North Korea says it sank a U S spy ship in Yellow Sea
North Korea claimed its navy sank an enemy spy ship near Boopo on the West Yellow Sea after dawn on the 22nd and sent the crew to the bottom of the sea. The KCNA broadcast blamed U S imperialist troops for provocative acts while U S and South Korean officials expressed skepticism or no confirmation.
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North Korea
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Pyongyang
Korean Central
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Washington
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Boopo
Pukpo
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Haeju
Yunpyang Island
Yunpyang
West Yellow Sea
Navy
Our People’s Army
Pueblo
Wonsan
Humphrey Urges Talks With Red China and Soviet Ties
Vice president Hubert H. Humphrey, building delegate strength, said he would talk to Red China if president, pursue hard work with the Soviet Union to ease tensions. He argued Vietnam talks in Paris could end the war with courage, and Indiana delegates favored his slate amid McCarthy protests. He urged a domestic Marshall plan to fight poverty.
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St. Paul
Minn
Humphrey
Soviet Union
China
United States
Paris
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Indiana
Len Eugene J. McCarthy
Chicago
New York
Negro National
Huge Fireworks Blast Kills One in Pittsburg
Eight gross of M-80 firecrackers exploded in a late model pickup Friday night near Pittsburg Kansas killing 16 year old Patty Stanford and critically injuring her 17 year old boyfriend Jamie Cutburth The blast demolished the vehicle and the boy was hospitalized then transferred to Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas authorities report the device allegedly fell back into the car after being lit.
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Pittsburg
Kan
UPI
Patty Stanford
Jamie Cutburth
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Cutburth
John
Five Soldiers Die In Base Crash Near Baltimore
Five soldiers were killed and three injured in a two-car head-on crash at Ft George G. Meade 25 miles south of Baltimore. Two of the victims were military policemen in a patrol vehicle, base officials said.
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FT. George G. Meade, Md
UPI
Baltimore
Communists Move to Gate Berlin Air Lanes Got West Berlin
Western officials fear communists may target West Berlin air corridors as Bonn negotiates a shuttle service between Berlin and Hanover to bypass East German visas and checkpoints. US and NATO talks hint at further consultations with Bonn as Berlin tensions rise.
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East Germany
Bonn
Berlin
Hanover
West Berlin
West Germany
Soviet Union
Pan American Airways
New York
Chuckle N bachelor’s life described as a sequence of dares
A humorous note sketches a bachelor’s life as a string of daily dares and odd challenges. The tone is light and playful, presenting small mischiefs and comic situations encountered by a carefree single man.
Vietnam War Reaches Longest Duration in History
Saigon reports mark six years six months since the 1961 death of Spec. 4 James Thomas Davis, as thousands of U S troops redeploy toward the capital to thwart a feared Viet Cong assault. U S forces total about 535,000 with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne striking along infiltration routes.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
James Thomas Davis
Livingston, Tenn
Vietnam
Lexington
Mass
Cornwallis
Yorktown
U.S. 25Th Division
L A Brush Fires Injure Five Firemen Near Castaic
Huge brush fires fanned by strong winds roared through the mountains north of Los Angeles. Five Los Angeles County firefighters were trapped in a firestorm five miles north of Castaic, with Capt Phillip Goodell listed in critical condition and four others in serious condition. U S 99 was closed seven miles between Castaic and Paradise Valley as the Liebre Mountain fire burned about 24,000 acres, part of a broader set of fires that had scorched nearly 30,000 acres across the region. Two fires burned in the Angeles National Forest.
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Calif
UPI
Los Angeles
California
Liebre Mountain
California Highway Patrol
Castaic
Paradise Valley
U.S. 99
Alvin L. Moore
Gary D. Hyer
Donald Perkins
William J. Henley
Angeles National Forest
Rail Threat Slows Britain as Rail Unions Reject Offer
London report says on Saturday Britain faced a massive rail slowdown after railway workers rejected a new pay offer from the state management. The dispute threatens service disruption across major routes as unions push for improved terms.
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London
Britain
Rockefeller Calls Wallace a Racist at Delaware GOP Breakfast
Governor Rockefeller labeled former Alabama Governor Wallace "a racist" at a Wilmington breakfast with Delaware Republicans. He urged Nixon to disassociate from Bo Callaway's remark that Wallace should join the Republican party. Rockefeller defended his attacks as responses to statements in a national magazine and noted Nixon had not disavowed Callaway.
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Wilmington
Del
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Alabama
George Wallace
Delaware
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Nixon
Wallace
National Magazine
Vietnam
Callaway
Virginia
Bo Callaway
Mr. Wallace
Republican Party
Gov. Wallace
New York
New York City
G.O.P
Fire Re Entry Test Aboard Atlas F Rocket
An experimental re-entry vehicle launched Saturday from Vandenberg AFB California by an Atlas F rocket as part of the advanced ballistic re-entry systems program. The test supports development of more effective vehicles for the United States ICBM deterrent force.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Belle Plaine Boys Die in Home Fire Tragedy
Two Belle Plaine brothers, Danny seven and Bobby nine, perished as flames trapped them in a two story dwelling. Their mother Mrs. Park and another son, Troy five, escaped after she threw him from a second floor window and then fell herself. Troy was taken to Mercy hospital for observation. The mother survived, while the father, away for work, and grandfather tried to enter the home but were repelled by smoke. The blaze began around 7:45 a.m. as the kitchen ignited. neighbors attempted to call for help amid busy phone lines.
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Gazette
John McIvor
Robert Park
Belle Plaine
Danny
Bobby
Serum Reduces Rate of Transplant Rejection
Regina reports Canadian Medical Association panel from Saskatoon outlines a serum based rejection suppressor used in kidney transplants. Dr Baltzan notes a 95 percent one year survival in Denver and plans to apply the method in Saskatoon this year. The serum, produced by horses reacting to human spinal material, lowers the need for other drugs and may alter long term outcomes though kidney disease may recur after 18 to 24 months.
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Sask
UPI
Canadian Medical Assn
Saskatoon University Hospital
M. A. Baltzan
Denver
Baltzan
Saskatoon
Canada
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