First Viet Cong attack near Saigon ends in heavy losses
In the latest clash, about 200 enemy troops attacked a U S bivouac two miles from the Cambodian border and 80 bodies were found around the camp after fierce fighting. US casualties were five killed and 28 wounded. Allied forces said enemy losses in five days reached 963, with extensive strikes along a 260 mile coast. Prime Minister Holyoake arrived in South Vietnam for an official tour.
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Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Hanoi Denial Guards Bomb Halt Talks Amid Secret Push
Washington reports say President Johnson continues secret negotiations with North Vietnam to de escalate the war while Hanoi radio denies any bombing halt deal. U.S. authorities see a possible understanding and Paris talks revival, with Nixon noting officials push for a halt and possible ceasefire in the near term.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Tom
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Retain Housing Firm To Start Project Here
The Corry Chamber of Commerce Industrial Division voted to hire John Blackson and Associates of New Castle to prepare an initial housing survey. The plan seeks federal funds to back rental housing, with an initial $200 contract for surveys and possible future financing through government mortgage guarantees and 3 percent interest reductions. Local firms may cover preliminary costs as the division advances the first project under its new mandate.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lame-Duck lawmakers take costly trips abroad
Washington AP report notes two outgoing congressmen spend government funded tours. Senator Edward V. Long travels a two month world junket to 20 countries under Senate Banking and Currency Committee study of export insurance. Representative O’Hara begins a one month Africa tour from New York, though both are done with office after defeats.
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Banking and Currency Committee
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Helen Dunlop
St. Louis
House
Lose An Hour You Can Get It Back Tonight
A note explains that at 2 a.m. tomorrow clocks return to Eastern Standard Time. The extra hour from daylight saving ends, and start of Monday classes and bus schedules will run on standard time.
Fiery airliner crash kills 32 in fog at Moose Mountain
A Northeast Airlines FH227 crashed in dense fog on Moose Mountain near Hanover New Hampshire killing 32 of the 42 aboard. Ten survivors were evacuated by helicopters as rescuers labored through rough terrain to reach the wreckage near Dartmouth College. Captain John A. Rapsis, 52, of Nashua, was among the dead.
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Northeast Airlines
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Northeast
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Nashua
Betty J. Mrail
Berkeley Heights
Winthrop
Mass
Robert Kimball
Tuck Business School
Dartmouth College
Richard L. Veech
Oxford
England
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Bernard Desmond Jr
Springfield
Dennis J. Cooney
Parmly R. Wills
Lebanon
Wills
Boston
Montpelier
Jéan St. Hilaire
Cardinal Cushing Quits Over Jackie Onassis Wedding
Cardinal Richard Cushing announced his resignation as Boston archbishop at year end after intense publicity over his defense of Jacqueline Kennedy's marriage to Aristotle Onassis. He recalled defending Kennedy and said he never declared her excommunicated, noting his offer to resign follows public reaction and his 50 years of priestly service. Also, Pittsburgh resident William Byrnes, 58, died in a two car crash in North Versailles Township.
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Aristotle Onassis
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Pittsburgh
William Byrnes
North Versailles Township
Drivers Unhurt In Two Area Auto Crashes
State police investigated two one car crashes with total $600 property damage and no injuries. William Lung of Willoughby Ohio lost control on a wet Spartansburg street and hit a utility pole. Milo Robishaw of Titusville swerved to avoid a horse, ran off Route 77 and struck a tree stump. $200 damage.
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Willoughby
Ohio
Spartansburg
Milo Robishaw
Titusville
Robishaw
Corry Education Week Amid Merger Debates and Plans
Corry area schools mark National Education Week amid merger struggles and a 10 year planning drive. Superintendent Ray Elsen notes progress in literacy since World War I and highlights the jointure’s task of shaping a Sparta included or excluded 10 year plan, amid lingering fire crisis and budget concerns. The effort involves teachers, administrators, and staff as they chart future needs and potential district unification.
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Ray Elsen
United States
Corry
Sparta
Elsen
Edu
Reds Launch 1st Spaceman In Over Year
The Soviet Union launched rookie cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi aboard Soyuz 3, marking the first manned flight in over a year. Tass said he is a hero of the Soviet Union and merited test pilot, with systems normal and the crew feeling well. His flight follows Soyuz 1's 1967 disaster and the long, secretive space program pace. The mission date aligns with Soviet anniversaries and Komarov’s fatal prior flight is noted.
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