U S Bivouac Under Fire Near Saigon In three hour battle
About 400 enemy troops attacked a night bivouac of American infantry 26 miles northwest of Saigon but were repelled. The 1st Infantry Division recorded one dead and 36 wounded while the enemy left 44 dead and 32 weapons. The New Jersey moved to the DMZ vicinity and opened fire on bunkers south of Quang Tri.
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Saigon
1St Infantry
New Jersey
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Battlewagon
Dmz
U.S
Quang Tri
Flair Boss Arrested Again in Mercer County Blue Law Clash
Bill Ellis manager of Flair Discount Inc was arrested at his Bluefield store and ordered to post bond. Magistrate Calfee set December 6 for Ellis's trial while Jimmy Law of Quality Dollar Store Bluewell faces a December 4 hearing. Ellis plans to sue Kammer, Kammer Furniture, the Bluefield Chamber and Retail Merchants Association over the warrants.
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Flair
Mercer County
Blue Law
Battle
Bill Ellis
Flair Discount Inc
Bluefield
Charles Calfee, Jr
Calfee
Ellis
Jimmy Law
Quality Dollar Store
Bluewell
Law
Flair Discount Stores Inc
Max L. Kammer
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Kammer
Kammer Furniture Store
Discount Establishment
Kammer Furniture
William Ellis
Flair Discount Department Stores Inc
Secret fortune found in dead Florida widow home
In Hollywood Florida police uncovered a fortune in Mary MacMahon's home after an unattended death. Officers found cash totaling 242 283.87 in green bound bundles across a closet and shelves in the modest residence. A maid alerted police and neighbors noted she was not destitute.
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Sgt
Church Fulton
Hollywood
Fla
Mary MacMahon
Sgt. Fulton
Tim McGuire
A. Hampton
Dead Woman
James Hampton
Chuck Fulton
Tom McGuire
Fulton
Mons
South
Florida
McGuire
William F. Hunter Jr
Boiarsky Named Speaker Of House In West Virginia
Del Ivor F. Boiarsky wins a 33 28 caucus vote over J E Ned Watson to become speaker of the West Virginia House. He will replace H Laban White after eight years as Finance chair. Carson and White did not seek re election.
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Charleston
W.va
Del
Ivor F. Boiarsky
House of Delegates
J. E .Ned'’ Watson
Lloyd G. Jackson
Senate
Boiarsky
John E. Carrigan
Sherrard
Moundsville
George H. Seibert
Wheeling
House
Carrigan
Seibert
Carson Jackson
Hamlin
Howard W. Carson
Finance Committee
H. Laban White
Carson
White
U.S. House
Israeli commandos destroy two Jordan bridges in raid
Israeli forces struck 37 miles into Jordan and blew up two 100 foot spans on road and rail bridges from Amman to Ma an and Aqaba. The raid halted near the Dead Sea amid ongoing artillery duels with Jordanian forces.
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Jordan
Sodom
Dead Sea
Sea of Galilee
Amman
Ma’an
Aqaba
Hejaz
Mecca
Cyprus
Abba Eban
U.N
Harriman Says Nixon Should Pick His Own Negotiating Team
W Averell Harriman, head U S negotiator at Vietnam peace talks, said a new Nixon team could take over in Paris without substantial progress loss. He urged Nixon to appoint his own team and indicated he does not expect to stay on after Jan 20, 1969, stressing the need for a fresh approach.
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Ell Harriman
U.S
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Cyrus R. Vance
Harriman
Vance
Nixon
Kennedy
Washington
Johnson
New York
Nixon's Cabinet Choices May Hold A Few Surprises
New York AP report says Nixon plans a Cabinet with surprises and no fixed partisan mold. He aims for the best men, delaying appointments after December 5 while staffing from a broad base and not appealing only to any single American group.
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Nixon
New York
Richard M. Nixon
French Labor Leaders Warn Over Price Controls
Paris AP report says Premier Couve de Murville warned of possible price rises on food and wine basics as labor leaders protest austerity measures meant to save the franc. Union chiefs planned talks on wage protections after a May–June strike and near rebellion amid tax hikes and Renault plant discontent.
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Paris
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Couve de Murville
Renault Auto
Billancourt
Charles de Gaulle
Report Finds Police Deliberately Attacked Newsmen At Chicago Riots
A federal task force report for the Johnson administration concludes police deliberately attacked and beat dozens of newsmen during the August Chicago riots at the Democratic National Convention. It cites 63 newsmen assaulted, with 49 cases detailed, while noting protesters effectively used TV coverage to dramatize their dissent.
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James R. Polk
Washington
Chicago
President's Commission On Violence
National Commission On
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
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Jay” Rockefeller IV
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Israel
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California
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Central Park
Robert Ellsworth
White House
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Pittsburgh
Pagent
Fort Worth
Texas
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Flint, Mich
Melanie Young
Houston, Tex
Carol McClannahan
Denver, Colo
Claude Lewis
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Pace
Lewis
NBC
James Stricklin
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