U S Splinters PT Boats and Bases Jet Fighters Rushed To Saigon
Six supersonic F102 jet fighters were rushed to Saigon as the Vietnamese airforce went on alert and tanks moved into the Da Nang base in a tense buildup. U S forces in North Viet Nam tightened posture, curfew at 9 p.m., while premier Khanh vowed strong U S backing and unity. The note hints at a planned unified command in South Viet Nam and possible major war alert across the region amid the Gulf of Tonkin crisis.
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Macolm W. Browne
Saigon
Viet Nam
United States
Daang
Red China
Gulf of ‘Tonkin
I Corps
da Nang
Nguyen ‘Khanh
U.S
Oe An
Khanh
South Vet Nam
South Korea
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Maddox
Pentagon
Radio
Hanoi
America
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United
Johnson warns against widening aggression after strikes
President Johnson declares peace as the goal of U S policy and warns that there can be no peace by aggression. He says the United States will reply, and no friendly country should fear a division in the nation. The remarks follow air strikes ordered amid Gulf of Tonkin tensions as Johnson spoke at Syracuse University.
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Red China
Johnson
United States of America
Syracuse University
Samuel I. Newhouse
Gulf For
Tonkin
United Nations
Dangerous water heaters blamed in North Carolina
North Carolina boiler inspector F. Harrison warned that thousands of homes have potentially dangerous water heaters. Since February there have been eight explosions in the state, with many more likely unreported, prompting calls for inspection and remediation.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
F. Harrison
Harrison
USA
Cabarrus County
Landis
Greensboro
Shelby
Asheville
Rutherfordton
State Board of Boiler
U.S. Aircraft Destroy 24 North Vietnamese PT Boats
U S aircraft shattered two dozen North Vietnamese PT boats and wrecked bases from which they attacked U S naval vessels. President Johnson vowed no peace by aggression and no immunity from reply in a Syracuse speech after McNamara outlined the strike and Gulf of Tonkin developments. Two U S aircraft were downed, and bases and an oil depot were damaged as U S forces pressed an intensified response to attacks on destroyers.
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Syracuse
U.S
Washington
Johnson
N.Y
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Gulf of Oakin
McNamara
Ticonderoga
Constellation
Reds
Two Bodies Identified In Civil Rights Workers Case
Two of the three badly decomposed bodies found near Philadelphia Mississippi were identified as missing civil rights workers Andy Goodman and Mickey Schwerner. The third body is believed to be James Chaney. The trio vanished June 21, six weeks earlier, and were linked to a trail of FBI investigations and local arrests as authorities pursued leads in the eastern Mississippi town. The FBI announced the identifications from Washington, while examinations continued.
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Dudley Lehew Jackson
Miss
Philadelphia
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
James Chaney
Goodman
Schwerner
Mississippi
Here
FBI
Greenwood
James
Goodman and Schwerner
Phil
Delphia
Birmingham News
al Atter
Phila l
Meridian Star
Chaney
Stanleyville Reportedly Rebel Held
Stanleyville, a northeastern Congo city, was reportedly in rebel hands with messages from the Stanleyville airport claiming the city fell and the Congolese Army was pushed back. Diplomats warned the reports were not conclusive but viewed the development with grave concern amid surrounding rebel activity.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Stanleyville
Congo
United Nations
A.N.C
Manleyville
Goldwater backs Johnson on Viet Nam after sea trip
Senator Barry Goldwater, while vacationing offshore, voiced support for President Johnson’s Viet Nam actions. He explained the need to defend the American flag and said the President’s plan is the only course under the circumstances after failing to reach him by phone at sea.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Viet Nam
Goldwater
Bud
Sundance
California
Catalina Island
U.S
U S Pacific Buildup Adds 250000 Men and Thousands of Planes
The article details U S military strength in the Pacific totaling about 229000 personnel across the Army Marines Air Force and Navy 7th Fleet with 125 ships including three carriers Ticonderoga Constellation and Bon Homme Richard plus Kearsarge anti submarine carrier The Delta Dagger jets from the 16th Fighter Interceptor Squadron are rushed to Saigon from Clark Field and more air assets are being moved from the continental United States to Southeast Asia to bolster defenses and support operations in South Vietnam and the wider region
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Elton C. Fay Washington
United States
Pacific
7Th Fleet
Southeast Asia
Robert 5. McNamara
Central
Northwest Pacific
Saigon
U. S
South Viet Nam
Okinawa
Clark Field
Philippines
Garnett D. Page
Decatur
Ala
Japan
Southeast Asian
Defense Department
U.S
Air Force
Ticonderoga
Constellation
Bon Homme Richard
Kearsarge
Pacific Air Force
Hawaii
Marine Corps
Western
U.S. strikes damage Vietnamese bases and oil depot
U S strikes map locations of PT boat bases and an oil storage site in North Vietnam. Defense Secretary McNamara reports heavy damage at torpedo boat bases at Hon Gay near Haiphong Loc Chao Phus Loi and Quang Khe and wreckage at the oil depot at Vinh.
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U.S
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Robert McNamara
Hon Gay
Haiphong
Loc Chao
Phus Loi
Quang Khe
Vinh
AP Wirenhate
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Gull of
Hainan
Cambodia
Phnom
Penh
Miles
Lee Chao
Phue Bo
Laos
Roy K. Moore
Jackson
J. Eddor Hoover
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Meridian
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