Paratroopers halt NVA thrust near Hue in two day battle
UPI reports U.S. 101st Airborne paratroopers wiped out a North Vietnamese battalion near Hue on Tuesday and Wednesday. They killed 117 NVA fighters, captured 95 prisoners, and leveled Phuoc Yen as the fight raged with rocket grenades and air strikes.
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UPI
U.S
Hue
Raymond Wilkinson
101St Airborne Division
Phuoc Yen
Wilkinson
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Done Ha
DMZ
Dong Ha
A Shan Valley
Charles Scheel Dies in Crash of Car and Bicycle
Cedar Rapids 13 year old Charles Scheel son of Mr and Mrs Oran Scheel 3401 Williams boulevard was killed Tuesday night when his bicycle was struck by a car on Williams boulevard just north of Edgewood road intersection He suffered severe injuries and died at Mercy hospital The driver was James M Nemecek 19 of 51 Twenty second avenue SW The crash occurred as both vehicle and bicycle traveled southwest toward a highway median The incident marked Cedar Rapids fourth traffic fatality this year
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Scheel
Williams Boulevard
Edgewood Road
Charles
Oran Scheel
James M. Nemecek
Twenty-second Avenue
Highway 149
Mercy Hospital
Nemecek
Clarence Man Dies in Vietnam
Sgt Wayne Hoffner 33 of Clarence was killed in Vietnam, after 15 years in the Army. He served in Thailand before duty abroad and had been in Vietnam since January. Survived by wife Seripon, a son and daughter, parents Mr and Mrs Henry Hoffner, a brother Richard in Germany, and sisters Mrs Dale Sheldon and Mrs Martin Blake.
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Clarence
Wayne Hoffner
Vietnam
Hoffner
Thailand
Seripon
Henry Hoffner
Richard
Indonesian Ship Site Offer for Vietnam Talks Accepted
The White House quickly accepted Indonesia’s proposal to hold preliminary talks with North Vietnam on a neutral Indonesian naval vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin. White House Secretary George Christian said the plan is acceptable to the United States and that both sides have ambassadors in Indonesia. The idea echoes a prior Johnson suggestion of a neutral ship on a neutral sea for peace talks.
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White House
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Indonesia
Jakarta
George Christian
United States
U.S
Hanoi
Christian
Mower Mishap Claims Blairstown Boy
A Blairstown rural farm accident fatally injured 3 1/2 year old Duane Robertson when a riding mower backed over him. He died en route to University Hospitals in Iowa City after being taken from Marengo hospital. He was born August 7, 1964 and is survived by his parents. Funeral services are Thursday at 2 p.m. at Peffers Halverson funeral home.
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Duane Robertson
Dale Robertson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Marengo Hospital
Rockefeller shifts timing after Eastern GOP push
Nelson Rockefeller altered his campaign timetable a month early due to a blunt appeal from Walter Thayer of Whitney Communications Corp. Thayer and the Whitney circle, backed by John Hay Whitney, mobilized powerful Eastern Republican businessmen to press Rockefeller toward a candidacy.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Walter Thayer
Thayer
Whitney Communications Corp
Rockefeller
John Hay
Jock” Whitney
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
Albany
Rockefeller Defection Threat Spurs Presidential Move
Rockefeller moves toward active candidacy driven by pressure from money men and politicians. Senators Brooke Case Morton and other backers urge action as platform hearings loom, with Hinman’s shift signaling a strategic break.
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Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Fog and Smoke Trigger Florida Interstate Crashes
Thick fog and smoke blanketed central Florida causing a massive chain reaction on Interstate 4 between Orlando and Lakeland. Reports include two fatalities, six injuries, 30 to 35 vehicles, and multiple crashes on U S 17 near Bartow and Winter Haven. State troopers aided collisions on foot as ambulances and fire responders arrived.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
Lakeland
The
Highway Patrol
Bartow
Winter Haven
Rockefeller urges Asian council to ease Vietnam crisis
Philadelphia report on Nelson Rockefeller calling to reverse Americanization of the Vietnam war, convene a council of Asian nations for economic progress and stability, and support Saigon's mobilization within a four point plan. He urged political process over force, welcomed Johnson's peace initiative, and urged regional cooperation across Japan to Iran.
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Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Saigon
Vietnam
World Affairs Council of
Rockefeller
Johnson
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Great Crescent
Japan
India
Iran
House committee approves White House spending cut plan
The House Appropriations Committee backed an economy package to trim Johnsons fiscal year spending by four billion dollars and rescind eight to ten billion in prior appropriations. Republicans denounced the move as inadequate while Ford accused Democrats of injecting politics into the budget talks.
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Washington
G.O.P
Johnson
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
White House
Rockefeller wins upset in Massachusetts primary
Nelson Rockefeller scores an upset write-in victory over Gov. Volpe on the Republican ballot while Eugene McCarthy takes a solid Democratic win with about 50 percent. Nixon runs third on the Republican side as results flow from 1,722 of 1,734 precincts.
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Nelson Rockefeller
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Eugene McCarthy
Volpe
Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
President Johnson
Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Reagan
Humphrey
Johnson
Lightning joke about places avoiding same strike
A humorous quip explains that lightning avoids striking the same location twice because it lacks a certain feature. The line plays on wordplay about the letter I and a misspelled word to deliver a quick punch.
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