Viet Cong Battalion Raided In Mekong Delta Battle
American infantry and South Vietnamese Marines boxed in a Viet Cong battalion in the Mekong delta, reporting about 200 Viet Cong killed in a day long fight that drew Navy and Army support. US losses were four dead and 38 wounded with South Vietnamese casualties at 16 killed and 50 wounded.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Rach Ruong Canal
9Th Division
U.S. Air Force
Ray Resigns from Top Iowa GOP Post Amid Governor Bid Talk
Des Moines ray resigns as Republican state chairman effective after successor elected. The 39 year old wants to study plans while noting family and livelihood. Beck, another potential GOP candidate, calls Ray a capable spokesman and forecasts a bid.
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Robert D. Ray
Des Moines
Sato says Viet Cong must arm before Vietnam peace talks
Tokyo. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato urged that peace talks in Vietnam hinge on the Viet Cong laying down arms. He asserted there can be no talks until the communist side shows willingness to lay aside weapons on both sides of the conflict.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Vietnam
Iraq shuts down all newspapers in crackdown
In Baghdad AP reports the Iraqi government revoked licenses for all Iraqi newspapers for a third time in four years. Eleven of twelve dailies were closed, with Sawt al Arab the sole newspaper allowed to continue under a new press law.
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Baghdad
Sawt al Arab
Police clash with anti-draft protesters in Manchester
In Manchester New Hampshire police used night sticks to push back an anti-draft protest near the Armed Services Induction Center. About 25 demonstrators were taken into custody after the confrontation.
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Manchester
N.H
Armed Services
Bus School Collision Near Watkins Injures Students
A Norway community school bus carrying 14 pupils collided with a stock truck at 7:53 a.m. Monday near Watkins. Eight students and both drivers sustained minor injuries. separate injuries included stitches for a girl from the Dietrich family.
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Norway
Watkins
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Dennis
Jim Brecht
Melvin Brechts
Rural Watkins
James
Jerry
Ricky
Terry
Richard Dietrich
Oakie Roe
Melanie Schutterle
Melvin Schutterles
Rural Norway
Amana
Charles Nolte
Mark Schulte
Ray Schultes
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Franco 75 Madrid
Madrid reports Spanish dictator Francisco Franco has died at age 75 ending 28 years of rule. Police and government leaders announce a national period of mourning and plan ceremonies in Madrid and major cities.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Supreme Court to Rule on Housing Integration
The Supreme Court agreed to hear this term whether a real estate developer may blanket ban Black buyers from an entire community. The case, involving Joseph Lee Jones of St Louis County, challenges a North St Louis County development. The ruling could decide if a community wide ban violates the Constitution. The court also affirmed a desegregation order directing Alabama officials to carry out a statewide school desegregation plan.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Jones
Paddock Woods
North St. Louis
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Plane Skids Off Runway Into Mud In London
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 bound for New York skidded off the runway into mud at London on takeoff. All 121 passengers and 10 crew members survived unharmed.
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London
UPI
Pan American World Airways
New York
Man Feeling Better After Heart Transplant In Capetown
Louis Washkansky, 55, with the heart of Denise Darvall, 25, spoke Monday from Groote Schuur Hospital 33 hours after the historic transplant. Surgeons led by Dr. Jan Louw and Prof. Chris Barnard described the operation as a landmark yet fraught with risk of rejection.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Washkansky
Denise Darvall
Jacobus Burger
Burger
Jan Louw
Chris Barnard
Miss Darvail
Dr. Louw
Houston
Kenneth Sell
U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute
University of Mississippi
Cyprus President Welcomes UN Peace Proposals
Cyprus President Makarios welcomed Thant peace proposals for the island and urged complete withdrawal of all non-Cypriot armed forces except the UN, seeking guarantees against military intervention. He said ultimately all foreign troops must depart, while endorsing initial steps to reduce excessive Greek and Turkish forces.
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United Nations
Makarios
Cyprus
Thant
U.N
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Bogus Bills Stolen and Counterfeiting Ring Foiled
Cedar Rapids police and federal agents arrested thirteen youths under 20 after a $100 counterfeit bill passed at Chappies Tap. Three face state charges for uttering counterfeit money. ten juveniles await federal action. Authorities recovered plates and about $7,500 in bogus currency tied to Lee Grant and Lee Gearhart.
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Cedar Rapids
Lee Grant-Lee Gearhart
U5 Secret Service
Chappies Tap
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Robert J. Lynn
Citizen-Times
Fourth Street
Grant
Larry Buck
Tenth Avenue SE
Michael Perkins
Southland Street
Lee Grant
Lee Gearhart
George J. Matias
Lynn
Matias
Citizen- Times
L Street
Gearhart
Tiger Attacked Marine in Vietnam Tiger Dragging Incident
U S Marine Lance Cpl Jim Shepherd, 19, from Idaho, was mauled by a tiger while on ambush duty five miles south of the DMZ in Dong Ha. The animal clamped his arm and pulled him as he steadied his M 16 during a nighttime encounter with a jungle predator.
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UPE
Kurt Rolfes
Ithaca
N. Y
United Press International
Saigon
Dong HA
Vietnam
U. S
Lance Cpl
Jim Shepherd
Shepherd
Montpelier
Idaho
Frightened defendant describes assault by fellow youth
A witness recalls being pulled toward a creek by Un-yah Shepherd as peers hesitated to shoot. He says he hit the assailant with his fist, grabbed his neck, and feared being dragged into the water before the victim was forced toward the stream.
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Shepherd
You Can’t Judge The Modern Girl By Her Clothes
A humorous quip notes that appearances mislead and judgment should wait for evidence. The brief line plays on fashion as a distractor while hinting at broader judgment issues.
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