Hong Kong Raid by Red China Shocks Hong Kong
AP reports about 300 Red Chinese crossing into Hong Kong on Saturday and attacking a police garrison with automatic weapons, killing five police and wounding 13. Gurkha troops rescued, the attackers dispersed. Officials call it likely an isolated incident not involving Chinese military forces.
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London
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Sha Tau Kok
Kowloon Peninsula
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China
Vietnam
Vaccination urged to curb influenza outbreak
Washington reports a predicted substantial influenza outbreak this winter along the Eastern seaboard. Surgeon General William Stewart urged immunization after October 1 and no later than the first weeks of December.
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Washington
UPI
Public Health Service
Seaboard
William Stewart
Vivien Leigh Dies at 53 Star of Stage and Screen
London AP reports Vivien Leigh, 53, renowned for Gone with the Wind and later pairing with Laurence Olivier, found dead in her apartment after long tuberculosis struggles. She had won Oscars in 1939 and 1951, married Olivier, and starred in Antony and Cleopatra and Caesar and Cleopatra on stage.
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Leigh
Miss Leigh
Sir Laurence Olivier
Edward Albee
Scarlett O'Hara
Clark Gable
Olivier
U.S
Ophelia
Alexander Korda
Lady Hamilton
Herbert Leigh Holman
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Antony and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw
Caesar
Cleopatra
New York
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Vivian
Mary Hartley
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Himalayas
England
France
Italy
Bavaria
Comedie Francaise
British
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Civil War in Nigeria Seen With Full-Scale Invasion
Lagos reports say government troops moved to seize Gov. C. Ojukwu as Biafra forces retaliated. Nigeria’s Gowon called secession an act of rebellion and imposed sanctions. Oil exports from eastern fields are disrupted amid months of riot and bloodshed.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Biafra
Gov. C
Ojukwu
Lagos Radio
Yakubu Gowon
Gowon
Johnson T. U. Aguiyi-Ironsi
Premiers Kosygin and Pompidou Call for US and Israeli Withdrawals
In Moscow, Premiers Kosygin and Pompidou urged withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam and Israeli forces from contested Arab lands. They announced joint communique noting considerable progress in many fields after their talks, despite a restrained tone.
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France
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Kosygin
Pompidou
Whooper Born In Zoo Dies At San Antonio Zoo
A day old captive born whooping crane died at the San Antonio zoo while another chick of the rare species is expected to hatch soon. A second AP item notes a passenger carrying transatlantic jet achieving automatic landing at London airport.
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San Antonio
API
London
New group Athletes Anonymous Puts Shoes Away Urges
A humorous note reports Athletes Anonymous forming to help hikers resist long walks. When urge strikes, members call a friend who visits and hides the shoes, offering comic support for self control. Copyright.
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Athletes Anonymous
McNamara Presses for Bigger Vietnam Troop Buildup
SAIGON AP reports Defense Secretary McNamara pressed for possibly 100000 more U S troops in Vietnam, while questioning Westmoreland’s needs and the South Vietnamese burden. The three hour talks covered combat infantry ratios, allied force use, and potential boosts to Saigon’s army and militia, with no bombing pause noted.
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U.S
Defense
McNamara
Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Washington
Johnson
Fighting Along Suez Canal Flares Again
Beirut report by Roy Essayan details intensified clashes along the Suez Canal with Israeli jets attacking Port Said and Port Fuad as Egyptian and Israeli forces engage along miles of the canal. Cairo seeks a UN Security Council session while both sides report exchanges of fire and maneuvers to gain control of positions on the canal’s eastern bank.
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Suez Canal
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Egypt
U.N. Security Council
New York
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Port Fuad
Mediterranean
Canal
Israel
West Bank
East Bank
Tel Aviv
Congolese Say Battle Has Ended
Congolese government forces claim victory over mercenaries and rebels in Bukavu Kisanigani and Kindu ending fighting. Belgium reports no Belgian casualties while Rhodesia debates response as Congo accuses Tshombe plotters in Spain. UN Security Council considering a resolution to bar mercenary recruitment.
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Bukavu
Kisanigani
Kindu
Belgian Foreign Ministry
Congo
Spain
Moise Tshombe
Kariba
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Jan Smith
Theoie Idzumbuli
U.N. Security Council
Tshombe
Joseph Mobutu
Security Council
Pentagon Sets September Draft Quota at 25000
Pentagon announced Friday that 25000 men will be drafted into the army in September. The figure falls short of the August call for 29000, reflecting a modest decrease in mobilization.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Man Jumped Into Lions Pen At Delhi Zoo
A villager in New Delhi jumped into the moat to meet three lions at the zoo and faced attempted death by his own action charges. Gardeners diverted the big cats by shouting and throwing stones until authorities arrived. He was coaxed to return to safety via a garden hose after being paid five rupees. The lions were unfed that Friday.
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New Delhi
Marines claim major victory as 505 communists killed
U S Marines in South Vietnam report a fierce week along the demilitarized zone with 505 enemy killed in the last two days, 134 Marines dead and 631 wounded for the week. Artillery, air strikes, and ground assaults marked the fighting, including a deadly 152 mm shell strike on a Marine command post at Con Thien. A surface to air missile site was discovered and destroyed in the zone.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Iground
Robert Cushman
Con Thien
U.S
North Vietnam
Five Die in B 52 Crash near Da Nang Vietnam
A U S bomber crashed during an emergency landing in Da Nang Vietnam on Saturday killing all but one of its six crew members. The accident occurred amid ongoing U S military operations in the region and authorities investigated the cause.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Isixeman
Postal Clerk Becomes Clergy After Five Children
Calvin Sigmon, a Charlotte postal clerk since 1954 and father of five, is to be ordained Sunday at St. Mark's Lutheran in Claremont. He will serve Trinity Lutheran in Akron New York after ordination, following years of church work and study at Charlotte College and Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from seminary on June 4.
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N.C
Calvin Sigmon
Sigmon
U.S. Post Office
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Claremont
Trinity Lutheran Church
Akron
Sigman
Charlotte College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
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Ohio
Post Office
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