Masses hold 100000 in five northern provinces for August push
North Viet Nam reported massing about 100000 men in five northern South Vietnamese provinces for an offensive expected in August. U S and South Vietnamese commanders warned of intensified fighting as Communist actions surged in the area. Two Communist ambushes in I Corps killed 24 Marines and 1st Air Cavalrymen and wounded 65. A Hue infiltration attempt and a Cambodian region assault northwest of Saigon coincided with B52 raids totaling 1500 tons of bombs.
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Saigon
UPD
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
I Corps
1St Air
Hue
Panhandle
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Guy Cane
New York City
Vinh
Bon Homme Richard
Henry W. Buse
Pacific
UPI
Ray Wilkinson
Vi Cong
Paris
Hoang Xuan Lam
da Nang
101St Airborne Division
Vietnams
Gregory Reynolds
Washington, D.C
Vietnam
Stafford Seeks Fifth Congress Term for Vermont
Incumbent Rep. Robert T. Stafford R Vermont filed nominating petitions with over 7000 signatures and declared he aims to serve a fifth term. Stafford, who has held governor and other state offices, led in 1960 as Vermont’s lone congressman and has no declared opposition. He emphasized dedication to citizens and issues like international involvement, poverty, education, and jobs. Meanwhile reports from Vietnam note air strikes near Vinh, Da Nang threats, and a possible broader Communist offensive, with U.S. pilots from the Bon Homme Richard and multiple clashes resulting in American casualties and Viet Cong losses.
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Montpelier
UPD
Robert T. Stafford
Congress
Stafford
Harry Cooley
Vermont
National Democratic
William J. Ryan
Rusk demands Hanoi pledge de-escalation in Vietnam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States will stop bombing North Vietnam only after an authoritative source promises a major reduction in Hanoi’s military effort. He dismissed lull in South Vietnam, cited defectors and documents, and warned against giving Hanoi freedom to continue actions within the 17th Parallel.
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Washington
Uphd
Dean Rusk
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Rusk
South Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Alliance of
National Democratic and Peace Forces
NLF
Eisenhower urges GOP to adopt bipartisan Vietnam plank
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Republicans to adopt a bipartisan stand on Vietnam to show Hanoi patient determination to secure the South. He warned against a camouflaged surrender at Paris talks and urged both parties to avoid partisan politics in Miami and Chicago. The statement, prepared for platform writers, aims to keep Vietnam out of campaign fights while supporting an honorable peace and strengthened defense commitments.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Dwight DD. Eisenhower
Vietnam
Hanoi
America
Paris
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
Temporary Resolutions Committee
GOP National Convention
Platform
Europe
Miami
Chicago
United States
Southeast Asia
Ronald Reagan
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Citizens Committee For Peace With Freedom
Johnson
Rockefeller
Mexico City teen revolt crushed by army forces
In Mexico City troops using 3.5 inch bazookas and tanks crushed a two day student uprising near the Presidential Palace. Rioters, many under 17, battled riot police, damaged buses, and briefly seized streets before the army cleared barricades and detained leaders. One student was killed and several hundred wounded or arrested.
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Mexico City
UPID
University of Mexico
U.S
Zocalo
Mika Seeger
New York City
Pete Seeger
Grenadiers
Luis Cueto
Cueto
Paris
Reforma Boulevard
National University
Plea for Aid for Starving Biafra at Boston Common
Noon crowds on Boston Common paused to hear pleas for help to starving Biafra. Speakers warned that thousands of children could die by August while bystanders ate lunches and watched as families urged relief for the war torn eastern Nigeria nation.
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Boston
APS
Boston Common
Parkman
U.S. Troops Fight Korean Infiltrators
U S troops clashed with North Korean infiltrators along the Demilitarized Zone with one American and one North Korean dead and several wounded. In a separate Western coast incident, South Korean police killed two North Korean government agents. A 2nd Infantry Division patrol reported four North Koreans carried north on stretchers after the DMZ firefight.
Free enterprise edges into Czechoslovakia village
In Cierna Nad Tisou, Czechoslovakia, a hint of free enterprise appears as Soviet and Czech Communist leaders confront each other. At the nearby Tisza restaurant a steak meal rose from about 85 cents before the conference to about 1.80 dollars during the opening.
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Cierna Nad Tisou
Czechoslovakia
UPD
Tisza
Communist Party
Alexander Dubeck
Soviet Union
Dubeck
UPI
Robbery Suspect Held in Elmira New York
Elmira police arrested Jerry Creighton Weisner aged 22 of Alexandria Virginia after a bar room brawl on Saturday night charging him with disorderly conduct and illegal possession of a dangerous weapon. He matches a Vermont Manchester burglary suspect name and faces additional charges after a later arraignment with Paul Caruso.
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Elmira
N.Y
Jerry Creighton Weisner
Alexandria
Elmira Star-Gazette
Weisner
Vermont
Orvis Company
Manchester
Paul Caruso
Caruso
Southport
Weisner Haseen
Orvis
Dorset
U.S
Soviets Extend Army Maneuvers Along Czechoslovakia Border
Soviet forces broaden peacetime drills to include East German and Polish troops as tensions rise near Czechoslovakia. In Prague, Rude Pravo warns that armed intervention could doom Kremlin leadership, while talks continue between Czech reformers and Soviet officials. No official progress reported. heavy security surrounds talks in a border village theater.
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Czerna Nad Tisou
Czechoslovakia
UPD
Communist Party
Kremlin
Moscow
Prague
Rude Pravo
Soviet Union
Pravo
Alexander Dubcek
Leonid I. Brezhnev
UPI
Henry Shapiro
Inside Columnist Scribes Rural Sink Hole and Alps Crossing
Carlo Wolter writes from Page 4 about a rural sink hole, and mentions Hannibal’s elephant crossing the Alps contrasted with an Ohio man using a Chevrolet in a terse comparative note linking old world daring to a local vehicle tale.
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Carlo Wolter
Hannibal
Alps
Ohio
Chevrolet
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U.S. Army
Pentagon
William C. Westmoreland
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mexico
Biafra
Garees
Phillip Whitten
Harvard
Whitten
United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund
Unicef
Elmira, N.Y
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