Viet Cong Attacks Stepped Up Across South Vietnam
Across South Vietnam the enemy intensified shelling with rockets and mortars striking more than 100 allied bases and towns. Reports said at least 464 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were killed in ground fighting, with incomplete figures of American casualties around 40 killed and over 100 wounded. The surge coincides with a Nixon Thieu meeting on Midway Island.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Midway
U.S
Tay Ninh
1St Air Cavalry Division
Arabs Launch Three Raids Into Israel on War Anniversary
Arabs from Jordan conducted three raids into Israel on the second anniversary of the Six Day War. Six Arabs and an Israeli sergeant were killed. A band near Mandassa Bridge in the Jordan Valley attracted fire. two guerrillas were killed near Elat. a third team was found north of the Dead Sea with four killed. Rockets hit Beisan Valley settlements wounding seven, including three children, while Kfar Giladi and Tel Hai saw fire but no injuries. Israeli artillery returned fire as Beirut reported a 25 minute frontier duel with no Lebanese casualties.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Israel
Mandassa Bridge
Jordan Valley
Negev Desert
Elat
Beirut
Weather Journal: Thursday Temperatures Peak 93
Temperatures for Thursday show a maximum of 93 degrees and a minimum of 60. Overnight low in the 60s reached 63 degrees.
Wellington reaches 93 in heat as forecast notes 100-degree milestone
Weather observer Lynn Burris reports Wellington set a new high of 93 degrees, surpassing the previous 92. Agent Sam Rowe recalls planting soybean plots near Belle Plaine. The Sumner County Health Department shares a note on the brown spider, a small creature with potent venom. The Sumner County High School 1914 class holds its reunion at First United Methodist Church with events through the afternoon.
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Lynn Burris
Wellington
Sam Rowe
Belle Plaine
Wavern Beckner Farm
Nixon to hear views of 10 young draft advisory members
President Nixon invited ten young people to his California office to discuss the military draft. The group includes nine men and one woman from advisory panels in Oklahoma, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi and New York City. Also meeting Nixon were HEW Secretary Robert Finch and White House aide Bryce Harlow to discuss filling the HEW health secretary post.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
California
Oklahoma
Iowa
Michigan
Mississippi
New York City
Office of Economic Opportunity
Newporter Inn
Newport Beach
Ronald L. Ziegler
Selective Service
Bernard R. Blackwell Jr
Jackson
Miss
Marvel Long
Bay Springs
Harold Studley
Jesse Green
Debra Anderson
John Bodgle
Larry McKibben
John Lloyd
King Hung Lum
John Patrick Livingstone
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Bryce N. Harlow
White House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Finch
Soldiers Reminisce on D Day in Sainte-Mere-Eglise
AP reports on the 25th anniversary remembrance of D-Day in Sainte-Mere-Eglise with veterans from the 82nd Airborne, Omar Bradley and British leaders attending ceremonies. Paratroopers, beach landings at Omaha Utah Juno Sword Gold, and heavy early casualties are recalled along with Gavin’s reflections on the war’s cruelty and ultimate purpose.
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U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
Sainte-Merc-Eglise
82Nd
James M. Gavin
Gavin
Omaha
Utah
Juno, Sword and Gold
William Sharp
Pennington
N.J
1St Army
Omar Bradley
Richard Gale
Charles Ellworthy
Royal Air Force
Mecklenburg
Ludwigslust
No Evidence Found Of Harmful Marijuana
The NSF board chairman Dr Philip Handler testifies to a House subcommittee that there is no scientific proof that smoking marijuana is harmful or addictive and that the evidence may point to opposite effects. He notes the issue remains scientific and compares the decision to that surrounding alcohol in its discovery era.
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Washington
National Science Foundation
Philip Handler
Handler
Johnson
James L. Goddard
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Gerald N. Kurtz
National Institute of Mental Health
Goddard
Red China Accuses Soviet Forces of Border Probes
Tokyo AP reports Communist China charging the Soviet Union with cross border incursions into Manchuria and Sinkiang in a pattern of armed provocations. Beijing says hundreds of armored vehicles and Soviet planes operate near the Manchurian frontier amid tensions as world Communist parties meet in Moscow.
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Tokyo
Red China
Sinkiang
Moscow
Peking
Communist Parties
Sinkiang Province
China
Melbourne Destroyer Collision Captain Was In Control
Captain John Phillip Stevenson of the Melbourne said the ship was executing standard maneuvers when it collided with the U S destroyer Frank E Evans in the South China Sea. He reported 119 Americans were rescued, 73 missing, and noted the joint inquiry would reveal details.
