Coalition Prospects Unsettled in Dominican Crisis
Rebels optimistic about a coalition government led by Antonio Guzman Fernandez clash with a junta that resists surrender. U S officials discuss ongoing talks as Washington potentially backs Guzman as a compromise. FBI involvement in Dominican affairs reportedly considered though White House denies action. Inter-American Force under Brazilian Gen Panasco Alvim commands 21 000 U S troops with small regional contingents arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Guzman Fernandez
Juan Bosch
U.S
Guzman
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Imbert
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
Jose A. Mora
Organization of American States
Bennett
United States
Guzeman
Col
Francisco Caamano Deno
FBI
White House
J. Edgar Hoover
State Department
Hugo Panasco Alvim
Brazil
Bruce Palmer
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Liston Clay boxing forecast and local rain report
The column notes Sonny Liston by knockout over Cassius Clay in eight rounds in a speculative boxing pick. It also reports Clarke County weather by Walter N Rutherford with Berryville rainfall at .4 inches and nearby stations noting .27 to .8 inches, Winchester May total .76 inches, Berryville .86.
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Liston
Clay
Sonny Liston
Cassius
Berryville
Walter N. Rutherford
Clarke County
Rutherford
Moore and Dorsey
Shenandoah River
Blue Ridge
Winchester
Death toll 385 in Vietnam marks peak war losses
Washington AP reports the U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam reached 385, equaling Spanish American War battle deaths. Pentagon figures show 2,176 wounded through May 17, with higher casualties later in Korea and World Wars II.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Korea
Pentagon
Identity of Jet Raiders of S Viet Post
Jet planes strafed a South Vietnamese outpost near the 17th Parallel. Reports conflicted over whether the raiders were Communist MIGs or misdirected American fighters. Five Vietnamese wounded, a truck burned, bulldozer set afire. four planes involved.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gia Linh
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Court finds Frederick County desegregation plan incomplete
The 4th Circuit in Richmond ruled Frederick County's 1965 desegregation plan incomplete, returning it to the Harrisonburg federal court. It objected to a county wide Gibson Elementary School zone that offered greater transfer rights to Negro pupils and noted the plan was amorphous and geographically biased. About 120 of 5,500 students are Black and few attend white schools.
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U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Frederick County
Federal District Court
Harrisonburg
Gibson
Miners Trapped as Blast Rips Through Cumberland Mine
In Robbins Tennessee a gas polluted Cumberland plateau mine blast trapped four miners, one body recovered earlier. Rescue halted to clear air with fans, gas pockets remain. Officials fear the men are dead as rescue teams in breathing gear stand by.
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Cumberland Plateau
Oneida
Here
Charlie Welch
Highland Telephone Co
Victor Volles
Volles
Six Arrested in Plot to Kill De Gaulle
Paris police said six Secret Army plotters connected to the August assassination attempt on President Charles de Gaulle were arrested. The ring reportedly planned a second attack using a booby trapped statue of Georges Clemenceau during De Gaulle’s tour of western France. De Gaulle and Cabinet members narrowly escaped death at Toulon when an explosive flower pot failed to detonate as he laid a wreath.
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Paris
Secret Army
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Clemenceau
de Gaulle
France
Toulon
Truce Signed In Bolivia Ends Eight Day Miner Strike
In La Paz Bolivia a cease-fire was signed by the military junta and the miners ending an eight day strike and troop withdrawals from state mines. Gen Alfredo Ovando Candia and miners union leaders announced the truce after a battle in La Paz industrial suburbs leaving at least 19 dead and more than 70 wounded. Representatives from both sides will meet in the capital to broaden the accord and the miners will call off the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Alfredo Ovando Candia
Bolivian Drivers Union
Radio Mendez
Senate Votes To Limit Talk On Rights Bill
The Senate limited further debate on the voting rights bill to one hour per senator, with 70 voting for cloture and 30 against. Debaters from both parties indicated firm schedules as leaders hoped for passage by Wednesday. The measure would suspend literacy tests and authorize federal voter registration in five Southern states and parts of two others.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Den.c
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
The
Communications Satellite Corp
Associated Press
George Murphy
R-Calif
Jack Miller
Iowa
District of Columbia
Saturn Puts Pegasus 2 Satellite Into Orbit
The Saturn 1 launched at Cape Kennedy in darkness at 2:35 a.m. on its ninth straight test, sending Pegasus 2 into orbit to study meteoroids. Pegasus 2, with a 96 foot wingspan, will emit electronic signals when penetrated by cosmic debris and transmit data to Earth.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pegasus
Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hunt Community Chest Elects New President at Winchester Meeting
Wilkie O W Hunt, vice president of the National Fruit Co., was elected president of the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest at the annual meeting held at the George Washington Hotel. He urged volunteers to organize the upcoming campaign and outlined two year and one year director terms for agency and public members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie O‘w. Hunt
National Fruit Co., Inc
Winchester - Frederick County
Weather forecast for Virginia easterly warm front approach
A high pressure system off Maryland moves east tonight, pulling a warm front into Virginia. The change signals warmer conditions ahead with accompanying wind shifts and possible showers as the front advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Maryland
Ward
Virginia
Sears Cuts Appliance and Power Mower Prices
Sears Roebuck & Co. announces reductions on appliances and power mowers, cutting prices to mirror or exceed the proposed federal excise tax reductions. Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEARS
Sears Roebuck & Co
Winchester
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Little Garden Club
East Lawns
University of Virginia
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Ralph L. Hardy
W Clarke Club
J. Sloan Kuykendall
GCV
Richard E. Byrd
Vietnam
S. Viet Post
Navy
Air Force
North Viet Nam
East Tennessee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ervin
Congress
Saturn
Hunt Community Chest President
Donald Caskie
Albert Loring
Philip N. Hunter
Henry H. Whiting
Wilkie W, Hunt
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