Viet Nam General Killed In Helicopter Downing Near Duc Lap
South Vietnamese Brig. Gen. Truong Quang An, 36, commander of the 23rd Infantry Division, was killed when a North Vietnamese shell shot down his helicopter near Duc Lap Green Beret camp on the Cambodian border. An’s wife died aboard. two American door gunners survived. The incident comes amid renewed fighting around the camp and follows An’s recent promotion and prior command roles.
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Eight Killed in Suez Canal Clash as Cease Fire Sought
TEL AVIV AP reports a seven hour artillery battle along the Suez Canal ending with a UN cease fire. Eight Israelis died and 17 wounded as fighting spread from Port Taufiq to El Qantara. Israel called for a UN Security Council meeting amid rising canal tensions.
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Suez Canal
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Port Taufiq
New York
Israel
Security Council
Canal
el Qantara
Cairo
Canal Zone
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
Israeli East Bank
Kidney transplant patient dies after historic operation
In Houston, William C. Kaiser, 41, of Odessa, died of a heart attack eight days after receiving a kidney in the mass organ operation at Methodist Hospital. The hospital said the other three recipients of organs from a young Houston woman on August 31 were progressing well. Kaiser had been admitted April 18 for chronic renal failure.
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Methodist Hospital
William C. Kaiser
Odessa
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Methodist
First Grade Giant Step For Brent
Brent Hodges a seven year old with brain damage from a polio shot has started first grade. He now walks four to five unassisted steps with a teacher's aide and daily patterning exercises. More than 100 volunteers help with his therapy across Happy Tulia and Dimmitt. His mother notes increased confidence and mobility as he attends school each day.
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Tulia
Dimmitt
San Antonio
Chicago riot sermon at National City Christian Church
President Johnson attended services with Mrs. Johnson and their daughter as Rev. George R. Davis urged support for law and order. Davis criticized press coverage of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention and warned against negative critics undermining the nation.
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Washington
Johnson
Christ
Charles S. Robb
National City Christian Church
George R. Davis
Chicago
France Sets Off H Bomb Second Test in Pacific
Paris AP reports France detonated its second hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific, suspended from a balloon above Mururoa Lagoon. The 3 p.m. EDT blast was smaller than the earlier two megaton test and followed the Aug. 24 Fangataufa eruption that made France the fifth H bomb power.
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France
South Pacific
Defense Ministry
Mururoa Lagoon
Fangataufa
French Polynesia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Red China
Japan
Pacific
Japanese Protest France Nuclear Test at Mururoa
Tokyo reports the Japanese government condemned France for a second thermonuclear test at Mururoa in the South Pacific. Foreign Ministry official Naraichi Fuyama demanded an immediate halt to further nuclear tests, citing ongoing global protests.
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France
Mururoa
South Pacific
Naraichi Fujiyama
Foreign Ministry
Public Information Bureau
Senate Action Sought For Fortas Chief Justice Nomination
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said he would seek to discharge the Judiciary Committee if it fails to report Abe Fortas for chief justice. He warned of possible filibuster and said a discharge petition could bring Fortas to the Senate calendar. Vice President Humphrey endorsed Mansfield.
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Mike Mansfield
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
Montana
Mansfield
Fortas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Scotland Yard
North Korea marks 20th National Day amid Pueblo rumors
In Tokyo North Korea celebrated its 20th National Day with a KCNA led broadcast and a Soviet delegation. Rumors swirled of releasing the Pueblo crew but US officials discounted any change, while Czechoslovak and Chinese delegates boycotted in protest over recent events.
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North Korea
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Inter
U.S
Pueblo
Kcna— Vention
Celebra
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Lyansky
Leaders of the East
KCNA
Pyongyang Radio
Kim Il Sung
Pyongyan
Seoul
South Korea
Japan
Washington
United States
Panmun
Shortage of Fairy Tale Books Puzzles Soviet Parents
In Moscow readers protest the lack of classic fairy tales for children. Komsomolskaya Pravda reports mothers and teachers describe shelves as empty of Chukovsky and Andersen, with limited Dostoyevsky or Pushkin alternatives.
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Voice
Communist Youth League
L. Lyublinskaya
Komsomolskaya
Pravda
Wrath
Lyuublinskaya
Kornei Chukovsky
Shlenyky
Hans Christian Ander
N. Listvina
Hans Christian Andersen
Leningrad
Goldfish
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