Allies Keep Viet Cong Off Balance
Government forces reported 58 Viet Cong killed in five ground actions Tuesday with light American casualties. Tuy Hoa and Tam Ky posts led a 34 kill tally as attacks were repelled. U S and South Vietnamese aircraft conducted 401 sorties targeting guerrilla areas, river traffic, and coastal targets near Saigon, Kunming Hanoi rail lines, and a Laotian frontier radar site.
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Tuy Hoa
Tam Ky
U.S
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
Kunming-Hanoi
Hanoi
Mu Gia
Small Retailers' Workers Rejected On Minimum Pay
Rep. Dave Martin notes bill to extend minimum wage to farm workers would harm small farmers. California opposed citing already higher wages. only 1.6 percent of farms would be covered. An amendment to cover all farm workers failed. wage schedule would begin at $1.00 with raises to $1.20 by 1969 and up to $1.60 by 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Martin
Martin
California
Dent
Charles S. Gubser
Rcalif
NLRB reports probe of over 200000 charges and 19 million workers
The National Labor Relations Board released its 1965 FY report to President Johnson and Congress. It notes over 200000 unfair labor practice charges and 7,824 union representation elections in 1965, with 28,025 cases resolved and 75 percent settled without further action. Back pay totaling 2759550 was awarded to reinstated workers.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Johnson
Congress
Bard Chief to Retire Next Year
Hartford Times reports Joseph Verner Reed Sr former executive producer of the American Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford will resign next year to look after personal interests. The post is expected to pass to his son Joseph Reed Jr.
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Joseph Verner Reed
American Shakespeare Festival Theater
Stratford
Hartford Times
Viet Nam conflict strains loom from Hue to Saigon
Dispatches report South Viet Nam's 1st Division loyalty doubt and Buddhist resistance in Hue while regime leaders press against Viet Cong. Nhuan vows to destroy the Viet Cong as political resignations mount among Cao Dai Hoa Hao and Catholic groups. International notes cite Soviet diplomacy, Cambodia neutrality shifts, and Australian troop casualties influencing policy.
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Associated Press
Bob Gassaway
Nhuan
South Viet Nam
Hue
Lang Co
da Nang
Saigon
Dat
Cao Dai
Hoa Hoa
Nguyen van Thieu
Hoang Quynh
Moscow
Soviet Union
Alexander N- Shelepin
Communist Party
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Nguyen van Kinh
Nguyen van Dong
New Times
Cambodia
Japan
Yukihisa Tamura
Kyodo
Thailand
Australia
Sukarno
Ho Chi
Jakarta
Ho Chi Minh
Hirohito Biography Named Book of the Month Club Pick
Leonard Mosley’s Hirohito biography is selected as the July Book of the Month Club choice. The author based his work on National Archives documents in Washington and sources close to the Tokyo court. Italian lawyers pursue divorce reform in a separate note.
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Leonard Mosley
Hirohit
Empero
Mosley
National Archives
Washington, D. C
Imperial Court
Tokyo
Tidal Survey Maps Currents For 455000 Boaters
The U S Coast and Geodetic Survey aboard the Marmner conducts a major survey of tidal currents in Long Island and Block Island Sounds and the Connecticut River. Over 60 sites between New Haven and Hartford will be measured this year with future work extending toward New York City areas. Harmless boat shaped buoys with yellow stripes and flashing lights mark the survey.
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US. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Long Island
Block Island Sounds
Connecticut River
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Marmner
Falee
New Haven
New London
Gardiners
Peconic
Hartford
Bridgeport
Bronx- Whitestone Bridge
New York City
Mariner
Public and private debt surpasses 1.27 trillion dollars
The Commerce Department reported end of 1965 total public and private debt at 1.2675 trillion dollars, up 93 billion from the prior year. The rise was the largest dollar increase on record and eighth percent overall, reflecting debts of government, corporations, individuals and unincorporated enterprises.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Youth Crusade At Mt Sinai Baptist Church Saturday
A youth crusade led by the Rev E E Stevenson and the Gospel Messengers of Washington DC will begin at 7 30 p m Saturday at Mt Sinai Baptist Church 500 Platt Street Bridgeport with performers from Bridgeport Stamford and New Haven. Supervisor is Mrs Edythe Ellis Reverend William Barber is pastor. Indian colleges are teaching family planning.
