No havens of safety for Americans in Vietnam
Americans in Vietnam face no true havens of safety as the July 14 Da Nang attack demonstrated. The raid, plus a brutal Hoi An prison breakout and a marked North Vietnamese trawler strike, exposed vulnerabilities of bases and coastal operations and raised fears that enemy raids could target secure allied sites such as Da Nang Cam Ranh Bay Pleiku Chu Lai Phan Rang and Saigon.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
UPID
Saigon
Dan Nang
United States
Hoi An
South China Sea
Cape Ba Lang An
Cam Ranh Bay
Pleikuor
Chu Lai
Phan Rang
Firestone Reaches Settlement in Rubber Workers Stoppage
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. agreed with the United Rubber Workers ending a segment of the national rubber strike. The accord follows deals with B F Goodrich and General Tire, matching wage raises of 15 cents now 15 cents next year and 13 cents the following year for production workers. The package includes 80 percent wage coverage for layoffs and higher pension payments, covering 17,000 workers across 11 plants nationwide.
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Akron, Ohio
UPI
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers
National Rubber Industry
B. F. Goodrich Co
General Tire & Rubber
Goodyear Tire & Rubber and
Uniroyal Inc
URW
URW International
Peter Bommarito
Robert Garber
Firestone
Akron
Los Angeles
Pottstown
Bloomington
Decatur
Ill
Memphis
Johnson Rages Over House Defeat Of Rat Extermination Bill
President Johnson denounces House vote 176 to 207 against a two year 40 million dollar program to exterminate rats in city slums. He laments spending on livestock protection while children lack similar shield, calling the action cruel to the poor. Rep Kupferman and Rep Griffiths frame the vote as risking public health and safety amid wartime finance.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Urban Development Department
Theodore R. Kupferman
R-N.y
Miss Universe to Receive Regal Welcome in Boston
Sylvia Hitchcock of Haverhill who won Miss Universe will return Monday to Massachusetts for a royal reception. Lt Gov Sargent and Haverhill Mayor James Chase will greet her at Logan Airport. She is a University of Alabama student who captured Miss Universe in Miami Beach after representing Alabama. Her Boston schedule includes a Cushing home visit, a Massachusetts House address, a state senate citation, and a proclamation by Lt Gov Sargent.
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Boston
UPD
Sylvia Hitchcock
Haverhill
Logan International Airport
Francis W. Sargent
James Chase
U.S.A
Alabama
Miami Beach
University of Alabama
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Sargent
James Burak
D-Haverhill
State Senate
Government Plans Appeal on ABC-IT&T Merger
The Justice Department plans to appeal the proposed ABC and ITT merger, outlining objections to ITT influence on ABC news and alleging false representations before the FCC. The case seeks to block effects on program material and potential favorable coverage abroad, with the merger set to take effect at midnight.
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Abc-It&t
FCC
Justice Department
ITT
ABC
Communists in India Split Into Three Factions
Indian Communist movement experiences a split into three groups as internal tensions rise amid protests in New Delhi and amid China’s cultural upheaval. The rift deepens after Indian diplomats face mistreatment in Peking and Indian demonstrators retaliate violently.
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India
New Delhi
Communist Party
Red Guards
China
Peking
Communist Watchers
CPI
Brooke Seeks Civil Strife Investigation
Senator Edward W. Brooke proposes a seven member Senate select committee to study civil disorder causes and impacts. The plan calls for examining riots, community attitudes, and government responses, with up to four members from one party. Brooke plans to introduce the resolution early next week after sending a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield seeking swift passage.
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Washington
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Brooke
Mike Mansfield
Newark
N.J
House Air Safety Hearings Set After NC Tragedy
House Commerce Committee plans hearings next week to examine the North Carolina crash that killed 82. Witnesses will be called to discuss why a light Cessna 310 was south of Asheville Hendersonville airport rather than north, as aviation officials probe the cause, with testimony focusing on new details from the investigation and not speculating on fault.
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Washington
APS
House
Asheville- Hendersonville
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
House Commerce Committee
North Carolina
Piedmont Airlines
Accessibility key to drug use by students, sociologist says
BOSTON UPI A Northeast ern University sociologist says greater drug accessibility could raise student use two to three times. In a survey of 690 seniors at 98 colleges last year only 5 percent tried LSD yet 9 percent did not disapprove and 11 percent approved mildly.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Boston
Northeastern University
William J. Bowers
Russell B. Stearns
Bowers
Woman in coma gives birth to normal baby at Massachusetts General
Mrs Shirley May Sweeney 36 of Somerville has been in a coma since January 31. Her two day old daughter Mary Elizabeth Sweeney weighed five pounds fourteen ounces. Baby delivered by Dr Barry Aranson at Massachusetts General Hospital where latency of coma risks were weighed against continuing pregnancy. Mother and family expressed relief as infant develops normally.
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Boston
Mary Elizabeth Sweeney
Massachusetts General Hospital
Shirley May Sweeney
Somerville
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Miss Universe
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