Reds Continue Harassment Tactics In Vietnam War Theater
In Saigon area Viet Cong mortar fire and small arms harassments continued into Tuesday night and Wednesday. US and Vietnamese aircraft claimed to have killed about 157 guerrillas, though body counts were unconfirmed. Cu Chi near Saigon saw light government casualities after a brief Viet Cong attack, while a ranger site at Trung Lap was struck with no casualties. Marines near Da Nang burned 100 huts amid light losses. Other Viet Cong actions hit Mekong Delta outposts, a Saigon-area watchtower, and Duc Hoa. Air losses included a Thunderchief and a Skyraider, with the Thunderchief downed 30 miles north of Vinh and the pilot missing at sea. Phuoc Binh and Phuoc Xuyen posts reported light to heavy losses among defenders and attackers respectively. See VIET NAM, Page Two.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Trung Lap
Cu Chi
da Nang Air Base
Mekong
Duc Hoa
Ca Mau
Am Binh
Tthe
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Phuoc Binh
Phuoc Xuyen
September, October Calls Hiked in Draft Quotas
The Pentagon boosted the September draft call to 27,400 and set October at 33,600 to bolster U S forces in Vietnam. Navy drafts begin in October for the first time since 1956. September all goes to the army with 29,000 for October, 4,606 for the Navy. Marine Corps and Air Force made no requests. Selective Service says no difficulty is expected in meeting the larger quotas. Local boards told to update married men files and check school grades for deferments.
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Viet Nam
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Marine Corps
Air Force
Selective Service
House Group Approves Minimum Wage Boost
Washington AP House Labor subcommittee approved a 50 cent rise in the federal minimum wage from 1.25 and voted to extend coverage to farm workers for the first time. The plan sets three schedules, adding nonfarm workers and new categories such as hotel, hospital, and laundry workers under wage rules. It would cover about 29.5 million workers now and expand to 40 percent of farm employment via changes to establishment definitions.
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Washington
House Labor Subcommittee
Johnson
Congress
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Roosevelt
U S Learns UN Moves Could Shape Viet Nam Peace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States is in behind the scenes UN talks seeking new routes to peace in Viet Nam. He noted parallel work at the Security Council while cautioning about possible larger UN roles and uncertain Soviet positions. Rusk spoke after briefing the House Foreign Affairs Committee and offered no optimistic view on ending the fighting.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
United Nations
Viet Nam
Security Council
Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Expected To Act On Compromise Thursday
The House sent the voting rights bill to the Senate for final approval with a 328 to 74 vote. The measure would allow federal examiners to take over registration in districts with low Negro registration, suspend literacy tests in several states, and move to strike down poll taxes in state elections. Gerald Ford charged the conference amendment weakens the bill. the White House questioned a blanket poll tax ban, while King urged prompt enactment.
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Dm.y
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Maine
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Celler
Hale Boggs
Russell B. Long
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Martin Luther King ‘Jr
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Nicholas Katzenbach
King
Four Die In Camden Ambulance Collision
Four people were killed and three injured when an ambulance, a truck, and a passenger car collided on Highway 521 near Camden. Deceased are Otis Catoe the ambulance driver. Mrs. Sarah West. Mrs. Carrine Newman. and Mrs. Sally Roach of Kershaw. Injured are Donald Gardner of Kershaw and James Catoe and his son Bobby of Lancaster. Gardner, in serious condition with head injuries, is with Coffin Funeral Home. The ambulance was transporting Mrs. Roach to Camden hospital. the car was driven by James Catoe. The truck was traveling in the same direction as the car.
