Marcos Lead Unbeatable in Philippines Election Count
Manila reports unofficial tallies show Ferdinand E. Marcos widening his lead for president as Diosdado Macapagal concedes nothing. With about 89 percent of votes counted, Marcos led 3,477,005 to 2,797,990, while vice president races and Congress moved in see-saw. Macapagal questioned tally sheets and awaited official returns.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippine News Service
Official Election Commission
Marcos
Nacionalista
Macapagal
Manila Papers
Macos
Liberal Party
House
Fernando Lopez
Gerardo Roxas
House of Representatives
Senate
Gls Face Heavy Fire In Viet Nam
Saigon AP report from 40 miles north of Saigon details a Viet Cong assault on U.S. infantry and relief forces, with heavy ground fire delaying medevac, fighter bombers and gunships in action. The clash follows the defeat of a guerilla battalion elsewhere, with over 400 Viet Cong killed and moderate U.S. losses.
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Saigon
California
U.S
Ross Game
Napa Register
U.S. 174Rd Airborne Brigade
Zone D
Lawrence No Slouch As Railroad Buster
BEIRUT Lebanon AP reports that reconstruction of the Hejaz railroad, blown up by Lawrence of Arabia in World War I, is continuing despite financial problems of British contractors involved. A spokesman cited ongoing work on the line from Jordan to holy Medina in Saudi Arabia, despite claims the British Hejaz Construction Co would be unable to complete the job.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Lawrence of Arabia
Jordan
Samaan Daoud
Hejaz Construction Co
Holy Medina
Saudi Arabia
Long-Sought Dawson Declared Dead in Viet Nam
A year after Capt. Daniel G. Dawson vanished in Viet Nam, the Defense Department reports him dead. The California officer disappeared November 6, 1964 during an aerial mission over Viet Cong territory. His brother Donald later led a jungle search. Viet Cong claimed possession of a vest and stated Dan wore it. The death was listed as from other than hostile causes.
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San Francisco
Daniel G. Dawson
Viet Nam
Defense Department
California
Donald
Dan Dawson
Don Dawson
Costa Mesa
Calif
Dan
Maps Corrected Mountain Moved By Satellite Maps Corrected
The Space Agency reported Nimbus, an 830 pound weather satellite, moved Mount Siple 45 miles west after Antarctic photography. The craft, launched Aug 28, 1964, collected 27,000 images before power failure. Results refined Antarctic maps by merging two separate mountain groups and improving ice shelf contours.
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Washington
UPS
Space Agency
Nimbus
Antarctica
U.S. Geological Survey
Great Southern
Mount
Siple
Antarctic
Misjudgement Fatal To Deer Hunter
A Connecticut hunter in Harrison Maine fatally shot his companion, mis taking him for a deer. Walter T. Bell, 32, of Northford, Conn, was killed by a single backshot.
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Harrison
Maine
Connecticut
Walter T. Bell
Northford
Conn
Mississippi chlorine barge lifted after Betsy salvage
Baton Rouge AP reports a silt coated chlorine barge from the Mississippi River was recovered after a two month salvage operation. The barge sank during Hurricane Betsy and posed a lethal risk to about 300000 residents as divers and military personnel worked amid strong currents and mud to secure the vessel and its deadly cargo.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Johnson
Deer misidentification described by Branford man
Ronald Merrill of Branford Connecticut said he mistook a deer for a person near the field edge. Sheriff Charles Sharpe quoted Merrill as thinking Bell was a deer entering the field.
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Ronald Merrill
Branford
Conn
Harrison and Casco
Charles Sharpe
Bell
Pearson Calls Morality Lacking In Progress
In a public interview from Ottawa, Lester Pearson argues that while material science advances rapidly, moral and social progress lags. He reflects on faith, unity, and the need for an enlightened policy at home and abroad to pursue peace and avoid extinction, citing his Nobel Prize as a catalyst for global hope. He recalls wartime service and champions universal moral values.
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Lester B
Mike) Pearson
Caneda
New York
Family of Man
Protestant Council of Churches
Mike Pearson
Ottawa
Canada
Edwin Pearson
United Nations
United States of America
Mike
L. B. Pearson
Middle East
Steat
Walpole Prisoners Strike Ends After Grievance Talk
Nineteen inmates at Massachusetts State Prison walked out of shops Friday then returned after a discussion with Supt. Palmer Scafati. The protest followed a riot three days earlier that damaged property valued at about 75000 during a power failure. Officials said the issues were administrative, involving segregation of three men and transfers to Concord Reformatory, and were to be resolved locally.
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Walpole
Mass
Massachusetts State Prison
Palmer Scafati
Correction Department
Bis
Fred Butterworth
Supt
Scafati
Concord Reformatory
Kadar Takes Seat In Hungarys Council
Vienna AP reports Janos Kadar Hungary’s Communist Party chief named a member of the presidential council to pave succession to ill president Istvan Dabi. Kadar quit the premiership last June to focus on party work.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Istvan Dabi
Kadar
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Buffalo
WPK
Bell Aero-Systems Co
Moon
Turkeys
Angelo
Greylock Mt
Rte
Laneshora
Audits and Surveys Company, Inc
U.S. Utility
McKntosh
Bartlett
Archairals
Fran Bartlett
Yokum Road
Richmond, Mass
Barker Road
Richmond
Pittsfield
Pearson
Lester B, Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Family of Men
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