Relief force reaches Duc Co amid siege in Pleiku
U S military sources report a two mile convoy of infantry and armored detachments reached the besieged Duc Co camp as Viet Cong fighters moved behind the relief column and again blocked Route 19. Casualties were heavy on both sides while the siege continued near the Cambodian frontier.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku
Duc Co
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Seige
Route 19
Speaker Ban Law Called Political Interference
Emmett B. Fields of Vanderbilt told a Raleigh study commission that the speaker ban law usurps university authority and hinders intellectual freedom. He cited UNC statements opposing the law and said higher education cannot function well amid this "bitter spectacle." The commission would hear U S Office representatives and later the American Legion on the law.
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Ban Law
Emmett B. Fields
Vanderbilt University
Fields
Executive Council
The
Southern Association
Dan Moore
North Carolina Uns
Study Commission
Raleigh
North Carolina College and University
Consolidated University of North Carolina
U.S
Commission
American Legion
Gastonia
Bill A. Goodman
North Carolina Veterans of Foreign
Water Desalination Bill Signed and Crisis Teams Deployed
President Johnson signed a desalination bill aimed at turning salt water into fresh water within five years and ordered federal crisis teams to New York Philadelphia Newark Camden and Jersey City to aid the effort. The package includes 1 050 million for four reservoirs and planning for an 11 million project at Bexler Reservoir supported by Udall. Governors and mayors joined drought discussions as Interior research subsidies continued through 1972.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Johnson
Bexler Reservoir
Stewart Udall
New York
Philadelphia
Newark
Camden
Jersey City
Udall
Key
Interior Department
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Urban Bill Cleared by Senate to Elevate Housing Office
The Senate passed a bill to create a Cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Development. The measure would upgrade the Housing and Home Finance Agency with about 13,500 employees to cabinet status.
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Senate
Washington
Ltle Department — Housing and Urban
Housing and Home Finance Agency
States Examine Suits To Abolish Poll Tax
Officials in Texas and Virginia study government lawsuits to abolish the poll tax. In Texas Atty Gen Waggon Carr said he would file an action. President Johnson’s home state involvement signals potential state and federal Entanglements.
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Associated Press
Texas
Virginia
Johnson
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Federal voting rights law shows 1144 Negroes registered day one
A Civil Service Commission spokesman in Washington cites 1144 Negroes registered on the first day of federally supervised registration under the 1965 voting rights act. A federal petition in Austin challenged the poll tax as a barrier to Negro voting.
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A Civil Service Commission
Washington
Austin
Tex
Tho
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Avalanche Claims Five at Chile Ski Lodge
An avalanche at Portillo Chile killed five people including two U S citizens and a Canadian. Police identified Milton Orliotti of Portland Oregon Roland Hock of Binghamton New York Michael Fogel of Mont Royal Quebec and two Chileans among the dead. The snow mass struck a ski patrol camp sleeping near the lodge half a mile from the hotel.
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Portillo
Chile
Andes
U. S
Milton Orliotti
Portland
Ore
Roland Hock
Binghamton
N. Y
Michael Fogel
Mont Royal
Que
Atlas-Centaur Flight Tests Moon Mission Model
An Atlas Centaur rocket launched from Cape Kennedy achieving a test flight toward a simulated moon. The 2,150 pound Surveyor replica payload recorded temperatures vibrations and stresses to validate guidance and second stage performance for a potential late year lunar landing attempt.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Man Mickde Anméoe
The
Space Agency
Veh
Flight Control Center
Moon
Housewife Wins 206308 With 1 Cent Soccer Bet
Pamela Blake a 40 year old English housewife and mother of three won 206308 dollars from a British run pools bet on Australian soccer matches. She correctly picked seven tied games on a day with eight on the coupon. The win is tax free. The Blake family recently lived near Dorchester after returning from Malaya.
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London
Australia
Pamela Blake
Ggg
Mrs. Blake
Dorchester
Malaya
Housewife Sees Food Prices Climb Amid Shrinking Supplies
A housewife laments paying more per dollar for food as supplies shrink and demand rises. Pork up 13 percent, fresh fruit 22 percent, and fresh vegetables 7 percent, with beef climbing 10 percent, while oranges sugar and coffee ease. Slaughter declines and weather affect output. prices may ease later but 1965 levels require time as meat supplies adjust.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet says ready to sign treaty to halt nuclear spread
Soviet Foreign Minister Semyon Tsarapkin stated the USSR would sign a comprehensive treaty to block dissemination of nuclear weapons even amid the Vietnam War. He warned against linking Viet Nam with disarmament talks, noting Western proposals bar access to weapons by non-nuclear states but would imply West Germany gains weapon access, which Moscow rejects.
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Semy Utyn Semyon Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Tsarapkin
Souny
London
Germany
Viet Nam
Charlotte Youth Killed In Wreck Near Shelby
A 14 year old from Charlotte died when a produce truck overturned on U S highway 226 three miles north of Shelby in North Carolina. State Trooper James Kuykendall identified the victim as Claudeal Houston. The trooper provided details at the scene.
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Shelby, N.C
Charlotte
North Carolina
Shelby
James Kuykendail
Claudeal Houston
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