Canada Sends Special Envoy Chester Ronning to Hanoi Again
Ottawa reports Canada has dispatched Mandarin-speaking special envoy Chester Ronning to North Vietnam for a second mission since March. The move aims to renew talks with Ho Chi Minh's government on ending the Vietnam War as Washington privately questions U.S. approval and views it as a probing effort by Canada within the truce supervision framework.
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Heen
Vietnam
Lester Chinery
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Martin
Southeast Asia
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John B. Diefenbaker
Military actions and claims near North Viet Nam report
Ground fighting intensifies with a dawn Viet Cong base attack 60 miles west of Saigon. 400 South Vietnamese troops and 11 guerrillas killed, 3 captured, and arms seized. U.S. Marines and Ba 2 bombers clash with Viet Cong near Da Nang and Pleiku area. enemy dead tallies reach 336 with broader body counts varying. Peking and Manoj broadcasts claim U.S. aircraft downed or captured, but independent confirmation is lacking.
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Methodist Assignments Slated Today
NORFOLK AP The 184th annual Virginia Methodist Conference ends Thursday with noon reading of 1966 87 ministerial appointments by Bishop Walter Gum of Richmond. Delegates, nearly 1 000, discuss SEJ clergy integration and merger with Negro Central Jurisdiction. Initial vote failed by six, later carried after ruling error and revote.
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Meredith criticizes civil rights leadership after search
Meredith says he does not want the march he started to become a vehicle for the NAACP to show loyalty to the Johnson administration. He questions who benefits from the search and criticizes current leadership as not mandated. He spoke with reporters at Mrs Sidney Poitier’s home where he is recovering from wounds and urged a mandated leadership.
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Viet Nam Assembly to draft constitution amid electoral plans
Viet Nam report notes the Constituent Assembly may name a civil regime and draft laws. Gen. Chie outlines 52 electoral districts with 123 assembly members, voting by slates, and a three to six month path to a constitution. Hue Buddhists stage a one day fast for Da Nang victims. monks and students rally.
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Sukarno Opposes Western-Style Democracy in Indonesia
President Sukarno rejected the push for legislative and judicial independence from the executive and urged against adopting Western democracy. He spoke at a palace ceremony marking five lawmakers' inauguration, amid power struggles with the army and calls to strip him of the life presidency.
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China
Adam Malik
U S Resumes Aid to India and Pakistan
The State Department announced the United States will restart full economic aid to India and Pakistan under World Bank led cooperation. Press officer Robert J. McCloskey said money will come from funds already appropriated with possible further aid pending congressional action. Interim loans had previously been issued and fertilizer and commodity import programs totaling tens of millions were made available this year.
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Four Die In Intense Heat Of Underground Pipeline
Four men died Wednesday after being overcome by extreme heat inside a 66 inch diameter 2300 foot long underground pipeline beneath Skokie Chicago. Firefighters tried to reach them but heat forced retreat as officials said pumps off caused hot stagnant air. Victims were Alex Walther Edward Krupa Patrick Sonte Neil Fagrelius George Hebson and Edward Kucaba, with two employed by the sanitary district and two by Exposition Company.
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Edward Kucaba
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Viet Nam
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Asia alliance forms to bolster non Communist nations
Bangkok hosts a new Asian group with members including Japan South Korea South Viet Nam Nationalist China the Philippines Thailand Malaysia Australia and New Zealand Laos as observer nations. India may join. The council aims annual meetings and a secretariat with a standing committee to coordinate projects such as a customs union an agricultural bank and technician pool. The United States backs the move while China and Moscow object sees it as a plot against the people of Asia.
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Johnson urges universal compliance with medicare rules
Johnson emphasizes full adherence to medicare rules and warns hospitals not to discriminate against elderly patients. He notes most hospitals have pledged to comply and urges those lagging to do so, stating the federal government will not retreat from responsibility.
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Fire near Sisquoc preserves imagery and wildlife notes
Firefighters use helicopters and aerial tanks to drop retardants ahead of the blaze. The Sisquo River runs through a rugged, sparsely timbered area with cliffs and rock outcroppings. A small condor sanctuary at Sisquoc Falls is mentioned, with no sightings of birds during the fire. The main sanctuary spans 53,000 acres about 40 miles south in Ventura County.
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Student Editor Defies Court On Interview Names
In Eugene Oregon University of Oregon junior Annette Buchanan 20 refuses to identify students interviewed for a marijuana use article. A June 27 contempt trial looms after another court order to disclose the names. Buchanan argues journalistic ethics and privileges shield sourcing.
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Arthur Johnson
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Philadelphia Bulletin
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Grand Jury
Chicago Tense in Puerto Rican District Amid Riots
Police used cluster tactics for a second night to keep peace in a tense Chicago Puerto Rican district after Sunday and Monday rioting left eight shot and many injured. Ninety?eight arrests were reported as officers dispersed crowds with a policy to do it with a smile.
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Civil rights panel advances housing ban in 1966 bill
The subcommittee approved amendments in early versions of civil rights bills and completed action on all sections except housing. Earlier sessions endorsed ban on jury discrimination and federal suits to desegregate schools. The housing provision faces the major battle when considered Thursday, with possible retreat or sending the issue to the full Judiciary Committee.
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Paris designer Emmanuelle Khanh dazzles in bell-bottom suit
The Parisian Left Bank designer Emmanuelle Khanh flew in for a fashion round featuring a bold two-legged look. One trouser leg was snug while the other flared into a bell-bottom, creating a striking asymmetrical silhouette on the runway.
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Gang Shooting in Arlington Probed by Police
Arlington police and State Police continued their probe into a gang clash near Lee Highway and North Warrison Street. Seventeen youths were arrested from ages 17 to 23, a cache including six shotguns five rifles four revolvers and multiple weapons was seized, about 100 shots fired left one youth injured and property damage noted.
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