Aussies in Big Battle Turn Tide Against Viet Cong
Australian and South Vietnamese troops clashed with the Viet Cong in a four hour downpour southeast of Saigon, killing 351 enemy in three encounters while Australian forces notched 220 killed. U S air units reported shooting down a Mig 17 and destroying enemy missiles near Hanoi with limited losses. In South Vietnam refugees suffered as Viet Cong terrorists destroyed homes. election security concerns rose as voters faced intimidation. A bus crash near Calcutta killed 29.
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Saigon
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Quang Ngai
South Vietnam
Man Nabbed in Philadelphia Threats to Johnson and Scranton
Federal charges allege 27 counts including threats to kill the President and Gov. Scranton plus obscenity. Leonard Falforth, 26, a city health department investigator, was jailed for psychiatric exam after an indictment filed in Philadelphia. Other letters to Luci Johnson and Frances Knight are noted.
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Philadelphia
FBI
Johnson
Gov. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Luci
Joe Jamieson
Jman
Leonard Falforth
City Health Department
Justice Department
Fairorth
Scranton
Frances Knight
U. S. Passport Office
State Department
FBE
Fairforth
Girl, 13, Kidnapped at Rifle Point in Mass
In Winchendon Massachusetts police pursued an abduction of 13 year old Marie Couture by Steven Caouette 18 who burst into the Couture home armed with a rifle and knife He reportedly dated the girl and threatened to shoot if she alerted authorities Bloodhounds traced a scent to a lakeshore a missing rowboat arstood and search extended to nearby island The suspects past includes psychiatric treatment a Marine Corps record and a prior assault charge
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Winchendon
Mass
Steven Caouette
Albert Couture
Marie Couture
Shirley Morande
Caouette
Couture
George Higgins
Gardner State Hospital
Brattleboro
Higgins
U.S. Marine Corps
Pentagon Figures Hit By House Committee
A House Armed Services subcommittee questioned the Defense Department’s multi billion dollar cost reduction claims. Auditors found only 429.3 million of 13 billion in savings valid and exposed overstatements such as 51.8 million from modifying 176 tanks and 329 thousand for zipper trousers. The session noted repeated year to year sav ing entries after inventory cuts and 25 percent savings when contracts avoided cost plus fixed fee.
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Washington
House
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Harold Rubin
Rubin
Department
House ‘Armed Services Committee
Rep
Hardy
D-Va
Congress of Defense Department
Navy
Fair Officials Praise People’s Record Attendance
The All-Iowa fair ended a seven day run with 14 145 attending the closing free gate day bringing total attendance to 117 791 An 18 543 rise from 1965 99 248 and 1964 92 094 Fair officials credited strong early turnout and noted the new grandstand delayed completion by two weeks before the fair.
Hearing Closes as Antiwar Witnesses Are Dismissed
Washington AP The House committee on un American activities ended its questioning of antiwar groups by tossing out two witnesses and about a dozen spectators. Acting Chairman Pool said the hearings revealed hard core communist leadership. Jerry Rubin protested as he was escorted from the room. Witnesses Cherkoss and Hamilton were ordered out after refusing to leave. The panel then planned hearings on bills to punish interference with Vietnam movement.
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Buffalo
Johnson
Upper
New York
New England
Great Lakes
Canada
Lester B. Pear
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Washington
House Committee On UN
Jerry Rubin
Berkeley
California
Rubin
Pool
Wit‘nesses
Vietnam
Steven ‘Cherkoss
Steven Hamilton
Granastand
Hopea' Hamilton
Hawkeye
Midwest
Fair Board
Vernimont
Cedar Rarids
Uniiversity of California
Hamilton
Marine Corps
James Hittle
Hittle
National Security
Veterans of Forreign Wars
Machinist Locals Vote At 4 to 1 For Contract Ending Strike
In New York and nationwide, union locals representing about 1,700 striking machinists voted Friday nearly four to one to approve a contract that would end the airline walkout. The union serves about 7,000 members in the New York area and 34,500 nationwide. Members cast ballots across the country on the deal.
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New York
Camera Trouble Delays Lunar Orbiter High-Res Photos
Space agency officials report a fault in Lunar Orbiter camera ground equipment could delay the mission to map safe Apollo landing sites. Test images show high resolution aimed at three-foot terrain details near Mare Smythii, with problems possibly requiring a refly.
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Pasadena
Space Agency
America
Moon
Lunar Disk
Nelson
Mare Smythii
Smyth's Sea
Turkish quake leaves many dead and injured
An earthquake hit four Turkish provinces on Friday, killing 34 people and injuring 65, with about 80 percent destruction reported. The 20 second tremor was felt in neighboring Soviet Russia and other regions.
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Istanbul
Soviet
Russia
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