Viet Cong Attack Blows Up 6 Million Plane Loss at Tuy Hoa
Viet Cong infiltrators attacked Tuy Hoa air base and destroyed two four engine C 130 transport planes and damaged a fighter bomber. The raid added to recent losses across Southeast Asia, with several bases damaged and multiple aircraft reported down or damaged.
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Saigon
U.S
Tuy Hoa
South Vietnam
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Udorn
Thailand
da Nang
North Vietnam
Vinh
Charge Second Cleveland Man In Sniper Deaths
A second Black man, Lathan Donald, 19, was charged with three counts of first degree murder in a Cleveland sniper case that killed three white policemen. He lies wounded in a hospital ward, with his brother Bernard among the dead snipers nearby.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lathan Donald
Donald
Bernard
Louis Golonka
Fred ‘‘Ahmed”’ Evans
Ohio National Guard
Pope Bans Birth Control Pill for Catholics Worldwide
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI bans the contraceptive pill and all mechanical and chemical birth control for half a billion Catholics. Rhythm method discouraged as a regular practice. Encyclical upholds life transmission in every marital act and cautions research for natural regulation of births.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Pius XII
Vatican
Msgr
Ferdinando i Lambruschini
Pope's birth control ban endorsed by Vatican decrees
Pope Paul VI maintained the Church ban on artificial birth control drawing sharp reaction. Brazilian church officials called it law for all Catholics while Washington priests challenged the directive as infringing conscience. Cardinal Cushing hailed Rome's stance as temporarily settling the issue.
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Paul VI
Brazil
Jaime Cardinal de Barros Camara
Rio de Janiero
Washington, D.C
Vatican
Patrick Cardinal O’boyle
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Rome
Terence Cooke
New York
3 000 Acre Blaze Near Carson City
A 3000 acre fire near Carson City Nevada burned out of control two miles from the capital. Evacuations included 100 homes while one house was destroyed. Fire crews of about 250 worked through the night as heat and winds threatened a wider advance.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Blaine Cornell
U. S. Forest Service
Cornell
Ash Canyon
Sierra
Lake Tahoe Basin
Rickover Backed by Congressmen on Quiet Submarine
Washington AP report says the house senate atomic energy committee backs Vice Adm. Hyman Rickover and urges the Pentagon to lift restraints and speed work on a new super quiet submarine.
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Washington
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Hyman Rickover
Pentagon
North Vietnamese say talks can start after bombing stops
Nguyen Thanh Le, spokesman for the North Vietnamese peace delegation, said discussions could begin on any issue once U S bombing ends. He noted three pilots were recently released but not confirmed as leaving North Vietnam and warned continued U S aggression would meet intensified resistance.
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Paris
Nguyen Thanh le
U.S
North Vietnam
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
North
Dreary Border Meeting Between Soviet and Czechoslovak Leaders
AP photographer recounts tense scene in Cierna as Soviet and Czechoslovak leaders meet under police scrutiny. He dodges roadblocks, glimpses hundreds of Tatra limousines, a green gray sleeper train, and guards with radar near the border town on the Tisa river. He is questioned by police and forced to leave town.
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Czerna
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Cierna
Hungary
Tisa River
Russia
Delay in Steelworkers talks pushes key meeting to Tuesday
A top level bargaining session forced a one day delay in the United Steelworkers Executive Committee meeting in Pittsburgh. The 33 man panel was to review a secret industry offer as contract talks near the Wednesday midnight expiration. Union leaders indicated momentum, while the Basic Steel Industry Conference faced a possible shift to Tuesday for its vote on any industry offer.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers’ Executive Committee
I. W. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
Basic
Abel
Cooper
UMW
Joseph Molony
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Paul Hilbert
District 15
Hilbert
Thieu Forecasts Vietnam War Tides Turning
South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu says the tide of the war has changed and up to three U S divisions totaling about 45 000 men could be withdrawn by 1970 He claims the ARVN has the field advantage and continues to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy in his interview with an AP reporter.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Czechoslovakia and Soviet Leaders Meet Near Border
Prague and Moscow opened tense talks in Cierna near the Soviet border to discuss Czechoslovakia’s independent course amid Warsaw Pact fears. Leaders including Dubcek and Brezhnev attended as troops and security measures framed the scene.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Cierna
Moscow
Scout’s Claim of Virtue During Hike Ends in Loss
Two Boy Scouts on a hike share a joke about honesty and loyalty then joke about being lost. The line blends familiar Scout Oath terms with a remark about getting lost, reflecting a lighthearted moment from a camping trip.
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