Marines Launch Major Ground Battle Near DMZ
UPI reports Marines aided by South Vietnamese forces and a naval amphibious group fought 2000 Communists south of the DMZ near Hai Lang forest in Operation Medina. Three Marines were killed near Da Nang as patrols faced intense jungle combat and airstrikes followed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
Dmz
Quang Ngai
Hai Lang National Forest
U.S. 7Th Fleet
9Th Regiment
Con Thien
Pir
George C. Boze
Elkhart
Ind
da, Nang
da Nang
Collins Strike Shows Stalemate As IBEW Walks On
The Collins Radio Co strike enters a second day with 6500 IBEW members off the job. Both sides harden positions as mediation stalls and officials warn the impasse may last longer than a week. Company says no work moved to Dallas plants. no government intervention planned.
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Collins Radio Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
John Hunter
The
Gazette
Collins
Bbe
Dick McGowan
McGowan
Defense Department
Vietnam
Collins’ Cedar
Rapids
Dallas
Hunter
Union
Ispokesmen
Computer Aided F-111A Flew 1047 Miles To Nellis Base
An autopilot linked computer flew the F-111A jet fighter from Fort Worth to Nellis Air Base 1047 miles away. Terrain-following radar kept the aircraft 1000 feet above ground during the flight with a pilot and copilot aboard. General Dynamics built 30 more F-111As while the Pentagon called this one the first operationally configured production model.
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Washington
Fort Worth
Texas
Nellis Air Base
Nev
Pentagon
TFX
Congress
Defense
McNamara
General Dynamics
Cedar Rapids Woman Killed in Three Car Crash on Highway 30
Irene D. St. Germain, 46, of Cedar Rapids, died at St. Luke's Hospital after a three car collision west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30. Barbara Ann Johnson, 29, of Evansdale, was in fair condition with internal injuries. Nelda R. Schauf, 20, of Williamsburg, and Peggy Jacobi, 20, route one, were treated and released.
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Cedar Rapids
Irene D. St. Germain
Mallory Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Barbara Ann Johnson
Evansdale
Nelda R. Schauf
Williamsburg
Peggy Jacobi
Route One
St. Germain
West Post Road
Two Tropical Depressions Draw Hurricane Center Watch
The National Hurricane Center tracked two tropical depressions off the U.S. coast and near the Lesser Antilles. Recon flights were planned to investigate centers as conditions remained only slightly favorable for intensification into tropical storms.
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Miami
Fla
National Hurricane Center
Carolina Coast
Lesser Antilles
Heidi
Johnson Sees Peaceful Asia
President Johnson welcomed Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and said the United States views beyond the Vietnam conflict to an Asia that lives at peace with itself and with others.
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Washington
Johnson
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
U.S
Vietnam
Asia
You can read women like a book but not shut them up
A humorous quip remarks that women resist silence, suggesting wit and persistence trump quiet. The line mirrors light social commentary as a punchy one liner on gender and voice.
Governors split as LBJ policy clash fuels Vietnam debate
Gov. John Chafee urged GOP moderates to back Gov. George Romney for president while opposing a resolution at the National Governors Conference that would endorse Johnson's Vietnam policy. Democrats and some Republicans warned against divisive uses of the meeting as Romney resisted the plan.
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Independence
John Chafee
Rhode Island
George Romney
Chafee
Michigan
National Governors Conference
Johnson
Illinois
Otto Kerner
John Love
Colorado
James Rhodes
Ohio
Calvin Rampton
Utah
William Guy
North Dakota
Guy
Romney
Major California brush fire threatens Santa Paula and Los Padres timberlands
A two-front brush fire raged near Santa Paula and Los Padres National Forest. About 3,000 acres burned with 60 firefighters battling the spread toward timber and 500 to 600 acres in forest areas. Authorities said the town of 20,000 faced no immediate danger. Three teens are detained on arson charges for separate fires near Simi Valley High School.
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Los Angeles
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Paula
Ventura County
Santa Paula Creek
William Waltrip
U.S. Forest Service
Waltrip
National Forest
Ventura County Sheriff's Deputies
Simi Valley High School
Williamson for Mayor A Georgia Student Enters Race
Athens Georgia AP reports University of Georgia senior Jack Williamson 22 announced he will run for mayor as a write in candidate in the city primary He aims to win Republican party backing and opposes two term Mayor Julius Bishop after friends placed signs as a joke.
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Athens
Jack Williamson
University of Georgia
Williamson
Julius Bishop
Republican Party
British Barbed Fence Rents Tested Frontier to Block Tests
AP reports in Hong Kong and Uppsala that Britain completed a 17 mile frontier fence along the Semipalatinsk area border with Red China to curb nuclear testing. Seismological Institute notes possible underground explosion near the barrier as authorities probe.
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Hong Kong
Uppsala
Sweden
Seismological Institute
Semipalatinsk
Central Asia
China
Draft Cards Turned in by 3 Objectors
Three young men from Iowa City and Cedar Falls turned in draft cards to U.S. marshal C. H. Meek in Cedar Rapids during Stop the Draft Week protests. Meek could not accept the cards. he planned to seek Washington guidance on next steps.
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Iowa City
CedarFalls
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Fred Barnett
Steve Morris
Ed Hoffmans
University of Northern Iowa At
Cedar Falls
C. H. Meek
Dubuque
Federal
Meek
Washington, D.C
Greene Square Park
Oakland Induction Center Clash Injures Dozens
Helmeted police moved on 3000 anti-draft pickets at the Oakland induction center using billy clubs and gas. Twenty-two people were treated for injuries and ten arrested as officers cleared the area after a dawn confrontation amid scattered chants and sit-ins. Police established posts around the block and extended the restricted zone.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Northern California Induction Center
Joan Baez
University of California
Siti
Romney to testify on brainwash claim before Congress
Michigan Governor George Romney accepts a congressional invite to expand his claim that he was brainwashed by U S military and diplomatic leaders in South Vietnam during a 1965 Saigon visit. He calls for a full review, with no date set yet for his appearance.
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Washington
Michigan
George Romney
U. S
South Vietnam
Romney
Wayne Hays
Dohio
House Foreign Operations Subcommittee
Saigon
House
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Kennedy
William Gaud
Agency For International Development
Harold Holt
Canberra
New Zealand
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