Viet Cong Sampans Sunk by Helicopter Strikes Near Saigon
AP reports 122 Viet Cong sampans sunk in two helicopter attacks. 143 Communist soldiers killed in small firefights across South Vietnam. thirty five camps near Saigon targeted by mortar and rocket fire. One helicopter mission silenced a river gun bunker and destroyed many sampans. another team sank 51 sampans and 11 positions west of Saigon. One American fatality and 15 wounded. political tension rises as Thieu Ky ticket faces assembly vote.
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Anoth
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Phuoc Hiep
Rail Strike Ends After Federal Back to Work Law
The first nationwide rail walkout in 20 years ends as a new federal back-to-work law triggers immediate resumption of service. President Johnson signs the act, forcing wage-dispute settlement if needed within 90 days. Pickets withdraw and major routes reopen, though court action blocks some lines.
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Frank W. Wilson
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Tenn
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Britain to quit bases in Singapore and Malaysia by mid 1970s
Britain plans to pull out three old bases in Singapore and Malaysia in the middle 1970s and cut British forces in Southeast Asia by about half by 1970 71. A government white paper on defense policy urges a substantial army reduction due to fewer commitments outside Europe.
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Southeast Asia
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Britain to phase out bases in Asia and shift to submarines
A wartime era white paper outlines Britain's plan to withdraw from Malaysia and Singapore by the mid-1970s, cut RAF forces, and rely on land based planes and a growing nuclear powered submarine fleet with Polaris missiles. It says manpower and fixed bases costs are untenable and predicts defense spending near 5 billion dollars annually mid 1970s. Prime Minister Wilson’s government stresses NATO unity and Europe focused security.
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27 Now Dead In Racial Rioting in Newark
A Newark looter was shot by police during a gun duel, killing him, as a patrolman was wounded in a separate chase. Freddie Lee Jones, 24, died from burns after a fire bomb hit a Jersey City cab. The 27th fatality marked the toll from days of rioting across northern New Jersey.
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N.J
Jersey City
New Jersey
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Elizabeth
Paterson
New Brunswick
Raymond Gilmer
Gilmer
John Romano
Freddie Lee Jones
U.N. Faces Hurdles On Israeli Withdrawal Resolution
The United Nations General Assembly struggles to approve a resolution calling for Israeli troops to withdraw from Arab territories seized in the June war as Arab states refuse recognition of Israel and debates stall progress. Meanwhile patrol boat tensions rise on the Suez Canal and Soviet bloc leaders urge more aid to Arab economies without broad enthusiasm.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Suez
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Torbjorn Egerstad
East Bank
Ismailia
12 Accused Of Plotting To Stop Desegregation
FBI agents arrested twelve North Carolina men, including James Wayne Davis, Rowan County registrar of deeds, on charges of conspiring to block school desegregation. The group allegedly carried out shootings, bombings, arson, threats, and cross burnings in two counties. Bonds set at 2500 dollars. arraignments held in Greensboro.
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N.C
Rowan County Registrar of Deeds
North Carolina
FBI
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China Grove
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U.S
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
U.S. District Court
Greensboro
Prisoner Volunteers for Research Passes in Ohio House
The Ohio House unanimously approved a bill allowing inmates in state prisons to volunteer for cancer and other disease research projects with approval from the Division of Correction and the director of mental hygiene. Funds earned would go to prisoner aid programs for books and educational materials. The measure moves to the Senate as the legislature nears adjournment after lengthy sessions and broad bills.
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Ohio
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Marigene Valiquette
Toledo
Division of Correction
Senate
Coltrane dies at 40 in Huntington headline mourns jazz icon
U S and world briefs report John Coltrane premier avant garde saxophonist died Monday at age 40. death cited as liver ailment. Other items include Hough memorial parade in Cleveland for four killed during rioting. Goodrich rubber workers vote on tentative settlement. Rusk on Vietnam peace prospects in Miami Beach.
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N. Y
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Cleveland
Hough
Akron
Ohio
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Treasury Post Shift Sounds Female End to Long Role
Washington reports that after nine decades a woman may lose the post of treasurer of the United States. Kathryn O Hay Granahan resigned for health reasons nine months ago and insiders say William T Howell will be named deputy treasurer and take the job. Howell has served as acting treasurer since Granahan retired last Oct 13.
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The
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Congress
Philadelphia
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Treasury Department
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Granahan
Cincinnati Strike Ends After 69 Days
About 1,550 members of Local 1347 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to accept a new three year contract with Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co ending the 69 day strike. In Pasadena California JPL scientists continued to seek why Surveyor 4 stopped transmitting before touchdown on the moon.
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International Brotherhood Electrical Workers
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Moon
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