Viet Cong Raid Hits 42 Aircraft in Viet Nam
US Marines hunted Viet Cong forces around Da Nang and Chu Lai after attackers struck Marble Mountain airfield and Chu Lai, destroying 19 helicopters and two bombers and damaging 21 more. Marines reported 39 guerrillas killed and light own casualties, with most damage from mortars.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Chu Lai
Viet Nam
Marble Mountain
Lewis W. Walt
Walt
Leatherneck
Big da Nang
North Viet Nam
Wil
Hanoi
Red River
Phu Yen
US Army
101St Airborne Brigade
Qui Nhon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Plei Me
Imbalanced racial census found in 58 Massachusetts schools
The state Board of Education reported 58 public schools exceed 50 percent non white, with 46 in Boston, seven in Springfield, four in New Bedford and one in Cambridge. Cambridge acted to end imbalance. New Bedford and Boston agencies face plans to comply. No deadline set.
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State Board of Education
Massachusetts
Springfiere
New Bedford
Cambridge
Owen B. Kiernan
Accopheke
Amahu
Board of Education
New Bedford Adents
Kiernan
Ghosts Gather At Fort Warren For Halloween Program
New England's famed Lady in Black and a host of spirits from various locales will appear at Fort Warren on Halloween Sunday. The Massachusetts Marine Historical League plans a Boston Harbor sail and seance as Arthur J. Cunningham cites rare timing for spirit contact. The Lady in Black is said to be a Civil War widow executed at Ft Warren.
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Ft. Warren
UPI
Lady In Black
Long Island
Apple Island
Deer Island
Soldier
Gallop's Island
Point Shirley
Isles of Shoals
Sable Island
Capt. Kidd
Blackbeard
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Marine Historical League
Fort Warren
Arthur J. Cunningham
League
Cunningham
Ft Warren
Campus Viet-Draft Protests Big Noise Quieted Numbers
AP reports on college Viet Nam protests show a tiny core among thousands of students. Officials at 85 colleges say organized dissent is minimal, with estimates often under 25 participants per campus. Universities like Michigan and UCLA describe small activist groups and low participation, while some campuses report no organized dissent at all.
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Associated Press
U.S
Viet Nam
Ralph Bursick
University of Cincinnati
Michigan
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Selective Service Office
Richard L. Cutler
Cutler
Stanley Nadel
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Students For A Democratic Society
The
Humanist Society
Louis Hekhuis
MSU
Charles McClure
UCLA
Los Angeles
Vanderbilt University At
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Jarold Kieffer
University of Oregon At
Eugene
Washington & Lee University
Lexington
Waterford Cub Scout protest sign shocks party
In Waterford at a Halloween party by Pack 29 a Cub Scout carried a sign protesting the Vietnam War reading will not go to Viet Nam my mommy wont let me cross the street. The protest movement appears to have reached the youth group as the AP report notes.
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Waterford, Coon
Waterford Pack 29
Viet Nam
Senate Probes May Second Movement Over Viet Cong Aid
Washington AP reports Senate Internal Security staff will investigate the May Second Movement. Sen. Thomas J. Dodd D Conn says the staff will gather information on the student group's plan to send blood and medical supplies to Communist Viet Cong guerrillas.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Cynn
State druggists campaign against teenage drug misuses
Massachusetts druggists launch a public education drive to curb teen use of harmful medicines. The Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association asked police chiefs and school superintendents in 351 towns to organize community programs with local pharmacists.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association
Salvatore A. Saleme
Medford
Castro Halts Most Cuban Boat Sailings At Midnight
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro ordered all small boat sailings halted as of midnight ahead of a refugee airlift. The Coast Guard prepared to assist hundreds rushing embarka tion. Waves in the Florida Straits reached 16 feet as 200 boats sat off Cuban villages awaiting departure.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Cuba
United States
Castro
Gustavo Hidalgo
Hidalgo
Havana
Camariaca
Valdero
Public
Jazz great Earl Bostic dies at 52 in Rochester
Earl Bostic, renowned saxophonist and New Orleans bandleader, died at Highland Hospital in Rochester at age 52 after a brief illness. He had been hospitalized Tuesday in poor condition following a heart attack and deteriorated after a Wednesday night downturn.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPI
Earl Bostic
Highland Hospital
New Orleans Orchestra
Geminis To Attempt December Rendezvous In Space
The White House announced plans to attempt a rendezvous in space in December or January between Gemini 7 and Gemini 6, each with a two man crew, to be staged from Johnson City Texas via the U S. program.
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Johnson City
Tex
White House
Player sets world record in opening round of Australian Open
Gary Player of South Africa opened the Australian Open in Adelaide with a world record 28 on the par 73 front nine and a 62 total, four strokes ahead after the first round. Jack Nicklaus shot 66 to sit second, with Australians Nagle Welch Sullivan and others close behind.
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Adelaide
Australia
Apt
South Africa
Gary Player
Mike Souchak
Uruguay
Juan Serada
Buenos Aires
Jack Nicklaus
Columbus
Ohio
Pope Proclaims Policy on Jews, Overhaul of Church Government
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI with the Vatican council decreed five measures including overhaul of church administration and a decree on relations with non Christian religions. The measures aim to modernize the Curia and advance Catholic education and priestly formation while stressing renewed mission in a changing world.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Paul
St. Peter's
Gomt
John XXIII
John
Episcopal Synod
Vatican Curia
Roman Curia
Curia
Rome
Council
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