Bombers Hit Viet Cong Bases Near Saigon and North Vietnam
U S Air Force B 52 bombers from Guam struck Viet Cong bases 45 miles east of Saigon and an enemy training camp 120 miles southwest of Saigon. Ground fighting eased with only scattered patrol actions. American aircraft bombed North Vietnam targets around Hanoi and in Thanh Hoa, destroying rail facilities, depots, bridges, trucks, and storage buildings.
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Saigon
Guam
South Vietnam
Gia Dinh
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thanh Hoa
Alaskan Air Crash Kills Nine Persons
Nine people aboard an Alaska Coast Airlines plane died when the airliner crashed and burned near the Eagle River glacier on the Juneau ice cap about 30 miles north of Juneau. The crash occurred at the 5,500-foot level near a high peak.
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Juneau, Alaska
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Juneau
Here
Eagle River Glacier
Bertroche Attacks Reformatory Leadership and Staff Losses
Republican attorney general hopeful Bertroche alleged at a Young Republicans breakfast that Anamosa reformatory suffers mass staff turnover and archaic methods. He cited 16 firings or resignations in eight months and claimed beatings and homosexual practices occurred without action, which Acting Warden Auger denied as rare and protective.
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Nevada
UPI
Joseph Bertroche
Anamosa Men’s Reformatory
Bertroche
Reformatory
Bertrode
Paul Weiler
Kelvin Auger
Bertrade
Johnson Pearson discuss Vietnam war in Campobello talks
President Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson met at Campobello Island to discuss Vietnam and other matters. The leaders spoke of peace and negotiation while recalling Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime resolve and friendship between the United States and Canada.
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Lester Pearson
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Campobello Island
Pearson
Johnson
New Brunswick
Washington
White House
U.S
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Upper New York
New England
Vietnam
F.D.R
Campobello
North Vietnam
Just Lucky Hotel Held Together During Quake
Lt. Col. Carl Kueffer, U.S. adviser to the Turkish Army, reports in Erzurum that his six story reinforced steel hotel with American officers withstood a major earthquake. He describes tremors lasting about 15 seconds and notes no real damage to the hotel while locals fear and move into tents outside the city.
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Gol
Carl Kueffer
U.S
Erzurum
Turkey
Cost of Living Up 0.4 Percent
Washington AP reports the consumer price index rose four tenths of a percent in July driven by higher transportation costs and a smaller seasonal rise in food prices.
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Washington
Heavy Rainfall Drenches East Iowa With Local High Totals
East Iowa soaked by heavy weekend rains with totals topping 6 inches in Dike and Waterloo. Oelwein 4.42 inches and Independence 3.58, while Cedar Rapids saw 0.75. Minor basement flooding reported, river levels may rise on Cedar and Iowa rivers.
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Iowa
Oelwein
Mancheser
Independence
Elkader
Clayton
Waterloo
Dike
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Cedar River
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Chuckle: Small Boy Prays for Day in Bed
A humorous note reports a child’s prayer asking for “this day our day in bed” in a playful twist on the blessing. The caption frames the quip as a light domestic moment.
King Signalscontinuation of Demonstrations in Chicago
White spectators jeered and threw objects as open housing marches continued in Chicago and suburbs despite rain. King said demonstrations will persist, noting hostility less overt but still present. 500 marchers faced attacks. Evergreen Park saw injuries and arrests, while Rockwell spoke at a larger gathering in the city.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
East Side
Evergreen Park
Chicago Heights
Washington
NBC
Dr. King
North
New Tremors Spread Fear Among Turks
Two new earth shocks struck Eastern Turkey as relief efforts continued for the prior week’s deadly quake. The tremors caused fear and panic among refugees, with health officials deploying typhoid inoculations and water treatment while aid air drops reach 29 isolated villages.
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Erzurum
Turkey
Iraq
Edip Somunoglu
FTC Sets February 19 Deadline for Tire Advertising Rules
Washington AP reports the Federal Trade Commission will enforce new stop gap guidelines on tire advertising and labeling starting February 19. The rules require disclosure of load capacity inflation, and ply ratings with actual test bases, plus a disclaimer on grading systems and price-related guarantees.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Bescome
Awaited Rescue After Six Days in Plane Crash
In Middletown Connecticut a 39 year old man John Emmanuel survived six days trapped in a crashed single engine plane near Mt Higby after pilot Richard Grimaldi 32 died. A truck driver Faulkner reported a sighting that led to a searchers locating Emmanuel and a larger helicopter airlift to a hospital.
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Middletown
Emmanuel
Federal Aviation Agency
Coast Guard
Connecticut
John Faulkner
Somes
Faulkner
State Aeronautics Department
Mt. Higby
Newington
Tom
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National States Rights Party
George Lincoln Rockwell
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Lynch
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