Reds Up War Pace In Central Highlands
Vietnamese Rangers and American advisers were airlifted into a U S Special Forces outpost at Plei Me in the central highlands after a three day siege. The assault by Viet Cong was apparently repulsed, but a U S helicopter crash caused casualties unknown. In Quang Tri province, two government outposts were attacked and repelled.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
Quang Tri
Plei Me
Wilson Says Tax Opponents Are Phonies
Saratoga Springs New York Lt Gov Malcolm Wilson blasted legislative candidates who push a repeal the sales tax platform without offering alternatives calling them political phonies. He spoke at a press conference hosted by the Saratoga County Republican Committee detailing what reductions in state aid they would propose or substitute taxes they would impose. In Vietnam a separate report notes Viet Cong assaults near Quang Tri and Bao Cong camps with multiple casualties and a captured American who escaped back to U.S. lines.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Malcolm Wilson
Saratoga County
Republican Committee
Saigon
U.S
Robert F. Hopper
Winter Haven
Fla
Hoff Sees Similarities With Vermont In Japan Visit
Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont plans a 12 day goodwill trip to Japan to study conservation of natural beauty and learn how Japanese handle preservation. He notes the US has lost a third of historic buildings since the 1930s and discusses a potential sister state link with Yamagata Prefecture, including a cultural exchange.
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Tokyo
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Japan
Hoff
United States
America
Yamagata City
Here
Yamagata
Tokichi Abiko
Abiko
Wilson Blocks Independence Move in Rhodesia Crisis
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson presented terms to Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith to block a unilateral declaration of independence and avert bloodshed. Cabinet approval followed urgent talks, with possible further negotiations and a possible Salisbury visit.
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Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Great Britain
UPI
London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Jack Johnson
Smith
Salisbury
Daily Telegraph
The
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Morrissey Nomination Back In Committee On Ted's Plea
The Senate sent the Morrissey federal judgeship nomination back to the Judiciary Committee at Sen. Kennedy's request. Kennedy defended Morrissey saying a full record would prove his fitness and lead to confirmation, with hopes of Vice President Humphrey breaking any tie if needed.
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Morrissey
Ted
Kennedy
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
New Haven
Conn
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Joseph P. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Everett M. Dirksen
American Bar Association
ABA
Boston
Edward Kennedy
Dirksen
Johnson
GOP
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
New England Reacts to Viet Nam War Demonstrations
In New England a drumbeat of opposition to antiwar protests and draft card burnings drew reaction from Laconia to Yale. Letters of support were sent to Viet Nam troops, Lowell Tech students drafted an open letter backing Johnson policy, and Babson, Yale, and Rhode Island officials voiced positions.
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Boston
API
New England
Laconia
N.H
Viet Nam
Cho Lai
William Bullough III
Gilford
South Viet Nam
Lowell Technological Institute
Lowell Tech
Martin J. Lydon
William C. Westmoreland
Stu
Johnson
Richard Bernatchez
Fitchburg
Joseph Samson
Pittsfield
Alfred Vervaert
Lowell
Babson Institute
Wellesley
Yale University
New Haven
Yale
Three Americans Win Nobel Prizes For Physics and Chemistry
STOCKHOLM UP I reports that two American physicists and a Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics for theories transforming elementary particle exchange into solid mathematics. An American, Robert Burns Woodward of Harvard, won the Chemistry Prize for his work in organic synthesis including the full synthesis of plant chlorophyll.
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Stockholm
UPI
Robert Burns Woodward
Harvard
Chemistry
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Woodward
Erik Rudberg
Academy
Actress Marie McDonald Dies at 42 in California Home
Marie McDonald 42 was found dead by her husband at their Hidden Hills home. The coroner listed the death as a possible death by own action. Detectives reported a 5:30 a.m. call from film producer Donald Taylor confirming her death. No cause disclosed. McDonald had a troubled career with past treatments, legal battles, and a 1957 kidnapping claim. She had recent disputes over child support with ex-husband Harry Karl.
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Hidden Hills
Calif
UPI
Marie
Las Vegas
Sydney
Australia
Miss McDonald
Tommy Dorsey
Hollywood
Watervliet Arsenal workers begin 30 hour shelter drill
Twenty Watervliet Arsenal employees entered a basement shelter to start a 30 hour training confinement simulating nuclear attack conditions. Shelter managers will learn survival methods, radio transmissions, and medical procedures using standard Civil Defense provisions and army cots under Charles Barrett's coordination.
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Watervliet
N.Y
Watervliet Arsenal
Arsenal
Joseph Marlin
Troy
John H. Davenport
Schenectady
Marlin
Davenport
Inside Letter on Shaftsbury tax debate and flood wall notes
A reader focuses on Shaftsbury tax concerns and notes funds approved for a Roaring Branch flood wall study. The column also mentions Mt. Laurel School in Manchester holding its annual meeting in a new building, as reported across pages 4 to 6.
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Roaring Branch
Mt. Laurel School
Manchester
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Quant Tri
la Vang
Viet Cong
Ba Long
Cov. Hoff
Independence
Boston Municipal
N.E
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Chafee
Raymond J. Pettine
Marine Corps
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Southeast Asia
Greene
Julian Schwinger
Harvard University
Richard P. Feynman
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Prof
Simliro Tomonaga
Mount Carmel
Washington
Cuba
Marie McDonald
Harry Karl
Debbie Reynolds
Civil Defense
Charles P. Barrett
Shaftsbury
Bethesda Naval Hospital
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