Air Strikes Hit North Vietnamese After Major Clash Near Pleiku
Reports from Saigon say B-52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese troops after a large assault on U.S. 25th Infantry near Pleiku Djereng Green Beret camp. The day featured multiple engagements with mixed casualties and several Viet Cong mine incidents in the war zone.
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Saigon
U.S
Plei Djereng
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Pilei Djereng
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Bank Robber Describes Heist Aimed at Marriage and Custody
Charles Schumack, 24, of Vancouver Washington, testified after a six year sentence that he robbed Havelock National Bank in Lincoln on September 23 to raise funds to marry Carol Hibbs of Ames Iowa and help her gain custody of her three children. He fled with about $8,200 but accidentally dropped most of it. he later surrendered, returned the gun he had taken, and said he would face the future.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Iowa
Charles Schumack
Vancouver
Wash
Schumack
Havelock National Bank
Carol Jane Hibbs
Ames
Town
Stocks Fall in Active Trading Amid Johnson Surgery
The New York market declined in fairly active trading as brokers blamed profit taking after last week’s gains and cautious sentiment ahead of President Johnson’s upcoming surgery.
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New York
Johnson
Humphrey To Be Acting President
Vice president Hubert Humphrey will serve as acting President on Wednesday while President Johnson undergoes two Bethesda naval hospital operations with anesthesia. Johnson said the surgery should last under an hour and the acting presidency arrangement will remain until he is fully awake and able to resume duties.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
Texas
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Humphrey
Russian Premier Kosygin Plans Britain Visit in February
London AP reports Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin has accepted an invitation to visit Britain on February 6. The announcement came Monday.
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England
London
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
Britain
Greasy Engine Pulpit Aids Charlotte Youth Ministry
In Charlotte a 28 year old Rev Walter Clark uses a frame house and an improvised engine backed altar to reach street roaming youths. He listens counsels and guides them toward work and lawful conduct while avoiding handouts. A gym might follow as Inter Church Action supports his long term ministry through 1967.
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Charlotte
N. C
Walter Clark
Clark
Charlotte Presbyterians
Episcopalians
Davidson College
Princeton, Seminary
Philadelphia
Inter-Church Action Group
Seven Die in Oswego Home Blaze
A early Monday fire in Oswego New York killed two adults Michael Susino and Marilyn Mack and five children Cindy eight David seven Donald five Michael twelve and Ann six months. A sixth child escaped unharmed. The victims were the children of Mrs Mack.
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Oswego
N.Y
New York City
Michael Susino
Marilyn Mack
Cindy
David
Donald
Michael
Ann
Mack
Industrialist Dies at 63 in Grand Rapids
Frank Gibson former Gibson Refrigerator Co. board chairman died Sunday in Grand Rapids Michigan from a heart attack.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Frank Gibson
The
Gibson Refrigerator Co
Four Year Old Cedar Rapids Girl Dies After Car Crash
Julie Wilkinson, age four, died at St Luke's hospital from head and internal injuries after being thrown from a car in a Saturday night crash on highway 149 south of the 149 30 intersection. Bernard Wilkinson, her father, drove the car. his wife survived with a broken ankle. Theodore Preisle was initially named as a driver but was a witness. deputies continue the investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Highway 149
Julie Wilkinson
Bernard Wilkinson
Jacolyn ‘Court
Julie
Wilkinson
Theodore F. Pfeisle
Ohio Street
Pfeisle
St. Luke's Hospital
Preisle
Gazette
Dwight W. Ehrmann
South Amana
Ehrmann
Spacewalk Hero Aldrin Captures Sunrise on Gemini 12 Mission
Edwin Aldrin finishes a historic spacewalk lasting 52 minutes outside Gemini 12 orbiting at 17,500 mph over Australia. He photographs stars and terrain while James Lovell coordinates from aboard as they carry out an extended EVA that boosts Aldrin’s total flight time to five and a half hours.
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Cape Kennedy
Edwin Aldrin
Milky Way
Earth
U.S
James Lovell
Aldrin
Mission Control Center
NORAD
Lovell
North American Defense Command
Space Agency
Australia
Jupiter
Sahara Desert
James Lovell, Jr
Sahara
High Court Refuses Review on Iowa Child Custody Case
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Harold W. Painter seeking reversal of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling granting custody of 8-year-old Mark W. Painter to his maternal grandparents, citing concerns over privacy and family rights. The Iowa court described the father as financially Bohemian and fancied the boy would benefit from a stable Midwestern background. The case drew arguments about state intrusion into family life.
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Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Court
Harold W. Painter
Mark W. Painter
Dwight Bannister
Mes
Mark
Bannnisters
Bannister
Iowa State
Brookdale
Calif
Painter
Harold Painter
Walnut Creek
U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa High Court
Drop Taxi Plan Ends Amid Widespread Abuses
A three week old plan offering reduced taxi fares for seniors was scrapped after extensive misuse. Mayor Bob Johnson and four cab company reps voted to abandon the program and consider tighter eligibility rules. Instances cited included frequent trips for rent payments, liquor runs, and nonessential travel, with some riders capable of driving but using cabs instead.
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Bob Johnson
William Gorman
City and
Yellow Cab
Marvin Hart
Century Cab
Lunar Orbiter 2 to image landing sites in new lunar orbit
Lunar Orbiter 2 will be moved into a 28 mile high orbit Tuesday to photograph 13 potential astronaut landing sites. The maneuver, called deboosting, uses the craft's rocket as braking to shift its path from a lower orbit. Images transmitted from the higher orbit were rated satisfactory by a space agency spokesman.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
Lunar
Goldstone
Madrid
Spain
Space Agency
Earth
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Julie Ann Wilkinson
By Jim Strothman
Sue Canmsters
Mission Control
Friend of the Court
New York Annual Conference of the Methodist Church
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