About 500 demonstrators from the Poor People’s Campaign march to HEW headquarters pressuring Secretary Wilbur Cohen to answer their demands in person. Hosea Williams leads the protest while Leon Hall and J T Johnson take over leadership as the campaign shifts to a more militant phase.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wilbur J. Cohen
Cohen
Williams
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Leon Hall
Hall
HEW
SCLC
J. T. Johnson
Texans vote today in Democratic governor runoff
Texans select a Democratic nominee for governor in a runoff between Don Yarborough of Houston and Lt. Gov. Preston Smith of Lubbock, with the winner facing Republican Paul Eggers of Wichita Falls in November. The state has not elected a Republican governor since 1869.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Don Yarborough
Houston
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Paul Eggers
Wichita Falls
Bell Labs patents voice print tracing of nuisance calls
Bell Telephone Laboratories received a patent for tracing nuisance calls using voice samples or voice prints to identify the origin of a call. The system allows a customer to trigger tracing from his line, with potential cross exchange use, as part of ongoing efforts to curb abusive calls.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell System
Charles Abert
Donald E. Anderson
Alfred Zarouni
Bell Laboratories
Nixon in South hopes to tap Wallace votes
Nixon met Southern Republican leaders in Atlanta to shore up support for the GOP nomination. Senators John Tower and Texas chair Peter O'Donnell said Wallace has peaked and will be weaker in November. Nixon aides argue Wallace helps a liberal Democrat, boosting Humphrey's chances.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Hubert Humphrey
Marine Cpl Luczko sentenced in Vietnamese woman killing
Marine Cpl Stanley J. Luczko Jr., 22, was convicted by an eight officer court martial of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of a Vietnamese woman. He received three years at hard labor and a bad conduct discharge from the service.
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Stanley J. Luczko Jr
Butte priest to leave Carroll College for new post
The Rev. E. J. Sullivan development director at Carroll College since 1963 will step down. his replacement has not been announced. A Butte native and Carroll alum, Sullivan has held roles in Helena civic groups and Montana National Guard service, earning multiple honors.
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McCarthy mocks Kennedy quitting pledge in San Diego rally
In San Diego Senator Eugene McCarthy taunted Robert F Kennedy over quitting if California voters reject him. McCarthy said Kennedy would reassess only if Oregon or California results force him out, calling the threat of a child holding his breath a poor basis for action. He drew about 2000 supporters.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
McCarthy
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Oregon
McCarthy Ads Target Kennedy as Campaign Clash Escalates
In San Francisco Kennedy denounced McCarthy as his race’s distortive tactic. Full page ads in McCarthy campaign material criticized Kennedy over Vietnam policy and hailed McCarthy as first to call to stop the killings, while Kennedy told the Commonwealth Club he bears part of the blame but was first to oppose the Vietnam policy.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
McCarthy Campaign
National Security Council
Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
Commonwealth Club
McCarthy
Death in chair decreed for child poisoner
Illiterate fruitpicker James Richardson was found guilty of first degree murder in the parathion poison death of his eight year old daughter Betty Jean and sentenced to death in Florida's electric chair. The trial moved to Fort Myers from Arcadia due to pretrial publicity.
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Fort Myers
Fla
James Richardson Friday
Florida
Richardson
Betty Jean
John Justice
Arcadia
DeSoto County
Gray whales birth 16 foot calves weighing 1500 pounds
A gray whale calf born measures about 16 feet long and weighs around 1500 pounds. The event highlights the species’ reproductive size and health in the ocean ecosystem.
U.S. and Russia strengthen nuclear pact at UN
The Soviet Union and the United States broadened their treaty to curb nuclear weapons, adding pledges for stronger disarmament and peaceful energy access. The U.N. General Assembly Main Political Committee closed five weeks of debate and expected approval by mid June, with Albania Cuba and possibly Tanzania likely voting no.
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N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
U.N
General Assembly
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Cuba
Tanzania
Geneva
Indian Government Approves Kashmir TV Plan
The Indian government approves a scheme to launch television service in Kashmir. The Himalayan state remains disputed with Pakistan, and the sole Indian TV network currently broadcasts from New Delhi with educational and cultural programming.
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Kashmir
India
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