State Rail Strike Ends as Firemen Order Termination
The AFL-CIO Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen union says eight strike bound railroads will not retaliate against workers and orders an immediate end to the four day walkout. Union president H E Gilbert reports telephoned assurances to terminate the strike and withdraw the picket line.
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Washington
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio
Cleveland
Gilbert
U.S
Alexander Holtzoff
Battle Looms For Democratic Leader In Rensselaer County
Frank W. Kennedy of Brunswick prepares to seek the post held by John J. Purcell as the second party leadership battle in two years unfolds. Kennedy says he is interested in the party while Purcell discusses the future in a general meeting. County committees must elect a chairman within 20 days of the June 28 primary.
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Bob Fusco
Rensselaer County Democratic
Frank W. Kennedy
Brunswick
John J. Purcell
Kennedy
Troy
Rensselaer County
Record
Purcell
Democratic Party
Edward McDonough
Democratic
Forest Fires Sweep South Across the Southeast
Fires raged across the Southeast with North Carolina and South Carolina hit hardest. National Guardsmen and inmates helped contain a major blaze near Hamlet North Carolina, while Lake City South Carolina suffered extensive losses including homes, a tobacco warehouse, and barns. Arkansas Georgia and Oklahoma faced numerous fires as authorities investigated arson and deployed air support.
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South Carolina
Lake City
North Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Fred Lang
J. H. Hubbard
North Carolina Forestry Commission
Hamlet
Ammon
National Guardsmen
Ky Declares Da Nang Rebel City Amid Viet Nam Crisis
Premier Ky branded Da Nang as under Communist control and mobilized air power to seize the northern coastal center. In Dalat 3,000 students seized a radio station while U S troops were held to quarters as anti government and anti American demonstrations spread nationwide.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Dalat
U.S
da Nang City
Da Nang Mayor Says He Will Stay Despite Threats
Nguyen Van Man, 38, mayor of Da Nang, told UPI he will remain in office amid threats from Prime Minister Ky and ongoing anti-government protests. He said he took the job to help the people, lost substantial wages, and hopes to return to Hue, while negotiations and potential troop actions loom.
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Man
da Nang
UPI
Elizabeth Halstead
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Man
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Hue
Luna 10 Reported Orbiting the Moon By Soviets
Western trackers said Luna 10 appears to orbit the moon though Soviet authorities kept silent. Jodrell Bank questioned orbit versus landing while Bochum sensed 70 to 80 minute lunar orbits and tumbling signals.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Bochum Observatory
Britain
Jodrell Bank
Bernard Lovell
Bochum
Lovell
America
Holy Week Opens With Palm Blessings by Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI blessed palm branches in the Sistine Chapel and led Mass for about 10,000 in St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate Holy Week. He blessed palms for 21 cardinals, wore a red cape and bishop’s miter, and processed to the main altar as thousands of youths, scouts, Italian Catholic Action members, and foreign visitors watched Rome's Easter kickoff.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Jerusalem
Pope Paul
Catholic Action
Prize Winning Playwright Crouse Dies
New York reported Pulitzer Prize winner Russell Crouse died at 73 from pneumonia complications. The former New York Post columnist and Theater Guild press agent teamed with Howard Lindsay in 1934 on Anything Goes, followed by Red Hot and Blue and Life With Father. State of the Union earned the Pulitzer in 1945.
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New York
UPI
Russel Crouse
State of the Union
New York Post
Theater Guild
Crouse
Howard Lindsay
Father
Empire Theater
Indiana children draw scientist stereotype as man in white coat
In Indiana 1 584 drawings by students from kindergarten to fifth grade show a scientist as a man in a white coat with glasses, often in a chemistry lab. Dr Kenneth W Uhlhorn presented the findings to the National Science Teachers Association panel noting TV and comics shape the image.
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Indiana
National Science Teachers Association
Kenneth W. Uhlhorn
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
Uhlhorn
Uhlihorn
Albert Einstein
Jules Verne
Indiana State University At
Battle Rages Near Cambodian Border In Vietnam
U S infantrymen fought a mortar and artillery battle with Communists near the Cambodian border in the central highlands. Marines along the Saigon River banks and a Leathernecks unit named after Orange New Jersey clashed with guerrillas 25 miles southwest of Da Nang. B52s pounded suspected enemy concentrations west of Hue as other air strikes hit bridges and rail lines.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Central Highlands
Orange
N. J
da Nang
Guam
Hue
Imperial
Viet Nam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Highlands
Ia Drang
Lincoln
Soviet Subs Demonstrate Global Reach and Firepower
Admiral Sergei Gorshkov warned that Soviet nuclear submarines have circled the globe and could strike distant targets with rockets and torpedoes. He said the patrols honor the 23rd Communist Party Congress and noted Polaris-type subs compensate for Russia’s fewer overseas bases.
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Moscow
UPS
Russia
United States
Sergei Gorshkov
Communist Party Congress
Gorshkov
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National
Quang Ngai
Geoffrey Gould
Cambodian
Scientist
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