B52s Strike Viet Cong Jungle In First Combat Mission
U S planes including 27 B52 bombers hit a Viet Cong jungle in South Viet Nam while ground forces searched the area. Two B52s were lost in a sea collision and four airmen survived a perilous rescue. Two Americans died in Da Nang from a short artillery round.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
Ta Fifth Flier
Air Force
Manila
da Nang
U.S
U.S. Marine
Strategic Air Command
Guam
D’ Zone
East German armed helicopter flies over U S bases in Berlin
An East German Soviet built helicopter with 12.7 mm machine gun insignia flew over U S Army installations in West Berlin. The craft overflew the quartermaster compound and near McNair Barracks home to the Combat Infantry Brigade, marking the first East German air overflight of the U S sector.
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Berlin
U.S. Army Quartermaster
McNair Barracks
U.S. Army Combat Infantry Brigade
U.S
West Berlin
Plead To Save Thrill Killers From Hangman
A last minute plea to Gov William H Avery was filed to save George Ronald York age 22 and James Douglas Latham age 23 from execution. They were scheduled to hang early Tuesday after the U S Supreme Court refused to review their case for the fifth time.
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Kansas City
Kan
George Ronald York
James Douglas Latham
William H. Avery
U. S. Supreme Court
Consumers to gain from excise tax cut study
AP outlines consumer benefits from Congress tax cut. Expected effects include 4.6 billion in savings, projected 10 billion in new national output, and a possible 0.3 percent to 0.4 percent drop in the July consumer price index. Automatic price cuts depend on pass through by firms.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Righters Let Go Voter Drive Expands in Six Southern States
AP reports volunteer civil rights workers to be assigned to counties in Georgia and five other states for a 10 week summer voter registration project. Hosea J Williams of the SCLC noted over 500 volunteers completed a six day orientation to support SCOPR the Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project. Counties listed include Ben Hill Dougherty Erwin Houston Taurens Peach Taliaferro and Sumter in Georgia.
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Atlanta
Hosea J. Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Williams
Georgia
Ben Hill
Dougherty
Erwin
Houston
Taurens
Peach
Taliaferro
Sumter
Actress’s Wife Seeks Divorce From Singer Jones
Los Angeles AP reports Mrs Lee Jones wife of singer Jack Jones granted temporary alimony and child support totaling over 1200 dollars monthly while divorce proceedings proceed. The 20 year old brunette model reportedly ran from the courtroom in tears after the hearing. She said she did not want the divorce but had filed at her husband’s urging.
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OS Angeles
Lee Jones
Jack Jones
Tito Arrives in Moscow for Talks Over Communist Split
Yugoslav President Tito lands in Moscow to discuss the rift within the Communist world with Soviet leaders including Leonid Brezhnev Alexei Kosygin and Anastas Mikoyan at the airport reception and in talks.
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Moscow
Tito
Katzenbach seeks federal power to hold JFK evidence
Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach asked Congress for legislation granting the federal government authority to retain key evidence used by the Kennedy assassination inquiry commission.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Floods Sweep Eastern New Mexico and Colorado Region
Flooding from heavy rains swelled rivers and streams across eastern New Mexico and parts of Colorado. The Cimarron and Canadian rivers overflowed, with seven highways closed, rail and road transport disrupted, and multiple evacuations and casualties reported near Raton and Springer. Local crews faced extensive property damage and displacement as the Denver area rebuilt after the disaster.
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Springer
Cimarron
Canadian River
Santa Fe Railway
Grand Canyon
Raton
Denver
Colorado
South Platte River
Red Cross
Textbook on safecracking found at Washington prison
Inmates trained in safe cracking produced a 28 page mimeographed guide hidden from graduates. The author, likely an outsider with burglary know how, details alarms, locks, drills, and even shipping a cutting torch by mail. Prison authorities suspect the author but cannot prove identity.
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Olympia
Wash
Walla Walla
Probers blame UC Berkeley uprising on Kerr policy
A California Senate committee report faults University of California President Clark Kerr for tolerating radical student groups and easing campus security. It claims lax policies allowed Communist officials access and helped trigger the UC Berkeley uprising. The report was signed by Burns and Quick. Teale declined to sign and voted against investigating the university.
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Sacramento
Calif
University of California
Clark Kerr
UC Berkeley
State Senate
Kerr
Committee On Un-American Activities
Senate
Hugh M. Burns
Sen
Aaron W. Quick
Keeping Up with Thomasville Market Supplies Report
Georgia State Farmer's Market manager Rosco Stewart notes good squash movement from area farms. Market sees moderate pole and snap beans, fair okra, and solid peas, peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes sold. Continued Wednesday on page 2.
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Georgia
Rosco Stewart
Big Day Sunday for LeBlanc Family in Michigan
Joseph LeBlanc and his 17 children prepare for Father's Day in Ypsilanti. The family lives in a six bedroom house with nine daughters and eight sons, using multiple cars and a large garage. Mrs. LeBlanc manages meals and chores while Mr. LeBlanc runs a machine tool and die factory.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Joseph LeBlanc
Mrs. LeBlanc
Titan 8C lifts U S space hopes on maiden flight
Cape Kennedy reports the Titan 8C triple barrell rocket launched at 9 a.m. EST lifting a 21,000 pound dummy satellite into a 115 mile orbit. The Air Force aims to use Titan 3C as a quick reaction booster for manned and unmanned military payloads including a planned orbiting space station to test long term operations.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
United States
Space
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Salinger Marries Magazine Writer in Paris Ceremony
Pierre Salinger, former White House press secretary, wed Nicole Helen Gillmann in Paris. The 40-year-old politician and the 26-year-old writer began dating after she covered his California Senate campaign. Gillmann marks her first marriage, while Salinger has had two prior marriages and separation proceedings.
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Paris
White House
Pierre Salinger
Nicole Helen Gillmann
Pari
Salinger
United States
California
U.S. Senate
Miss Gillmann
Nancy
Hot Springs
Ark
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