Evacuation Clears Fairbanks Amid Vast Alaskan Flood
In Fairbanks Alaska nine feet of floodwater forced 10 000 residents from their homes as helicopters and river craft moved people to safety. Three dead and officials warn of greater disaster as fires burn downtown and river levels threaten more damage. Federal aid and military teams converge with plans for mass evacuation before winter.
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Viet Cong Terrorism and Combat Rise in South Vietnam
South Vietnamese forces with U S air and ground support report 98 Communist soldiers killed in two clashes including the Mekong Delta and 270 miles north of Saigon. One U S service member died. Vietnam casualties light. Booby traps kill eight Marines near Da Nang. Terrorist attacks announced. election September 3 looms. Air strikes destroy or damage 541 enemy trucks in first half of August. Ground action near Saigon yields 33 Viet Cong dead and seven captured in a battle with a Viet Cong 309th Mobile Battalion.
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Bombing Policy Shift in Johnson Vietnam Debate
U S Pacific commander Adm Sharp testified that victory requires heavier bombing of North Vietnam, prompting critics to fear a shift from negotiated settlement. Supporters say air attacks could force North Vietnam to seek peace, while Johnson remained noncommittal on the White House's stance. Senate leaders cited Sharp's remarks as evidence of White House approval for expanding bombing.
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White House
Nine killed in Saskatchewan family massacre
RCMP cordon roads and deploy bloodhounds as they hunt a killer who shot nine members of the Peterson family at Shell Lake. A 4-year-old girl survived. Victims include Peter, 47, Evelyn, 42, and seven of their eight children. A 1-year-old, Larry, was among the slain.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
James Peterson
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Evelyn
Earl Callan
Calvin §. Lambert
Leoville
Brian Sawyer
Ambassador Bunker says South Vietnam election proceeding fairly
U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker said the South Vietnamese presidential election is fair and free. He noted that claims of unfairness are natural in a tight race amid charges from civilian candidates that the military government sabotaged their campaigns and harassed representatives.
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U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
Foreign Aid Plan Appears In Trouble
Washington AP The Johnson administration faces a Senate setback over its 1967 foreign aid bill as the upper chamber votes 46 to 45 to block the Defense Department from guaranteeing loan repayments by undeveloped countries for U S arms purchases. The vote upholds a Foreign Relations Committee move to abolish the guarantee plan which the administration opposes.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Election fair on mission amid Vietnam campaign twists
United States mission adopts hands off policy as civilian candidates resume a 22 stop tour near Saigon with 15 minute speeches in Bien Hoa. Bunker comments on fairness and security while campaign pace slows after transport glitches and government mismanagement earlier.
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Whites Attack Negro Marchers in Ku Klux Klan Territory
In Holden Louisiana seven more state troopers were ordered to 124 to shield a civil rights march from Bogalusa to Baton Rouge. A brief melee left two whites arrested as marchers moved through held territory with guards, a relay of local officials and a planned rally at the state capital.
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Thomas Burbank
William Jourdan
A. Z. Young
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Editors urge stricter income disclosure for House members
Norman E. Isaacs of The Courier Journal and Louisville Times urged the House ethics committee to require detailed public disclosure of legislators income sources and spending of tax dollars. He called for clear conflict of interest definitions, individual accountability for tax money, and public inspection of travel records, saying ASNE members back stronger standards.
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Courier- Journal
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Auto Peace Chances Diminishing in GM Talks
DETROIT AP Indications mount that militant skilled tradesmen may threaten a peaceful new contract in the auto industry. The United Auto Workers fired GM bargaining chairman Joseph Malotke of Warren Michigan for association with activities of a rebellious skilled trades group. Glen Stack of Flint Michigan was named to replace him while Malotke remains on the GM team.
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Three Teams Ousted In Legion Baseball
Three more teams were eliminated in the American Legion Tournament Thursday morning as Miamisburg defeated Euclid 6 to 3. Pemberville scored seven runs in the first inning and edged Cincinnati Bentley 9 to 7. Steubenville rallied with three eighth inning runs to beat Willowick 8 to 5.
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U.N protests ambush of U S soldiers in Korea
In Panmunjom the U N Command protested North Korea after an ambush of a U S Army truck south of the DMZ killed three American soldiers. In London flower power followers plan a massive love in at Woburn Abbey drawing about 100000 hippies. In Havana a 17 year old Viet Cong heroine claims to have killed 25 Americans. In Vienna Ladislav Mnacko loses citizenship and party status for protesting Israel Arabs. In Salamanca a gas explosion in Guiijuelo kills 13 and injures about 60 near a bullfight crowd.
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Blue Grass Seeds Hope Reach Vietnam Soldier Plea
Warrant Officer Russell Preston from Kentucky, serving with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta, asked Governor Edward Breathitt for Kentucky Blue Grass seed. Breathitt sent the request to agriculture aide Hayden Timmons, who believes he can arrange seed delivery to the remote camp.
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Russell Preston
Kentucky
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Preston
Edward T. Breathitt
Breathitt
Hayden Timmons
Timmons
Singers Buy MacDonald Bel-Air Home in Los Angeles
Bearded John Phillips and wife Michelle Gilliam of the Mamas and Papas bought Jeanette MacDonald’s Bel-Air estate. They are sand blasting the baronial residence after purchase and did not announce a price.
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Los Angeles
John Phillips
Michelle Gilliam
Mamas and Papas
Baronial Bel-Air
Jeanette MacDonald
Phillips
Pershing Grandson To Receive Second Lt Commission
Richard Pershing, grandson of General John J. Pershing and nephew of a Vietnam era Marine Corps commander, will receive a second lieutenant commission Thursday at Fort Benning Georgia. His father Francis Pershing of New York City attends, a World War II Engineer Officer Candidate School graduate.
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Marine Corps
Vietnam
Richard Pershing
Francis Pershing
New York City
Waterworks plant walkout averted in Chauncey
Hocking County weighs joining the federal food stamp program as a study is conducted. Page 9 notes a walkout at the waterworks plant was averted. The section also mentions SNCC claims about atrocities in the Arab-Israeli War, with page references for denials and criticism. Obituaries, Patterns, Television, Theaters, and Women are listed in the edition.
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