Foe of Mao Still Runs Atom Zone
Hong Kong Star reports Gen. Wang En-mao still controls Sinkiang province where China keeps its nuclear reactor amid claims he may oppose Mao and seek to undermine the hydrogen bomb program. The Star cites inside China sources and notes possible Soviet involvement.
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Hong Kong
The
Hong Kong Star
Wang En-mao
Sinkiang
Red China
China
Wang
Soviet Union
Wuhan
Star
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Canton
Maoist stronghold falls amid fierce attacks and casualties
A Maoist stronghold under siege fell Tuesday amid heavy fighting that killed or wounded many. The report cites Nationalist intelligence naming Wang Li and a senior assistant tor Chungking as failed mediators. Two Maoist leaders Liang Hsing-chu and Chang Kuchun narrowly escaped Monday sniper efforts in Chengtu. Large scale clashes erupted Tuesday in Mukden Fushun Changchun and other major Manchuria cities with artillery reported on both sides.
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Mao
Wang Li
Wang
Tor Chungking
Chengtu
Szechwan
Liang Hsing-chu
Chang Kuchun
Mukden
Fushun
Changchun
Manchuria
15 Percent Rise In Fire Losses In July AP Report
New York AP reports July fire losses rose 15.6 percent from a year earlier, with blazes blamed on rioters in multiple cities. The weather bureau foresees a three day heat spell amid a 64 day drought as the Warm Springs tribe reschedules a rain dance in Portland.
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New York
Portland
Ore
Detroit
Newark
Warm Springs
Oregon
De Gaulle voters split as public polls show doubt on term completion
A Paris AP report notes about half of French voters want De Gaulle to finish his seven year term. 23 percent want him to leave quickly, 16 percent favor another year or two, and 12 percent have no opinion. France-Soir and the French Institute of Public Opinion conducted the sampling last week.
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de Gaulle
Paris
France-Soir
French Institute of Public Opinion
Francaois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
Fair and Mild Sunday Stated
A fair and mild Sunday is expected in Iowa after a cloudy and rainy Saturday. Precipitation chances drop to 5 percent tonight and to zero Sunday with highs in the mid 70s. Carroll Jefferson Algona Sac City reported rainfall totals around 0.7 inches as Cedar Rapids topped 72 early today before cooling. Lord Bruce of Melbourne, 84, former Australian prime minister, died Friday.
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Lews
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Towa
Carroll
Jefferson
Algona
Sac City
Cedar Rapids
Gun Battle Fatal for Two Policemen in Long Beach
In Long Beach California two young officers William Isham age 25 and Donald Knotl age 24 were killed in a backyard gun battle after responding to a report of a man beating his wife. Norman Baker 26 was seriously wounded eight times and booked for investigation of murder. Linda Winters 20, Baker’s common law wife, was briefly involved but left with the officers later.
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Long Beach
Calif
William Isham
Donald Knotl
Norman Baker
Baker
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Robert Hill
Linda Winters
Bomb scare at Savannah post office forces 300 to evacuate
In Savannah Georgia a phoned bomb threat prompted a 300 federal workers to evacuate the U S post office. Army demolition experts flew from Fort Stewart and opened a soggy package addressed to Augusta. It contained three batteries and dozens of National States Right Council lapel buttons.
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Savannah
U.S. Post Office
Roy Lynch
Augusta
the Thunderbolt
Lynch
FBI
W. E. Ligenfelser
Fort Stewart
Butler
National States Right Council
Mice Devour Crops in Yugoslavia's Bosnian Regions
Yugoslav farmers report a mouse plague across Bosnia rotting wheat beans and potatoes with estimates of 400000 in crop damage. Mice have overrun fields near Priboj threatening Titovo Uzice Nova Varos and Bojina Basta and cats or predators offer little relief.
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Priboj
Yugoslavia
Lim
Uvac
Bosnia
Solitary Sailor Keeps Going Strong Across Atlantic
New York AP reports Capt. William Willis 74 sails eastward alone in a 13½ foot boat about 1,200 miles east of Nova Scotia. Coast Guard says he remains strong as of Saturday.
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New York
William Willis
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Coast Guards
Ex Nazi Patler Held After Rockwell Slaying in Arlington
Arlington police guard John Patler 29 former No 4 Nazi in Rockwell circle after the shooting of George Lincoln Rockwell founder of the American Nazi party. Autopsy confirms chest wound as cause of death. Patler faces murder charges with $50,000 bond as court date set.
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Harry Rosentha
Arlington, Va
George Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
American Nazi Party
John Judson
John Patler
Patler
Matthias Koehl
Koehl
Patter
Stormtrooper
Arlington
Party
Bear mauls campers near Gibson Reservoir in Montana
In Choteau Montana two boys were mauled by a bear while sleeping at a Gibson Reservoir camp ground. Rangers closed the nearby forest service site as they searched for the animal believed to be a black bear. Victims were Steve Heyer 13 and Jerry Brown 12 both residents of Montana.
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Choteau
Mont
UPI
Glacier National Park
Forest Service
Steve Heyer
Fairfield
Steve
Jerry Brown
Fort Shaw
Mortimer Gulch
Gibson Reservoir
Snn River
Red Blast In Election Rally Area
Communist saboteurs blew up a bus near My Tho 12 miles from a presidential rally area, killing 22 civilians and injuring six. The attack marks the third such incident in a few days amid Viet Cong activity around the Mekong delta city and ongoing election campaigns. Ground fighting and air raids continued in Vietnam as U.S. air power struck targets in North Vietnam and the Panhandle.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
My Tho
North Vietnam
da Nang
Jerry
Red Subdistrict
Steve
Delta Post
Sai
Glacier National Park
Julie Helgeson
Albert Lea
Minn
Michelle Koons
San Diego
Grizzlies
Sailor Convicted In Spying Case at Holy Loch
Gary Ledbetter a 25 year old sailor with the Polaris squadron at Holy Loch was convicted by a court martial of passing a classified submarine training manual to a Scottish bookmaker for relay to an East German spy. He received six months hard labor reductions in grade forfeiture of 86 dollars per month and a bad conduct discharge. Dorschel an East German cook serving seven years for espionage testified. MacAffer a bookmaker is out on bail and refused to testify.
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Holy Loch
Scotland
UPS
U.S
Polaris
Gary Ledbetter
Dexter
William MacAffer
Dunoon
Peter Dorschel
Dorschel
MacAffer
Couldn't Use 45,000 More Men General Says War Going Well
Lt. Gen. Stanley Larsen, former II Corps commander in South Vietnam, told President Johnson that if given 45,000 more troops he would not know what to do with them as enemy regiments in the central region have been eroded to half strength or less. He reported to his new post at Fort Monroe after briefing the President. Larsen noted Viet Cong influence has fallen sharply with Saigon forces now controlling large shares of the population and rice fields formerly held by the communists.
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China
Washington
Chungking
Treasury
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Senate
Treasury Department
Williams
the Treasury
Patter
John Patsalos
Marines
Dad
U.S. Army
South Vietnam
II Corps
Stanley Larsen
Johnson
Larsen
Mander
Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
Saigon
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Thant
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London
Lord Bruce
Melbourne
Australia
Bosnia- Mercegovina
Montenegro
Serbia
Titovo Uzice
Nova Varos
Bojina Basta
Pljevlja
Rajei
Dusan Tomanovic
Tresnjevica
Sing Sing
Hoart
John
Marion
Bear Mauls
Montana
Thieu
U.S. Navy
Port Walnut
Panhandle
U. S
Central Highlands
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