Rushed to aid battered units near Da Nang in Vietnam
Hundreds of U S infantrymen were moved to hills south of Da Nang to relieve two American companies of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade after a North Vietnamese attack. The two companies totaling 177 men suffered about 40 percent casualties with 15 killed and more than 50 wounded, while U S forces claimed 148 North Vietnamese killed in the engagement. Four other fights flared in the South.
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Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Pyle
da Nang
Cecil M. Henry
Rome
Hiep Duc
Henry
Senate cuts threaten hundreds of CBW job losses nationwide
Pentagon officials warn that a Senate cutback on offensive chemical and biological weapons research could force layoffs of several hundred technicians at major facilities including Ft. Detrick Pine Bluff Edgewood Arsenal and testing sites in Deseret and Dugway. Restoration of $16 million in funding is urged to avoid shutdowns and preserve defensive advances.
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Army
Senate
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ft. Detrick
Pine Bluff
Ark
Edgewood Arsenal
Deseret
Dugway
Utah
Edgewood
United States
AP Newsman Missing In Viet War Zone
An Associated Press photographer, Oliver Noonan, is missing in action after a helicopter he rode in was shot down near Da Nang. Noonan, 29, from Norwell Massachusetts, had worked five months in Vietnam as photographer and reporter.
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da Nang
Americal Division
Noonan
Boston Globe
Boston Herald Traveler
Boston Press Photographers Association
IRA threatens renewal of Northern Ireland war in Belfast
The outlawed Irish Republican Army chief in Dublin announced mobilization of volunteers to fight in the North and demanded disbanding the Protestant B Specials. London talks between Prime Ministers Wilson and Chichester Clark focus on peace, troop presence, and aid for the homeless amid rising violence.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Catha Goulding
Dublin
Goulding
Ulster
Republic
Irish Republic
Harold Wilson
Britain
James Chichester-Clarke
London
Wilson
Chichester-Clark
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Londonderry Development Commission
Bar
Confederation of British Industry
Londonderry
Fixes Cycle Then Watches It Burn
A young Elgin man repaired a motorcycle in a home garage then started it and watched it burn. The fire at William Ingalls residence spread to the garage and damaged the cycle, garage, and contents. Firefighters of the Elgin-Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company hosing down the blaze by 4 15 a m. Estimated losses totaled 200 for the cycle 150 for the garage and 50 for contents.
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Elgin
Elgin-Beaverdam
Powell Sues For Back Pay and Seniority Restoration
Representative Powell seeks restoration of back salary and 24 years of seniority after being barred from his seat for two years. The case asks the court to reinstate his rights and to overturn a $25,000 penalty while noting Supreme Court rulings on seating and the House's role.
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Powell
Washington
Clayton Powell
New York Democrat
U.S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Education and Labor Committee
House
U.S. Supreme Court
House of Representatives
High Court
Hart
Bruce Bromley
New York
Supreme Art
Bromley
Supreme Court
Camille Devastation Deepens Across Mississippi Coast
Rescue workers comb wreckage from Gulfport to Biloxi as the Camille toll climbs with over 2,000 injured and up to 200 more expected dead. National Guardsmen and Civil Defense teams search for missing amid power outages, curfews, and raging tides. Federal aid totals begin with a $1 million disaster declaration.
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Gulfport
Miss
Nap Cassibry
Mississippi
Cassibry
Cassidry
Atlanta
Dobbins Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
New Orleans
Bay St. Louis
Nixon
Camille
Louisiana
Bogalusa
Curt Siegelin
Plaquemines Parish
Venice
Boothville
Triumph
Howard Wilcox
Alabama
Dauphin Island
Gulf Shores
Orange Beach
Corry Pair Slated for Arraignment in Marijuana Case
Dale McQuiston and Joseph D Ambrosio face a narcotics count after police found five pounds of marijuana in a Norfolk apartment. A 17 year old girl traveling with them was detained as officers pursue true identities. The pair, linked to a kidnapping and shooting incident, are recovering from self inflicted wounds.
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Corry
Dale McQuiston
West Pleasant Street
Joseph J. D’ambrosio
Melrose Park
Suffolk
Norfolk
McQuiston
D'Ambrosia
David Briino Gneinek
Robert John Hettinger
D’ambrosia
Virginia
Suffolk County
Nasemonde
Nanty Owens
Justice of the Peace
City Rejects Plea to Assign All Paving Costs to Firestone
City Council rejects the claim by Shady avenue residents that Firestone subsidiary should pay for all paving from East Main to East South streets. City solicitor notes the plant frontage limits assessments. council to proceed with paving at two inch normal residential share and three inch heavy duty section for plant traffic. NOBEL WINNER DIES IN BERKELEY Dr Otto Stern, 81, Nobel Prize in Physics 1943, collapsed and died Sunday. much of his research conducted at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh.
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Shady Avenue
East Main Street
East South Street
Firestone Tire and Rubber Corporation
Percy Corbin
Corry Foam Products Corp
David Johnson
Douglas Rozelle
Firestone
Joseph Furst
Johnson
Berkeley
Calif
Otto Stern
Stern
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
City council faces overbid on police building bids
Last night the city council reviewed three bids for a new police building and found the total 64 396 exceeds the 57 000 revolving fund budget plus 12 000 already spent on the site. A special meeting was set for next Monday at 6 p m to decide whether to approve the bids or seek funding.
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Tew
Mountain Keystone
East South Street
C. J. Peterson and Sons
Corry
Lathrop Electric
Northwestern Pennsylvania Construction Co
Erie
Council
L. W. Crosscut
Crosscut
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Richard Windahl
Wirdahl
John Hornick
Sao Paulo
Brazil
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Luhburg, Pa
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Bagdad
Joseph J. Pochiba Jr
Rt. 1
Leechburg
Westmoreland County
Tarentum
Pochiba
Mobilé
Corryite
FBI
A.K. MacPhail
Floyd Hayes
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