China Downs Planes
Two U S planes intruded into Red Chinese air space after striking a Hanoi rail yard. Navy A6A Intruder jets from USS Constellation, each with two crew, avoided MIGs and SAMs amid heavy anti aircraft fire. No word on crews' fate. One or both aircraft likely shot down across the border.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
Pentagon
Duc Noi
Defense Department
Red China
North Vietnam
Constellation
Police Use Chemical Paralyzer To Quell New Haven Riot
In New Haven Connecticut police used the chemical paralyzing spray Mace to clear four Negro neighborhoods during a second night of racial violence. Police arrested more than 200 people on charges of inciting to injure property breach of peace theft and curfew violation. Mayor Richard C Lee ordered a city curfew and National Guard units were deployed but later stood down.
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New Haven
Raymond Wiederland
Richard C. Lee
Lee
National Guard
Stamford
Fair Haven
Hill
Newhallville
Dixwell
Yale University
Connecticut
Dixwell Ave
Acapulco Shooting Kills 15 In Union Feud Clash
In Acapulco a gunfight within the local coconut growers union left 15 dead and at least 25 wounded as gunmen unleashed machinegun rifle and pistol fire on marchers and their wives. Police arrested about 180 as bodies lay near union headquarters and a yacht-dotted bay. Conflicting reports said both sides fired first while marchers claimed they were unarmed.
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Acapulco
Mexico
UPI
U S Air Strikes DMZ as Hanoi Targets Hit by Bombers
U S bombers followed up the week’s air assault with heavy bombardments of North Vietnam near the DMZ and around Hanoi and Haiphong. Col Robin Olds led MIG defenses and reported a direct hit on a MIG as B52s dropped tons of ordnance on invasion troops. In South Vietnam, U S infantry claimed 53 enemy killed near a coastal village while a separate unit scored several enemy casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
America
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Haiphong
Col
Robin Olds
Olds
Ella Raines
8Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Udorn
Thailand
U.S. Army
4Th Infantry Division
Homer L. Kraut II
Hopewell
William E. Hocker
Bowling Green
Gunmen Fire On U S London Embassy in Grosvenor Square
Gunmen opened fire on the U S Embassy in London spraying plate glass with a machinegun. A note demanded freedom for American Negroes and a halt to U S Army actions. No injuries reported. Witness described it as like a Chicago gangster film. Police called the attack mystifying.
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London
UPD
Scotland Yard
U.S
Chicago
Arthur Butler
the Yard
Grosvenor Street
Buckingham Palace
Revolutionary Solidarity Committee
Crimin
Williamstown Police Probe Girl's Death
Police investigate the death of 19 year old Bonnie Pearson in Williamstown Massachusetts. Ralph Martel found Pearson's body in his garage on West Main Street around 11 p.m. Sunday. She wore a skirt sweater and shoes. Chief Joseph Zoito leads the inquiry assisted by Det Lt Milo Brown Trooper Richard Clemns and Emil Ober. Pearson's body is at Hopkins Funeral Home. Police said several suspects are under investigation.
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Williamstown
Mass
Bonnie Pearson
H. Peter Pearson
Park Street
Ralph Martel
Miss Pearson
West Main Street
Joseph Zoito
Milo Brown
Pittsfield
Brown Urges Negroes To Arm
UPI report from New York says H. Rap Brown, SNCC leader detained on weapons charges, repeats call for African Americans to arm themselves as a path to freedom. He criticizes detention for stalling civil rights aims and labels himself a political prisoner. Brown remains jailed on $25,000 bail as SNCC struggles to raise funds.
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New York
UPI
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Detroit
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
New Orleans
Maryland
William M. Kunstler
Newsmen
Kunstler
Cincinnati
Baton Rouge
21 Year Old Farmer Held In Death Of Canadian Family
Victor Hoffman a 21 year old farmer faced capital murder charges in the Shell Lake family massacre that claimed nine lives. The suspect, recently released from a mental hospital, was arrested after the burial of the victims. Phyllis Peterson survived the killings. Hoffman's motive remains unclear as authorities pursue ongoing inquiries.
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North Battleford, Sask
UPI
Shell Lake
Victor Hoffman
Leash
Sask
Phyllis Peterson
James Peterson
Hoffman
Robert Hoffman
Victor
Peterson
Saskatchewan
Canada
Queen’s Bench Court
Supreme Court
Brian Sawyer
Father Is Charged With Death of Family
David Hoskins a gospel singer and church deacon was charged after authorities say he shot his wife Loretta 29 and set fire to their St Cloud Minnesota home killing four children Julie 6 Darla 4 Linda 1 and infant David Eli 6 weeks He was found alive tied to two clotheslines under the burning house and later hospitalized The case proceeds to arraignment with autopsies planned for the victims and formal charges to be filed by Stearns County Attorney Paul Doerner
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St. Cloud
Hoskins
Hennepin County Medical Examiner
Minneapolis
Stearns County Atty
Paul Doerner
Loretta
Julie
Darla
Linda
David Eli
Stearns County
Inside Editorial on Scenic Corridors and Arts
Inside comments on scenic corridors and an editorial tone for Page 4. A photo feature notes folk music appealing broadly on Page 6. Bennington County horses shine with high placings at the Humane Society Horse Show on Page 8.
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Bennington County
Humane Society Horse Show
Soviets threaten to sever trade with China
Moscow warned Peking of possible termination of trade ties after a Tass report of a fresh protest note. The note demanded an end to Red Guards harassing Soviet ships in Chinese ports and warned trade agreements could be junked if incidents continue after a prior August 12 incident in Dairen where Red Guards paraded a Russian captain.
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Moscow
UPC
Soviet Union
Peking
China
Tass
Alexei N. Kosygin
Manchurian
Dairen
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