Government Unit Claims Major Victory Over Reds
Government forces say they defeated a Viet Cong force in the Bac Lieu area in the Mekong Delta after a two phase operation. Officials report 178 Viet Cong killed and 53 captured with 18 killed and 77 wounded among government troops. Four Americans were wounded. A first phase near Bac Lieu left 39 Viet Cong dead and 48 captured. Indications of further action remained in Song Be area. An air strike targeted suspected Viet Cong near Song Be.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Bac Lieu
Song Be
U S dollar outflow halved in first quarter 1965
UPI reports the U S balance of payments deficit was cut by about half in the first quarter of 1965 to an annual rate slightly over 3 billion dollars while Treasury Secretary Henry H Fowler cautioned against premature optimism The actual outflow for the quarter was 750 million dollars seasonally adjusted with last year’s fourth quarter at 1 5 billion Fowler attributed part of the improvement to President Johnsons voluntary cooperation program for bankers and businesses and said the balance of payments may show a surplus in March and possibly in April He noted the 1964 deficit was 3 1 billion dollars and that decisions on excise tax cuts were under review
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
President Johnson
Johnson
Lindsay To Oppose Wagner For Mayor
John V. Lindsay, 43, liberal Republican congressman, announced he will run for New York City mayor against Democrat Robert F. Wagner. Lindsay vows the hardest campaign in the city, after changing a March decision to stay out. Wagner seeks a fourth term amid Lindsay’s bid in a traditionally Democratic city.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Robert F. Wagner
Lindsay
Borroughs
Wagner
New York City
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Swank
East Side
Barry Goldwater
Eleanor Clark French
Lady Godiva
Mary
Katharine
Margaret
Anne
John Jr
Man and three children found dead in Syracuse home
AP report says a man identified as Donald Parks and three children Deborah Coast 8 Douglas Coast 12 and Stephen Miller 3 were found dead in a south Syracuse residence. Dist Atty Moran said it appeared they had been asphyxiated. Mrs Glorey Miller the mother is in New York City with a 17 month old daughter.
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Syracuse
Dist. Atty
Francis Moran
Donald Parks
Deborah Coast
Douglas Coast
Stephen Miller
Glorey Miller
New York City
Hudson to resign Rensselaer GOP chair and seek Assembly bid
Douglas Hudson of Castleton announced he will resign as chairman of the Rensselaer County Republican Committee after serving since July 1952. He plans to recommend County Clerk Martin B. Stack as his successor and will run again for the state Assembly in November from the county’s lower district.
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Rensselaer County
Republican Committee
Douglas Hudson
Castleton
Martin B. Stack
Taylor
Hudson
Dean P. Taylor
Stack
Record
Federal Court
Five Dominican planed fighters strafed rebel targets in Santo Domingo
Five U S managed P 51 fighters strafed rebel targets in downtown Santo Domingo with rockets. State Department spokesman Richard Phillips said the attacks violated the May 5 cease fire and U S efforts to stabilize the government. Phillips and Ambassador Bennett hid under desks as planes approached. Radio Santo Domingo went off air amid rebel HQ claims. Marines and paratroops opened fire from positions along the corridor.
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Dominican Republic
UPI
U. S
State Department
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Tapley Bennett Jr
Charlie
United Press International
Matthew T. Kenny
U.S
Elias Wessin
Wessin
Organization of American States
OAS
Johnson Asks Hanoi To Foil Peking Plan
President Johnson accused Red China of pushing Vietnam War for Beijing's aim of domination over Asia. He suggested U S aid to Communist North Vietnam if Hanoi seeks peace and urged Hanoi to block Peking's strategy.
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Hanoi
Peking
Washington
Red China
Asia
U. S
Viet Nam
China
U.S
South Viet Nam
White House
America
North Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Removed in Bribe Conviction
Oklahoma Senate acting as an impeachment court convicted Justice Napoleon Bonaparte Johnson of taking 10000 in bribes. He was removed from office. The 32 15 votes on both articles marked the first removal of a state supreme court justice in Oklahoma history and closed a three decade career. Johnson, 74, said he was disappointed but would let the people judge his side.
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Oklahoma Senate
Supreme Court
Napoleon Bonaparte Johnson
Johnson
Senate
Oklahoma
Roy Grantham
State of Oklahoma
High Court
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Vermont poll tax bid beaten in Senate clash
Washington AP report on McCORMACK backing a ban on poll taxes while Senate rejects Vermont proponents efforts to shield the levy from government challenge. Senate amid confusion and last minute revisions as Mansfield and Dirksen push changes but fail to win agreement.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
Senate
Eady
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Blonde Guilty Plea in Plot to Bomb Liberty Statue
Michelle Duclos a 26 year old French Canadian pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling dynamite into the United States in a plan to blow up the Statue of Liberty and other national shrines. The case involved an undercover New York police officer and members of the Black Liberation Front.
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Blonde
Statue of Liberty
New York
United States
Washington Monument
Liberty Bell
Michelle Duclos
U. S
United Nations
Miss Duclos
New York City
Raymond Wood
Black Liberation Front
Chair Plane Mishap Kills Rochester Girl
A 13 year old girl was fatally injured after being thrown 35 feet from a swing type amusement ride at Goodman Plaza Rochester. Donna Bruno died of neck and skull fractures at Genesee Hospital about five hours after the accident.
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Rochester
Donna Bruno
Genesee Hospital
Goodman Plaza
Grand Jury To Question Begley In NYC Probe
New York State Senator Owen M. Begley of Schenectady was ordered to appear before a New York County grand jury by June 2 regarding a possible conspiracy to violate the public officers law. Harold A. Blauvelt of Blauvelt Engineering Co. must testify by May 21 as part of the same investigation.
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New York
Owen M. Begley
D-Schenectady
Supreme Court
Irwin D. Davidson
Begley
Harold A. Blauvelt
Blauvelt Engineering Co
Madison Ave
Grand
Blauvelt
State contracts awarded without bidding raise questions
Blauvelt's contracts with the state were reportedly set without competitive bidding. The district attorney's office said attempts were made to compel Begley and Blauvelt to testify, but Begley cited legislative business. Judge Davidson ordered June dates for new subpoenas and warned against further delays, with immunity waivers to be considered before testimony.
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Blauvelt
Begley
Davidson
John T.cahill
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University of Montreal
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