Rockpile Holds Key Ridge Overlooking Laos Route
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces seize The Rockpile a 1000 foot mountain in Quang Tri province guarding a main Laotian ingress route. About 2000 enemy fighters reported killed as North Vietnamese press a springboard attack against hills near the rock before U.S. elections.
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Washington
U.S
Stony Mountain
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Quang Tri Province
Laos
4Th Regiment
Pentagon
Quang Tri
Powell Air Credit Card Cancelled in Powell Probe
House Administration Committee canceled Rep Adam Clayton Powell s Eastern Air Lines credit card used for trips financed by committee funds as part of a wider probe into the Harlem Democrat s finances. Rep Sam Gibbons said the move safeguards travel funds and extended to staff cards. Powell did not comment.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House Administration Committee
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Powell
Eastern Air Lines
Harlem Democrat
Gibbons
House Education and Labor Committee
Administration
Hays
Education and Labor Committee
New York
Miami
Puerto Rico
Bahama Islands
Education Committee
Chuckle Claim on Female Brain Weighs 44 Ounces
A humorous note asserts the average female brain weighs 44 ounces and jokes that men are simple to understand. Copyright.
Carmichael admits urging Atlanta demonstration
Stokely Carmichael testified in federal court that he urged a Negro demonstration in Atlanta to shake fear but denied sparking violence in the riot of Sept. 6 that injured 15. SNCC seeks to halt riot prosecutions and challenge city and county authority under a major constitutional case.
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Atlantic, Ga
Stokely Carmichael
Atlanta
Carmichael
Quake Jolts Los Angeles Area Saturday Night
An earthquake struck the Los Angeles sector at 10 12 p m Saturday, rattling downtown offices and an apartment building. An observer said the building shook all over as desks trembled in offices.
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Los Angeles
Wisconsin Eagles To Meet NAACP In New York
Top officials of the Wisconsin Eagles and the NAACP will meet in New York City on October 19 to resolve Milwaukee racial policy disputes over club membership. University of Wisconsin Professor Nathan P. Feinsinger acts as state mediator coordinating the face-to-face talks.
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Madison, Wis
The
Eagles
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Nathan P. Feinsinger
New York City
Bobby Thinks TV Helped Brother Win Presidency
New York Senator Robert Kennedy credits television for helping his brother John F. Kennedy win in 1960 and says he could not have won in 1964 without TV. He praises TV as direct to the people but criticizes children's programming and network responsibility.
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Bobby
Brother
New York
Robert Kennedy
Televi
New York Democrat
Kennedy
Wnew-Tv Tonight
David Susskind
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Sen. Kennedy
Con
Susskind
Standish Doctor Allows Nurses to Lead Heart Resuscitation
Dr. Malcolm Dolbee of Standish Michigan touts a plan letting specially trained nurses perform CPR and operate coronary care units in a 40 bed hospital. After a year seven deaths occurred among 70 heart attack patients, as supporters call it pioneering and controversial.
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Detroit
Michigan
Malcolm Dolbee
American Heart Assn
Dolbee
Standish
Elec
Heart Association
Larry Birch
Michigan Heart Assa
Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids
Dr. Dolbee
Soviet Union Warns China On Anniversary
Moscow warned Peking leaders on the 17th anniversary of communist China that they risk a further worsening of relations. Izvestia cited Mao Zedong's takeover and accused Chinese leaders of deviating from the true path of communism and rejecting Moscow's aid.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Peking
China
Kremlin
Izvestia
Mao Tse-tung
Flight 959 Missing Over Oregon as Search Commences
Oregon state police and Hamilton Air Base confirm two aircraft search for West Coast Airlines Flight 959 bound for Yakima after losing radio contact with Portland tower. Plane went missing about 30 miles southeast of Portland near Squaw Mountain in the Cascades.
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Estacada
Ore
Oregon State Police
Hamilton Air Base
Calif
West Coast Airlines
Yakima
Wash
Portland
Squaw Mountain
Cascades
Exoneration Foreseen in Pike Heresy Case
Auxiliary Bishop James Pike of California expects full Episcopal hearing will clear him of new heresy accusations. He has resigned as California bishop and registered as a Democrat backing Gov. Edmund Brown over Reagan. He rejects renouncing ministry after receiving a letter from Bishop Henry Louttit of South Florida demanding trial.
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Los Angeles
James Pike
California
Episcopal
Pike
Bay Area
Edmund Brown
Ronald Reagan
Bishop Pike
Henry Louttit
South Florida
Louttit
Florida
Inez Diminishes to Tropical Storm Over Cuba
Hurricane Inez weakened after crossing Cuba with top winds near 50 mph and was expected to drift with little movement. Gale warnings lingered in Florida and the Bahamas while Haiti reported catastrophic losses with Duvalier cited a 1000 dead in Jacmel.
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Miami
Inez
Caribbean
Cuba
National Hurricane Center
Florida
Bahamas
Paul Moore
Gold Coast
Moore
Sierra Maestra
Florida Keys
Florida Straits
Havana
Las Villas
Hispaniola
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Rodolphe Baboun
Francois Duvalier
Jacmel
Premature Birth of Seven in Boston Hospital
A 23 year old Boston woman delivered seven babies four months early. One was stillborn and the other six died soon after birth. The birth occurred Saturday to Mrs William Cwikielnik. A hospital spokesman Sister Beatrice called the case extremely rare. Dr William Papageorge was the attending physician and unavailable.
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Boston
William Cwikielnik
Beatrice
William Papageorge
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