Dak To Battle Sees Longest Vietnam War Fight
U S reinforcements surged onto Hill 875 at Dak To as paratroopers artillery and airpower pressed a stubborn North Vietnamese defense. After 20 days the battle cost 246 Americans killed 860 wounded and about 1299 North Vietnamese killed. By noon two U S battalions held most of Hill 875 with another battalion joining and South Vietnamese troops also deployed. Air and ground attacks continued against bunkers while a separate Atlanta operation near Saigon involved multiple brigades with initial casualties reported.
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Butterworth Captured By Marines In Vietnam
In Da Nang South Vietnamese forces halted the Quaker yacht Phoenix and towed it out after eight pacifists and six Americans aboard sought Saigon with $6,250 in medicines. Professor Harrison Butterworth swam ashore to block the tow and was captured by Marines, saying the group wanted high level talks. Saigon ordered the medicines removed as they were for North Vietnam. Butterworth is an Ohio University English professor on leave to teach in South Vietnam.
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Athens
Arvin R. Wells
South Vietnam
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David Schulte
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Jack Combs
General Telephone Co
Western Powers Push For Quick U.N. Vote
United Nations scene as Western powers press for a rapid Security Council vote on Middle East peace plans. Britain’s draft expected to secure a majority of 12 of 15 votes with the Soviet Union possibly backing or abstaining. The United States signals it will back Britain and withdraw its own draft. In the region, Israeli and Jordanian forces clash near the Jordan River. Israel conducts air attacks marking the first aerials along the cease-fire line since the June war.
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Officials Order Probe After Airplane Crash
Cincinnati officials and state leaders call for intensive investigations into the Greater Cincinnati Airport after a crash that killed 66. Gov Edward Breathitt Ohio aviation director Norman Crabtree and Rep Robert Taft Jr lead the effort. The airport in Boone County Ky has had four crashes since 1961 including the latest TWA jet disaster.
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OU Officials Seek 5 Percent Pay Raise For Ohio University Staff
Ohio University urged the State Employees Compensation Board to approve a 5 percent raise for non teaching staff funded by a $5 per quarter student fee hike. The move, part of a September October bargaining package with AFSCME, aims to equalize pay with other state schools and avert a strike. Regents must approve the fee increase with funding arguments noting no other funds available.
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War Predictions Recall Westmoreland McNamara Clash
Washington recalls Gen Westmoreland and Sec McNamara forecasts on Vietnam troop withdrawals. McNamara in 1963 predicted most U.S. military tasks could end by 1965, with limited training staff. Westmoreland warned of a conceivable two year phase down and gradual Vietnamese burden shift. Diem’s 1963 overthrow ushered coups and 1965 buildup, Johnson pushing to 525,000 by 1968.
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Temperature Outlook: Below Normal Through Monday
Temperatures will average below normal Thursday through Monday with highs in the 30s to the 40s and lows in the 20s or 30s. Cold with little day to day change. Precipitation totals about an inch as showers southeast and light flurries north, mostly daytime.
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Looking Back On Four Years LBJ Cites Disappointments
President Johnson, marking four years in the White House, cites two major disappointments the Vietnam peace process and strained ties with Charles de Gaulle. He frames these as inherited or situational, while outlining hopes for peace moves, crime relief, urban rebuilding, and housing and jobs initiatives.
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Flowers Daily At JFK Grave
Washington reports daily visits to John F. Kennedy’s grave in Arlington. President Johnson will send a wreath marking the fourth anniversary of the 1963 Dallas assassination. Jacqueline Kennedy remains out of sight with children as relatives and dignitaries honor the memorial site.
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Nashville school head to testify on riot probe
The Nashville school director tied to a riot inquiry is set to testify before a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. John L. McClellan. Fred Brooks, 20, former SNCC chairman in Nashville, faces questions about alleged teaching of a hate whitey theme to Negro students. In Jackson Mississippi, a third bombing struck within days as dynamite damaged Rabbi Perry Nussbaum’s home, part of a spate of attacks targeting Jewish and white moderate figures.
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Mississippi
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Nussbaum
Los Angeles Endures Heaviest Three Day Storm On Record
A historic three day storm in Southern California caused widespread flooding and traffic accidents. The disaster produced millions in damage and 22 deaths. Downtown Los Angeles recorded 7.93 inches of rain with heavier totals in outlying areas, recalling a 1938 five day event that dumped 11.06 inches.
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Ohio House Speaker Warns on Civil Disorder Dangers
Ohio House Speaker Charles F. Kurfess of Bowling Green warned that civil disorders create an atmosphere of potential danger. Speaking before the 74th annual Ohio Chamber of Commerce meeting, he criticized advocates of law violation and said tighter enforcement procedures are under study.
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