Viet Cong Rockets Hit Saigon Civilians Amid Shelling
Viet Cong rockets rained on Saigon civilians as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces faced renewed shelling. Descriptions of blasts near the U S Embassy and Kennedy Square recall tense days of the conflict while Westmoreland and Abrams maneuver for position ahead of peace talks in Paris. Helicopter gunships joined the response as authorities reported damage and casualties.
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Westmoreland
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Munists
John F
William C. West
Saigon
Kennedy Square
Moreland
Cathe
North Vietnam
Tral
City budget boosted as employees get 7.5 percent raise
Leandro employses receive a 7.5 percent raise totaling about 270,600 added to city salaries over 13 months, lifting annual payroll past four million. The council, amid protests, approved 2.5 percent inequity boosts for dozens including firemen and police, with sergeants set for review by the civil service board.
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MGR
Wesley McClure
San Leandro
Robert Lawrence
Civil Service Board
Alga
Firemen’s Association
Robert Martinez
Mitlee
Ahérn
Pacific High School
Council
Leutenant
Ernest
Nel
Ahern
Heschke
al Stepka
Reschke
Alameda County
Haywards
Berkeley
McClure
Police Run Down Leads In Beatings
SAN LEANDRO police pursue several leads in a beating and robbery case targeting Mr and Mrs August Thierry. An assailant ordered the couple to surrender trucks, tied them, and fled with about $1,000 after wounding Thierry, who received stitches and was released.
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San Leandro
Taylor
Leandro
Cate
Hop
Whitney A. Rosanen
Ord
Interasts
Nance
Lys
August Thierry
East Lath St
Thierry
Doctors Hospital
Murder suspect Ray shifted to new jail with extradition fight
Investigation links the suspect Ray to aliases used in Toronto and Montreal roamin g houses. Authorities evaluate passport names Ramon Sneyd Paul Bridgman and Eric Galt and compare scars. Missouri holds him for escape in 1867 while US seeks extradition from Britain. possible precedence of Tennessee murder charges and a federal civil rights conspiracy case. Canadian police review a report of an envelope handed to Ray in May and a $348 London flight purchase.
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Ramon George Sneyd
Jig
Toronto
Paul Bridgman
Toronto Board of Education
Eric Starvo Galt
Eric St. Vincent Galt
Eric Starva Galt
SL. V
Galt
Gall
Mem
Phs
Florida
Missouri
Britain
United States
Tennessee
Dr. King
Montreal
FBI
Eric 8
Canada
Yee Sun Loo
London
Truax Sentenced in State and Federal Theft Case
A former college honor student, Truax, received 2 to 20 years in state prison for grand theft of 461,442 dollars from ABAG. Federal sentences run concurrently with the Alameda case. A probation report says Truax began gambling in high school and embezzled about 857,000 to gamble in Las Vegas. Seizure recovered over 300,000.
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Superior Court
Truax
Las Vegas
Enterad of faut and addresses under act of Congress
A garbled notice references a May 2 1897 act of Congress and a communications address at 116 Winter Avenue Bay City Box 2127 Hayward with several misread names and places. The fragmentary text names Otte Meynard and Cali fornia variants and an eastern address line.
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Otte
Meynard
California
Adresell
Hayward
Fremont Heroism Amid Fire Near Mayhews Landing
Four Newark youths Rick Morey 12 Don Veenhuls 19 Nick Rodrigues 19 and Charles Hist 20 spotted a growing fire near Mayhews Landing at Buckeye Street. They alerted authorities and exited their car at 2 p.m. Yesterday as Newark firefighters arrived, the blaze was spreading and little more could be done.
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Buster
Bay Area
Newark
Mayhews Land
Buckeye Street
Hames
Rick Morey
Don Veenhuls
Nick Rodrigues
Charles Hist
Frénioint
Paris Police Clash With Students
Paris and Oakland reports recount clashes as police broke up a student revolt in the Left Bank Latin Quarter. Rioters overturned cars and smashed shop windows while two policemen were injured and a student died amid volleys and Molotovs. Riot police pursued demonstrators as unions blamed police aggression.
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Serge
Bent Charles de Gaulle
Bernard
Charles de Gaulle
Vaugan
Doubs
de Latin
Paris
Sorbonne
Peugeot
Morel
Confederation of Labor
Jacques Sauvageot
Vice Press
Oakland
Livingston
National Union of French
Sochaux
R Ate A
Ralph Livingston
Qak
AC Transit
Truck overturns on Nimite Freeway spilling smelly fish
A southbound Nimite Freeway crash near Durham Road in Fremont left a truck on its side and a strong fish odor. CHP reports no injuries, but clean up took four hours with little traffic disruption.
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Fremont
Nimite
Durham Road
California Highway Patrol
India charges China aided Nagas in rebellion
New Delhi accuses Red China of supplying guerrilla training to Naga tribesmen fueling a northeastern India rebellion that officials say has cost 200 Indian troops and Nagas their lives.
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New Delhi
Apt
India
Red
China
Ghereilla Trainig
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