Reds Derail Trains Blow Up Trucks in Saigon Area
Viet Cong saboteurs derail three trains and blow up two trucks along the Saigon Vung Tau line killing six. Elsewhere government forces kill 13 Viet Cong near Vinh Loc Ba Xuyen Province. U.S. Marines set up an internal security unit in Quang Tri Province near Laos border.
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Tay Ninh
South Viet Nam
Ministry of Defense
Vinh Lot
Xuyen
United States
U.S
Quang Cri
Laos
Viet Nam
Queen Marks 38th Birthday With Trooping Ceremony
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her official 38th birthday with the Trooping the Colour ceremony at a horse guards parade near Buckingham Palace. The 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards led the parade before a crowd of tens of thousands. The queen, mother of Prince Edward born 12 weeks earlier, appeared on a chestnut horse. her actual birthday is April 21, with the official celebration set in June for better outdoor conditions.
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London
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Coldstream Guards
Germany
Palace
Prince Edward
England
San Marino: World’s Smallest Republic by Area
San Marino, Italy, spans about 24 square miles on the Apennine slopes, earning its status as the world’s smallest republic by area. The microstate preserves historic towers and narrow streets within its compact hilltop borders.
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San Marino
Italy
Apennines Mountains
Scranton Enters GOP Race. Goldwater Still Leads
Gov William W Scranton jumps into the Republican presidential contest challenging Sen Barry Goldwater. Party leaders vary on timing with many doubting a late bid can derail Goldwater, while Michigan and Oregon backers welcome the open convention.
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William W. Scranton
Sen
Barry Goldwater
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Rockefeller
Associated Press
Erhard and Johnson Say No New Crisis From Pact
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and President Johnson agreed there is no new crisis over the Soviet East German friendship treaty. U S officials view the Moscow pact as a defeat for East German leader Walter Ulbricht, who sought a separate peace but got a broad, largely non-substantive accord.
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Johnson
Washington
Ludwig Erhard
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
White House Rose Garden
LBJ
Tno
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Germany
United
United States
White House
Soviet Union
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Turkish Prime Minister Seeks U S Talks on Cyprus
Ankara reports Prime Minister Ismet Inonu is ready to fly to Washington to discuss the Cyprus crisis with U S leaders. President Johnson proposed such a visit to avert a clash between NATO allies Greece and Turkey over Cyprus.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ismet Sonu Is
Washington
Cyprus
U.S
Johnson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Greece
Anatolian
Inonu
Rayemond Hare
George Papandreou
George Ball
NATO
Dirk Stikker
Athens
Papandreou
Scranton Concedes Uphill Campaign Against Goldwater
Scranton acknowledged a late and costly fight in his bid to block Goldwater for the GOP nomination. Goldwater, directing a Washington reserve unit, said the governor must persuade pledged delegates it would be a mistake to stay with Scranton as party moderates delay action. Both viewed a tough, uphill race for the East’s big electoral slate.
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Tennessee Gop
Harry Carbaugh
Republcan Party
Gov. Scranton
Michigan
Scranton
Washengton
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Crime Rates Highlight U S Violence From Britannica Almanac
Britannica Book of the Year notes four major crimes per minute in the United States with a murder every hour and robberies, burglaries, auto thefts occurring at regular short intervals. The report underscores ongoing crime pressures across cities and regions.
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U.S
Ex-UVA Grid Star Dudley Weighs Run Against Poff in 6th District
Lynchburg Democrats floated former All-America UVA halfback William R Dudley as a potential candidate to challenge Rep Richard Poff. Dudley, praised as flattered and willing to help, joins Roanoke Mayor Murray A Stoller and State Senator William B Hopkins as possible nominees.
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Lynchburg
Willam R
Bill
Dudley
Richard Poff
Congress
University of Virginia
Truck and Dodge Pickup Demolished in Strasburg Collision
A 1955 Dodge car and a 1954 Dodge pickup were demolished last night around 10 p.m. in Strasburg. No injuries were reported. Trooper C F Brock charged Robert Cooley, 18, of Middletown with reckless driving after his car struck the pickup owned by Leo Snarr and parked at the Snarr residence on Route 11. The pickup was hurled about 40 feet into a brick wall.
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C. F. Brock
Robert Cooley
Middletown
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Cooley
Leo Snarr
Snarr
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