Durham Escape and Recapture Noted in Local Jail Break
A mid morning escape from the local jail was foiled as Durham was recaptured. In Saigon South Viet Nam two U S Army advisers were killed and a third wounded in a Viet Cong ambush near Pleiku 220 miles northeast of Saigon. The American death toll in Viet Nam rose to 395 since December 1961. Two other Americans were killed over the weekend in heavy fighting in Quang Ngai.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Navy
Vinh
Hanoi
Quang Phong
Route 15
le Than
Lance
Roy Murphy
Moultrie
Chu Lai
U.S
France Seeks Cautious NATO Nuclear Involvement
Paris reports France may study U S proposal creating a four to five nation nuclear advisory committee within NATO. Defense Minister Messmer indicated Paris would not reject the plan outright, signaling openness to expanded allied nuclear planning while De Gaulle pursues broader control within a triad NATO framework. Meanwhile Vietnam war updates note U S forces suffer casualties and conduct air and ground operations across Quang Ngai, Vinh, and Chu Lai areas with multiple fatalities, ambushes, and bombings reported.
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Paris
France
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pierre Messmer
NATO
Robert S. MceNamara
Charles de Gaulle
McNamara
America
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
Inato
Weathered Weekend Ends with Threatened Showers Tonight
The weatherman says weekend sunshine may fade with possible showers tonight and a chance of scattered thundershowers in the afternoon or evening tomorrow and again on Thursday.
GOP Policy Committee Huddling on Civil Rights Declaration
GOP leaders including Eisenhower Goldwater Nixon and Dewey met behind closed doors to discuss a civil rights declaration. The group also planned to address President Johnson's foreign policy and labor issues amid disagreements in a job opportunities task force.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Johnson
Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
Ray C. Bliss
Irresponsible Driving Blamed for Road Deaths
The National Safety Council tied the Memorial Day traffic fatalities to incompetent driving. During the three day period 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday the toll reached 450, surpassing 1964’s 431 record as several crashes in California and a high number of boating deaths were reported.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
Pyle
Nee
Dles
Lone Pine
San Jose
Calif
Needles
High Sierra Foothills
Sune
Emergency Meal Stock For Handley High School
About 100000 meals of emergency ration were delivered to Handley High School and will be stored for any crisis. The protein rich powder can be sprinkled on food or eaten alone and is described as able to sustain a person for days. Acquisition was arranged by Boyd McDonald with the government, with help from the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Handley High School
Handley
Boyd McDonald
City Civil Defense
Astronauts McDivitt White in Tip-Top Space Readiness
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White undergo thorough medical exams for a four day space flight. The checks compare data with Gemini 4 and clear readiness for a Thursday launch. Project Gemini director Christopher Kraft leads the session with medical staff and flight team.
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Space
Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
McDivitt
White
Beegan
Christopher C. Kraft
Project Gemini
Wirtz Frowns On Farm Help
Secretary of Labor Wirtz says his California farm labor panel advised against approving any pending requests to import seasonal foreign farm workers. By mid May domestic seasonal farm employment in California was up 6.1 percent from a year earlier and welfare-receiving farm families had declined as efforts push growers toward American labor.
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Washington (Ap
W. Willard Wirtz
California
Wirtz
Florida
Mexico
Capitol Front Is Crumbling Cracked West Front Faces Repair Costs
Capitol architect J George Stewart warns Congress the west front is cracked and crumbling. He estimates repairs at about 24 million dollars, noting the central portion built 1794 to 1826 shows loss of cohesion from ground oyster and mussel shell mortar.
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Washington
Capitol
J. George Stewart
Congress
Stewart
House
Selma Negroes Begin Drive to Integrate Schools
In Selma Alabama Negroes start a campaign to integrate city schools amid new civil rights tensions. Dr Martin Luther King Jr announces a sweeping Southwide voter registration push aimed at doubling Negro voters within weeks of a federal voting law. He visits Selma to back protests after 32 pickets are arrested, bringing total arrests since Saturday to 132.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Rev. L. L. Anderson
Recaptured slayer Luther Durham after jail escape near Winchester
Luther Durham Jr a confessed killer in 1963 Hoover murders was recaptured minutes after escaping from the Winchester Frederick County jail. FBI Agent William Thomas seized Durham behind a door in a doorway entrance near John Mann Church at S Brad dock and Leicester Streets. He offered no resistance and no injuries were reported.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Hoover
Mineutes
Winchester-Frederick County
FBI
William Thomas
John Mann Church
S. Braddock and
Leicester Sts
Durham
Waltrie Naomi Hoover
E. M. Snow
Double Toll Gate
S. Cameron St
Thomas
Dureham
William Pyles
Aluminum Co and 3 Unions Reach Pact Before Strike
Aluminum Co of America reached settlements with United Steelworkers United Auto Workers and Aluminum Workers International Union on the eve of a threatened industry wide strike. The 50.1 cent an hour three year package includes a new pension program and partial price increases up to one cent a pound on most aluminum products. About 37 000 workers are affected with 32 000 Steelworkers.
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New York
Alueminum Co. of America
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
United Auto Workers
Aluminum Workers International Union
Aluminum Workers
Reynolds Metal
Alcoa
Aluminum Workers International
Banly
Steele
Reyne Olds
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Olin-Mathieson
I'm Gonna Get Me A Man Escape at City-County Jail
Luther Durham Jr escaped the Winchester-Frederick County Jail at 9 45 am using a makeshift knife to overpower Deputy Marion Cooper. He fought off William Pyles guarding the stairwell and fled toward Cameron Street as Pyles chased him down the hall and onto the porch.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Freedom
Durham
Winchester-Frederick County
Marion Cooper
Cooper
Trusty
William
Pyles
Robert DeHaven
Shereiff
DeHaven
Cameron Street
Jones Funeral Home
Weather brings warm humid air to Virginia today
A southwesterly flow around a stationary high pressure center warmed Virginia with humid air today as the weather pattern persisted across the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Luther Durham
GOP Policy Committee
Capitol Front
Robert Dee Haven
Frederick County
DeHavens
Mr. Thomas
Leicester St
Luther Durham Jr
Penney’s
Price Baker & Anderson
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan
Boscawen & Washington
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