Marines press Viet Cong on Chu Lai peninsula
Thousands of U S Marines drive the Viet Cong into a squeeze around a Chu Lai peninsula stronghold. The battle near Van Tuong ends with about 600 Viet Cong killed and 50 prisoners taken, as Marines declare a major victory with light casualties. Elsewhere Viet Cong overrun Dak Sut district and threaten Kon Tum Camp, raising fears for U S advisers and South Vietnamese defenders.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
U. S
Chu Lai
Korea
Viet Nam
E. N. Snyder
Oceanside
Calif
7Th Regiment
South China Sea
Vang Tuong
da Nang
Victor M. Krulae
Pacific
Central Highlands
Dak Sut
Kontum Province
Konium
Pieiku
U. S S
Due
von Tuong
Hanoi
House Appropriations OK $1.2 Billion for School Aid
Washington report notes the House Appropriations Committee approved a $1.2 billion payment to finance President Johnsons newly authorized school aid plan. The bill funds HEW programs, job training, library grants, educational centers, educational research, medical research, and aging administration. The panel justified its $775 million school aid line by prior House and Senate approvals.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
Senate
Names for Mars Map Would Start Planet Feature Charting
Dr William H. Pickering head of Ranger and Mariner space photography programs says the United States should start mapping Mars features. He told the National Space Club Tuesday that this would be the first step in a yearlong Mars mapping effort based on pictures from Mariner 4.
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Washington
William H. Pickering
Ranger
Mariner Space
United States
Mars
Pickering
National Space Club
Mariner 4
Either the Baby Or the Piano Had To Go
A mother chose to part with a piano to make room for a new baby. She later learned the instrument could have sold to about ten interested buyers who had responded to her advertisement, with at least three people ready to buy.
Cape Cod UFOs Might Be Planes of the Air Guard
The Air Force says high speed jets sweep Cape Cod at 160 feet for secret equipment testing. The program, linked to the Tactical Air Force, involves F-8 fighters flown by National Guard pilots from the 102nd Tactical Fighter Group based at Logan Airport. Flights over Truro are expected to run until Sept 2.
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Bedford
Mass
UPI
Air Force
Cape Cod
Tactical Air Force
Truro
National Guard
102Nd Tactical Fighter Group
Logan International Airport
Boston
Six Nazis Of Auschwitz Get Life
Six guards and a Auschwitz concentration camp were sentenced to life for mass murder or aiding in mass murder. Eleven others received 14 years to 3 years 3 months. three were acquitted after a 20 month trial, the longest in German legal history. Survivors attended as Judge Hans Hofmeyer read the verdicts.
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Frankfurt
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz
Hans Hofmeyer
Au- Schwitz
Poland
Doctor Millets 42 Year Policy Pays Out At 96
Dr Wilfred A Millet of 12 Williams St collected on his own life insurance policy after 42 years ownership. Berkshire County Savings Bank President Thomas R Carrington Jr presented a check for an undisclosed amount, the second time in the bank's history a policy owner outlived a policy. Millet, who retired from medicine in 1954 at 34, marked his 96th birthday this month and remains the oldest policy in force.
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Wilfred A. Millet
Williams St
Thomas R. Carrington Jr
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Dr. Millet
Mllet
Straightlife Insurance
Carolyn C. Hopkins
Millet
Rage as Nazi envoy arrives in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem hundreds of demonstrators confront police as West German Ambassador Rolf Pauls presents credentials to President Zalman Shazar. Protesters, including children, shout go home and remember the six millions. Police push back rioters. six police and five demonstrators hospitalized, others lightly injured.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Rolf Pauls
Zalman Sha Zar
Shazar
Pauls
Volpe Plans Talks to Prevent Springfield Racial Demonstration
Springfield faces a potential clash as Gov. Volpe calls civil rights leaders to Boston for a midday meeting after police refuse a CORE parade permit. Mayor Ryan and City officials weigh route changes while National Guard potential deployment looms. Police brutality allegations persist from July incidents and new anti riot law appears imminent.
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Springfield
Mass
John A. Volpe
Boston
Charles V. Ryan
Congress of Racial Equality
Selma
John Lyons
Main Street
Benjamin Swan
Lyons
Ala
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Ryan
Volpe
National Guard
Gemini 5 mission faces fueling glitches and long flight
Gemini 5 astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. prepared for a near eight day flight aboard Titan 2 despite fueling problems with a new power system. Engineers achieved 101.5 percent capacity after earlier overloading attempts while Mission Control planned a complex rendezvous test as the eight day goal loomed.
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Air Force
James Albert
Mission Control
Cooper
Conrad
Gemini
Charles Matthews
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Mrs Conrad Skips Bike Ride to Attend Astronaut Husband Launch
SEABROOK Texas UPI report notes Mrs Charles Conrad rose early to take four sons to church and pray for astronaut husband L Gordon Cooper aboard the Gemini eight day mission. Marilyn Lovell and Jane Conrad attended service at St John’s in Laporte. Neighbors observed four boys and three TV sets at the Conrad home as blastoff neared.
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Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Conrad
L. Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Florida
Jane Conrad
Tronaut
Marilyn Lovell
St. John's Episcopal Church
Laporte
Broken Spoke Bicycle Brigade
Peter
Christopher
Ringo
Andrew
Thomas
New York Faces Heat With Water Free Air Rule
New York imposes a ban on water cooled air conditioning, restricting use to six hours daily as 90s heat and high humidity press residents. City inspectors patrol buildings, issuing summons, starting with Wellington Associates at 201 E. 69th St., where the lobby was unexpectedly cool.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York Telephone Co
William L. Walker
E. 69Th St
Walker
Wellington Associates
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Charles Conrad Jr
Valery Bykovsky
James A. McDivitt
Edward H
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