Accidental Skyraider Bombing Kills Viet Soldier in Suoi Day
In Suoi Day, South Viet Nam, a Skyraider accidentally bombed units of the South Vietnamese 1st Battalion killing one soldier and injuring 15 others. Capt. Robert Duker and Spec. 4 Roger Wafford described the panic as bombs fell. a second dive was aborted after a liaison plane signaled delay.
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Robert Duker
Burlington
Iowa
Roger Wafford
Buchanan
Mich
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Duker
Wafford
Ward
Air Force
Earier
Wounded Politician To Return to Panama
Dr. Roberto Arias husband of ballerina Margot Fonteyn plans to return next fall to Panama after being gravely wounded in a political shooting last year He left a London hospital Sunday to stay a week at Dame Margot Fonteyns home wearing a surgical collar and speaking haltingly
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Roberto Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Panama
Arias
Dame Margot
Anti-Semitism Reported by Czech Papers Across Nations
Czech newspapers report rising anti Jewish sentiment among youth born during or after World War I in Czechoslovakia. Incidents include desecrated tombstones in Trebic Jewish cemetery and a synagogue break in Pilsen. A Kulturni Tvorba piece cites juvenile Nazi salute and songs, with a local family passing Nazi recordings to children.
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Czechoslovakia
New York Times
Prace
Trebic
Rude Pravo
Pilsen
Kulturni Tvorba
Jeri Bily
Germany
Exiled Laotian forces seize border city of Thakhek
Supporters of ousted Deputy Premier Phoumi Nosavan seize Thakhek on the Thai border amid rumors he may return from exile in Bangkok. Traffic blocked, reports cite small force including possible 28th Mobile Group units, but Laotian army dismisses the seizure as limited and controllable.
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Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Thakhek
Thailand
Here
Mekong
Phoumi
Bangkok
Pathet Lao
Nakhon Phanom
China halts Soviet arms via rail to Hanoi
Moscow reports claim Communist China will not allow Soviet arms to reach Hanoi. Antiaircraft missiles, rail shipments, and overflight are blocked by Beijing. Delays and prolonged talks in Peking cited as reasons. no official confirmation. The move aligns with Chinese accusations that Moscow seeks U.S. favor over Vietnam.
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China
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
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Burma Surgeon Seagrave Dies After 68 Years Serving Burma
Dr. Seagrave, famed Burma Surgeon and humanitarian, died at 68 in Nam Kham jungle hospital he built for tribes. Known as Daddy to nurses and patients, he trained nurses up to illness. He led a 250 bed hospital serving 400,000 in the area and was honored by Kennedy in 1961. His two sons, Sterling and John, were with him at death in Burma.
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Johns Hopkins Medical School
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Sterling
Washington Post
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Johns Hopkins University
Sea
Marines Reinforced At Okinawa Garrison
Thousands of United States Marines wearing green helmets debarked at Naha Okinawa from three Navy transports traveling from Hawaii to replace the 3rd Marine Division. The 3rd Marines had been deployed to South Vietnam in recent weeks.
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South Viet Nam
Worcester Announces 153800 Dollar Neighborhood Youth Corps
U S Labor Secretary Wirtz announces a 153,800 dollar NYC project in Worcester Mass. The Worcester school system will supervise 400 in school enrollees and 50 out of school youths aged 16 to 21. Federal funds total 135,000 with 3,178,335 New England NYC projects statewide.
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Office of Economic Opportunity Aid
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Wisconsin Ends Rural Rule In County Seats
Wisconsin lawmakers pass a redistricting bill aligning county representation with one man one vote rules. The measure abolishes the town chairman seat on county boards and replaces it with proportional representation, affecting roughly 1,200 town chairs statewide.
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Madison
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New York Strikes and Negotiations Loom in 1960s Press Battle
Mayor Robert F. Wagner urged rapid progress as unions and publishers of seven New York daily newspapers urged to settle a deadlocked contract before a 2 a.m. Wednesday deadline. ITU and other unions planned talks while the Photoengravers Union authorized a strike at midnight. The Stereotypers Union backed a tentative wage increase of 10.50 a week over two years for the 30 unions. The papers involved include the Times Herald Tribune Daily News Journal American World Telegram Sun Long Island Press and Long Island Star Journal.
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UPI
Robert F. Wagner
Progress Report
International Typographical Union
Newspaper Publishers Association
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Photoengravers Union
ITU
Mailers
New York City Publisher Association
the Times
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Daily News
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Long Island Press
Long Island Star-Journal
Soviet Missiles Said Stopped En Route Cyprus
U S and other nations pressure halted a ship believed carrying Soviet antiaircraft missiles to Cyprus. The vessel reportedly sailed from the United Arab Republic and returned to Alexandria after Greece urged it to unload. State Department declined to comment.
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UPS
United States
Cyprus
United Arab Republic
UAR
Alexandria
Athens
State Department
Henry Fonda Hurt on Set in Spain Battle Scene
American actor Henry Fonda was injured in Segovia Spain while filming The Battle of the Bulge. A steel rifle bolt pierced his right hand when he fell on a muddy battlefield and he received a tetanus shot.
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Spain
Henry Fonda
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