Heavy Fighting Erupts In Viet Nam Swamps
In the Mekong Delta about 56 miles south of Saigon, a major battle between Viet Cong and South Vietnamese forces began Thursday and continued into Friday. About 3,500 government troops faced roughly 1,000 Viet Cong in swampy terrain near My Tho, with 68 Viet Cong reported dead and 100 more believed killed or wounded. Government losses were light to moderate, while river boat reinforcements and US air support, including 41 sorties and a B52 raid on Quang Ngai, marked the battle.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong River
My Tho
Phu My
Saigo
Binh Dinh
Guam
Quang Ngai Province
Press Role In Viet Nam Is Defended
Wes Gallagher, AP general manager, defended newspapers against claims they hurt national interest by publishing Viet Nam news. He told editors that press serves the truth as seen, not the politicians’ notion of national interest, calling it journalism’s birthright and duty.
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Viet Nam
Buffalo
N.Y
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Associated Press Managing Editors
Gallagher
Fertility Pills Work Brings Quadruplets to Woman in New York
In Manhasset New York a young housewife Mrs Shiela Sklar 25 wife of a New York City advertising man gave birth to healthy quadruplets Friday after conceiving within a month of taking fertility drug clomiphene citrate. The four infants ranged from 4 pounds 12 ounces to 5 pounds 13 ounces at birth and the mother and babies were reported doing well.
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Manhasset
N.Y
APJ
Shiela Sklar
New York City
Manhattan
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Canadian Peace Corps Aims 1000 Volunteers in Developing Nations
Canada’s CUSO program started four years ago with 318 volunteers in 22 countries across Asia Africa and South America. It relies on private funding plus 500000 from the government this year and projects 1000 young people in two years. Volunteers enter through university committees and national review, with 208 admitted this year and trained in language and development. Recipient countries cover salaries and approve placements. CUSO costs about 2500 to 3000 per volunteer versus 18000 for the U.S. Peace Corps. Volunteers span social work engineering town planning lab work and geology in various nations.
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Toronto
Canada
Peace Corps
Asia
Africa
South America
Canadian University Service Overseas
CUSO
Cuse
William McWhinney
Ottawa
McWhinney
U.S. Peace Corps
Sarawak
Kenya
Tanzania
Jamaica
Ecuador
Castro Renews Bid To Discuss Exits to U.S.
Fidel Castro said Cuba would open its gates to all Cubans wishing to leave and challenged the United States to respond. He said he was willing to discuss the issue through diplomatic channels if Washington initiates, criticizing any public airing of the question.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Radio Ilagana
U.S. State Department
Hanoi Called Key to Peace in Viet Nam
UNITED NATIONS AP U S Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg told the U N General Assembly the key to peace in Southeast Asia lies hidden in North Viet Nam and the United States must defend South Viet Nam. He said negotiations could end the war only when Hanoi yields the key to peace and that Washington is willing to enter talks with any government anywhere anytime without conditions, though China and Hanoi have rejected terms.
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Viet Nam
United Nations
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N. General Assembly
Southeast Asia
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S. Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Albania
Cambodia
America
Goldberg
Peking
Castro offers broader Cuba exit proposal
Castro said his latest offer would allow broader exit for Cubans, expanding beyond Tuesday's offer that granted free exit only to Cubans with relatives in the United States, as authorities sought information of interest to the revolutionary government.
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Cuba
Castro
United States
Contingency Plans for NATO HQ Move From France
West Germany backs U S contingency planning to shift NATO political HQ to London and operational HQ from Fontainebleau to West Germany if De Gaulle quits the alliance. Plans affect ALFCE and AAFCE with potential moves to Heidelberg Muenchen Gladbach and Ramstein amid France’s possible departure.
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Omer Anderson
Bonn
Nana
West Germany
NATO
France
Britain
de Gaulle
Washington
United States
London
Fontainebleau
Germany
U.S
Allied Land Forces
Central Europe
ALFCE
Allied Air Forces
AAFCE
Heidelberg
Muenchen-Gladbach
Ramstein
General de Gaulle
Border controls relaxed at Czech Austrian border report
Vienna based Express reports Czech sources say controls on the Czech Austrian border are relaxing and crossings through the old Iron Curtain rising. The paper also recently forecast Hungary would remove land mines near its borders.
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Vienna, Austria
Vienna Paper Express
General Nasution Seen as Balance Wheel in Indonesian Power Struggle
Nasution, Indonesian defense minister and former army chief of staff, is described as pro-Indonesian and a balancing force between extremes. A Moslem Sumatran born in 1918, he rose from retirement at 34 to top military roles, clashing with leaders yet steering policy amid Jakarta political turmoil and the push for parliamentary elections.
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Asia
Abdul Haris Nasution
Indonesia
Sukarno
Jakarta
Nasution
Kotenapan
Tapenuli
Mecca
Bandung
Java
Royal Netherlands Indies Army
Inde
Cambridge Receives Urban Renewal Aid
Washington AP reports the Urban Renewal Administration awards Cambridge Massachusetts a 15.3 million grant and 21.1 million loan for a 53 acre Kendall Square redevelopment. NASA plans a major electronics research center segment near MIT in the same area.
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Washington
Urban Renewal Administration
Cambridge
Mass
Kendall Square
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Delay Granted In Minister Murder Trial
In Selma Alabama UPI three men charged with beating death of Rev James Rech a 38 year old Boston Unitarian minister and civil rights advocate received a trial delay Their lawyer Joe Pilcher argued he needed more time after taking the case last week The judge set December 14 as the new tentative trial date and no objection was raised by the circuit solicitor The defendants are O Neal Hoggle 30 William Stanley Hoggie 36 and Elmer Cook 41 all charged with first degree murder
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Selma
Ala
UPI
James Rech
Boston
O'Neal Hoggle
William Stanley Hoggie
Elmer Cook
Joe Pilcher
Blanchard McLeod
James A. Hare
Nuptial Masses Allowed on Holy Days
Cardinal Cushing announces nuptial Masses may be held for couples marrying on Sundays or holy days when no other day is possible. Previously marriages on these days occurred without a nuptial Mass.
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Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
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