Troops Mass at Border Heightens Middle East Crisis
Reports from Cairo and Jerusalem say Egypt moved troops to the Tiran Strait while Israel mobilized more than 50,000 troops in Sinai. Israel sent tanks to face Egyptian forces as Syria allegedly dispatched a sabotage unit. UN Secretary General Thant planned urgent talks in Cairo as tensions rose.
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UPI
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Eilat
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Tiran Strait
Siat
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Syria
Beersheba
Arad
U.N
Thant
New York
Middle East
Reds Caught in Giant Pincer In DMZ Fighting
In a Demilitarized Zone operation U.S. Marines and Vietnamese paratroopers trapped an estimated battalion of North Vietnamese forces, reporting 342 enemy killed. Jets downed five MIGs over Hanoi, and a Haiphong power plant was bombed as Marine units pressed the Nut Cracker offensive.
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Saigon
Haiphong
Leathernecks
Dmz
United States
Hanoi
North
U.S
Haiphong West
$1 Minimum Pay Bill Clears Committee Draft for House Vote
After months in limbo a Texas House Labor Committee panel approved a substitute minimum wage bill replacing $1.25 with $1 per hour and 80 percent for apprentices. Rep. Gene Fondren led the rewrite. opposition from Rep. Gene Hendryx persisted as Speaker Ben Barnes pressed for action ahead of a hoped Tuesday floor vote.
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Gene Fondren
Taylor
Gene Hendryx
Alpine
Labor Committee
Dallas
J. M. Simpson
Amarillo
Hendryx
Ben Barnes
Fondren
Laura Cruz
Curtis Graves
Houston
Ligarde
Amarillo Sees Mostly Cloudy Morning With Clearing Afternoon
The Panhandle region experiences cloudy skies this morning with the sun breaking through later. Temperatures are expected to rise this afternoon as conditions improve and brighten the day for local residents.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Slain Girl Found in Car Trunk in Atlanta Suburb
The body of 22 year old Diane Marie Shields was found at 2:30 am in the trunk of her car in East Point, Atlanta. An autopsy showed strangulation and a blunt head injury. A trail of blood and five red roses from an anonymous sender linked the case to a related disappearance involving the same roommate.
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Atlanta
UPI
Diane Marie Shields
East Point
Miss Shields
Manila Riot Kills 34 Rebels With Machetes
In Pasay city clashes between police and Lapiang Malaya partisans left 34 dead, including 33 rebels and at least one trooper. About 300 activists besieged their headquarters, some surrendering after hours of fighting.
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Manila
Pasay
Lapiang Malaya — Freedom Movement
Res
Valentino de Los Santos
Ferdinand Marcos
de Los Santos
Marcos
Lapiang Malaya
Lindy Fliers Make It! A pair of doctors fly Lindbergh route to Paris
American physicians Francis Sommer and John Rieger completed a 3,186 nautical mile transatlantic flight from John F. Kennedy Airport to Le Bourget Paris using Lindbergh’s plan. An airport mix up sent them to Cormeilles instead of Le Bourget due to Friday air show activity. They landed after 19 hours 54 minutes 32 seconds in a Beechcraft single engine.
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Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
le Bourget Airfield
Lindbergh
Cormeille Airport
le Bourget
Francis Sommer
Barbourville
John Rieger
Los Gatos
Calif
New York
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Potter County
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Ben Atwell
Happy Landing
France
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