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E. E. Stevenson
Gospel Messengers
Washington, D. C
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
500
Platt Street
Bridgeport
Stamford
New Haven
Mr. Sinai
Edythe Ellis
William Barber
Mrs. Flora Okerblom Dies at 54 in Yale New Haven Center
Mrs Flora Thile Okerblom 54 of 111 Quaker Lane Fairfield wife of A Milton Okerblom secretary for the Mended Hearts Association of Connecticut died yesterday at Yale New Haven Medical Center Services scheduled for Saturday 9 15 am at Larson Funeral Home 2496 North Avenue and 10 am at Salem Lutheran Church Rev Caryl V Benson to officiate Burial in Mountain Grove Cemetery Born in Jersey City N J she lived in the Bridgeport area over 30 years She was a Lutheran Church Women member and Salem Altar Guild Survivors include her husband a son Robert A Okerblom of Fairfield her father Floyd Jones of Stratford a brother Lawrence Thilo of Fairfield a sister Mrs Mildred Scott of Stratford and several nieces and nephews
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Flora Thile Okerblom
Quaker Lane
Fairfield
A. Milton Okerblom
Mended Hearts Association of Connecticut
Yale New Haven Medical Center
Larson Funeral Home
North Avenue
Salem Lutheran Church
Caryl V. Benson
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Jersey City
N.J
Oxerblom
Bridgeport
Lutheran Church Women
Salem Altar Guild
Mended Hearts Association of
Connecticut
Robert A. Okerblom
Floyd Jones
Stratford
Lawrence
Thilo
Mildred Scott
Miami Mayor Near Florida Governor Job After Primary Victory
Miami Mayor Robert King High defeats Gov. Haydon Burns in the Democratic primary, carrying about 585,429 votes to 499,328. The result signals Florida’s shift toward metropolitan influence and a two party trend, with High breaking racial and funding barriers.
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Ben Funk
Miami
Fla
Robert King High
Florida
High
Flat Creek
Tenn
Haydon Burns
Burns
Kirk Jr
Kirk
Jacksonville
GOP
Johnson
Charles R. Holley
St. Petersburg
Buddhist Funeral in Hue Erupts into Anti American Demonstration
A Hue Buddhist funeral turned into a large anti American protest as mourners criticized U.S. support for Ky and Thieu. Speakers linked U.S. aid to violence against Buddhists and urged U.S. intervention to halt colonial policies. The event followed a later funeral for a Vietnamese army lieutenant killed near a helicopter incident involving Brig. Gen. Huynh Van Cao.
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United States
U.S.A
Thieu
van Hanh
Saigon
Free World
Huan
Huynh van Cao
First Army Corps
Huynah van Cao
Miami Mayor Fights Rates and Taxes Across Florida
The narrative recalls bills by counties and cities along the route, efforts to curb telephone and power costs, and opposition to insurance hikes and severance taxes. It notes a campaign against price fixing on liquor and minerals, and a push to crack down on industrial pollution by the Florida East Coast Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Six Pirate Radio Stations Hit Britain With Pop and Ads
Six unlicensed pirate radio stations beam pop music ads and news from ships forts and towers outside British waters. Five more stations planned. They challenge BBC monopoly, with Radio London Caroline 390 Scotland and others. government vows legislation and possible navy seizure to curb royalties losses.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Britain
British Broadcasting Corp
Radio London
Frinton
County Essex
Radio Caroline
Isle of Man
Radio 390
Thames Estuary
England
Radio Scotland
Scotland
Caroline
Radio England
Radio Britain
Anthony Wedgewood Benn
House of Commons
BBC
Henadannt
Greenwich Road Race fieldads open at Greenwich Town Hall
More than 140 runners are expected for the Second Annual Greenwich Five-Mile Road Race Monday at 9 30 a m starting in front of Greenwich Town Hall The Greenwich Recreation Board sponsors the event Open Division leaders include John Long Bob Greenberg Dick Clapp and Ron Davis School Boy Division top contenders Russ and Ron Taintor David Pottetti Team entries come from Christ the King Prep United A A North Medford Greenwich High and St Marys High Greenwich Officials urge entrants contact Edwin H King at the Town Hall Annex Luncheon and prizes follow at noon. vaucant Wants to Outlaw Pirates India may put armed guards Sir Alan Herbert chair of on some trains.
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Greenwich
Greenwich Town Hall
Greenwich Recreation Board
John Long
Farmingdale
New York
Bob Greenberg
Stamford
Uconn
Striders Club
F.c.la.c
New Jersey
Russ Tainter
David Pottetti
Fox Lane High
Pound Ridge
Penn
North Medford
Greenwich High
St. Mary's High
Edwin H. King
Town Hall Annex
P.O. Box
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Bard
Hirohito
State, Treasury
War
Youth Crusade
Platt Street Church
Claude R
Thursay
British Copyright Council
Royal Navy
Eldon Griffiths
Daily Telegraph
Peter Simple
Vaucant
India
Alan Herbert
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