Global Briefs From Congo to Bangkok Highlight Cold War Era Conflicts
Reports from Kinshasa describe mutineers holed up in Maj Jean Schramm s plantation as Congolese forces loot Kisangani. Luang Prabang raids kill eight and damage 10 US T 28 bombers amid Pathet Lao North Vietnamese support. Seoul reports North Korea disclaims involvement in the killing of three US soldiers with further raids and police killings of suspected agents. Cher Bono miscarriage announced in Hollywood. Thailand says a Bangkok summit of allied leaders in October will discuss Vietnam war strategy following Manila 1966 meeting.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Jean Schramm
Kisangani
Stanleyville
Vientiane
Laos
United States
Luang Prabang
Pathet Lao
Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
U.N. Command
Central Front
Bangkok
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Manila
Americans Seek Escape as Nigerian Troops Advance
About 3,000 Americans and Europeans fled secessionist Biafra while Nigerian forces moved toward Enugu. Convoys carried 200 Americans out, and 2,200 Britons in Lagos were urged to assemble at Port Harcourt for possible lift out with rebels' permission sought for landing planes. Pamela Sue Robinson made Miss Ohio 1968 at Sandusky after a pageant, with Sharon Ann Martin and Judith Ann Duncan as runners-up. Ohio saw 26 traffic deaths over the weekend amid multiple fatal collisions on Columbus freeways and innerbelt roads.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Biafra
Enugu
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Estern E
David Hunt
Port Harcourt
Sandusky
Ohio
Pamela Sue Robinson
Dayton
Pamela
Sharon Ann Martin
Fremont
Bowling Green
Judith Ann Duncan
New Boston
Ohio University
Columbus
Cleveland
Wilbur Lewis Joins Wilmington School System
Inside Today reports Wilbur Lewis accepting employment with the Wilmington Ohio school system on page 3. Lancaster upsets Athens 5 to 3 in the district Legion baseball tournament mentioned on page 10. A pictorial essay features Boon Weaver, skiffbuilder, by photographer Bob Ro botg on page 14.
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Wilbur Lewis
Wilmington
Ohio
Lancaster
Athens
Legion
Boon Weaver
Bob Robotg
Railroad Strike Biggest In 20 Years Creates National Shutdown
The major rail walkout by 137,000 shop craft workers halts most trains, disrupts farm and military freight, and upends mail service. White House seeks rapid anti strike legislation as 80 percent of rail lines face disruption and commutes collapse nationwide.
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Associated Press
White House
New England
South
Scarsdale
New York
Winnetka
Chicago
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
Secretary of
O’brien
Congress Moves To End Walkout In Rail Strike
A congressional committee met to halt the nationwide railroad strike as unions and railroads clash over wage disputes. Senator Ralph Yarborough said a bill would reach the Senate and House by noon, while conferences seek a settlement after days of deadlock. The strike disrupted commuter traffic and freight movement across major lines.
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Portland
Hinkle
Ore
Santa Fe
Kansas
North Platte
Neb
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Nave al Shore Patrol
Liberty
Nearsby Great Lakes Naval Training Station
White House
Johnson
U.S
Shepcraft
Congress
Washington
Congressional Committee
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Yarborough
Senate
House
Senate House
Harley C. Staggers
DW. Va
John
Newark Riot Quiet Amid Wider Turmoil Across States
Newark, New Jersey, reported its first calm night in five violent days as gunfire and firebombs surged in nearby Plainfield, where National Guardsmen were called after a white officer was shot and beaten to death amid Negro street clashes. In Jersey City and East Orange, teens and shooters prompted arrests and scattered violence. The riot death toll in Newark rose to 24 with a woman shot, a looter killed, and a 12 year old wounded. Governors and officials fear many bodies remain hidden. Over 1,100 injured and property losses exceed $5 million in the country’s worst rioting since Watts.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Plainfield
Jersey City
East Orange
Springfield Avenue
Richard J. Hughes
Bomb raids strike five Communist zones in South Vietnam
Giant B52 raids unloaded close to a million pounds of bombs on five major communist concentration areas from the Mekong Delta to below the DMZ. A Navy Skyhawk and an Air Force F100 were downed but both pilots were rescued. Operation Hickory II near Con Thien ended with under 100 enemy killed and Marines reporting 4 dead and 99 wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
North
U.S
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
North Vietnam
Con Thien
Surveyor 4 Reaches Moon Then Loses Voice Contact
In Pasadena, officials report Surveyor 4 did land on the moon but contact was lost as it neared the surface. Project manager Howard Haglund said the craft stopped responding about seven miles above the moon and efforts to reestablish communication were suspended awaiting a later check.
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Surveyor
Moon
Pasadena
Calif
America
Howard Haglund
Goldstone
Barstow
Haglund
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
37 Felons Die In Blaze At Florida Road Camp
AP report from Jay Florida says thirty seven prisoners were killed when a fire started during a brawl in a newly integrated state prison road camp. Fourteen prisoners were rescued and five hospitalized with burns. others were jailed. Investigators cited a gas line rupture and a shattered lamp as the blaze trigger amid racial tensions.
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Pasco Rowells
State Highway Department
Cocker Nelson
Santa Rosa
H. C. Crawford
Milton
Saxbe rules promotional giveaways violate Ohio anti gambling laws
Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe ruled that promotional give away contests in commercial establishments are illegal. He said games requiring a purchase or passing a checkout line to obtain a token count as lotteries or schemes of chance that violate state anti gambling laws.
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Saxbe
Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Franklin County
C. Howard Johnson
Heart Defect Corrected Ray Mathais Becomes Deputy
Ray Mathais, six, of Athens Route 2, underwent heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Columbus on his birthday. By Saturday he had 75 cards and was made an honorary deputy sheriff by the Athens County Sheriff’s Department. He may be released from the ICU today and hopes to start first grade at The Plains this fall.
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Ray Mathais
Ray
Children’s Hospital, Columbus
Fred and
Pauline Mathais
Athens
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Brenda
the Plains
Guns In Mideast Remain Silent For Second Day
Silent guns mark a second day along the Suez Canal as UN observers prepare to monitor a cease-fire. Egypt and Israel still disagree on direct observer communication and canal use, while Dayan threatens a blockade if Egypt blocks Israeli ships. Egyptian ships and blockages persist over the canal.
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Mideast
Associated Press
U.N
Suez Canal
Neeld
el Qantara
Egypt
Bull
Canal
New York
Haaretz
Israel
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
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International Association of Machinists
W. J. Staudenmaier
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Machinists
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Northern Pacific
Department of Transportation
Union Pacific
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Tel Aviv
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U.N. Palestine Truce Organization
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