Flood Swamps Fairbanks Alaska Stranding City and Hospital Evacuations
Flood waters surged through Fairbanks Alaska forcing evacuation of downtown and heavy damage across the city. Mayor H A Boucher reported 80 percent of local businesses damaged and homes flooded with water five to six feet above flood stage.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
H.A. Boucher
Walter Hickel
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Basset Army Hospital
Ft. Wainwright
Chena
Boucher
Hickel
Juneau
Nenana
Mainland turmoil grows as anti communist sentiment spreads
Chen Chiang-chung of the Kuomintang reports wide unrest across China since 1949, with capital plants in Wuhan halted and more than 2,000 mining projects stopped, signaling setbacks to Mao era authorities and rising hopes for a KMT comeback.
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Taipei
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chen
Communist Political Party
Mao
Chiang
Wuhan
Ter
Hua Chung Central China Steel Corp
Maryland Police Seek Family Over Meningitis Exposure
Maryland State Police hunt for George T. Miller his wife and three children after a Bendix supervisor reports a neighbor child in Monroe has spinal meningitis The family travels by car toward Cherry Point N C from Teterboro N J in a 1966 Ford Falcon and a towed white Ford station wagon with New Mexico plates Police cannot locate them in Laurel Md where they were to stop Monday night
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Glen Burnie
Maryland
Bendix
Teterboro
N.J
Cherry Point
N.C
A.A. Smith
George T. Miller
Monroe
N.Y
Smith
Miller
Frank Martin
Martin
Millers
New York
Interstate 96
New Mexico
Laurel
Bombing North Vietnam Narrowly Near China Border
U S planes strike targets in North Vietnam from the southern panhandle to within 10 miles of the Red China border. Everett M Dirksen and Dwight Eisenhower defend President Johnson on bombing near the border. North Vietnam authorities reportedly seek Soviet aid for a South Vietnamese coalition. Tran Van Huong accuses government harassment in the South Vietnam campaign and hints Republicans may press for budget cut implications if a tax increase is approved.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Red China Border Sea
Everett M. Dirksen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
China
United States
Tran van Huong
May
Republicans Press Budget Questions Over Tax Hike
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee pushed for questions about how much spending would fall if taxes rise. Budget Director Schultze and aides testified on the 10 percent surcharge aimed at covering a large deficit, while Byrnes pressed for figures on Vietnam costs and potential spending reductions.
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Johnson
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Charles L. Schultz
Schultze
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Byrnes
Vietnam
Defense Department
Commerce Department
Johnson Administration
Ways and Means
Henry Fowler
Charles Schultze
NEA
Draft Chief Under Fire Over Guard Slip in Brown Case
Rep. Richard S. Schweiker accused Selective Service head Lewis B. Hershey of refusing to release Leslie E. Brown a 23 year old Pennsylvanian National Guardsman wrongfully drafted due to a paperwork foulup Brown was sent to Ft Bragg after being mislisted as delinquent in attendance The Guard and Brown had two discharge appeals denied by Hershey amid administrative errors and late processing Capt William F Brantley said the appeal reached him after Brown was deployed and Brown had only two unauthorised absences in Guard meetings at the time of the error
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Washington
Ewis B. Hershey
Pennsylvania National
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Schweiker
Brown
Hershey
Pennsylvania Guard
William F. Brantley
Pvt
GOP Leaders Meet Maine Republicans On 1968 Strategy
The minority leader of the House Gerald Ford joins Reps. Robert Wilson and Don Riegle Jr. for a closed session at Jordan Pond House in Seal Harbor Maine to map GOP strategy for the 1968 national elections.
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Seal Harbor
U.S. House of Representatives
Maine
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Jordan Pond House
Robert Wilson
California
Republican Congressional Committee
Don Riegle Jr
Bates College to inaugurate Dr Reynolds Oct 7
Dr. Thomas H. Reynolds, Bates College president since January 1, will be formally inaugurated on October 7 during the college’s homecoming weekend. He becomes the fifth Bates president in the college’s history.
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Lewiston
Thomas H. Reynolds
Bates College
Reynolds
Bates
Sisters Purchase Dwelling In Saco For Convent Use
The Bell Tourist Home on Main Street Saco formerly owned by Mr and Mrs Leo Lemelin was sold to the Sisters of Charity of Canada. The property will serve as a convent and nun training site for work with children. It includes 12 rooms four baths a large barn a full cellar hot water heat and about four acres. Negotiated through the Norman J Lessard Agency with Alfred Des Roberts as co broker.
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Bell Tourist
Main Street
Saco
Leo Lemelin
Sisters of Charity of Canada
St. Louis
Scarborough
Norman J. Lessard
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Alfred Des. Roberts
U S Sought Soviet Aid for Coalition in Vietnam
A captured North Vietnamese document claims the United States sought Soviet aid in 1966 to form a coalition government in South Vietnam including Communists. State Department officials denied any such plan, noting South Vietnam rejected the National Liberation Front Viet Cong as a Communist organ. The report, attributed to Le Duan, discusses negotiations and Soviet hints via A N Shelepin, while stressing continued fighting alongside talks.
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Washington
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
State Department
Sol
le Duan
Workers Party of
Nguyen van Vinh
Hanoi
S “Reunification Department
Four youths recount Glacier bear attack in working vacation
West Glacier Montana AP four campers describe failed efforts to scare a grizzly that killed Michele Koons 19 of San Diego and 19 year old Julie Helgeson of Albert Lee Minnesota while Roy Ducat 18 of Perrysburg Ohio was seriously injured. Rangers killed two bears and tested them for killer links as hunt continued.
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West Glacier
Mont
Glacier National Park
Paul R. Dunn
Edina
Minn
Michele Koons
San Diego
Calif
Michele
Julie Helgeson
Albert Lea
Park
Roy Ducat
Perrys
Park Rangers
Miss Helgeson
Dunn
Miss Koons
Denise Huckle
Sam
U S Recon Plane Shot Down Near Red China Border
The U S command reports a North Vietnamese shoot down of a U S Navy recon plane near the border with China while it photographed raid damage ten miles from Red China. The two man Vigilante crew is listed missing as the 642nd U S warplane loss in the Vietnam War.
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Saigon
U.S
Red China
RASC
Huong Claims Soldiers Could Vote Twice in Vietnam Election
Tran Van Huong alleged soldiers could vote at both bases and home districts, accusing Thieu Ky supporters of intimidation and misuse of government transport. He warned of reform or reconsidering civilian participation as Bien Hoa hosts a Sept. 3 campaign tour with nine other civilians.
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Saigon
Tran van Huong
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Huong
Friends of Friends
Thieu
Hhe
Huang
U.S
Baez Performs Free Washington Monument Concert after DAR Clash
Joan Baez entertained about 30 000 people on the Washington Monument grounds after the DAR barred her from Constitution Hall over tax protest remarks. Police estimated 30 000 attendees, many unable to see her. Baez praised the venue as open to diverse views and sang civil rights anthems including We Shall Overcome.
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Washington
DAR
Joan Baez
Washington Monument
Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall
U.S. Park
Miss Baez
Stewart L. Udall
Monument
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Diane
Brunswick Hotel
West Grand Ave
GOP
Arlen Box CO
Portland Rd
Kennebunk
Fea, Corp
Mary’s Nursery School
Mary P. Spirounias
U. S
Tion
Duan
Tho
Nguyen Tho
Viet Cong
Bears
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Lang Son
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Dong Ha
Haiphong
Portland
U.S. Army
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