Assault Knocks Out Elite Communist Force
UPI dispatch reports a three pronged Allied assault along South Viet Nam's central coast destroyed a 2000 member elite Communist force. In two weeks U.S. South Vietnamese and South Korean troops killed 1045 Communists and captured 605, with 1667 Viet Cong suspects detained. Major Gen Norton said his division took 308 Viet Cong/North Vietnamese prisoners in one week.
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John Norton
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Norton
George
McIlwain
Pensacola
Fla
18Th Regiment
Qui Nhon
9Th Cavalry
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Viet Nam
Military Spending Surges Past Budget Estimates
Washington reports defense outlays running at about 62 billion dollars for the year, well above the 58.3 billion goal, with projections toward 65 billion. The surge is blamed on Viet Nam war expansions, higher manpower ceilings, and weapons procurement outrunning earlier estimates prompting a new budget review and anticipated supplementary funding.
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Washington
UPS
Johnson
Congress
Killer Hurricane Inez Strikes Mexico Amid Evacuations
UPI reports Inez hurled 35-foot waves at the northern Yucatan coast and moved toward the Gulf’s Minatitlan Coatzacoalcos complex. Progreso authorities evacuated about 10,000 of 17,000 residents using 800 trucks and buses.
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Mexico City
UPI
Inez
Yucatan
Gulf of Mexico
Minatitlan- Coatzacoalcos
Progreso
Prgreso
Merida
el Universal Grafico
Caribbean
Atlantic
Navy Department
Arenas
Triangulos
Perez and
Arcos
Chelem
Chicxullo
Islas Mujeres
Cozumel
Johnson Calls for Expanded Trade With Communist East Europe
President Johnson announced plans to increase U S trade with Eastern European Communist nations and urged a stronger NATO while aiming at a unified Europe. He spoke to editorial writers, faced antiwar protests, and later met U Thant at the U N before campaigning in Newark New Jersey.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
U.S
NATO
Europe
Manila
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
National Conference of
U.N
U Thant
Newark
N.J
United States
France
Russia
Thant
New Jersey
Secret Service
Drought Not Ended Despite Rain Says Bureau
Boston reporters note the five year New England drought persists despite recent rains. The Weather Bureau cautions that rainfall so far is insufficient to end the drought, with a turning point still pending and groundwater reserves needing replenishment per ESSA.
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Boston
UPI
New England
U.S
Weather Bureau
Environmental Science Service Administration
ESSA
Washington
Inside page notes on fitness and columns
Inside columnist Jean Wassick says she stays fit by watching television and staying active. Roy Marsden weighs in on the opening of bird and bow hunting season with brief commentary. Photos capture Green Mountain Park’s closed circuit TV setup and operation. A new development shows homes and a building project taking shape.
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Jean Wassick
Roy Marsden
Green Mountain Park
Johnson urges Thant to remain UN chief at U.N.
President Johnson visited Secretary General Thant after addressing the Editorial Writers conference. He and Thant reviewed global issues including Viet Nam and Johnson expressed gratitude for Thant’s role in promoting good relations. Johnson urged Thant to stay on as secretary general.
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United Nations
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Thant
U.N
National Conference of
Bunche
Ralph J. Bunch
United States
Arthur J. Goldberg
Secretariat
Western Europe
Editorial Writers
Three Canadians Die In Mt Mansfield Plane Crash
Three Montreal residents perished when a twin engine Piper Comanche crashed on Mt Mansfield Vermont near the summit after night radio dialogue with Burlington Airport. Victims were pilot-owner David Scheffler, Robert Rosen, and Mary Pert of CJAD Montreal.
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Burlington
UPI
Montreal
Mt. Mansfield
Vermont
David Scheffler
Robert Rosen
Mary Pert
CJAD
Scheffler
Max Conrad
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Rosen
Newport
Vermont Air National Guard
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Hagerman
Sean Warner
Burgess Road
Roger Rowe
Sean
Archie
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
International Control Commission
ICC
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Pentagon
Central
Mexico
Communist Bloc
Western Alliance
Carnegie Endowment
LBJ
Carnegie
Rusk
Goldberg
Minatitlan
Coatzacoalcos
Veracruz
Mexican Isthmus
Oscar Ferrara
Belleville
Ferrara
Bureau
Hugh Sinclair
Fulton Cook
Phu Cat
Sia
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