Da Nang Air Base Hit As Communists Fire Rockets
Communist air force attacked Da Nang air base with rockets, destroying one JF4 Phantom and damaging another, wounding several Americans, with light overall damage reported. U S forces repelled the raid, targeting roads, radar sites, and barges in North Vietnam while continuing operations near Thanh Hoa and Dam Tran Lake.
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Will Mean Fatter Benefit Checks Starting In March
President Johnson signed the Social Security Bill into law, boosting benefits for about 24 million Americans starting in March. He called it the greatest stride in welfare since 1935, as he also approved $9.3 billion for schools and $2.29 billion for other programs. The move created a Commission on Income Maintenance to review welfare reforms.
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Band Aids for a wounded man plan draws mixed reaction
New York AP reports mixed business and financial reaction to a government plan to tighten private foreign investment to fix the balance of payments. Analysts warn it could slow overseas lending while some executives favor boosting exports rather than restricting investment.
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Kent Johnson
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B. F. Goodrich Co
Carl A. Gerstacker
Dow Chemical Co
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Keener
NYSE Proposes Plan To Cut Commission Rates
The New York Stock Exchange asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a five part plan to revise commissions including lower fees for volume buyers. President Robert W. Haack said the discounts would target large investors and institutions with a later determined scope while aiming to curb fee splitting and leakage in the market.
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Castro imposes fuel controls as Cuba marks revolution
Fidel Castro ordered gasoline rationing in Cuba on Tuesday, announcing strict fuel controls and the distribution of pink coupon books worth 20 gallons a month. At Revolutionary Plaza a large parade observed the Batista overthrow anniversary as Castro warned 1968 would demand sacrifices and hard work. He said private and government vehicles would face rationing and urged increased farm production, citing plans for higher machinery and a push toward a 10 million ton sugar harvest.
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Post Office Record Sent to Milford Radio Station
The Post Office Department prepared a record to dramatize a new postal tale and mailed it to local stations. WMRC in Milford did not hear the record because it arrived broken in the mail Tuesday.
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Fire destroys Kenbridge mill. $500,000 damage estimate
A blaze leveled the four acre Railway Handle Corp mill in Kenbridge Virginia, injuring no one but causing about 500000 dollars in damage. Earl Taylor estimated the loss and managers said the fire started in a new section of the building and spread to the wooden structure. Firefighters from seven local towns battled the blaze for hours but could not yet determine the cause. The mill employs 117 workers and had operated continuously since its founding.
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Lawrenceville
Nottawa
Organ Spearheads Heart Transplant Success in South Africa
Dr Christian N Bur tard implanted a new heart in 58 year old dentist Philip Blaiberg who began beating without electrical shock. The operation topped earlier transplants by Dr Christiaan Barnard, with Blaiberg described as in very good condition and his family reacting with cautious hope. The donor was Clive Haupt, a brain hemorrhage victim, and the case emphasized racial dynamics in apartheid South Africa.
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Louis Washkansky
Aneumona
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N.Y
Adrian Kantrowitz
Tj’ Blaiberg
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Clive Haupt
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Waccahansiky
Train Fire Forces 236 from Dunreith to Evacuate
Fire crews quenched a derailed two-train wreck in Dunreith Indiana and began transferring toxic acetone cyanohydrin from a damaged tanker to a truck. Police said 228 residents would not return home until the 8 to 10 hour chemical transfer is finished. The incident followed multiple derailed cars and blasts that scared the town, with fish kills 15 miles downstream and nine farm animals dying from creek water. Three firefighters and a police officer were injured.
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George Winburn
Rodm and J .Haas Chemical Co
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Irvin Colmer
Connersville
Buck Creek
Robber Passes Note To Teller At Charlestown Bank
In Boston an attempted robbery occurred at a Charlestown Savings Bank branch when a man handed teller Lawrence Goldman a demand note saying Fill the bag up with all your money. Goldman consulted with a colleague and responded with a note indicating the robber was at the wrong bank.
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Republicans Charge Federal Government Polluting U.S. Lakes
GOP Coordinating Committee accused the administration of polluting America’s lakes and streams, led by the Potomac River area, urging immediate action to curb pollution at federal installations and urging practical controls beyond rhetoric.
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Weather Update Virginia and North Carolina Forecast
Virginia and North Carolina outlooks show cloudy skies and light wintry mix possible. Northern Virginia may see light snow at times, with southeast parts expecting rain or freezing drizzle, highs in the 30s, fog likely overnight with lows in the 30s to 40s. North Carolina midweek remains mostly cloudy and cold with scattered rain chances and highs near 40 to 56, widespread fog overnight and cooler, calmer conditions after.
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