Syria's Rebel Regime Seizes Control Of Capital City
Beiruit reports say Syria's new rebel regime, backed by army troops, holds Damascus and Aleppo with little violence. Radio Damascus claims trials for Baathists. curfew eased in several cities while borders and ports stay closed. Rebel leaders denounce Hafez and Bitar as reactionaries, hinting at a power shift within the Baath party. Maj. Gen. Salah Jedid, once army chief, may emerge as the new architect of this upheaval.
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Lebanon
Syria
Radio Damascus
Aleppo
Amin Hafez
Syria R
Tafez
Salah Bitar
Haffez
Hafez
Bitar
Baath Party
Baath
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Salah Jedid
Mascus
Jedid
Virginia House debates uniform time and lending curbs
Virginia legislators weighed bills on time standardization and usury limits. A subcommittee will study a truth in lending bill barring broker fees on private loans, while a tax on payday-like charges drew fire from bankers. Debate highlighted regional time-keeping disputes and child abuse reporting mandates.
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State Corporation Commission
John R. Sears
Norfolk
Virginia
del. Harrison Mann
Arlington
Virginia Bankers Association
Retail Merchants Association
del. Wallace G. Dickson
Senate
Three Watches Board
Wallaces Campaign Seeks Continuation of Policy With Wife Run
Governor Wallace says the campaign tests his popularity and he will act as his wife’s top aide if she wins, promising to expel students aiding Viet Cong. Mrs Wallace files for candidacy as eight opponents enter the race, including former Gov Patterson and James Folsom.
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Page Gus
Wallace
Alabama
Ralph Price
James Parsons
Birmingham
Peggy Sue Wallace
George Wallace Jr
Janie Lee Wallace
Women workers demand equal work roles at GE plant
Nine women win higher paid order filler and packer jobs at GE plant in New Concord while men claim physical limits. The dispute centers on whether women can perform heavier tasks and the legality of job assignments under state and federal law. Workers walkout halts most production with little sign of a quick resolution as union and management clash over safe practical limits and opportunities.
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Pryor
Joe Dirkse
Vietnam War Debate After Tonkin Attack Spreads Across DC
Humphrey urged reaffirmation of the resolution after August 1964 tensions following North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacking U S warships in the Gulf of Tonkin. Johnson Rusk McNamara and aides attended in the White House East Room as Congress weighed hawks versus doves and debated public support for Viet Nam policy.
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Viet Nam
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Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
White House
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
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Rusk
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
Dirksen
Norris Cotton
N H
Cotton
W. Averell Harriman
Honolulu
Harriman
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert
McNamara
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Doctors Needed by Military Draft Calls 2496 Physicians
Washington AP Defense Department issued a draft call for 2,496 physicians for active duty in the Army Navy and Air Force commencing July The plan covers 1 446 in Army 700 in Navy and 350 in Air Force The move accompanies prior requests to the Selective Service for 1 979 medical personnel to start in January and 500 male nurses for April to bolster medical services for Southeast Asia Viet Nam casualties and overall military buildup McNamara authorized expanded nurse recruitment earlier this month bringing total nurses to about 275 serving in Viet Nam.
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Southeast Asia
Army
Navy
Air Force
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Selective Service
Department
South Viet Nam
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Viet Nam
Hero's recognition ceremony draws high military attendance
A ceremony honoring a brave woman drew a distinguished crowd including her brother Sgt. Cay Pierce of the 7th Special Forces Group Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Earle G. Wheeler.
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iSgt. Cay Pierce
7Th Special Forces Group
the Army
Stanley. R. Resor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Desperate Drive for Grades Warns Webster Groves Youth
Sociologist Dr. Arthur Barron reports 68 percent of Webster Groves youths studied over six months are under extreme pressure to achieve grades for college and status. He notes many miss intellectual curiosity, with 54 percent admitting exam cheating. Educators and students debate values as a CBS TV special explores the issue.
