Marines Mop Up Viet Cong After Hard-Won Victory
In Saigon and on the Chu Lai peninsula, Marines report destroying about 550 Viet Cong of an estimated 2,000-strong force in their fiercest battle to date. The fighting shifted to Dak Sut Kontum Pleiku areas with casualties, rescues, and ongoing operations as U.S. and allied troops counter Viet Cong advances amid reports of refugees and heavy anti-aircraft fire.
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Saigon
UPS
Korea
U.S
Chu Lai
Victor M. Krulac
Pacific
Central Highlands
Dak Sut
Kontum Province
Laos
Ninh Hoa
Joseph L. Galloway
Pleiku
Theodore Mataxis
Seattle
Wash
Dak Sat
Kontum
Dak Sur
U. S
Duc Co
von Tuong
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Eisenhower backs U.S. policy on U.N. fees
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endorsed dropping attempts to deprive the Soviet Union and other debtors of their U.N. vote. He issued a statement after meeting U.N. ambassador Arthur Goldberg at the Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, praising Goldberg’s Monday plan as the best course given current circumstances.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Eisenhower
Arthur Goldberg
Goldberg
Eisenhower Farm
Ambassador Goldberg
New York
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Billings Takes Temporary Leave From Run for Office
Woodstock Vermont Republican House Speaker Franklin S. Billings will not seek reelection in the reapportionment year, citing a growing law practice and time with family. He says he hopes to serve again someday. Richard Mallary emerges as top speaker candidate. Billings has long shaped Vermont GOP fortunes.
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Woodstock
UPI
Franklin S. Billings
Vermont
House of Representatives
Billings
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff-Billings
Richard Mallary
Fairlee
Mallary
Vital
House Appropriations Committee
Daley Predicts More Democrats Entering Election Fray
Montpelier Vermont Lt. Gov. John Daley predicted more Democratic candidates would enter legislative races after the party platform convention in Barre. He noted the pace of announcements would quicken, with Democrats aiming to field at least one qualified candidate for each of the 150 reapportioned House seats, while Republicans hold more nominees overall.
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Daley
House
Senate
Barre
Mallary Weighs Bid for House Speakership in Vermont
UPI reports Rep. Richard Mallary of Fairlee says he will consider running for the Vermont House Speakership as Franklin Billings of Woodstock declines reelection. Mallary, 36, chairs the Appropriations Committee and has served three terms, with roles on the Champlain Waterway Commission and the governor's Emergency Board. A likely primary contest from his two member district is anticipated.
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Fairlee
UPI
Richard Mallary
Fairlee Today
Mallary
House
Angry crowd denounces German envoy in Jerusalem demo
Jews including Auschwitz survivors clashed with police as West German ambassador Rolf Pauls arrived to present credentials to President Shazar. Demonstrators shouted Pauls Raus and pelted his car with anti-German placards, while Pauls read his speech in German amid tense, 30 minute confrontation. In Frankfurt, a war crimes court convicted 17 of 20 defendants for killings at Auschwitz, sentencing six to life and others to 3 to 14 years. notable names included Gestapo torturer Wilhelm Boger.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPID
Adolf Hitler
Rolf Pauls
Pauls
Zelman S. Shazar
Pauls Raus
West Germany
Nazi Germany
Auschwitz
Gestapo
Wilhelm Boger
Oswald Kaduk
More U.S. Examiners Join Vote Rights Force
Federal voting examiners were sent to Perry and Wilcox Alabama Ouachita Louisiana Jefferson Davis and Jones Mississippi as part of enforcement of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Eleven counties already had examiners and a total of about 15 000 voters had been registered in the initial group. The attorney general said the counties showed ongoing discrimination and would keep offices open until local officials demonstrate fair treatment of Black and white applicants.
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Washington
VPI
Deep South
Atty
Nicholas D. Katzenbach
Perry and Wilcox
Alabama
Ouachita
Louisiana
Jefferson
Davis
Jones
Mississippi
Civil Service Commission
Katzenbach
Tas
Justice Department
Clerical Mixup May Delay Vermont Probe
A 1965 Vermont bill directing a judicial probe may be sidetracked by a clerical error in the closing hours of the session. Legislative Council Director Lewis Springer said a clerk failed to cross out a portion of the bill, affecting its progression.
Inside Clarence Howard Designs Local Flavor Cards
Columnist Ron Raynolds comments on his Canadian vacation as the paper notes pages five and four in the feature sections. The item highlights small business craft, seasonal greetings, and travel reflections, with attention to regional flavor and personal observations.
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Clarence Howard
Ron Raynolds
Delayed Gemini 5 launch due to weather and telemetry fault
CAPE KENNEDY UPS reports the Gemini 5 endurance flight with Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad was postponed minutes before liftoff as rain, lightning, and a telemetry problem triggered a countdown halt. Engineers chased a fix while weather and a 48 hour reserve for fuel cells shaped the postponement outlook.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Cape
Cooper
Conrad
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Paul Haney
Voice of
Mission Control
Space Agency
Gemini Control
Eastern Atlantic
Hopes High For Steel Settlement
In Pittsburgh, U S government mediator William E Simkin voiced optimism that wage talks between steel industry negotiators and unions can avert a strike slated for September 1. He met with both sides and pledged to stay through the deadline, noting a news blackout but denying a steel curtain.
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Pittsburgh
UPD
William E. Simkin
U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Manchester selects James L. Woodard as town manager
James L. Woodard of Arlington was chosen by Manchester selectmen as town manager after applicants from Michigan Florida and California were considered. He will start September 7. Woodard has 9 years in the Soil Conservation Service and holds engineering training from Coshocton Ohio. He is married with six children and has prior local involvement with Arlington clubs and Boy Scouts. Former manager Oakley Porter resigned to head a First National Bank branch. Joseph Mitchell was rejected amid community opinion concerns.
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Manchester
Michigan
Florida
California
James L. Woodard
Arlington
Woodard
Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Coyne Electrical and Radio School of
Chicago
Soil Conservation Service School
Coshocton
Ohio
The
G.L. Woodard
Boy Scout Committee
Knights of Columbus
Bennington
Lions Club of
St. Margaret Mary’s
Air Corps
Japan
Alice LaCroix
Oakley K. Porter
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