Viet Cong raid hits U.S. Army compound in Kontum
Four guerrillas attacked a U.S. Army compound in Kontum, Vietnam, using hand grenades and damaging the main building. One American captain was injured, not seriously, while a sentry was killed. Nine company members were missing as Khanh broadcasts pressure on the junta amid a rise in communist raids since the coup.
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South Viet Nam
UPS
U. S
Nguyen Khanh
Kontum
Here
Central Highlands
Minh
Khanh
Rockefeller to open campaign HQ in Massachusetts soon
Boston UPI reports New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller plans to open a campaign headquarters in Massachusetts within days as he campaigns in New Hampshire for the March 10 presidential primary. His main foe in New Hampshire, Senator Barry Goldwater, has long drawn support from Massachusetts backers.
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UPI
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Massachusetts
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mrs. Oswald Testifies Before Warren Commission Hearing
Marina Oswald, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, is called as the first witness at the Warren Commission investigation into Kennedy's assassination. The session begins at 10 a.m. EST, with questions expected on Oswald's pre November 22 activities, rifle purchase, possible motives, and any links to Jack Ruby.
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UPI
Marina Oswald
Kennedy
J. Lee Rankin
Oswald
Texas
John B. Connally
Jack Ruby
Russia
United States
State Department
Love Field
Dallas
Washington, D.C
Are cars as good as they used to be
A February Reader's Digest report presents a firsthand investigation by a man who spent weeks researching car quality safety and reliability. It addresses claims about mandatory new purchases every two years lemon risk and overall improvements, aiming to provide authoritative answers.
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Reader’s Digest
French Socialists Unanimous for Defferre Candidacy
Paris UPI French opposition Socialists unan imously endorsed Marseille mayor Gaston Defferre as their presidential candidate for 1965. Defferre, 53, a deputy and former senator, emerged as the best hope to unite Gaullist opponents from center to the far left, despite pledging not to bargain with the Communists for their 5 million votes.
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UPI
France
Socialist Party
Sunday
Marseilles
Gaston Defferre
Defferre
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Deffere
Fidel's Weekend Opens Cuban Amateur Baseball Championship
In Havana Fidel Castro bats to start the national amateur championships, grounding out after two strikeouts against Antonio Rubio. The prime minister, a former pitcher, opened the event as customary, while also inspecting sugar cane machinery and addressing agriculture students about American textbooks and fertilizer usage.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Antonio Rubio
Castro
National Agricultural Technical School
Vavana
Lightning bolt cuts hot line between Washington and Moscow
Helsinki AP report says lightning struck the Washington Moscow hot line near Turku Finland and put the teletypewriter circuit out of service for 42 minutes. The line was switched to another cable pending repairs at Fanipiete. The hot line links the U S president and Soviet premier via emergency to the Pentagon and Soviet Ministry of Defense.
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Finland
Uusi Suomi
Washington-Moscow
Turku
United States
Pentagon
Ministry of Defense
Makarios Urged To Change Mind On NATO Police Force
Cyprus president Makarios faces intense diplomacy as Britain and the United States press to accept a NATO police force. Greece and Turkish Cypriots resist, seeking a political solution and a UN role instead. A three month US troop pledge accompanies the plan amid ongoing London talks.
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NATO
Nicosia
Cyprus
Cyril Pickard
Pickard
Frazer Wilkins
London Conference On
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Frazit Kutchuk
Setrios
Britain
America
Moneover
Greece
Turkey
U.S
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
United Nations
Suspected Killer Of Ngo Brothers Shoots Himself
In Saigon 44 year old Maj Nguyen van Nhung, longtime aide of Maj Gen Duong Van Minh, is believed to have killed Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu and then shot himself at about 9 p.m. Friday in a house beside Minh’s Saigon residence. He was buried Saturday in Gia Dinh military cemetery with his wife and six children in attendance.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPT
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nguyen van Nhung
Disposed Junta
Duong van Minh
Nhung
Minh
Gia Dinh
Train Crash in Argentina Toll Rises to Seventy
A catastrophic collision near Alamirano Argentina between a Fire Express passenger train and a freight train left 70 dead and many injured. Officials cited a faulty switch as a possible cause while rescuers recovered bodies amid large wreckage. Eyewitnesses described scorched cars and victims suspended from shattered windows as authorities worked through the scene.
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Alamirano
Fly Express
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