Viet Nam battle yields heavy losses in central highlands
South Viet Namese and North Vietnamese forces clashed for 10 hours in the southwest central highlands near the Duc Lap Special Forces camp. government troops said North Vietnamese casualties far outweighed their own, with 24 South Vietnamese dead and 80 North Vietnamese killed, plus 38 wounded and several missing. U.S. air and artillery support aided the South Vietnamese, as troops moved to reinforce Duc Lap and Bu Prang camps. Elsewhere, sappers attacked Quang Ngai, causing damage but no reported casualties, while U.S. forces reported several enemy rocket and mortar attacks with limited injuries.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Duc Lap
Ben Het
Dak To
U.S
Bu Prang
Quang Ngai
da Nang
25Th Division
Lindsay Wins in N Y as GOP Captures Statehouses
The New York City race saw Lindsay defeat Mario A. Procaccino and John J. Marchi amid a GOP surge. Returns from about 93 percent of districts favored Lindsay with a wide lead, while other cities show mixed results on crime and race issues. Rockefeller offered congratulations to Lindsay as Stokes won in Cleveland and Detroit saw Gribbs edge Austin.
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Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Lindsay
Mario A. Pracaccino
John J. Marchi
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Marchi
Cleveland
Stokes
Ralph J. Perk
Perk
Gribbs
Detroit
Richard Austin
Austin
Pittsburgh
Peter F. Flaherty
John K. Tabor
Vatican Denies Paintings Stolen in Pope's Apartment
Vatican officials rejected Italia news agency claims that three paintings worth over 1.5 million dollars were cut from frames and stolen from the Pope's apartment during the summer period away from Rome. The Vatican spokesman called the report untrue and unnamed authorities offered no confirmation.
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Fausto Vallaine
Ialian
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Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Italia
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter’s Square
Ernest Gibson Dies at 68 Former Vermont Governor and Senator
Brattleboro Vermont AP Er nest W Gibson 68 former Vermont governor and U S senator died Tuesday night after a stroke at Brattleboro Hospital A prominent political family member he was appointed to the Senate in 1940 to fill his father's unexpired term elected governor in 1946 and 1948 and named a federal judge in 1945 by President Truman Survivors include his widow three sons and one daughter
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U.S. District Court
Ernest W. Gibson
United States
Vermont
Gibson
U.S. Senate
Harrys. Truman
State Senate
Solzhenitsyn expelled from Ryazan writers union
Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reportedly expelled from the Ryazan local writers union after a Tuesday meeting. The Nobel laureate, critic of the Stalin era and author of The Cancer Ward and The First Circle, was summoned and expelled in the afternoon amid unclear charges. The action sparks speculation of broader expulsion from the national union. Brominski Re-Elected in Wilkes-Barre political victory as judge supersedes Kopechne exhumation case.
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Aleksander I. Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Ryazan
Solzhenitsyn
First Circle
Stalin
National Union
Brominski
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Bernard C. Brominski
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kopechne
Egyptian commandos strike Israel across Suez Canal
Egyptian commandos crossed the Suez Canal at El Shatt and attacked an Israeli armored patrol. Israel replied with air strikes on Egyptian camps and mortar positions near Port Taufiq. Reports say Egyptian forces killed an Israeli officer and eight soldiers, with five Israelis missing or captured, while Israel reported two killed and no wounded.
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Israel
el Aviv
Port Taufiq
Egypt
el Shatt
Cuairo
A Ahram
United States
Middle East
Lebanon
Syria
Percy Proposes Day Care Aid for Welfare Mothers
Sen. Charles H. Percy announces a four year plan to expand day-care services for welfare mothers with the aim of helping them gain employment. The proposal totals 209 million dollars and prioritizes building and renovating child care centers for low income families and welfare recipients.
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Washington
Charles H. Percy
Ilinois
Percy
Malaria Outbreak Tied to Vietnam Veterans
Four Auburn Alabama teenagers contracted malaria a year ago after being bitten by mosquitos that had fed on Vietnam veterans who returned home carrying the disease. Doctors say the rare civilian transmission is unlikely to spark a wide outbreak.
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Auburn
Ala
United States
U.S
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Lafayette
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