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Webster Groves
Arthur Barron
St. Louis
Fife
Webster Crowes
Esther Replogle
Ed Eggers
Charles Garner
Webster Groves High School
Barron
Jim McDonald
Fred Zinn
Webster Grovas
Viet Cong engagements and US air and sea support in Vietnam
Government troops sight Viet Cong entrenched in Quang Tri with spotters saying they were pinned by encircling fire. Swift patrol boats fired 29 mortar shells along the Quang Tin coast south of Da Nang to support Vietnamese troops. Marines reported guerrillas near Chi Lai and near Quang Nam with limited contact. Casualties reported in Tam Ky and Mo Duc as Viet Cong detachments attacked outposts near Quang Ngai and Tan Binh. The 101st Airborne ambushed a Viet Cong platoon, taking two killed and four captured. The Tan Binh assault, described by Col Glotzbach as the largest by the 1st Infantry Division in Viet Nam, occurred during Operation Mastiff in the Boi Loi Woods. Some Australian troops are with the brigade. civilians observed nearby.
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Chi Lai
Tam Ky
Quang Ngai City
Simm
South Viet Namese Army
Mo Duc
Quang Ngai
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Tan Binh
Edgar N. Glotzbach
Paxico
Kan
Boi Loi Woods
Saigon
Max Taddlock
Fresno
Calif
Jlo
Jury Deliberations Begin in NC Missile Engineer Murder Trial
Jury deliberations started in Winston-Salem in the first degree murder case against Robert E. Porth, a 57-year-old missile engineer, after defense rested without him testifying. The all-male panel deliberated two hours before recess, with the state alleging a fatal assault on his wife Hilda Borchardt Porth. The defense urged innocence and cited lack of proof of premeditation, while the trial heard testimony about a proposed marriage to another woman and questions surrounding Mrs. Porth’s death near Pulaski, Virginia.
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Robert E. Porth
George H. Fountain
James Booker
Perth
Florida
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Booker
Hilda
Jerry) Bor
Chardt Porth
Moore
Porth
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Shore
Porthag
Virginia
Ghana coup reshapes politics as Nkrumah era ends
Ghana faced a military takeover with Col. Kotoka directing mop up from police HQ. Troops ringed the capital, communications cut, and flights halted. The radio urged calm and urged all civil servants to remain at posts. The Convention People’s Party was dissolved and arrests were ordered. The move comes amid regional upheaval with 7,000 Britons in Ghana reported safe and key units from Kumasi aiding the revolt. Ghana remains in the UN, AU, and Commonwealth despite the coup.
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Britain
Rhodesia
Col. Kotoka
Accra
Convention People’s
Tema
Takoradi
Kumasi
Nkrumah
Africa
Oid
United Nations
Organization of African Unity
Ghana Radio
Kotoka
Ghana Air Force
Kwame Nkrumah
Hament
Convention Peoples Party
Aid Bill Extends Ban on Foreign Aid Substances
The ban mirrors last year’s language in the annual foreign aid bill and covers all military material. The President may waive the restriction with a Congressional report that such action is necessary. Attempts to cut or remove the contingency fund failed. Representatives Albert Ford Barton urged broad support for the bill.
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Togdor Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Frances P. Barton
Ohio
Foreign Affairs
Snowstorm crosses Ohio Valley to Mid Atlantic
The storm swept from the Ohio Valley along the Atlantic coast bringing three to five inches in parts of the southern and central Appalachians and three inches in Washington. Snow warnings were issued for Northern Maryland and Northwestern Virginia as cities from New Jersey to Delaware felt lighter fall and rising temperatures to the south. Weather officials expect clearing by Friday with a hard freeze possible in Northern Texas.
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Sierras
Dancer in court case exposes nightclub haze and police clash
Police officer questioned the dancer about provocative attire while the performer demonstrated dances like the Mashed Potato and Hitch-tlike. The judge pressed the owner to ensure dancers tone down routines and officer Brodie vowed to verify consistency between stage and customer performances.
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Brodie
O Go
Karen
Roman
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