Guards and Peasant Army Clash in Kiangsi Province
Tens of thousands of Red Guards moved into Kiangsi to break up a peasant army formed by enemies of Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Refugees quoted by Truth Daily in Hong Kong said the confrontation involved large crowds and heightened tensions.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Kiangsi
Mao Tse-tung
Truth Daily
Nanchang
Peking Radio
Shanghai
Defense
Lin Piao
Red
Peking
Mao
Mozart Don Giovanni Manuscript Theft Seen As Inside Job
Paris AP investigators believe the Don Giovanni manuscript theft from the national library was at least partly an inside job. The 180 year old Mozart document, kept under strict surveillance, was reportedly moved in and out of safekeeping during a 10 day period before its loss was detected.
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Paris
National Library
Prague Opera
Mozart
Six Month Arms Outlay Near Thirty-Two Billion
The Treasury reports military spending in the first half of fiscal 1967 reached 31.981 billion dollars, up from 25.284 billion in the prior year's comparable period. The government ran a 14.878 billion dollar deficit in the same six months, versus 9.854 billion the year before, reflecting Vietnam War costs.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department
25 Air Force Officers Reported Captive in Vietnam
The Defense Department announced that 25 air force officers once listed as missing are now reported as prisoners in Vietnam. The status change appeared in a casualty list released Friday night with no explanation and the department cited concerns over compromising sources. The missing period spans from April 3, 1965, to June 13, 1966.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Vietnam
Ouster Is Victory for Gov Reagan at Cal
The firing of University of California president Clark Kerr by the board of regents is portrayed as a victory for Governor Ronald Reagan. Regents voted 14-8 to dismiss Kerr amid campus protests and budget fights, naming Harry Wellman as acting president while a successor is chosen.
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UPI
Clark Kerr
University of California
Board of Regents
Kerr
Mammoth University
Donald Thackrey
Los Angeles
Regents’ Action
Brown
California
Berkeley
Reagan
Regents
Harry Wellman
Defense
McNamara
Rusk
Franklin Murphy
Saturn 5 Rocket Stage Blows Up in Test
A Douglas Aircraft test stand explosion destroyed the S4B third stage of the Saturn 5, delaying the moon rocket program four months. No injuries were reported as officials assess damage and consider stage substitution for the manned Apollo lunar mission effort.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Douglas Aircraft
Space Agency
Berkeley sit-in defendants convicted on nuisance charges
Savio and four others non students were convicted Saturday of nuisance charges from a Berkeley campus sit in. The defendants included Jerry Rubin 28 Steven Hamilton 23 Stewart Albert 26 and two others.
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Michael Smith
Hamilton
Savio
Rubin
Albert
Smith
William Miller
Floyd Talbott
Melvin Belli
Navy
Mario Savio
Berkeley
Jerry Rubin
Steven Hamilton
Stewart Albert
Berkeley Students Split Over Kerr Ouster Amid Protest Scene
Reaction split among Berkeley demonstrators with student activists applauding Kerr's ouster while non students and other students were astonished. Dan McIntosh 22 president of the student body called an emergency meeting of the student senate for Monday.
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Berkeley
Kerr
Dan McIntosh
British Writers defend U.S. Vietnam policy in letter
A group of ten British authors led by Kingsley Amis and John Braine challenge the view that most British intellectuals oppose U.S. policy in Vietnam. They say criticism often reflects misinformation and emotional bias, asserting broad support for America and its allies. The signers include Robert Conquest, Edmund Crispin, Ian Hamilton, Anthony Hartley, Bernard Levin, Simon Raven, David Rees and Peregrine Worsthorne.
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London
U.S
Vietnam
Kingsley Amis
John Braine
Britain
Korea
Berlin
America
Commonwealth
Asia
Amis
Braine
Robert Conquest
Edmund Crispin
Ian Hamilton
Anthony Hartley
Bernard Levin
Simon Raven
David Rees
Peregrine Worsthorne
Yanks and Viets Wmn Fierce Duel Near Saigon
U S planes pounded North Vietnam supply lines while a Hanoi broadcast said seven were shot down. In the Saigon outskirts a large battle saw 114 communists killed as South Vietnamese paratroopers and American advisers clashed with Viet Cong in heavy fighting near Tan Son Nhut air base.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
UPI
Tan Son Nhut
Christian Girard
Boston
Ernest Webb
Newhall
Calif
Soviet Union
Thanh Hoa
Benner
Stoddard
Ly van Bo
Burglars Steal Police Officer's Suspect List
Chattanooga AP reports Patrolman Robert Martin, newly assigned to a burglary task force, had his car broken into Thursday night and a list of 50 suspects and known criminals he compiled were stolen.
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Chattanooga
Robert Martin
Baron Coniglio Re-elected Leader in Sicilian Center-Left Alliance
Palermo reports Baron Francesco Coniglio won re election as president of the Sicilian region and was named head of a new center left alliance on Friday night.
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Palermo
Sicily
Francesco Coniglio
Cruise Ship Stranded on Sandbar Off Fort Lauderdale
A 563 foot Atlantic cruise liner with 643 aboard ran aground in 19 feet of water on a sandbar 700 yards from the Fort Lauderdale jetty. Four harbor tugs failed to free her at dawn and another attempt was set for the next high tide. Passengers spent the night dining and dancing as crews worked to lighten the vessel by discharging ballast and transferring fuel.
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Gayly
The
Atlantic
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Atlantic cargo ship runs aground off Florida coast
Passengers include 80 members of a trade group on a vacation as the vessel runs aground and awaits inspection for possible damage. The Atlantic is operated by American Export Isbrandt lines with New York HQ. Second engineer John Fenton checked the ship and waited at Miami International for return to New York. He then returned to port to inspect the ship, which a spokesman said showed no damage.
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Atlantic
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines
New York
John Fenton
Miami International
Snowblanket Hits Oregon and California Coast
A Pacific storm delivers heavy snow and wind from California to Idaho and Nevada. Lakeview records 20 inches in 30 hours, with 8 feet in some Cascades passes and 52 mph winds in San Francisco area. Roads and passes closed as heavy precipitation moves northeast.
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Lakeview
Ore
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
California
Idaho
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevadas
Nevada
Utah
Mount Shasta
Calif
Cascades
Half Moon Bay
Ilwaco
Wash
Oakland
Ukiah
Lone Dogfight Success Marks First Mig-21 Downing
MALSTROM AIR BASE Montana AP reports Major Paul Gilmore received the Silver Star for shooting down the first Mig-21 over North Vietnam. It was the only dog fight he ever participated in.
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Malstrom Air Base
Mont
Paul Gilmore
North Vietnam
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