Increased Tempo Is U S Aim In Fighting Viet War
The Pentagon outlines a strategy to raise combat tempo in South Vietnam to wear down the Viet Cong. Army Lt. Gen. B. E. Spivy says the goal is to keep the enemy on the run, with U S and South Vietnamese forces building up and winning through prolonged effort. Senator Russell urges broad air and naval action to damage Haiphong harbor to shift the battle more decisively in favor of the United States.
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Chicago
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Richard B. Russell
Tion
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States seeks two thirds rule to bar Red China from UN
The U S and nine nations urged the General Assembly to keep the two-thirds majority standard for admitting China to the United Nations. The move follows debate on the China question with cosponsors from Australia Brazil Colombia Gabon Italy Japan the Philippines Madagascar and Thailand.
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Thailand
Wilson Moves to Strip Rhodesia of Commonwealth Privileges
London reports indicate Prime Minister Harold Wilson will declare Rhodesia’s rebellion illegitimate and suspend its Commonwealth trading privileges under new emergency powers. The measure allows decrees to be issued immediately and expire after 28 days unless both houses approve. The pound fell sharply to 2.24 dollars as sanctions loom. Ministers reject Queen Elizabeth sympathy rumors and pledge united British action.
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Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
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Wilson
Britain
Smith
Blackout Investigators Seek Prevention Upgrades
Federal authorities focus on preventing a repeat of the massive outage. Ontario’s Sir Adam Beck Plant No 2 relay failure cut one transmission line and caused four others to trip due to overload. Investigators seek causes of the relay break and measures to reduce future risk, including automatic line cuts, stronger interconnections, and spinning reserves from hydro plants.
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Ross Strike
Ontario Commission
Survivors Question Procedures After Shipwreck
The Yarmouth Castle, a Panamanian flagged cruise ship, sank off Great Stirrup Cay with 81 passengers and two crewmen believed dead. Survivors criticize lifeboat use and fire safety while Coast Guard says the vessel passed a safety check three weeks earlier. Senator Magnuson calls for joint investigations into maritime safety enforcement.
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Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
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Merchant Marine Safety Division
Vatican council rejects communist denunciation on atheism
Vatican's Ecumenical Council approves a statement against racial discrimination and a two part birth control declaration. A conservative push to name communism was blocked by a two thirds vote on atheism. Birth control sections pass by wide margins with guidance centering on conjugal love and marital fecundity.
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Post Office Contract Awarded for Coalton Building
Cincinnati regional Post Office announces a contract to build and lease a new post office in Coalton Jackson County awarded to David J. Neal and Eva A. Neal of Philo. The project will be under the Post Office Department's Cincinnati office.
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David J
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Philo
Coalton
Jackson County
Post Office Department
Soviets Launch Third Announced Venus Shot
Moscow reports Venus 3, the second Venus probe in five days, is launched aboard a heliocentric path. Tass says the mission seeks data on Venus and outer space while noting prior Venus attempts and Mariner 2 flyby data.
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Optimism Offered By CEO Director At Conference
Milton Hyman, district director of the Chicago Office of Economic Opportunity, urged 175 attendees from 17 southeastern Ohio counties to expect funding by January for planning and development. He warned against weak planning and urged grass roots aid, noting only Hocking and Belmont counties currently funded.
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Martin L. Sharrett
Milton Hyman
Economic Opportunity
Chicago
Albert G. Giles
Ohio Office of Opportunity
Ohio University Inn
Messenger
David Lace Logan
Ohio
Hyman
Office of Economic Opportunity
Hocking
Belmont
Athens County
Athens
Perry
Supreme Court strikes down Communist party registration ruling
After 15 years the government abandons forcing party membership records as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court voids 43 subversion cases, Brennan's opinion targets individual members, while the DOJ proceeds against the party as a front organization. Senator Eastland pledges committee action and possible constitutional amendment.
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D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
High Court
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Eastland
Judiciary Committee
Jutice
William J. Brennan Jr
Justice Department
Viet Valley Battle Drags On In Ia Drang Valley
In central highlands near the Cambodian border U S cavalry repels new North Vietnamese assaults as fighting continues for a third day. Communist losses total about 465 with air attacks leaving several MIGs and recon planes engaged over North Viet Nam.
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North Viet Nam
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Supreme Court to Review Sheppard Murder Conviction
The U S Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the latest appeal from Dr Samuel Sheppard in the second degree murder case. The Cleveland area court ruling may revisit whether he received a fair trial as urged by prosecutors.
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Samuel Sheppard
U. S. Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrigan
Sheppard
Supreme Court
Parolee Bound Over On Murder Charge In Teacher Slaying
Cincinnati police court records show nest Leon Gray, 26, bound over to the Hamilton County Grand Jury on a first degree murder charge for beating and strangling a school teacher in her apartment. He waived a preliminary hearing and was ordered held without bond. Judge Wood deferred action on a parole violation and cutting with intent to kill.
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Ernest Leon Gray
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Robert V. Wood
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