Vietnam War Tensions Rise as Da Nang Attacks Escalate
Rebels and government forces clash around Da Nang as four Ky air force Skyraiders drop 250 pound devices and strafing occurs. In Saigon thousands of Buddhist monks and nuns stage a hunger strike against Premier Ky amid fears of renewed violence and stalled war progress. Thich Tri Quang and Thich Thien Minh urge restraint as protests spread from Hue toward the capital.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Buddhist Institute
Thich Thien Minh
Institute
Viet Nam
Moon Surveyor test lands softly in New Mexico desert
A 225 pound test Surveyor vehicle completed a controlled descent and soft landing at Hollo man AFB after a balloon drop from 900 feet. The smaller craft, part of the planned lunar program, aims for a May 30 launch from Cape Kennedy and a 63 hour 25000 mile journey atop an Atlas Centaur rocket.
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Alamogordo
N.M
New Mexico
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Moon
Earth
Hughes Aircraft Co
Surveyor
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Afb
Dawson Testifies In Trial On Japanese Coded Campaign Records
William J. Dawson testifies in Albany federal court about Cohoes Democratic city committee financial records partly coded in Japanese to protect donor identities. He faces income tax evasion charges for 1959 through 1961 totaling about 48705.05 dollars. Dawson says diaries list party contributors, with key donor figures in Japanese, and notes the master donor list included Republicans later.
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Cohoes
Democratic City Committee
William J. Dawson
Dawson
Democratic Party
Steele Langford
Aide Defends State Medicare Income Limit
Hugh R. Jones chairman of the State Board of Social Welfare defends Title 19 income limits as sound and asks lawmakers to implement the program. Antonio Sorieri of the Department of Social Welfare estimates Title 19 annual cost at 562 million with federal 217 million and state plus local 284 million. compares to 1965 costs of 448 million with federal share 78 million. Joseph R. Shaw of Associated Industries moderated a meeting. Travia plans delay for a public hearing as lawmakers rearrange committees.
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Hugh R. Jones
State Board of Social Welfare
Antonio Sorieri
State Department of Social Welfare
Joseph R. Shaw
Associated Industries
Travia Balks
Jones
Albany
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Mers
George Wyman
Elf
Girl Kidnap Victim Peggy Ann Brodnick Breaks Silence
Peggy Ann Brodnick, 17, in a wheelchair, speaks after her rescue from a kidnapper in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania. She plans to return to school, study business, and hopes to become a beautician, as doctors and family limit questions about health and future.
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Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Fulton County Medical Center
Peggy
William Diller Hollenbaugh
Hollenbaugh
Peggy Ann
Revision Of NATO Studied
A British source reports a NATO modernization concept aiming to field a Western alliance able to negotiate from strength with Russia and possibly include China as a third superpower by the 1980s and 1990s. The plan, under study by allied officials, will be discussed at a June 6 meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels amid France’s withdrawal from the NATO military command.
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London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
Red China
NATO
Russia
China
United States
Brussels
France
Troy Girl Rescued From Hudson River by Police Officer
A 15 year old Troy girl fell into the Hudson River near 217 River Street and was rescued by Patrolman Raymond White after drowning fears. White held the girl afloat as they drifted downstream until firemen and police arrived to pull them to safety. Both received hospital treatment for immersion and shock.
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Troy
Hudson River
River St
Shelly Warren
Apt
Griswold Heights
Raymond T. White
Third St
State Street
John R. Dwyer
White
J. S. Peddie
Brunswick Avenue
Congress Street
Dwyer
Charles Doyle
Squad Co. 1
Officer White
Joseph P. Stasack
Peter C. DeChiaro
Inquest Proceeds Into Los Angeles Shooting Case
The Los Angeles inquest into Leonard Deadwyler's death heard testimony from Deborah Barnett about a gunshot from a police car as officers chased Deadwyler. Barbara Deadwyler said her husband was rushing to the hospital when the fatal shot occurred as officer Jerold Bova leaned into the car.
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Los Angeles
Liceman
Oftality
Leonard Deadwyler
Jerold M. Bova
Deborah Barnett
Deadwyler
Bova
Barbara
Living Costs Rise as Food Prices Hold Steady
Washington AP reports April saw a four tenths uptick in the consumer price index, the largest three month rise since 1951, with food prices stabilizing and services driving most of the increase. Labor estimates show factory wages fell for about 14 million workers due to manufacturing cuts.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Johnson
Mother of the Year Advocates On and Over the Knee
Bertha Holt of Creswell Oregon, mother to eight Korean orphans and six biological children, promotes firm yet loving discipline and affection. She leads an adoption service that has placed 3500 Korean orphans with American families and shares daily routines and tips for young mothers and families.
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New York
America
Bertha Holt
Creswell
Ore
Holt
Harry
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Hoi An
da Nang River
Highlands
An Khe
State Department
Hue-Da Nang
Nguyen Thu Luong
Walt
Lin
Lewis ‘Walt
Cohoes Records
By Livingston S. Jones
U. S. District Court
Co‘hoes
Edmund Port
Aide
By Bob Fusco
Raymond Piper
United Evangelical Brethern Church
Peggy Ann Bradnick
Troy Girl
John J. McNamara
Samaritan Hospital
Ambulance Service Corp
Warren
Stasack
Russell E. Sheehan
Thomas G.maguire
Arthur Quinlan
John A. Comitale
Bernard F. Madsen
Charles F. King
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