Meo Tribesmen Capture Chinese Soldiers in Laos
Right wing Meo tribesmen reportedly captured two Communist Chinese soldiers near Muong Singa in Phongsaly Province on May 8. The prisoners, an officer and a sergeant in their 20s, were held near Vientiane after being brought over 200 miles. Weapons with Chinese markings were seized around Tha Thom as claims of North Vietnamese troops in Laos are discussed.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Phongsaly
Muong Singa
Paksane
Tha Thom
North
Viet Nam
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
China
North Viet Nam
Rockefeller says Goldwater bid can be stopped in California
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller returned to New York after a four day California tour. He predicted Barry Goldwater could be defeated in the pivotal California primary. Rockefeller noted Goldwater has a strong bloc of votes for the July GOP convention and urged winning California as the key to stopping Goldwater. Goldwater planned to stay in California for most of the final 10 days before the June 2 primary.
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San Francisco
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
California
Rockefeller
Oregon
Goldwater
Vietnamese Foreign Minister defends Vietnam at UN over Cambodia charges
Saigon reports Foreign Minister Phan Huy Quat left for New York to contest Cambodian aggression allegations at the U N Security Council. Phnom Penh says Vietnamese forces violated the border at least five times since February as Huot Sambath also travels to press the case. Quat hints at accepting an internationally sponsored patrol to curb border incidents if it can stop Communist raids from Cambodian territory.
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Cambodia
Four-Block South Boston Fire Leaves 256 Injured and 300 Homeless
A major blaze in a congested four-block area of South Boston left 256 injured and 300 homeless, with 31 hospitalized and five in critical condition. Fire teams used a World War I fire storm method to starve the flames from windward and sprayed the blaze from the opposite side, while police secured the debris and residents faced extensive property loss valued at about 750000 dollars.
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Boston
Mass
UPI
John E. Clougherty
Hamburg
Germany
Offic
Triplets Arrive After In-Flight Birth On Military Plane
A U.S. Army family in England welcomed triplets born aboard a C-118 transport during a high altitude flight from Frankfurt to McGuire Air Force Base. Mother Sylvia Friel and three infants, named John Edward Joseph Patrick and Mary Teresa, were born minutes apart at the 48th Tactical Hospital after the emergency landing at Mildenhall. Flight crew and attendants assisted as the crew diverted to a rapid descent and landed within 23 minutes.
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Friel
48Th Tactical
Lakenheath
Friels
North Sea
Amsterdam
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J Ron
Frankfurt
Germany
William J. Clark
la Grange
Ill
Clark
Mildenhall
London Airways
Air Force
John Edward
Joseph Patrick
Mary Tere
Woodrow Willits
Leland
N.C
SC William Thomas
West Babylon
N.Y
Military war games kill 25 soldiers in Southwest desert
NEEDLES Calif UP I The 100 000 troops in a make believe war in the Southwest desert resumed noon today after a 24 hour break citing an administrative period to complete welfare measures Five men have died since the exercise began last Sunday and 25 since war game prep started about four months ago Pfc Ralph Dichtenmiller Jr 20 of the 101st Airborne Fort Campbell Ky was killed Friday when he fell from a truck on Interstate Highway 15 north of Barstow and was run over by the trailer
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Needles
Calif
UPI
Pfc
Ralph Dichtenmiller Jr
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Barstown
County awards two contracts to Albert Hansen
County engineer Bob Huber announced that two bids were awarded to Albert Hansen of Washington for county road work. The contract for a bridge cost 8,329.50 dollars and the culverts contract totaled 58,968.83 dollars, the lowest of three bids.
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Bob Huber
Albert Hansen
Washington
Hansens Plas
Huber
Seniors Honored At Annual Class Day Ceremony
Washington High School held its annual Class Day in the gym with senior awards for scholastic and extracurricular work. Joe McGraw led as master of ceremonies and Bonnie Miller was named valedictorian. Honors listed include multiple seniors receiving Junior Chamber of Commerce awards, library service, declamatory, public speaking, and Distributive Education awards with several seniors earning pins, certificates, and medals.
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Washington High School
Joe McGraw
Stan Potratz
Bonnie Miller
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Stan Poratz
George Johnson
Vaughn Rinner
Joe Kerr
Cheryl Andersen
Richard Bordwell
Carolyn Pratt
Richard Vosika
Stan Petratz
Carol Ray
Nancy Turner
Steve Nemners
Dave Everetts
Linda Neff
Amy Blosser
Pam Robson
Mia Mae Earnest
Steve Soucek
Joyce Zieglowsky
Dick Eyestone
Chris Lemmon
Die Potter
Jim Kauffman
Margaret Guy
Robin Bueg
Judi Hunter
Becky Nash
Chamber of Commerce
D. E
Dick Bennett
Roy
Castro warns Cuba on alert amid U S invasion fears
Vice Premier Raul Castro told a Santiago rally that Cuba's armed forces are on alert for a possible U S sneak attack. He cited Desert Strike drills in the southwest and warned anti Castro exiles attempting invasion would be shot, vows not to exchange prisoners for snacks or medicines.
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Havana
UPI
Raul Castro
United States
Castro
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Cuba
U.S. mulls more Laos aid amid potential Vietnam spillover
Washington indicated plans to send additional military equipment to Laos if the fighting worsens and warned of possible war expansion into Vietnam. Secretary of State Rusk pressed China and North Vietnam to respect Laos and warned against neighborly interference as reconnaissance planes ran into Communist fire.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Laos
Viet Nam
Dean Ruskin
U.S
Rusk
Red China
Peking
Hanoi
Mekong River
Pentagon
State Department
Defense Department
RFS
Farast
Midway
Southeast Asia
Gulf of Siam
Souvanna Phouma
Britain
France
Russia
Khrushchev Plans Rest Day in Egypt Amid Talks
Khrushchev nears end of 16 day Egyptian visit and plans a rest day with a lunch at Gamal Abdel Nasser's villa in Maamara suburb. Nasser, said to be recovering from a slight cold, will host the premier as they prepare to return to Cairo for final talks.
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Alexandria
Egypt
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Gamal Abdel Nass
Nasser
Khrushchev
Alexandia
Maamara
Cairo
Africa
City to Paint Parking Lines on Monday
Washington Street Commission announced that Orville Long requested all citizens keep their autos off the square and the surrounding block while the street department paints parking lines starting Monday morning May 25, beginning at Sam Street.
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Washington Street
Orville Long
Street Department
Weather Outlook Iowa Night To Sunday
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thundershowers. Mostly fair Sunday with a low in the 60s to low 70s and a Sunday high in the upper 80s to low 90s.
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Iowa
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Barry
Rocky
Coconut Grove
Edward W. Mannix Jr
Boston - Dorchester
Stork
Mildenhall Air Base
England
Stephen R. Friel
Pittsburgh
Sylvia
County
Hansen
National Honor Society
Bonnie
Arizona
Nevada
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Nikita
United Press International
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