Terror Explosions In Saigon Strait From Viet Cong Attacks
In Saigon two explosions struck within hours as Viet Cong terrorists used a Claymore mine at Tan Son Nhut airport gate and a plastic bomb at a police sub station. Four U.S. service members were slightly wounded and one Vietnamese man was killed with three more injured. The attacks followed reports of allied forces hitting Viet Cong installations in three areas over the prior 48 hours. The Claymore blast occurred at 6 18 p.m. as servicemen left the gate.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Lower Manhattan
Partment
Wall Street
Air Force
Rain Brings Worst N Y Traffic Jam
New York faced its worst traffic jam in history as heavy rain paralysed city streets on a sixth day of transit worker strikes. Mayor Lindsay reported slight movement in negotiations with AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union, while urging realism.
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John Lindsay
Afl-Cio]transport Workers Union
New York
UPI
Passers-by Help Police Nab Trio in Manchester Burglary
Police caught three burglary suspects after passers-by helped in Manchester. Chief Harold Irons staked out Family Bowl on highway 20 and, with officers and two truckers, surrounded the building. The trio were arrested inside. others said to be involved in earlier break-ins at Hutchinson Lumber Co. and nearby sites.
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Police
Manchester
Harold Irons
Family Bowl
Highway 20
Cedar Rapids
Stan Kuch
Irons
Trons
Robert Beam
Waterloo
Robert D. Lyons
Route One
Dubuque
Richard E. Kohl
Hutchinson Lumber Co
African Breaks with Peking Charges Plot
In Bangui a colonel claimed to have found two caches of farms and documents showing Chinese involvement in training and equipping a secret army staffed by Chinese and pro Chinese nationals. He said the discovery could set a record akin to wartime gas rationing pushing people to railroads.
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Newsmen
GI Death Notifications Rise in Vietnam Week
The Defense Department reported 64 more U S servicemen killed in action in Vietnam in the week ended Monday night. The total since January 1, 1961 reached 1,642, while missing in action declined by one to 148.
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Washington
U. S
Vietnam
Defense Department
Woman near 100 rescued from Koszta house fire
An almost 100 year old woman, Anne Lanning, was carried from a two story burning home in Koszta to safety in a rocking chair by her son Dave Lanning and sheltered at a neighbor’s house. Firefighters battled the blaze at noon with Koszta and Marengo units responding.
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Koszta
Anne Lanning
Dave
Harold Sherman
Dave Lanning
Lucille
Jennie
Lanning
Belle Plaine
Diplomatic moves on Vietnam reach Tokyo and Hanoi
Soviet official Alexander Shelepin flies to Hanoi while U S envoy W Averell Harriman arrives in Tokyo to press for peace talks Harriman reports growing world pressure on Hanoi and claims U S sincerity in seeking peace He meets Thailand s Thanat Khoman before headed to Tokyo with plans to meet Prime Minister Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina
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Vietnam
Far East
Russia
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Hanoi
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Harriman
Johnson
Shelepin
Soviet
Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Tass
Kremlin
Cairo
Bangkok
Thailand
Thanat Khoman
Khoman
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Humphrey
Sato
Shiina
Nine Die in Downtown Hotel Fire in St Paul
A four story downtown apartment hotel in St Paul burned early Thursday with explosive force. Nine people died and 16 were injured, four seriously. Dozens fled amid flames, some from upper floors, as firefighters battled the blaze in freezing wind.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Jaiters
Carlton
William Maurer
Weather Satellites Spell New Era
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports a new era in long range weather forecasting as satellites join to form a full time network. TOS J will launch Jan 25 with TOS 2 coming a month later to provide data for two to four week forecasts. Nimbus B slated for late 1967 or early 1968 will record atmospheric pressure and moisture while ground stations relay wind data.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Nimbus
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Space Agency
Warning Issued as Californians Braced for Floods
Authorities warned thousands in Del Norte and Humboldt counties to be ready to flee as storms pushed rivers toward flood stage. Mad River, Smith River, Redwood Creek neared flood levels while Eel River remained at flood stage but receding. Three hikers missing on Mt Shasta and power outages hit Dunsmuir as heavy rain and snow battered the region.
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San Francisco
California
Mad
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Redwood Creek
Eel River
del Norte
Humbolt
Contempt action on 7 is asked in Klan case
A House subcommittee voted to cite Robert M. Shelton imperial wizard of the United Klans of America and six other Klan leaders for contempt of Congress. The action could bring jail up to one year and fines of $1,000 per person. The seven refused to produce subpoenaed records or answer questions citing multiple amendments. Additional testimony described Klan gun purchases in Bogalusa La and distribution to members.
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House
Robert M. Shelton
Imperial Wizard
United Klans of America
Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
James Jones
North Carolina
Robert Scoggin
South Carolina
Calvin Craig
Georgia
Marshall Kornegay
Virginia
George Dorsett
Robert Hudgins
Klavern
Bogalusa
James Ellis
Eric Peterson
Pearl River
Donald Appell
Peterson
Howard Lee
Lee
Appell
St. Tammany Parish
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