Reinforcements Move Up Front as McNamara Visits Saigon
U S forces push heavy reinforcements toward the DMZ while B52s raid infiltration routes. Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara arrives in Saigon for a four day trip to assess front line needs. Marines reinforce Da Nang as northern provinces see first Army deployment.
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Campaigners say Viet issue not driving 1960s election
With under a month until the election, strategists from both parties concede Viet Nam is not a defining vote issue. voters worry about the war and peace efforts, but candidates say the public may not punish or reward positions on ending the conflict.
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Gromyko To Meet Johnson In Washington Courtesy Visit
President Johnson will host Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in a courtesy session. U.S. officials caution against high expectations, noting no immediate peace talks despite cooler tensions since 1965. The visit follows Gromyko’s New York stop for the U.N. opening. Temperatures this week run 3 to 6 degrees below normal with scattered showers.
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Inez Slashes Mexico Texas Crop Is Late
Hurricane Inez battered the Mexican coast near Tampico with 90 mph winds, then shifted inland toward Tamaulipas. Forecasters warned Brownsville and surrounding Texas towns could avoid direct hurricane-force impact as warnings extended from Tampico to Port Isabel and Corpus Christi.
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Robin Hood pardoned seven centuries after his notice
Notting ham by not ting ham England signed by Sheriff Elliott Durham grants a formal pardon to Robin Hood seven hundred years after last wanted notices adorned Sher wood Forest. In Pasadena California hopes for photographs from Surveyor 1 fade as power system proves likely too weak for landing and survey tasks.
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Death of Jane Pierce Bunche in Riverdale tragedy
New York reports Jane Pierce Bunche 33, mother of three, died after a fall or jump from her Bronx apartment. Her body was found in the courtyard of a nine story building early Sunday. In Tokyo, Red China signals army resistance to Lin Piao amid Red Guard discontent, with Lin issuing new orders to follow Mao.
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Senate votes on DC home rule filibuster test
The Senate votes on a cloture motion to block a filibuster on a proposed DC home rule. A two thirds majority is required. leaders aim to adjourn by next week. The issue, opposed by Southern lawmakers, would create an elected mayor and council for the district.
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Eisenhower criticizes nuclear option in Vietnam remarks
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower says his zeal for winning quickly in Vietnam does not imply support for nuclear weapons. He argues Vietnam is a guerrilla war that would not benefit from such tactics and adds only President Johnson can set broad policy. He says he will criticize any decision President finds necessary.
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Eisenhower Urges Unity Behind Vietnam War Policy
In a rare public stance, Dwight D. Eisenhower argues for decisive wartime action to win quickly and warns that prolonged conflict raises costs and lowers morale. He stresses national morale as crucial as military strength and cautions against exploiting Vietnam policy in elections. He urges fellow Republicans to support the commander in chief.
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Viet Cong reject Britain's peace plan and papal appeals
The Viet Cong dismissed Britain's peace proposal and Pope Paul VI's appeals in Vietnam. A Communist Liberation Press Agency commentary rejected vague calls for peace without accusing the U.S. of war crimes and demanding withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam. Earlier, North Vietnam and the Soviet Union also rejected George Brown's peace plan for Viet Nam.
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London Unscheduled Stopover For Second TWA Passenger
Fred Hildreth of Glendale California, traveling on Trans World Airlines Flight 770, arrived Boston 30 hours after a detour that included Shannon Ireland and a 21 hour wait in London due to fog and passport issues. A grandmother, Josephine Griffin, was also carried on the same flight from Chicago to London. An airline spokesman cited possible misrouting or human error as a factor.
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Ohio weekend traffic toll rises with multiple deadly wrecks
The Associated Press reports a grim Ohio toll after another deadly weekend. Four killed in a Columbiana County truck car crash, three in a Stark County auto collision, two in a crash on Interstate 75 near Lima, two in a Trumbull County wreck, and two in a Wood County collision. The total exceeds 27 and climbs past 28, 35, and 28 in previous weekends.
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Albany boy saves girl on church outing
In today’s paper an Albany boy is credited with saving a girl from drowning during a church outing. The report notes quick action and community praise amid the incident.
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Russell Leach
Mason County
Hocking County
Columbus
Fire Chief Returns To Scene Of Lecture Fire
Zillah Washington fire chief Elmer Schultz returned to the school scene during Fire Prevention Week to help fight a blaze that destroyed 10 of 13 classrooms a library and an office at Zillah Ru lah elementary. Damage was estimated at two hundred thousand dollars despite efforts of three fire departments.
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