Viet Cong Attack At Tuy Hoa Base Wounds One US Trooper
Viet Cong fighters charged the Tuy Hoa air base 240 miles northeast of Saigon, destroying two C130 transports and damaging at least one F100 jet. US military police killed nine attackers and one American trooper was wounded. The raid followed a mortar and rocket barrage as U S forces reported extensive strikes elsewhere along the border areas.
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Saigon
UPS
Tuy Hoa
U.S
Udon
Thailand
Binh Long
Tay Ninh
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Defense
Clark Clifford
Guardsmen Restore Order In Violence-Torn Cities
National Guardsmen stood by in Gary Indiana and Grand Rapids Michigan to quell violence as Cleveland restored order after last week’s unrest. In Gary about 350 guardsmen maintained curfews, gas and liquor bans, and heavy patrols. 110 plus arrests were made, many for curfew violations, with six weapons charges. In Grand Rapids over 200 police patrolled a square mile, curfew and liquor bans in effect, 16 arrests, bringing total to 70. A Pacifica protest against an anti loitering law saw teens overpower officers before reinforcements.
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United Press International
Gary
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cleveland
Ohio
Pacifica
Calif
Chicago
Cook County
Pacific Shore
San Francisco
National Broadcasting Co
Order of Police
Carl Stokes
Leaders Meet Near Border in Czech Soviet Crisis
Czech and Soviet leaders met in Czerná nad Tisou near the border to seek a peaceful resolution to a crisis over reform in Czechoslovakia. The meeting involved 111 members of the Czech Communist Presidium and 11 members of the Soviet Politburo, amid tense troop positions and security.
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Czerna Nad Tisou
Czechoslovakia
UPI
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Ukraine
Chop
Moscow
Cierna
Cierna Nad Tisou
Europe
Alexander Dubcek
Prague
Kosice
Zilna
CTK
Clemna
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Mikhail A. Suslov
Kremlin
Dubcek
Josef Spacek
Procedure Changes Urged For Voter Registration
In Montpelier Vermont a Democratic party worker told the Legislative Council Election Laws Study Committee that election laws make voters servants of town clerks and boards of civil authority. Esther Sorrell urged uniform registration forms and easier absentee voting to reduce town-by-town interpretation differences, backing Daniel O Brien's push for reform.
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Montpelier
UPI
Democratic Party
Vermont
Esther Sorrell
Burlington
Legislative Council Election Laws Study Committee
Boards of Civil Authority
O’brien
Pope Paul VI Reaffirms Ban on Birth Control Pill
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI rejected liberal recommendations and banned the pill and all artificial birth control methods. A Vatican spokesman said the decision would not be easily accepted by all.
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Pope
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Peter
Msgr
Ferdinando
Lambruschini
Paul
Washington, D.C
West Germany
Rome
United States
Hans Kung
Tax Charges Against Rupert Man Dropped
Rutland Vermont state charges against Rep. Robert Graf for failing to file a 1966 income tax return were dropped after he filed the form and paid the obligation. Graf, a ranking House Appropriations Committee member, complied last week and was not required to appear in Rutland County Court. The case was discontinued as it would be against any Vermont citizen.
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Rutland
UPI
Robert Graf
Rupert
Jonathan Brownell
Graf
Brownell
House Appropriations Committee
Vermont
Human Life editorial calls full disclosure on expense irregularities
The piece urges that all facts be given to the public amid a recent disclosure of school expense account irregularities. Gerald Raftery notes concerns about editorial stance, while a separate column discusses Pope John XXIII’s 1961 statement that human life is sacred and warns against birth control and moral decline in public policy. The document titled Human Life advocates provident family policy and education on moral law, opposing liberal birth control.
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Paul
John XXIII
India
Egypt
United States
Britain
Union Waits Offer From Steel Industry
The United Steelworkers of America executive board, with under 72 hours until contract deadline, met briefly in Pittsburgh and recessed after about 10 minutes amid reports an industry offer could come. President LW Abel and chief negotiator R Cooper were meeting at an undisclosed location.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers of America
USW
LW. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
Paul M. Hilbert
NSW District 15
Abel- Cooper
Basic Steel Industry
Joseph P. Molony
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Hilbert
Abel
Cooper
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pittsfield Man Held in Slaying Of His Father
Richard H. Ogle III 25 of Pittsfield Mass was held without bail in Columbia County jail awaiting extradition on murder and assault charges. He was arraigned after NY State Police near New Lebanon arrested him refusing extradition. Ogle stabbed his father Richard Jr 54 and wounded brother James 22 during a family argument in Pittsfield. James in good condition at a Pittsfield hospital. Police found his father dead on the front lawn and Ogle missing with the car.
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Hudson, N.Y
UPI
Richard H. Ogle Ili
Pittsfield
Mass
Columbia County
Ogle
New York
New Lebanon
Richard Jr
James
Richard
Schenectady
Scotia
Republicans Propose Viet Nam Plank in 1968 Platform
UPI reports Sen John G Tower of Texas said Republicans will include a Vietnam War critique in the 1968 party platform and that Sen Jack Miller of Iowa pressed for a strong Viet Nam section. Tower noted he expects to sit on the platform committee and affirmed the plank will be included. Rep Melvin Laird cautioned moderation, saying the GOP can fault the Democrats without harming Paris peace talks. Miller urged Johnson be blamed for deception in 1964 and for partisan rallying.
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Miami Beach
UPI
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Jack Miller
Iown
GOP
Vietnam
Tower
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Resolutions Committee
Paris
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Green Mountain Lassies
Wolter
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