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Singapore
Melbourne
U.S
Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
John Phillip Stevenson
Stevenson
Subic Bay
Philippines
David Green
Withdrawal Of Troops: Little Value
Senator Fulbright says a limited pullout from Vietnam would be of little value unless it leads to broader cuts and a political settlement, which he does not foresee. He notes Nixon's speech echoed Johnson era policies and doubts Midway talks will yield progress toward peace.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Len J. W. Fulbright
U.S
Vietnam
Arkansas
William P. Rogers
Midway Island
Nixon
Fulbright
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Midway
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Thieu
United States
Saigon
Gore
Senate
Russell B. Long
Dla
Students For A Democratic Society
Long
Wellington Man Killed in Armed Robbery at Bill's APCO Station
Ernest Adams, 32, a Wellington service-station attendant, was shot three times during an armed robbery at Bill's APCO on North A. He died on the scene. Donald Sweat, 32, of Jacksonville, Florida, and his 11-year-old son were arrested in Wichita and returned to Wellington for arraignment on first degree murder and armed robbery charges. Adams, born October 20, 1909, is survived by his wife and several stepchildren. funeral services are scheduled Monday at Yost-Gwynn Funeral Home.
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Associated Press
Sainte-Mere-Eglise
France
Eisenhower
Ernest Dupuy
London
Hitler
Europe
Free French Army
Wellington
Bill
APCO
North A
Sumner County
Ernest FE. Adams
1007
East
Harold Pfalzgraf
Bill Shriner
North Washington
Adams
Wichita
South Broadway
Donald Edward Sweat
Gillmore
Jacksonville
Fla
Sheriff's Patrol
Quality Chevrolet Co
Lyons County
Yost - Gwynn
Pflazgraf
Sweat
Illinois
Liberal
Kan
Marjorie Ellen Bailey
Ulysses
Marjorie
Jimmie Ray Adamson
Donald Ross Adamson
Ricky Alen Adamson
Ellen Ruth Adamson
Yost - Gwynn Funeral Home
Albert Gardner
Church of Christ
Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Arraignment of Donald Sweat on Murder and Robbery Charges
Donald Sweat, 32, appeared in county court for arraignment on 1st degree murder and 1st degree robbery in the shooting of Ernest Adams, 59, at Bill's APCO. Judge Lloyd K. McDaniel set no bail on murder and a $10,000 bond on armed robbery. Preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 am June 16 in county court.
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Donald FE. Sweat
Ernest Adams
Bill
APCO
Lloyd K. McDaniel
Memorial Mass Honors RFK A Year After His Death
A simple folk Mass at Arlington National Cemetery marks RFK's first death anniversary with 70 student singers and Terence Cardinal Cooke presiding. Sen Edward M. Kennedy organized about 1000 notices for services nationwide in viewing Kennedy's coffin in New York and other cities.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Ethel Kennedy
New York
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Kennedy
San Francisco
St. Francis of the Guns
Los Angeles
Beniamino Bufano
New York City
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
Harlem Youth Symphony
Revitalization Corps
Kennedy Brothers
Dag Hammarskjold Park
United Nations
Boston
Proposal to Delay Antimissile System
AP report from Washington on a Senate Armed Services subcommittee move to delay ABM deployment by a year while radar and computer components are tested. The advisory recommendation aims to avert a Senate clash over the Safeguard program as Congress drafts a 25 billion defense bill, with support from Sen. Brooke and Sen. McIntyre and caution from other Safeguard backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate Armed Services
Senate
Nixon
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Thomas J. McIntyre
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Brooke
McIntyre
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
George Murphy
R-Calif
Scott
Everett M. Dirksen
Moon Landers Quarantined After Moon Mission
Apollo 11 astronauts face two weeks in quarantine on return to Earth to prevent lunar contamination. NASA and health officials describe iodine disinfection, isolation garments, and a sealed lunar receiving laboratory at Houston.
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Atlanta
Earth
David J. Sencer
National
Communicable Disease Center
Sencer
Special Interagency Committee On
Moon
J.W. Humphreys
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Navy
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
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Hal McClure
Arthur Springston
By Eddie J. Shaw
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Bulletin
RFK
Brotherhood
Paulist Center
Boston Common
Yvonne Braithwaite
St. John's Episcopal Church
D.C
Moon Landers
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