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S.C
Otis Catoe
Sarah West
Carrine Newman
Newman
Sally Roach
Kershaw
Donald Gardner
James Catoer
Bobby
Lancaster
Gardner
Columbia
James Catoe
Bobbie Catoe
Kershaw County
J. E
Pat) Orr
Roach
Dirksen seeks halt to Humphrey lobbying on reapportionment
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen accused Vice President Hubert Humphrey of lobbying against his one man one vote reapportionment amendment. He said he asked President Johnson to ask Humphrey to stop. Dirksen noted preliminary voting on the plan begins Wednesday. An aide said no telephone call from Johnson to Humphrey is known. See DIRKSEN, Page Two.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dirksen
Johnson
Humphrey
Senate
Illinois
Supreme Court
Texas Junior Driving Champ Not Happy Beating Boyfriend
Lana Kay Morris an 18 year old from Waco wins Texas junior driving championship at the Safe Drivers event. She says she was lucky while her boyfriend Joe Tighe admits she beat him and plays down the win.
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Washington
Lana Kay Morris
Waco
Joe Tighe
Lana
Here
Prospects Fade in Geneva Disarmament Talks
At the 1 nation disarmament conference in Geneva the United States and the Soviet Union clashed over Viet Nam. Soviet negotiator S K Tsarapkin rejected any treaty to halt nuclear spread while denouncing American imperialism in Viet Nam. He charged West Germany with blackmail to gain nuclear access via an Atlantic force. U S official W C Foster dismissed Tsarapkin's rhetoric and stressed Viet Nam’s separation from disarmament. The exchange dampened hopes for a British drafted halt to nuclear spread and the Western proposal may be presented within two weeks. The Soviet side argues that nuclear powers like West Germany remain under control rather than being part of a central nuclear framework. See GENEVA, Page Two.
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United States
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Bonn
West Germany
Atlantic
William C. Foster
French sculptress wins by hunger strike amid ship strike
Mme Fayet-Leroy, a 39 year old French sculptress, arrived in New York with six welded metal pieces for an American Ranger show but became stranded as a wider ship labor dispute left more than 100 vessels tied up. She began a hunger strike at Pier 72 to protest, while unions and shipping lines faced stalled negotiations and economic losses.
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Gulf Coast
Mme
Jacqueline Fayet-Lrcoy
Mme. Fayet- Leroy
Ranger
United States
American Ranger
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Johnson
Mme. Fayet-Leroy
Madame
Brandt Welcomes U S Position On Viet Nam
West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt welcomed U S resolve to stay in Viet Nam as strengthening security guarantees for his city. He said the Federal Republic should assume a bigger but nonmilitary role, and that the United States expects West Germany to act more decisively while not yet committing troops. He cited faith in U S presidents and stressed West Berlin’s dependence on U S commitment.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
West Germany
Viet Nam
Johnson
Federal Republic
United States
Brandt
Associated Press
Workman Killed By Lightning On Saturn 5 Pad
A bolt of lightning struck a construction launching pad at Cape Kennedy during a thunderstorm, killing one worker and injuring four of five others. The incident occurred on launch complex 39B during concrete form pouring about 40 feet up. Victim names were not released. injured were reported in good condition at a hospital. The pad is one of two for the Saturn 5 rocket set to carry astronauts to the moon.
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National Aerobautics and Space Administration
Moon
Desperate mother exposes leukemia child to chicken pox
Ventura California AP reports Sharon Evans a 24 year old mother deliberately exposed her four year old daughter Joy to chicken pox in a bid to delay leukemia progression. Joy has been told to have less than a month to live and the pediatrician warned the plan is dangerous but the mother believes it is Joy's last real hope.
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Ventura
Calif
Sharon Evans
Joy
Evans
University of California At Los Angeles Medical Center
Weather summary for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia mostly sunny Wednesday with highs in the 80s and cooler Wednesday night. Thursday partly cloudy warm and humid with a chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms mainly in the south. highs in the 80s or low 30s in some notes. North Carolina fair and warmer Wednesday with afternoon and evening thundershowers affecting 25 percent of the state. highs 78 to 84 in mountains and 80s elsewhere. Thursday partly cloudy and warm with more afternoon thundershowers affecting about 36 percent of the state. Temperatures yesterday morning 62 clear, yesterday afternoon 77 clear, evening 77 clear, today 63 clear.
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