Marines Repulse Attack Near Chu Lai in Viet Nam
U S Marines repelled a Viet Cong assault six miles west of Chu Lai with four guerrillas killed and no Marine losses. Air power hit Viet Cong targets across South Viet Nam with heavy strikes and numerous enemy casualties reported by allied air units.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Chu Lai
Quang Ngai City
Quang Ngai
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
North
Hanoi
Lang Chi
Tai Xuonan
Draft increase eyed as Johnson keeps Vietnam talks at Camp David
Washington AP President Johnson eyed possible higher draft quotas while at Camp David as the Pentagon called up 17 000 servicemen. Gen Johnson said Viet Cong battalion and regimental actions rose with heavy casualties and supply flows continued to South Viet Nam. Khiem discussed unified command with the United States.
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Washington
Armed Services
Johnson
Camp David
Maryland
Bill D. Moyers
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
United Nations
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Columbus
White House
American Legion
South Viet Nam
Tran Thiem Khiem
United States
Khiem
Defense
Southeast Asia
Moyers
Congress
Eugene Black
World Affairs dominated by Viet Nam talks and nuclear disarmament moves
Reports from Washington describe Lyndon Johnson pursuing Viet Nam strategy with advisers as McNamara warns of deteriorating conditions and a shift toward a higher 10 to 1 manpower balance. Arthur Goldberg accepts UN post amid Arab scrutiny while France and Britain navigate nuclear limits and the Geneva talks begin with Foster seeking a new round of multilateral disarmament.
News At A Glance Highlights Global Tumbles and Surprises
A Maine fishing trawler wrecked off the North Carolina coast possibly from a mine or torpedo snag in its net. A visitor shot a young priest in Los Angeles chancery. A pilot landed a crippled Allegheny Airliner with 39 aboard without loss of life. Marines are chosen as escorts for Miss Universe coronation. A baby was born at 39 000 feet over the Atlantic. An American official is sought in Saigon over a killing. The armed services study a draft increase while Johnson consults at home. A Moscow court sentences a British teacher for subversive activity. In Greece a small pro Communist party could sway Premier Papandreou’s fate. Italy faces a legal fight over a famed Renaissance treasure. Foster flies to Geneva for arms talks.
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Associated Press
Maine
Atlantic
North Carolina
Los Angeles
Saigon
Armed Services
Johnson
Viet Nam
Moscow
Soviet Union
George Papandreou
Greece
Italy
Washington
William DC
Foster
Charmament Agency
Geneva
Presidents Send Wreaths to Rhee Memorial
Seoul reports President John son sent a wreath through the U S Embassy to the Pear Blossoms House where former President Syng man Rhee lies at rest Chiang Kai shek also forwarded a wreath signaling ongoing diplomatic salience amid memorial observances.
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Seoul
Johnson
U.S
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek
Eight Die as Torpedo Destroys Fishing Trawler Snoopy
An old torpedo accidentally dredged from the ocean bottom exploded against the Snoopy, a deep sea trawler off Currituck Sound, killing eight crewmen. Four survivors were rescued in extremely critical condition as Coast Guard and fishing boats searched the area near the Outer Banks. The Geraldine reported the incident from 9:15 p.m. and recalled the torpedo being pulled aboard before the blast. Sharks circled the wreck as authorities sent aid, with a doctor dispatched to treat the injured at Elizabeth City and on Explorer.
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Portsmouth
North Carolina
Outer Banks
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Currituck Sound
N.C
U.S
Berry
5Th District
Ocracoke
Tom Provost
U.S. Public Health Hospital
Elizabeth City
Pilot guides faulty plane saving 39 lives in crash
Allen Lauber, a 36 year old Allegheny Airlines pilot with 15 years experience, guided a burning Convair 440 through pines and made a wheels up belly landing saving 39 aboard. He suffered a broken leg burns and bruises as wings were sheared off and the aircraft burned in the woods near Williamsport.
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Williamsport
Allegheny Airlines
Allen Lauber
Philadelphia
Excise Cuts to Save Biddeford Residents Money
Figures show Biddeford residents paid about 1.16 million dollars in excise taxes in 1964 across cosmetics luggage jewelry cars and more. The tax cut slated by Congress promises about 145 thousand dollars in first year savings for Biddeford families with national totals rising to 4.6 billion after full implementation and a typical family saving around 65 dollars.
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Biddeford
New England
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Bureau of Labor Satistics
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