Government official urges safeguarding information over disclosure
Arthur Sylvester, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that no official should lie but may withhold information to protect national safety. He rejected the claim that the government could lie to carry out policy and said two principles guide defense public affairs regarding Vietnam: protect troops and provide truthful information where possible. The report also notes the death of veteran actor and broadcaster Carl Emory at 59 in Bath, Maine.
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Washington
Arthur Sylvester
Sylvester
Fulbright
D-Ark
New York
Sigma Delta Chi
Defense Department
Vietnam
Department of Defense
U.S
Collins Radio reports strong year with record sales and earnings
Collins Radio Co calendar year ending July 29 posted earnings of 7.677 million on 388 million in sales, up from prior year. earnings per share rose to 3.36, with 2,286,182 shares outstanding. undelivered orders backlog reached 356 million, total commercial product sales 49 percent of sales. capital expenditures 12.5 million, working capital up 11.2 million aided by 25 million senior notes. officials note continued year ahead with higher employment to 20,187 and dividends totaling 1.
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Collins Radio Co
Chuckle Note on Timewatchers and Clock Hands
Humorous remark warns that starting with the clock can make you one of the hands rather than master of time. Copyright notice at the end.
San Francisco Nurses Back Pay Boost in City Hospitals
City nurses in three San Francisco public hospitals voted to accept a pay-boost offer ending a 24 hour walkout. Mayor Shelley declared an emergency to bypass charter limits as 193 nurses called in sick, then return to work with a new starting scale from Thursday ranging from 578 to 703 dollars monthly based on experience.
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San Francisco
John Shelley
Tot Is Trapped and Rescued From Clothes Chute
A 19 month old Cedar Rapids boy, Paul Scott, became wedged in a built in hallway clothes chute after dropping a wash cloth while playing. Firemen freed him after removing the chute. he had a bruise on his back and ate crackers during the rescue.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Scott
Charles Scott
Thirty-third Avenue
Paul
Sally
Scott
Faith's Winds Are Declining
Hurricane Faith pushed small boats toward port from Cape Kennedy to Virginia while its winds began to slow the day after.
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Miami
Faith
Cape Kennedy
Virginia
Atlantic
Chinese Defector Warns China Avoids Direct Confrontation
New York AP report says Miao Chen-pai, a former Chinese diplomat turned defector, says Beijing remains cautious about a U S face-off while Mao’s regime shows no policy softening. He cites internal opposition and predicts the Cultural Revolution will continue despite purges. He arrived from Frankfurt and seeks asylum in the United States.
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UPI
Miao Chen-pai
Damascus
U.S
New York
Robert Loh
U.S. Defense Department
Miao
Syria
U. S
Peking
China
Mao Tze-tung
Mewsmen
Mao
Chinese Communist Party
Frankfurt
State Department
Mao T’ze-tung
Rainy Pattern Tamps Northeast Iowa Weather
Light rain moved across Northeast Iowa with Decorah at .62 inch New Albin .25 Elkader .25 and Waukon .09. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies warm afternoons and isolated thundershowers as August ends and September begins with cooler nights in the 60s and highs near 90. More rain and slightly cooler readings may arrive Friday as a five day outlook says temperatures average 3 to 6 degrees below normal.
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Weather Bureau
Secrecy Lifted on U S Plans in Laos Pravda Says
Pravda reports testimonies and documents from downed U S pilots reveal U S aims to expand the Vietnam war into Laos. It names pilots Dieter Dengler and Duane Martin among others and cites alleged orders to bomb Laotian villages while noting escapes and deaths.
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Moscow
Pravda
U.S
Laos
Communist Party
Rols
Navy
Dieter den
Gler
Pacifica
Calif
Dengler
North Vietnam
Germany
British laborer wins record soccer pool payout
Percy Harrison, 52, a British laborer with five children, won 331,196 pounds about 927,348 dollars tax free, claiming a world record for a soccer pool payout. He matched eight draws from over 20 games, earning the largest individual pool prize to date and beating the previous 316,000 pounds record.
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London
Percy Harrison
Harrison
Geoffrey Liddiard
East German protest over Red China mistreatment of diplomats
East Germany handed Red China a sharp protest after Red Guards in Peking mishandled and attacked German embassy staff. The ADSN report names Lt. Col. Walter Kautzsch and Lt. Col. Mueller amid several hours of detention and injuries to their families.
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Berlin
East Germany
Red
ADN
Peking
East Berlin
Red Guards
Soviet Union
Red Guard
Mao Tze-tung
Walter Kautzsch
Red China
Mueller
North Vietnam
Kautzsches
Stocks Rally for Second Day in New York Market
New York AP reports stocks rose for the second straight session with heavy trading. By 2 p.m. the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials had gained 15.20 points to 790.92 as market activity remained strong.
Minimum Wage Boost in 1968
Senate and House conferees set a 1968 effective date for the new 1.60 dollar per hour minimum wage. The measure would cover eight million additional workers.
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Washington (Ap
Senate House
Communists Launch Three-Phase Campaign to Sabotage South Vietnam Election
Informants say the campaign targets the September 11 vote with threats and violence as authorities log over 100 incidents nationwide. Many more likely went unreported.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Viet Cong Attack on Trai Bi Camp Near Saigon
Viet Cong staged a 10 minute attack on the Trai Bi special forces camp 67 miles northwest of Saigon. The assault involved mortars and small arms and was repelled by U.S. armed helicopters and Vietnamese militiamen. A U.S. spokesman had no casualty report.
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Saigon
Trai Bi
Green Beret
U.S
Russians Ban Warren Report as Slanderous
Russians halt distribution of a Russian language Warren Commission text on Kennedy’s assassination. Moscow calls the report slanderous to the Soviet people and improper, objecting to Oswald’s Moscow life remarks. The ban fuels speculation it counters Soviet views of a right wing Texas plot.
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Warren
Moscow
U.S
John Kennedy
Foreign Ministry
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Kennedy
Soviet Union
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