U S Servicemen Aid Lang Vei After Bomb Blast
U S servicemen distribute food and clothing in Lang Vei Lang Vei South Vietnam after a bombing that killed many civilians and wounded hundreds Residents sift ashes while planes circle Khe Sanh supply drops Two old women search remains as families shelter under bamboo shelters Capt John J Duffy notes delta wing jets from Laos bombed the village and says Americans faced no injuries Some 100 civilians were killed and 175 wounded per Vietnamese counts Officials investigate which planes carried out the strike as villagers begin to return and seek aid
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Army
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San Diego
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Vietnam
Shooting Act Victim Dies at Syracuse Sports Show
Elaine Gray 31 of Massapequa N Y died after a man, her husband Fred 58, accidentally shot her in the right eye during a precision shooting act they performed as The Gauchos before about 400 spectators at the Great Northeastern Sports Show in the Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium.
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Elaine Gray
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Racial tensions and church fire claims mix with Vietnam talk
Reports describe a peaceful march in Natchez with police deeming a pistol incident a juvenile matter and funerals planned. in Grenada a church fire is blamed on an electrical box with minor damage. In Vietnam coverage, Thant’s UN role and North Vietnamese talks loom as U.S. officials see battles as central to peace prospects. A consumer lending bill proposal shifts to require disclosure of total interest and an approximate rate.
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Evers
Jackson
Armstrong Tire & Rubber Co
Grenada
Miss
Paul McKelroy
Vincent Chapel Ale
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Bell Flower Baptist Church
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Thant
Burma
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Vietnam
Goldberg
Proxmire
Proxmore
Thurmond Opposes Banking Bill After Committee Exit
The text notes that a Republican, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, opposed the measure after leaving the Banking Committee this year. It states the subject’s law is workable in principle though commitment to Proxmire bill details is lacking.
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Banking Committee
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Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Draft panel urges national draft changes and tighter deferments
A national basis for future draft calls is urged with state quotas deemphasized. The commission produced 13 major recommendations on deferments, rescinding de facto exemptions, and limiting new student deferments while allowing 19 year olds into a later pool. It also discusses reserves, conscientious objectors, volunteer forces, and proposals affecting Black Americans within the military manpower context.
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Defense Department
Reserves
National Guard
Johnson proposes changes to antipoverty program and housing aid
Johnson urged Save Your Vision Week and called on media doctors and agencies to promote sight saving. He projected improvements in the home mortgage market with new measures to expand housing in 1967 and announced $230 million in Fannie Mae funding for new low cost homes plus $30 million for special programs to finance about 7,000 housing units.
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Leon N. Weiner
Wilmington
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Federal Housing Administration
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Theanville Fairgrounds
Danville
Vanville
Can Those Just Starting To Work Hope To Recover Tax Payments
Washington AP report notes President Johnson's plan to raise Social Security benefits and taxes raises questions about new workers paying more taxes as they enter the labor force. The piece discusses how changes could affect take home pay and future benefits for early earners.
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Robert M. Ball
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Soviet Trawler Arrest Brings Russian Crew Fate Unclear
Coast Guard seized the Soviet trawler STAM 8-413 off Alaska after a chase lasting miles. Master Zer nov N. Gregoryevich and three others detained, with one believed to be Vasiliy Guzenko. Yuri V. Chernokhud of the Soviet Embassy headed to Kodiak as U.S. officials prepare arraignment.
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Zernov N. Gregoryevich
Kodiak
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Gregoryevich
Vasiliy Guzenko
Yuri V. Chernokhud
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Coast
Anchorage
United States
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