London Police Hunt Slayers After Three Officers Slain
London police armed with tear gas and issued guns hunt three men who gunned down detectives Head Wombwell and Fox in an unmarked car on a West End street near Wormwood Scrubbs Prison. A ten year old witness described a fat man with a black beard firing and fleeing as shots rang out. The attackers fled after driving over Head and Wombwell.
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London
West End
Scotland Yard
Wormwood Scrubbs Prison
Geoffrey Fox
Fox
Nine Prison Guards Injured During Riot at Massachusetts Prison
Inmates rioted outside the dispensary at the Massachusetts State Prison Friday night to steal pills. Nine guards were injured, two stabbed and seven beaten, before a 22-member state police and guard squad quelled the riot.
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Massachusetts State Prison
Walpole
Mass
By Holcombe
Noble Walpole
James Dunne
Dunne
Thomas Perry
Raynham
John J. O’connor
Boston
Norwood Hospital
New Leap Forward Proclaimed
Communist China reports a new all-round leap forward emerging from the revolutionary atmosphere. The plenary session of the Communist Central Committee in Peking August 1 to 12 approved the cultural revolution purge and policy measures since 1962. Mao presided as rural communes were consolidated and a prospering national economy with a launched third five year plan was noted alongside successful nuclear tests.
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Tokyo
Communist
China
Communist Central Committee
Peking
Mao Tze - Tung
New
China News Agency
Sparty Political Bureau
Politics Goes Over With Girls
Jill Dover, co-chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, declares politics attracts power seeking young men and women, and the party now offers sex appeal as part of a political renaissance.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Jill Dover
Young Republican National Federation
Jill
Federation
Very Effective Flak Barrage Foils U S Aircraft Over North Vietnam
On the carrier Oriskany pilots report a flak barrage along North Vietnam’s coast heavier and more effective than during World War II or the Korean War. They describe dense anti aircraft fire near Haiphong and note missiles are less lethal than the flak, which they term the primary threat.
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Oriskany
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
United States
John McDonald
Hendersonville
N. C
McDonald
Viet Nam
Haiphong
North
Ground Fire: Two Planes Shot Down Over North Viet Nam
Two U S warplanes were shot down by Communist ground fire over North Viet Nam, raising this week’s American losses to 13 and the total North Viet Nam losses to 334 since the air war began. An Air Force release identified the downed crews and the planes as an F105 Thunderchief and an RF101 Voodoo reconnaissance craft.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
North
Air Force
Navy
High Point urged cleanup of eyesores in Sunday Enterprise
The Sunday Enterprise highlights both well kept buildings and eyesores in High Point. A cleanup push is urged to address dirty streets, littered alleys and yards. A separate report covers Army Reserve unit style at summer camp in the issue.
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High Point
Sunday Enterprise
the Sunday Enterprise
Communist unrest grows in multiple nations analysis
AP analysis notes North Korea declares ideological independence signaling broader internal strife in Communist states. Experts cite polycentric trends, nationalism, personal progress desires, and shortages driving intra party debates alongside Castro's muted leadership and Moscow pressures.
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Washington
North Korea
Peking
Moscow
United States
Red China Eases Purge At Home
The People s Daily editorial says China will pursue an ideological social purge by persuasion rather than force. Reports suggest Premier Zhou Enlai urged leniency to dissidents while neighboring Communist parties drift from Beijing s line, signaling isolation of Beijing amid regional defections.
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John Roderick
Tokyo
Asia
Peking People’s Daily
Peking
Chou Enlai
Peking University
People’s Daily
North Korean
Communist Party
Jakarta
Viet Nam
Peking Party
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