Marines Press Prairie Operation Near Gia Binh
U S Marines press Prairie near Gia Binh in Quang Tri province as they push to seal the DMZ corridor. Col Alex Cereghino says opposing 1st Battalion 26th Marines faces unknown reinforcements while Marines report heavy combat and capture of Gia Binh village with sustained shelling and tunnel threats from North Vietnamese forces.
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Gia Binh
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Quang
Belleau
Tri Province
Wood
Guadalcanal
Chon Reservoir
Ganthiat
Nam
Dmz
26Th Marine Regiment
Prairie
Alex Ceregchino
Burlingame
Calif
Cereghhino
Hastings
Quang Tri
Cam Lo
Dong Ha
1 324B
26Th Regiment
Anthony A. Monty
Jamestown
R.L
Kennedy kin tragedies and Marine battles across states
The report covers the Kennedy family air crash deaths and survivor details, the Great Lakes plane link to Boise, and Sen Edward Kennedy canceling political tours. It shifts to Marine Corps actions in Hastings and Prairie, detailing tactics, casualties, and command statements amid efforts to disrupt North Vietnamese plans around Quang Tri.
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Scopter
Boise
Great Lakes Carbon Corp
New York City
Sen. Kennedy
New England
Colorado
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Utah
Wyoming
John F. Kennedy
Markham
Council On Physical Fitness
Advisory Commission On
Werner
Mercantile Trust
St.Louis
Middle Fork
Salmon River
Robert Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
George Skakel
Oklahoma
Kennedy
Edward MM
Massachusetts
Navy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
England
Kathleen
Skakel
Patrician Carroon
Chicago
Amherst College
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes Corp
Typhoon Toll Strikes Coast Near Tokyo and Yokohama
Typhoons battered towns along the Pacific coast west of Tokyo with fierce winds. The Ever Surness, a 10,124 ton vessel from Formosa, ran aground at Kawasaki with unknown crew fate. City of Wellington, a 7,700 ton British freighter, was said to have run aground in Yokohama port. Power outages affected over 200,000 Tokyo homes as winds toppled walls and uprooted trees. Waves swept away six homes and eight people in Yaizu port as repairs continued and gusts lingered.
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Formosa
Kawasaki
Tokyo
Yokohama
City of Wellington
Pacific
Yaizu
Fulbright doubts Viet Nam test of stopping Communist expansion
The Fulbright view questions whether the Vietnam War is the deciding test of halting Communist expansion in Asia. He notes Rostow might adopt a similar hard line in his new post.
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Fulbright
Viet Nam
Asia
Eugene Rostow
UFO Sighting Eyewitnesses Report Mysterious Light
Security officer Henry Fox saw a blue round object near a school football field that faded after 15 minutes leaving a tall shaft of light. Policemen, deputies, airline pilots, and residents across Indiana and Wisconsin reported bright lights, with some cone shapes and green to blue colors, while weather experts suggested optical tricks.
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Page One
Henry Fox
Fox
Anderson
Hanover
Ind
O’hare International
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Lake Michigan
Arlington Heights
Leroy Weith
Ohio
Licking
Indiana
Wisconsin
Indianapolis
Joe Stephens
Assembly Warns Against Interference in Internal Affairs
Rusk cautions countries to respect sovereignty and urges removal of foreign bases in Africa Asia and Latin America. American delegates label the move as Soviet propaganda unlikely to gain traction. They also anticipate defeat on a separate item to seat Red China as part of the 98 item agenda adopted Saturday.
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Africa
Asia
Latin America
Student Charged In Death Of Three Texas Strangers
Fort Worth Texas AP high school senior Melvin Stewart Pittman, age 18, faces three murder charges for shooting three strangers with a .303 rifle bought for $30. He was arrested after a high speed chase in a stolen car and led investigators to the victims near Lake Arlington. Police say Pittman offered no motive, though he admitted taking a small amount of money from one victim.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Melvin Stewart Pittman
Fort Worth Tech High School
Court of Justice of the Peace
Jim Boorman
Pittman
Victor Laird
Kenneth E. Jones
Jones
Lairds
Pitman
Lake Arlington
Gulf Coast
J. W. Tindall
Mid-October Adjournment for Virginia Program Progress
Congress faces adjournment with Virginia’s program in good shape led by Sen. A Willis Robertson. The Public Works bill contains 1.5 million for Gathright Dam and 7 million for Hampton Roads channel deepening, surpassing the White House budget. Downing bills pass House panel to extend fishing zone, curb jellyfish, and fund fish protein plant in Virginia. Nelson House preservation and Wold Trap Farm gift faces passage in House.
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John Koenig
Washington
Congress
Virginia
Old Dominion
Gathright Dam
Hampton ‘Roads
Sen
A. Willis Robert‘son
Senate
House
Gathright
Jackson River
Covington
Johnson
Robertson
James River
Richmond
Hampton Roads
Army
Thomas N. Downing
D-Va
House Merchant Marine Committee
United States
U.S
Downing
Interior Department
Nelson House
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Seige
Marquis de Lafayette
Wold Trap Farm
Fairfax County
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