U.S. Report Hikes Red Death Toll in Vietnam Battle
The U S Command said 106 North Vietnamese were killed near Dak To in Kontum, raising totals from 10 to 106. An American 130 man unit of the 178th Airborne Brigade suffered 80 dead and 34 wounded. Vietnam paratroopers reported 105 enemy killed on the Hue coastal plain and recovered a Viet Cong officer and other prisoners.
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George McArthur
Saigon
Central Highlands
U.S
Dak To
Kontum Province
178Rd Airborne Brigade
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Mu Gia Pass
Air Force
Mu Gia
John R. Deane Jr
San Antonio
Tex
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Cam Tam
da Nang
Billy Graham defies sabbatarian critics in London rally
Billy Graham drew 14 000 at a Sunday night crusade in Earl's Court despite protests from Britain's Lord's Day Observance Society that the meeting disrupted public transport and stadium staff. Organizers said the service aimed to reach church youth, with a budget shortfall addressed by a collection before a sermon on destiny and Armageddon.
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London
Billy Graham
Britain
Eddy Stride
Church of England
Graham
Earl's Court
Israelis Allow Arabs to Return Across Allenby Bridge
Arabs who fled the Israeli occupied sector of Jordan began returning home Sunday as guards at Allenby Bridge eased entry. About 4,000 to 5,000 crossed eastward and over 100 went westward by midday with no panic or gunfire reported.
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Allenby Bridge
Jordan
West Bank
Transjordan
Police Storm Guerrilla Center In Guatemala
Police storm a southern Guatemala City house they say housed a guerrilla training center for antigovernment rebels. One killed, three captured. grenades bombs and propaganda found. Four suspects arrested after Friday gun battle with a police officer and an alleged guerrilla member killed.
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Guatemala
Charleston Cop's Son Is Gun Victim
Ronald Harless Jr. a 15 year old son of Lt Kenneth Jarrett South Charleston police died from a single abdomen wound suffered last Monday when he and his 14 year old brother Le Roy were playing with their father's service revolver The gun had been fired accidentally in their home Authorities said he had been in critical condition since the shooting.
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Charleston
Ronald Harless Jr
South Charleston
Harless
Leroy
Kenneth Jarrett
Podgorny Promises Egypt Aid Rebuilding Armed Forces
Soviet leader Podgorny returned from Cairo where Cairo informants said Moscow promised to rebuild Egypt's armed forces to prewar strength. Diplomats cite insistence on Soviet advisers as a condition, while Nasser reportedly resisted such strings. Israel losses cited include 357 planes and about 600 tanks.
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
Cairo
Egypt
Kremlin
Podgorny
Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Israel
Middle East
Matvei V Zakharov
Small Building At Wheeling Hit By Bomb Blast
Police report a small commercial building housing an insurance agency and lawyers offices was bombed early Sunday in east Wheeling. No injuries, interior damage minimal, windows across the street shattered by gravel, and no apparent link to Reichert Furniture Co bombings in Wheeling and Parkersburg.
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Wheeling
East Wheeling
Washington Avenue
Reichert Furniture Co
Parkersburg
Reichert
Reicherts
Kosygin Demands Israel Condemned as Aggressor at UN
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin urged the United Nations to condemn Israel as the aggressor in the Middle East. He called for Israeli troop withdrawal to armistice lines as of June 4 to prevent renewed fighting and said no progress was made on Vietnam at the summit.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Johnson
Israel
General Assembly
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Indochina
Hollybush
Glassboro
N. J
State
Kosygin
United Nations
Glassboro State Collgee N. J
Lynda Bird
Johnson Kosygin Summit Yields Cautious Praise
In Glassboro New Jersey the Johnson and Kosygin talks ended after about one hour with no concrete agreement on Vietnam or the Middle East. Johnson called the meetings making the world a little less dangerous while Kosygin deemed them useful amid continued Soviet rigidity on key issues.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
New York
Malaysian Riot Police Fire Tear Gas At Embassy
Malaysian riot police fired tear gas Sunday into the Egyptian Embassy after about 14 youths sought protection there. The demonstrators, mostly Chinese, carried banners in support of Palestine and against imperial powers, while 150 activists from five unions and the People's party marched in an orderly protest before dispersing.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Palestine
People’s Party
Three Die On State Highways
Three persons were killed in traffic accidents on West Virginia roads this weekend and a fourth died Sunday of injuries. the toll for the year reached 206. Billy R. Mathis, 28, of Flint Michigan, died in a two car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near the Massey interchange late Saturday night. Thomas G. Brashears, 55, of Martinsburg, was killed when his car overturned on W Va 45 near Shepherdstown. James P. Nida of Griffiths Lincoln County died in a Huntington hospital Sunday from injuries received Thursday. A man killed Sunday in the Elkins area was reported but his details withheld pending relatives notification.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Billy R. Mathis
Flint
Mich
West Virginia Turnpike
Massey
Mathis
Thomas G. Brashears
Martinsburg
W.va
Shepherdstown
James P. Nida
Griffiths
Lincoln County
Huntington
Elkins
Mother Drowns In Coal River At Lower Falls
Lucy Faye Lucas 82 of Scott Depot Putnam County drowned in the Coal River at Lower Falls with her husband and four children nearby. Lucas unable to swim reportedly went under water after entering water over her head as husband tried to pull her to safety.
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W.va
Putnam County
Lucy Faye Lucas
Scott Depot
Lower Falls
Charles E. Lucas
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