Generals Assume Control After South Viet Nam Government Collapse
In Saigon, civilian rule ends as four month old government resigns, restoring power to military leaders. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu serves as spokesman with Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky named as influential voice. Quat and Sun accept caretaker posts as the Charter and Legislative Council are scrapped.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Strongman
Ngo Dinh Diem
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khac Sun
Legislative Council
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Quat
Nguyen Cao Ky
Sun
National Legislative Council
Delta Dagger crash near Route 134 shocks Buford area
An unarmed F-102A Delta Dagger jet crashed near Route 134 killing Maj. Alex Rupp and scattering wreckage across two cornfields and Camp Canaan grounds. Wright-Patterson officials said the pilot had departed on a routine test flight at 11 04 a m and the plane exploded twice, injuring bystanders and damaging camp buildings and nearby residences.
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David Myers Buford
Air Force
Buford
Maj
Alex Rupp
West Point
Camp Canaan Grounds
Belle Woodruff
Batavia
Bruce Woodruff
Highland County
Dora Woodruff
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Rupp
Major Rupp
Aeronautical Systems Division
Wright-Patterson
Bellefonte
Washington, D. C
Ruth Meichels
Bernkastel-Kues
Germany
Alexander
Karen
C. A. Rupp
Taylor Heads Back Toward Uneasy Viet
U S Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor returns to Saigon with resolve to stay in Southeast Asia. He carries President Johnson's guidance to Saigon's military rulers after Phan Huy Quat used the army to mediate a constitutional dispute with President Pham Khac Suu. Taylor warns of intensified fighting during the rainy season ahead.
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Washington
U. S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
Taylor
Johnson
Phan Huy Quat
Pham Khac Sun
Kent State student charged in underage drink tavern case
Ronald M. Barvin, 20, of Stow, arrested in an Ohio Highway Patrol probe into minors using false IDs to drink in Kent taverns. Barvin is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after allegedly selling a 16 year old a driver’s license and a draft card for $2. The probe followed Stow High School officials notifying the liquor director that students aged 14 to 18 were being served illegally in Kent taverns.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Kent State University
Ohio Highway Patrol
Kent
Ronald M. Barvin
Stow
Astronauts McDivitt and White to Receive Parades
Houston based astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White plan a series of receptions and parades after their space mission. A Chicago ticker tape parade opens Monday with Homecoming events at University of Michigan and in Jackson Michigan and San Antonio Texas. President Johnson promoted the pair to lieutenant colonel during a ceremony for center staff and other spacers.
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Houston
Tex
America
Space Twins
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Manned Space Center
Chicago
University of Michigan
Jackson
Mich
McDivitt
San Antonio
White
Johnson
Air Force
Manned Spacecraft Center
LBJ
Space Center
Texas
L. Gordon Cooper
Virgil I. Grissom
Sheriff Cleared But Criticized For Abuse of Discretion
Two Lake County common pleas judges criticized Sheriff Cunningham for improper use of jail trustees to tear down a house but found no contempt. Prosecutor Skok had charged contempt. judges Clair Jr. and Simmons ruled there was no intent to disobey jail rules.
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Painesville
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Edwin H. Cunningham
Lake County
Fred V. Skok
John F. Clair Jr
Robert L. Simmons
Cunningham
Flash Flood Tragedy Strikes Town Killing 13
Survivor recounts Sanderson flood scenes in Fort Stockton Texas where 13 people died in a motel collapse and seven Johnson family members perished. One Johnson boy survived. the event left many missing and devastated the community.
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Morris Nichols
Husky Railroad
John Wesley Johnson
Wall of Water Wrecks Homes in Sanderson Texas
A flash flood in Sanderson Texas killed at least 13 and left 16 missing as 75 houses and a dozen businesses were ruined by an 11 inch cloudburst. Rescue crews from 15 counties searched mud filled streets while 300 homeless were sheltered and meals distributed at a grade school.
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Sanderson
Tex
Sanderson Canyon
Texas
Fort Stockton
San Antonio
el Paso
Longfellow
Here
John Wesley Johnson
Michael Johnson
Southern Ohio Bids for A-Lab
Southern Ohioan backers in Piketon near Portsmouth bid to host a $280 million atom smasher. Rep. Harsha and Rep. Kirwan tout site advantages before AEC officials, citing available land water power and regional unemployment in Appalachia as a justification.
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Washington
Pike County
Ohio
Portsmouth
Atomic Energy Commission
William H. Harsha
Piketon
AEC
William Purdy
Harsha
Paul McDaniel
AEC Research Division
William Bartels
McDaniel
Appalachian
Michael J. Kirwan
Kirwan
House
Appalachia
Warplanes Strike North and South Viet Nam in Day of Bombing
U S warplanes sank or damaged 15 boats about 120 miles inside North Viet Nam after a 30 minute strike. Thunderchiefs hit Laotian border targets near Hanoi destroying buildings and seven military barracks with 30 tons of bombs. Navy Skyraiders cratered approaches to a Route 7 bridge as carrier Midway crews returned. Navy sorties totaled about 70 against Viet Cong in the Fourth Army Corps area.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
North
Hanoi
Muong Sen
Midway
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Fourth Army Corps
County Treasurer Asks Court's Mercy
Port Clinton Ohio AP former Ottawa County Treasurer Howard F Zimmerman faces sentencing on an embezzlement charge. He pleaded guilty to stealing 14000 dollars over 23 years. His attorney Oliver True says Zimmerman can make full restitution.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Ottawa County
Howard F. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Oliver True
Weather Forecast for Southwest Ohio
Partly cloudy with little change in temperature and widely scattered showers or thundershowers tonight. Sunday mostly sunny and slightly cooler with continued warm readings.
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Ohio
Kirwan Receives National Rivers and Harbors Award
Rep. Michael J. Kirwan received the 1965 National Rivers and Harbors Congress award for distinguished service to U.S. water resources development. The congress recommended six Ohio projects for construction and urged an expedited survey on the Logan Reservoir.
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Washington
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States
Kirwan
House Public Works Appropriations
Congress
Alum Creek
Athens
Chagrin River
Chillicothe
Mill Creek
Conneaut Marina
Army Engineers
Logan Reservoir
Coed Demands Jury Trial Rule Test
Oberlin College student Marcia Aronoff 20 of Hamilton Ohio sues in federal court claiming civil rights violation for being denied a jury trial on disturbing the peace charges. She was arrested April 24 during a demonstration at the new federal building site with 23 others.
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Cleveland
Oberlin College
Second Domer Trial Date Set for Sept 20
Robert K. Domer a former Canton investment broker will face a new trial on September 20 after his first degree murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court. He was convicted in the death of Howard F. Riddle an Akron fruit peddler and prosecutors alleged Domer burned Riddle to fake his own death.
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Canton, Ohio
Robert K. Domer
Canton
Domer
Howard F. Riddle
Akron
Riddle
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Uneasy Viet
Associated Press
Johnsons
John
Red Cross
State Health Department
John Connally
Southern Ohio
A-Lab
Ethel H. Hayes
Solon
Coed
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