Wilson Welcomes Johnson Viet Nam Peace Proposals
London AP report quotes Prime Minister Harold Wilson praising President Johnson’s openness to discussions on Southeast Asia. He urges steady allied resolve from Suez to the China Sea, supports economic reconstruction, and says Britain may expand talks with the United States and Commonwealth partners East of Suez.
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London
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Wilson
Associated Press
Britain
United States
Suez
China Sea
Washington
NATO
Seato
Europe
Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Bombers penetrate toward Hanoi in deepest North Viet Nam raid
Four U S Navy propeller planes crossed within 60 miles of Hanoi Easter Sunday in the deepest penetration yet into North Viet Nam. No opposition appeared and no targets were hit as American aircraft conducted 32 strikes in the South and three in the North. A United States Air Force pilot was killed when a stray bomb exploded during a strike on guerrilla targets in the South.
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Saigon
U. S. Navy
Hanoi
Viet Nam
U. S. Air Force
South Viet Nam
U. S
Midway
Hancock
Giap Tam
Song Troc River
17Th Parallel Frontier
Long Thanh
Vinh
17Th Parallel
Mekong River
Fulbright urges pause in raids as path to talks
Sen. Fulbright proposes a temporary halt in air strikes against North Vietnam to test whether negotiations could begin. Secretary Rusk rejects suspending raids, warning it would embolden the aggressor. McNamara says a pause would not force Hanoi to talks and could hurt South Vietnam. Aerial operations earlier hit targets along Route 101 and near Hanoi, with casualties and material damage reported in the Mekong Delta and Phu Bai area.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
North Viet Nam
Rusk
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bandung Conference critics target U S Viet Nam policy
At the Bandung anniversary celebrations a broadside against imperialism and neocolonialism singled out U S Viet Nam policy. Protests erupted in Washington near the White House with students and rallies in West German cities supporting end to U S air strikes and Viet Cong peace talks.
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Indonesia
U. S
Viet Nam
Bandung
Sukarno
Pham van Dong
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Washington
White House
Frankfurt
Germany
Senator Olin D Johnston Dies at 68 in South Carolina
Sen Olin D Johnston D South Carolina died at 4 21 a m Easter Sunday in Providence Hospital after an abdominal operation the pneumonia and his bedside were his wife two daughters and two brothers He was 68 and survived by his widow two daughters and a son Olin D Johnston Jr plus two brothers and two sisters from Anderson Charlestown and Atlanta Georgia.
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Columbia
S. C
Olin D. Johnston
S.C
South Carolina
Providence Hospital
Vernon Scott
Elizabeth Johnston
Washington
Olin D. Johnston Jr
William C
Edwin Johnston
Anderson
Inez Rogers
Charlestown
Allie Mae Jennings
Atlanta
Explosion Destroys Tanks and Trucks in Norfolk Area
A midafternoon blast at Allied Petroleum in Norfolk Virginia destroyed four 30 000 gallon storage tanks five delivery trucks and caused widespread fire damage across a half block area. No injuries were reported with losses estimated around 1 000 000 including a tavern and several shops.
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Norfolk, Va
Allied Petroleum Company
4 Seasons
Harry L. Drew
L. W. Walker Jr
Easter Message End Wars Pope Pleads Across World
The Easter spread from Korea and Georgia to Vatican City where Pope Paul VI urged negotiations to stop all wars. In Blanco Texas President Johnson attended service while Indiana tornado survivors praise renewal as New York hosts Easter parade and Hollywood Bowl reports 17 000 in sunrise service.
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Associated Press
Korea
Georgia
Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
White Cross Hill
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
First Lady
St. Michael's and
All the Angels
Texas
Blanco
Indiana
New York
Fifth Avenue
Hollywood Bowl
California
Pasadena
Rose Bowl
Jerusalem
Jordan
Vigil at Mississippi dikes as flood threat lingers
Thousands of workers sandbagged and kept an around the clock vigil along Mississippi dikes from the Twin Cities to Cairo as icy high water menaced levees. Flooding forced 35,000 from homes with dozens of deaths and millions in damage.
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Rock Island, Il
Mississippi River
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Cairo
Ill
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi
St. Louis
Quincy
Hannibal
Indian Grove
National Guard
East Moline
Rock Island
Quad Cities
Moline
Davenport
Iowa
Minneapolis
St. Paul
U S Moves Into Basic Steel Talks
Pittsburgh AP says the federal government joins basic steel contract negotiations to avert a possible May 1 strike. William E. Simkin of the FMCS will represent the government while continuing talks over an interim contract and wage proposals. Union sources say an immediate wage increase is unlikely.
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Pittsburgh
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
United Steelworkers
Troy police seek youth assailants
Local authorities investigate an attack on a youth with details limited to the incident and ongoing inquiries. no suspects named in the readable fragment.
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Troy Police
Koufax
Phils
Easter weekend fatalities tally from area crashes
Three fatalities occurred in Easter weekend crashes in Cherry Plain and Canaan with weather blamed for slippery roads. A 74 year old man died in Canaan after a heart attack while driving on Route 295. In the Cherry Plain incident two women died when a snow slicked car collided head on with another. Eleven people were injured in weekend accidents.
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Cherry Plain
Canaan
Route 295
Lucielle Klenakis
Rawley St
Agawam
Mass
Marie Hines
Brooklyn
Ralph R. Lillie
Easter weekend savaged by rain snow and deadly crashes in New York
Across upstate New York heavy weather and slick roads contributed to more than twenty deaths during Easter weekend. In Elmira five inches fell, Binghamton saw seven, and New York City enjoyed 50 degree skies for the parade. Fatal accidents and three drownings produced a grim tally. Names include Rollie Durham Eveline Durham Ronald Rowe Carmelita Forcucci Mary Forcucci Adeline Forcucci John Burgio Susie Burgio Joseph Socha Sr Michaelina Astuto and locations Hempstead Uniondale Batavia Rochester Buffalo Hermon Taleville Ogdensburg along with routes 33 5 and the Batavia area. Weather fronts forecast cooler temperatures and showers beyond the holiday.
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Albany
New York State
Binghamton
Elmira
Upstate
New York City
Weather Bureau
Tonawanda Man Slays Wife and Children Then Kills Himself
A 37 year old Tonawanda man, Thurber Cassidy, killed his wife Agnes and their three daughters Beverly Deborah and Barbara before stabbing himself to death. Police said Cassidy had been released on a trial basis from the Canandaigua VA Hospital where authorities believed he needed more treatment. A note reading God told me to was found in the kitchen.
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Tonawanda
Thurber Cassidy
Robert Ryan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Canandaigua
Cassidy
Agnes
Beverly
Deborah
Barbara
James J. Oldenburg
Canandaigua VA
Buffalo VA
James Kane
U.S. Navy
Ryan
United States
Europe
Emerson Cassidy
Buffalo Courier-Express
Navy
Oldenburg
James L. Tippett
City of
Tippett
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ST. Peter’s Square
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Snow White and the
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By Howard Healy
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Newton Watt
Clavarack
Ogdensburg
Rollie Durham
Eveline
Hermon
Ronald Rowe
Taleville
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Robert Mueller
Donald Robinson
Hempstead
Uniondale
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Rochester
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Carmelita Forucci
Mary Forcucci
Adeline Forcucci
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John Burgio
Susie
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