Phantoms Sweep Down MIGs in Vietnam Air Battle
Col. Robin Olds led a six-flight Phantoms sweep over North Vietnam with Capt. John Stone. The 7th Air Force said seven MIGs, all MIG21s, were shot down while no US planes were lost. Momyer called it the first pure fighter sweep of the war.
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Robert D. Ohman
Saigon
U.S
Red River Delta
Hanoi
America
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
West Point
Ella Raines
Vietnam
John B. Stone
Coffeeville
Olds
William W. Momyer
7Th Air Force
North Vietnam
Momyer
Britain Ready To Sell Cuba Fertilizer Plant
London officials report Britain will back a 28 million fertilizer plant sale to Cuba despite U S pressure to block the deal. The sale to Fidel Castro’s government would rely on a five year credit, with Simon Carves of Cheshire the plant maker and the Export Credit Guarantee Department backing the transaction.
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Cuba
London
Washington
U. S
Fidel Castro
Rhodesia
United States
Simon Carves
Cheshire
Record Viet Cong defections reach 1966 high in Saigon
U S officials report 20 242 Viet Cong defected in 1966, nearly double 1965. December sets a monthly record with 2 516 defectors. Four year total under Chieu Hoi program exceeds 48 000 as combat actions show minor ground skirmishes and intensified air raids.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Brown Appointed Executive Editor of The Enterprise
Joe Brown was named executive editor of The Enterprise. The change realigns duties to handle increased news volume. Brown, a Snow Hill native and UNC journalism graduate, joined in 1948 and has held roles from telegraph to city editor and managing editor. He serves as NCAP News Council past president and is AP Managing Editors member. He and his wife Margaret Mendenhall live at 1706 Bristol Place with their three children.
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Holt McPherson
Brown
Snow Hill
Journalism
University of
North Carolina
Telegraph
Associated Press News Council
Associated Press
Queen Faces Crisis Of Conscience In Royal Marriage Debate
Queen Elizabeth II faces a constitutional dilemma as news emerges of her cousin Harewood seeking to remarry the mother of his illegitimate son. The Earl of Harewood and Australian secretary Patricia Tuckwell are entangled in a divorce case that could test consent rules under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.
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Earl of Harewood
Harewood
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Miss Tuckwell
George II
Church of England
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Cyril Hankinson
de Brett
Jack Ruby Dies After Cancer Battle
Dallas city and national figures describe Jack Ruby 55 as dying in Parkland Hospital after a cancer diagnosis. He shot Oswald in the Dallas jail basement on November 24, 1963 and spent the rest of his life in confinement.
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Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Chicago
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Elmer
Earl Warren
John F. Kennedy
J.D. Tippit
Oak Cliff
Kennedy
Powell's Wife Removed From Pay Roll In House Action
The House Administration Committee ordered Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's wife removed from a $20 500 job on his payroll. The panel tied findings of widespread irregularities in official travel to a sub committee report linked to the Education and Labor Committee. The findings were filed as a House document sent to the Justice Department and other agencies.
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House Administration Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
House
Justice Department
Omar Burleson
Dtex
Administration Committee
Justice
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