Viet Cong Harassing Allied Ships
Viet Cong continued attacks on allied shipping in the Mekong delta with a failed strike on a US river patrol boat. Navy helicopters joined the river fleet after training aboard the USS Tortuga as 2 mines exploded near a patrol boat, causing no damage or casualties.
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Encephalitis Epidemic Death Toll Rises in Korea
Seoul reports 28 more deaths from Korean encephalitis in 24 hours, lifting the summer toll to 338 and total cases to 1,552. Health ministry data released Tuesday details the ongoing outbreak across the country.
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Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Health Ministry
Credit Letter Quips About Long-Standing Account
A humorous credit manager note jokes that the account has been on the books longer than the customer’s mother did. The quip appears in a dated style and reflects a lighthearted reminder about extended billing.
Negro Left Leaders Rally for Black Unity in Harlem
In Harlem at Mount Morris Presbyterian Church about 250 attendees rallied for SNCC fund raising as William Epton and Max Stanford urged a united front against white oppression. Stokely Carmichael and Black Panther guards framed speeches stressing black self rule and street action while Stanford touted boycotts of two Harlem schools on September 12.
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Town in Georgia Makes Big Appeal for Doctor
LOGANSVILLE Georgia residents display a large banner over U S 78 reading This Town Needs a Doctor The town once had five doctors and now with population near 1000 within five miles seeks a physician The 13 year old American Legion clinic costs 50000 and lacks a doctor Hospitals are in Monroe Lawrenceville or Convers Ambulance service comes from Lawrenceville Lanier Johnson urged 67 doctors to consider internship hopefuls through letters but none responded.
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Atlanta
American Legion
Monroe
Lawrenceville
Convers
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Guards Ordered Into Wauwatosa Again
Wisconsin national guardsmen were ordered into the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa for the third day to handle a civil rights demonstration. Governor Warren Knowles sent 100 guardsmen at the mayor’s request amid ongoing protests near the home of Circuit Judge Robert Cannon. A court restraining order may be sought to limit marches as talks with protesters stall ahead of a planned state industrial commission hearing.
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Wisconsin National Guardsmen
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Robert Cannon
National Guards
Paul Hassett
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First Major Nurse Strike Is Started
In San Francisco the first major nurse strike began with about half of morning shift nurses at three public hospitals calling in sick. Nurses rejected a pay offer that matched private hospital increases, prompting plans by Mayor Shelley to declare an emergency and seek funds to meet their demands.
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UPI
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John Shelley
Hardy Boy Survives 30-Foot Fall in New Orleans
Hardy Lee Pollard, 18 months old, fell 30 feet from a second story fire escape at his home in New Orleans. He sustained a broken arm and a head cut but whimpered as police escorted him to a hospital.
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UPS
Hardy
Hardy Lee Pollard
Emergency Board urges nonexaggerated settlement with American
Washington AP reports an emergency board named by President Johnson to study a threatened strike against American Airlines declined to recommend settlement terms but urged against an exaggerated settlement. The panel emphasized a fair, workable deal to avoid service disruption next month.
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Washington
Johnson
American Airlines
Des Moines youth held in slaying of businessman
Des Moines police say 17-year-old Thomas Todd Bradley was arrested after his father James Bradley, 53, Pioneer Hi Bred executive, was shot to death in Des Moines. The suspect reportedly confessed and a .22 caliber rifle was found in a car connected to the case.
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Todd” Bradley
May Need Tax Increase to Halt Inflation Hearing Highlights Split
Treasury Secretary Joseph Barr told the House Rules Committee that defeating inflation may require a tax increase for spending if monetary policy alone fails. The Tuesday hearing showed Democratic party splits over rising interest rates and fiscal action.
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Democratic Party
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Barr
House Rules Committee
Trading Steady as Market Rebounds Amid Heavy Volumes
The Dow Jones average rose to 771.32 as trading kept a heavy pace on Tuesday afternoon after earlier losses. Volume reached about 11.5 million shares with late gains in Magnavox Continental Airlines Eastern Air Lines and Fairchild. Investors watched for policy moves on interest rates and wage controls amid global economic worries.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Continental Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines
Fairchild Camera
KLM
Pan American World Airways
Braniff
Vietnam
Canadian unions reject bill to end rail strike
In Ottawa unions refused government legislation aimed at ending a nationwide wage strike by 118000 railroad workers. The bill offers an eight percent interim raise while workers demand about thirty percent, and calls talks to resume under threat of compulsory arbitration. Prime Minister Pearson urged action at a special Commons session.
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Ottawa
Lester Pearson
House of Commons
Senate Eulogizes Former Officer Charles L Watkins
Senate leaders eulogized Charles L. Watkins the Senate's first parliamentarian who died at 87. Watkins served 60 years in the Senate before retiring in December 1964 and aided procedural guidance at the founding United Nations conference. He died in a suburban nursing home.
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UPI
Senate
Charles L. Watkins
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Theenate
Fidel Castro declares Cuba will build its own communism
In a five hour closing speech to the national labor congress Castro rejects foreign advice, vows a Cuban path decided by the next party congress, denounces Chile's Frei, and stresses need for technical education and agricultural modernization. He criticizes ignorant administrators and urges broader use of machinery with volunteer workers.
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