Da Nang Base Hit Kills Eight. 173 Wounded In Rocket Attack
U S air base at Da Nang reeled after a communist rocket assault that killed eight, wounded 173, and wrecked 42 aircraft worth about 80 million dollars. The attack shut the 1600 acre facility, with Phantoms and cargo planes destroyed or damaged, barracks wrecked, and a jailbreak near Da Nang noted.
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Israeli Egyptian air clash over Suez amid cease-fire line
Israeli and Egyptian jets clashed high above the Suez cease-fire line with air sorties and ground artillery duels. Israel claimed five Mig-21s shot down, Egypt said it downed three Israeli planes as U.N observers prepared to arrive for cease-fire monitoring. Casualties were reported on both sides and Arab leaders planned a summit after talks in Cairo.
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Kiesinger Reverses Self on Arms Funds
German Chancellor Kiesinger backpedals on defense finances announcing 1968 military expenditures to rise 1.1 percent after earlier pledges to cut the budget by 500 million dollars. The reversal drew unfavorable reaction in Washington.
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Record 49 at Oelwein in Warming Trend
A cold Canadian high pressure area settled over the region Friday night driving record low temperatures across Iowa. Oelwein hit 49, breaking the date’s prior record of 50, with Waterloo 44 Davenport 48 Council Bluffs 51 Elkader 43 and Decorah 44 also setting lows.
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Death Pose Fails but G Survives Jungle Horror
Radio Operator William Stanley, 20, from Auburn Kentucky, was the lone survivor after a Cambodian border clash near Pleiku in which 35 Americans died and 10 went missing. He feigned death as North Vietnamese troops searched the battlefield, was captured but spared, and later recounted a brutal escape sequence ending with his head wound and a ruined radio set.
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Pepper the Terrier Makes Two Alaska Bound Trips
Pepper the terrier from Seattle vanished July 4 and wound up in an Alaska bound cage twice. An airline worker misread the lost dog ad, Pepper was shipped to Alaska, returned, and finally reunited with the Hegenauers after a second misdirection.
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Pope to Visit Turkey for Jerusalem Talks With Athenagoras
Pope Paul VI announced a July 25 two day trip to Istanbul and Ephesus to discuss safeguarding Jerusalem holy places under Israeli control and to foster closer Catholic Orthodox dialogue. He will meet Patriarch Athenagoras and Turkish officials during the visit, his fifth abroad in four years.
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Railway Strike Predicted That May Hit West Coast Lines
Washington AP reports J E Wolfe official spokesman for railway management predicted a strike against all lines serving the West Coast would start tonight. He said the walkout would hit Western lines directly, but railroads and industry nationwide would be affected.
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Looting Goes On and Gunfire Still Sounds
Newark endures a fourth night of violence as looting continues and sporadic gunfire echoes through the city. The death toll stands at 14, including a police officer shot while pursuing looters. Police and National Guardsmen patrol scarred neighborhoods while residents fear further rioting and seek safer areas.
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Newark Mood: Tired of Getting Nothing
Newark rioters speak of systemic injustice as clashes erupt near a harsh housing area. A West Indian Muslim, Jamaican-born Yanki, and Doug Jones describe job discrimination and police violence while National Guard troops guard streets and enforce a curfew amid the unrest.
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Last Wright pioneer pilot Harry Atwood dies at 83
Murphy North Carolina AP Harry Nelson Atwood 83 longtime Wright brothers pioneer pilot died Friday in a hospital near Murphy He flew the baby Wright biplane 1256 miles from St Louis to New York in 28 hours 58 minutes in 1911 and won a ten thousand dollar prize He later flew Boston to Washington circling a skyscraper and first to fly Atlantic City to Baltimore Atwood joined the Wrights in Dayton two years after their 1903 Kitty Hawk flight A Roxboro Massachusetts native settled in Murphy in 1959
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