Vietnamese Brace for Retaliatory Attacks Amid Air Raids
Vietnamese defenses expanded with Hawk missiles at Da Nang as U S forces raided Laos and North Vietnam. Eight U S helicopter crewmen were wounded or killed in action near Binh Gia and Pleiku, while 24 Vietnamese bombers led an attack on North Vietnam. Brig Gen Nguyen Cao Ky received a high medal as Marine Hawk missiles became operational at Da Nang.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Phuoc ‘Tuy
Binh Gia
Pleiku
White House
North Viet Nam
United States
Maxwell D. Taylor
William C. Westmoreland
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S. Marine Hawk
Okinawa
Tragic DC7B Crash Off Jones Beach Kills 84
A DC7B airliner with 84 aboard crashed after takeoff from Kennedy Airport. Seven bodies recovered by dawn as Coast Guard ships and planes combed a 200 square mile area off Long Island. Debris and mutilated remains found along 40 miles of shore. cause not determined.
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Atlantic Ocean
Kennedy Airport
New York
Jones Beach
Eastern Air Lines
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Fulbright Supports Policy on Viet Nam Retaliation
Senator J W Fulbright backs the administration’s Viet Nam retaliation policy after North Vietnamese attacks on U S centers in South Viet Nam. He expresses approval in comments to reporters while noting prior differences with the administration and missing several briefings. Senate leaders report no new information from President Johnson, with discussions focused on pending legislation and a closed briefing from William Bundy on South Viet Nam conditions.
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Washington
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
South Viet Nam
Mittee
Viet Nam
Fulbright
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Saigon
Papo
Grun
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
House
Secu
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
Santo
William P. Bundy
Aff
National Security Council
Safe Driver Bears Load Says Official
In Raleigh a member of the automobile rate administrative office told the Senate Insurance Committee that the safe driver bears the load of the assigned risk. Paul Mize of the N C Automobile Wing Bureau said good fees are paying high premiums and two categories are exactly the same. He also restated the claim that North Carolina rates are too low. Rate changes approved by the insurance commissioner were criticized as too little and too late. The year’s rates were based on 1960 and 1961 figures.
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Raleigh
Automobile Rate Administrative Office
Senate Insurance Committee
Paul Mize
N. C. Automobile Wing Bureau
Mize
Red China vows retaliation over U S Viet Nam air strikes
In an editorial in the Peking Peoples Daily Beijing warns Washington and its allies that U S and South Vietnamese air raids on North Vietnam will be repaid. The piece says if the U S insists on imposing war China will respond in battle array and heavy measures are coming.
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Tokyo
China
Hanoi
U. S
North Viet Nam
Peking Peoples’ Daily
U.S
John Hightower
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Red China
Soviet Union
South Viet Nam
Te Bills, Debts and China Viet Nam Bombardment Rhetoric
Editorial urges debt repayment with compound interest and notes US aggression as North Vietnam presses China. Peking statement links aggression to China and China Viet Nam ties described as lips and teeth amid Soviet urging restraint.
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New China News Agency
Peking
United States
Viet Nam
China
Radio
President's Power In Fighting Undeclared War
President Johnson sharpens U S military policy amid rising Vietnam tensions and potential escalations. Administration legal experts cite executive powers as commander in chief for air strikes against North Vietnam while Congress generally seeks authorization for force abroad.
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United States
North Viet Nam
U. S
Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Ess
Congress
Charlotte College Bill Introduced in General Assembly
RALEIGH AP. A bill to make Charlotte College the fourth UNC campus was introduced in both houses with strong backing. Sen. Irwin Belk of Mecklenburg said it carried 49 of 50 Senate members. Rep. James Vogler cited about 59 of 120 House members. The measure states Charlotte College will become UNC Charlotte next July 1, and its approval follows UNC trustees and State Board support. Gov. Moore endorsed the plan in his State of the State. The bill moves toward legislative approval as the final step.
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University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte College
University
UNC
State Board of Higher Education
Dan Moore
Vogler
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Governor’s Committee On
Many Carolinians Plunged To Death In Jet Crash
Eastern Air Lines flight 663 crashed in the Atlantic off Long Island killing all 84 aboard. In Charlotte area, 45 listed the city or Greer as destination with 12 staying in Charlotte and 19 changing planes. Names include Ray Miller and families grieved at Columbia and Kings Mountain as others awaited word.
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Betty Reel
Eastern Air Lines Reservation Center
Charlotte
Miss Reel
N.C
Douglas Municipal
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
Jeff B. Dishough
Greenville - Spartanburg
Greer
S.C
Columbia
Fred Neal
Kings Mountain
Lawrence O Homesley
Cherryville
W. A. Huntstein
Long Island
N.Y
Eastern’s Reservations Center
New York
Parents Sentenced To Prison In Child Neglect Case
In Gastonia North Carolina a young couple William Glenn Kelly 21 and Helen Turner Kelly 18 were sentenced to prison for neglect and assault of their infant son and for neglect of their seven month old twin daughters. The judge gave 24 months for neglect to William and 12 months for assault. Helen received 24 months for neglect. The children were declared wards of the court and placed in foster care after police found them cold and injured in a frozen home.
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Gaston County
W. J. Allan
William Glenn Kelly
Kelly
Helen Turner Kelly
Gastonia
Kellys
Helen Cunningham
Glenn
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Laos
Kennedy
Richmond
North Vietam
Gene
Sam Morton
Associated Press
Charleston
Augusta
Charlottean
Ray V. Miller
Louis J. Betterton
Klaus H. Betterton
N. C
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