Jets Press North Viet Nam In Wide War Action
U S Marines fought a five hour battle with North Vietnamese troops in the northwestern corner of South Viet Nam with moderate casualties. Air combat over North Viet Nam involved MIG 17 fighters and F105 Thunderjets in a bloodless draw. The U S reports 561 Communist deaths and 542 probable kills in Operation Hastings as Marine units face three regiments of the 324th Bravo division. A total of 305 U S warplanes have been lost since 1961 with 110 more losses in South Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
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North Viet Nam
Gulf of Tonkin
Navy Pilot Escapes North Viet Captors
A U S Navy pilot escaped from North Vietnamese captors and reached American hands. Spokesmen said the lieutenant, shot down over North Viet Nam, evaded capture for more than 20 days before rescue by an Air Force helicopter. The incident marks the first reported successful escape from the North.
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South China Sea
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North Viet Nam
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North
Viet Nam
United States
South
Inside the Pie Rapsody and Highway Debate
Article notes Jean Wassick rhapsodizes on freshly baked pies on page three while page four carries editorial comments urging a proposed four lane highway for the western state region. Page five features a picture story on summer school activities.
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Jean Wassick
Senator Dodd Denies Flight Expense Allegation
Senator Thomas J. Dodd rejected claims by former aide James P. Boyd that he charged three air fares for a 1964 Los Angeles speech. Dodd said the fare was paid by the Senate juvenile delinquency subcommittee, with Mrs Dodd’s trip funded by the Jaycee group, and denied a third payment from his campaign.
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UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Los Angeles
James P. Boyd
Connecticut Democrat
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Boyd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Senate Ethics Committee
Ethics Committee
Senate
Contingency Fund
American Airlines
Ranger Lifts Fire Permit Ban in Rensselaer County
Victor D Schrader district fire ranger announces end of outdoor fire permit ban amid recent dry spell. The lifting restores normal permit rules for fires outside containers in Rensselaer County. The report also covers Senate Ethics Committee probes into senator Dodd's air travel payments and campaign finances.
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Catskill
N.Y
Victor D. Schrader
Rensselaer County
Morse Introduces Legislation to Halt Air Strike
UPI reports Sen. Morse proposed a joint resolution to empower a federal court to place the five strike bound U S airlines under receivership with profits to the U S Treasury. The measure aims to bypass negotiations and would apply only to the current walkout involving Eastern, National, Northwestern, Trans World and United Airlines.Negotiations resumed with both sides meeting separately before a Saturday joint session.
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UPI
Congress
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Federal District Court
U.S. Treasury
Senate
William J. Curtin
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
Machinists’ Union
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Viet Nam
James Reynolds
Eastern
National
Northwestern
Trans World
United Airlines
International Association of Machinists
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Armed Masked Bandits Ambush Brink's Truck in Massachusetts
Four gunmen in Halloween masks ambushed a Brink's armored truck outside Mitre Corp. in Bedford delivering over $130,000 in cash and checks. The 15 second heist left no shots fired, with loot including Harvard Trust Co. bags and State Public Works checks. Roadblocks set near Boston as police hunt a green sedan and possible accomplice van.
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Bedford
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Mitre Corp
Donald Bunson
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Woburn
Boston
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Middlesex Turnpike
Harvard Trust Co
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Wellesley
Nasser rejects American aid linked to liberty and summit
President Gamel Abdel Nasser declared the UAR would not sell political freedom for renewed U.S. food aid and said Egypt would skip the Arab summit set for September in Algiers. He warned against cooperating with reactionary regimes and criticized American actions in Vietnam. Observers doubted the summit would occur with Syria Iraq and Yemen likely boycotting.
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UPI
Gamel Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
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Algiers
Egypt
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Israel
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China
Viet Nam
Syria
Iraq
Yemen
Middle East
Senate Whacks Aid Bill
Washington UPI reports a rebellious Senate voted 51 to 31 to cut $42 million from the $700 million foreign economic aid package for backing military aid. The cut followed an earlier $250 million reduction from development loans, totaling $292 million in floor reductions.
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UPI
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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