B 52s Pummel Buffer Zone in North Vietnam
U S B 52 bombers pounded the demilitarized zone a few miles north of a marine sweep against North Vietnamese regulars. Marines crossed into the zone area by helicopter and landing craft while a reconnaissance team clashed with a camouflaged enemy unit. Nine North Vietnamese were killed and a marine pilot died in a separate incident. Also noted were 121 missions over North Vietnam with damage to missile sites and a Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang signaling an end to his long fast amid political tension.
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North Vietnam
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Thich Tri Quang
An Quang
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Indian Army Chief Heads to Moscow for Talks
Gen. P. P. Kumaramangalam, chief of the Indian army staff, departed New Delhi for Moscow to hold talks with Soviet military officials and visit army establishments.
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Moscow
New Delhi
P. P. Kumaramangalam
Ray of Hope Develops in Cedar Rapids Bus Strike
Federal mediator Bob McCann reports progress after a Thursday session between Cedar Rapids City Lines and Bus Drivers Local 638. The union lowered its demand from a 50 cent across the board raise while the company had previously declined wage increases. Details of the offer are not disclosed. talks remain open with no set next meeting. The mayor and city council warned of possible franchise revocation if no progress by next Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob McCann
McCann
Gemini 11 duo thank Cape launch crews on return
Gemini 11 astronauts Navy Cmdr. Charles Conrad and Lt. Cmdr. Richard Gordon landed at Cape Kennedy after a two hour sea voyage from the carrier Guam. They praised the Titan 2 Atlas and Agena for a record breaking flight and said they would brief in Houston after medical checks and a Cape stopover.
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Navy
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Richard Gordon
Guam
Pete and
Space Agency
Defense Department
Space Industry
Cape Landing Strip
Conrad
Wes
Gordon
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Reds Release Students From Grinnell Group Detained in Warsaw
Freeport physician says his son Robert Tucker and eight others seized by Polish military authorities after they photographed military objectives have been released in Warsaw. The youths, some Grinnell College students and others at the Sorbonne, were then escorted to a train to Paris. Robert planned to return to Grinnell after leaving Paris by plane.
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Freeport, Ill
Freeport
Grinnell College
Iowa
Paris
Francis C. Tucker
Warsaw
Poland
Robert
Grinnell
Tucker
Sorbonne
U.S. Seeks Access to Dawson Held by Soviets
The U S embassy in Moscow requested access to Thomas Dawson who is detained by Russia on charges of illegally entering the Soviet Union. A foreign ministry reply was not yet received. The embassy had delayed the request hoping for Dawson’s release.
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Moscow
U.S
Thomas Dawson
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Dawson
Committee Rebels Gun For Powell
A revolt within the House Education and Labor Committee seeks to strip Adam Clayton Powell Jr of real power by designating six subcommittee chairs to govern, with Rep. Sam Gibbons leading the action. Powell decries the move as racial politics while vowing to resist and fight the plan when the panel votes next Thursday.
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Washington
Congress
House Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Sam Gibbons
Dfla
Democrats
Mr. Powell
Gibbons
House
Powell
Sam
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon calls civil war among Democrats over poll talk
In Denver Nixon refrains from commenting on an AP poll of GOP leaders that tentatively places him as the 1968 presidential front runner. He frames the dispute as a civil war among friends with Johnson Humphrey and Kennedy and notes Romney and others as potential rivals.
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Richard Nixon
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Humphrey
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Robert Kennedy
Nixon
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Rep
Laird
Wis
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Sen. Morton
Ronald Reagan
California
Edwin Mechem
New Mexico
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Mechem
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Barry) Goldwater
Pact cuts U S Philippines bases to 44 years
The United States and the Philippines signed a base agreement in Washington reducing the lease on four major bases from 99 to 44 years. Secretary Rusk and Philippine Foreign Secretary Ramos signed the pact amending the 1947 bases treaty, setting U S tenure to end September 16, 1991.
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UPI
U. S
Philippines
State Rusk
Narcisco Ramos
State Department
U.S
Ferdinand Marcos
Johnson
Light Frost Reported in Elkader Area
Light frost was reported at Elkader and New Albia as temperatures dipped to 29 and 30 degrees. Record lows for the date occurred in Dubuque and Des Moines, with 37 and 39 respectively, as other readings included 32 in Fayette and 35 in Oelwein.
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Iowa
Elkader
New Albia
Dubuque
Des Moines
Fayette
Decorah
Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Peking Claims Yanks Hit Chinese Village
Tokyo AP dispatch says Radio Peking claimed two U.S. pilots attacked a Chinese village in Kwangsi Sept 9. The broadcast said an American fighter was damaged by Chinese air force planes, and that planes violated Chinese air space to strafe and fire rockets at Tung Hsing Ko Tsu autonomous region, hitting workers in fields.
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Tokyo
Radio
Peking
U.S
Kwangsi
North Vietnam
Tung Hsing Ko Tsu
Family Accidents Make Painful Day in New Castle
A two year old boy, Jimmy Bush, was hospitalized after being struck by a car near his home in New Castle Indiana. Sixteen minutes later his father James Bush was injured when his motorcycle was hit by another car. The boy was listed in satisfactory condition at a Munich hospital. His father received treatment and was released.
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New Castle
Ind
James Bush
Jimmy
James
Munich
Carmichael vows more civil rights protests in Atlanta
Stokely Carmichael, free on a 1000 dollar bond after 10 days in jail on a riot charge, says demonstrations will continue in Atlanta and that the city should expect them. He denies SNCC responsibility for the riot and notes federal action seeks to block local riot laws.
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Atlanta
UPI
Stokely Carmichael
SNCC
Elbert Tuttle
Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Sidney Smith
Frank Hooper
7 Known Dead on Submarine Hai Missing 12
Rescuers abandoned hope for 12 Hai crewmen as high waves hampered effort in the North Sea. Only one of 20 aboard was rescued, with six bodies recovered on Thursday and a seventh on Friday. The original count of 21 was later corrected to 20 after a medical orderly left port.
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Hamburg
North Sea
Navy
Admiral Herbert Hopwood Dies at 67 in Livingston
Admiral Herbert Hopwood, 67, former commander of the U S Pacific Fleet, died Thursday in Livingston New Jersey. The longtime naval officer held key commands during a decades long career and was widely respected within military circles.
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Livingston
N.J
Herbert Hopwood
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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