B52 Bombers Strike Mekong Delta Target
U S Air Force B52 bombers conducted their first raid into the Mekong River delta south of Saigon striking a suspected Viet Cong target about 90 miles from the capital. Earlier SAC jets had raided north of Saigon, while allied troops in Ben Cat faced sniper and mortar fire during jungle clearance against Viet Cong forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Zone D
Jong
Ben Cat Srean
Capitate Is
Ben Cat
Vatican Cardinal Urges Freedom Bill At Council Debate
Ex prisoner Cardinal Slipyi urged the Ecumenical Council to proclaim religious liberty as debate on the declaration continued. Cardinal Ritter backed the plea while opposition lingered from several Latin American bishops. American cardinals Spellman and Cushing led support, asserting religion as a human rights foundation. The 54 page document asserts no one should be forced to act against conscience. In Washington, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a House bill to let Secret Service agents make on the spot arrests without warrants.
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Vatican City
UPI
Jozef Cardinal Slipyi
Ecumenical Council
Joseph Ritter
St. Louis
Rome
Ano
Ther
Slipyi
Raul Silva Henriquez
Santiago
Emilio Tagle
Valparaiso
Chile
St. Peter's Basilica
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Richard James Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Official Council
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Secret Service
Arkansas
Long
Johnson
Santo Domingo
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Foreigh Relations Committee
Fulbright
Mansfield
Permanent Manned Satellite Planned by the Russians
Athens AP By Alexei Leonov reveals Moscow intends a permanent crewed satellite around Earth and crew exchanges before Moon landing, aiming for larger ships assembled in space. US Apollo to reach Moon before 1970, with an international lunar lab proposed for multinational scientists.
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Athens
Greece
Alexei Leonov
Russia
Earth
Leonov
United States
U.S
Apollo
International Astronautical Congress
C. William Henderson
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
G. L. Mitcham
Boeing Company
Seattle
New York Times Boeing Strike Hits Job Issues
The American Newspaper Guild strikes the New York Times for automation protections and job safeguards amid a broader aerospace walkout at Boeing Co plants. In Seattle, IAMAW workers walk out over stalled talks as negotiations resume in Washington with mediator while Pickets appear at Cape Kennedy.
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New York Times
New York Newspaper Guild
NEW York
American Newspaper Guild
New York Times Today
Seattle
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Afl-Cio
Boeing Co
Cape Kennedy
Project Gemini
Theodore W. Kheel
Thant Says Peace Mission Not a Failure
United Nations Secretary General Thant said in London that his peace mission to India and Pakistan over Kashmir was not a failure and hinted at a return visit. In New Delhi India's government accepted Thant cease fire proposals and he suggested a meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders to settle the conflict. Thant planned to report to the U.N. Security Council and did not rule out further travel.
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Thant
London
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
New Delhi
Stewart
Britain
U. N
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
New York
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Johnson
Rawalpindi
Ayub Khan
Washington
India-Pakistan
Fong Closes Last Chinese Laundry in Pittsfield
Seid Wing Fong known as Eddy Fong will close his Linden Street laundry on Sept. 25 after decades serving Pittsfield. Once one of 28 laundries, competition from modern machines and self service shops led to the end. Fong, 64, began in 1926, lived at 58 Union Street, and recalls the old roller press iron and long service in the community.
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Pittsfield
Tmen
Seid Wing Fong
Eddy Fong
Linden St
Fong
Linden Street
North Street
No. 3
No. 17
Canton
Manchester
N.H
Union St
Nate Bruno
Bruno
America
Eddy
Eddy Murphy
Jim
Red Sox
Kida
Fulbright Criticism Stirs Dominican Crisis Debate
Senate factions spar over Fulbright's charge that Johnson bungled the Dominican crisis. Fulbright cites unsound advice and exaggerated fears of communism, while Dirksen Smathers and Mansfield defend intervention as necessary to prevent another Cuba.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
George A. Smathers
J. W. Fulbright
Johnson
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Santo Domingo
Arkansas Democrat
United States
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Draft defier MITCHELL II sentenced to prison
In New Haven a 22 year old who defied the draft and refused to participate in his trial was sentenced by Chief Judge William H. Timbers. David H. Mitchell II, Brooklyn born and formerly of New Canaan Connecticut, received 18 months plus five years in Leavenworth and a $5000 fine. If he does not consent to induction, he must serve the full five year term.
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New Haven
Conn
U.S. District Court
William H. Timbers
David H. Mitchell II
Brooklyn
New Canaan
Leavenworth
Kan
Timbers
Mitchell
Selectmen Back Bravery of Four Berkeley County Legislators
Berksh ire Selectmen voted to praise four legislators Edward Zelazo Thomas Wojtkowski Joel Greenberg and William Kitterman for bravery after they opposed two anti tramway bills for Mt Greylock The panel also attacked Mt Greylock Protective Association head William Tague and area newspapers The House earlier moved to refer anti tramway bills back for study and Greenberg switched sides but the effort faltered The case includes a pending Supreme Judicial Court suit to halt the project
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Adams
Berkshire County
Mt. Greylock
Edward Zelazo
R Adams
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Joel S. Greenberg
William S. Kitterman
D-Pittsfield
Anthony P. McBride
Selectmen
William H. Tague
Lanesboro
Berkshire Eagle
North Adams Transcript
House
Committee On Natural Resources
Greenberg
Tague
Supreme Judicial Court
McBride
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Boeing
Lahore
Ayub
By Walter Logan
United
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Ichogil Canal
West Pakistan
Indian Defense Ministry
Karachi
U. S
Kabul
Afghanistan
Peshawar
Wagah
Wasgah
By Lisa Lansing
Scriart
By Jack Bell
Dirksen
Smathers
White House
Santo Dormingo
Latin America
Bill D. Moyers
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Foreign Relations Committee
Clifford P. Case
R-N.d
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Court Solis Draft
Deller
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Assail Tague
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