U S Warns Red Cross on Viet Nam War Prisoners
The United States warned the International Red Cross that dire consequences would follow if North Vietnam harms American airmen. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg said Geneva Conventions apply to the Viet Nam conflict and noted no declaration of war by Hanoi. A second Red Cross meeting was set for Wednesday.
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Geneva
United States
International Red Cross Committee
North Viet Nam
Arthur J. Goldberg
U. S
United Nations
Roger Gallopin
Golberg
Red Cross
Viet Nam
Gallopin
Goldberg
Fear of prisoner executions risks wider war
President Johnson would face intense pressure to destroy North Vietnam if American prisoners were executed. Senator Richard B Russell warned such actions could turn the country into a desert. U Thant urged restraint, saying trials would escalate an already threatened conflict toward world war III.
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North Viet Nam
Johnson
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Armed Services Committee
ANC
U Thant
United Nations
Hanoi
Ho Appeals For Support From Allies
North Viet Nam issued a plea for greater material and moral aid from its Communist allies and other nations, calling the war situation extremely serious. China indicated it would not yet send troops. The appeal, from the Fatherland Front, was directed at the American public to weaken U S policy, following Ho Chi Minh's partial mobilization decree. Military action in South Vietnam appeared to be intensifying as reserves may be mobilized to bolster defenses.
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Tokyo
Viet Nam
Red China
North Viet Nam
Fatherland Front
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
South
South Viet Nam
Nurse Speck Hospital Visit Delays Court Appearance in Massacre
Chicago AP report says Richard Speck 24 is unfit for court due to medical sedation after a mass nursing student killings spree. Nurse Corazon Amarao, survivor, visited the jail hospital while Speck remains under guard and under treatment for safety related wounds. State's Atty. Daniel Ward expects formal charges and a grand jury review later in the week.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Atty
Daniel Ward
William Norcross
Speck
Ward
Corazon Amarao
Miss Amarao
House of Correction
John Stamos
Murde
Gloria Jean Davy
Benefits For Veterans Need Job Help From Federal Programs
Federal agencies offer five services to veterans seeking work including counseling training and job referral priority. Local veterans employment representatives aid in most states and undefined amounts may be paid for unemployment benefits. Veterans must provide DD 214 SSN and discharge records to apply and training benefits vary by state and disability status with subsistence allowances for rehabilitation.
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Ray Cromley
Assn
Washington
Veterans Administration Office
Copters Run Afoul Of Terrain In Viet Nam Battle
Marines launch Operation Hastings to trap the 324th North Vietnamese Division near the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam. Helicopters descend into a hostile valley while tracer fire lights the dawn. Initial toll comes from terrain and landing zone chaos rather than direct fire.
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Long Ngan
South Viet Nam
North
324Th
Marines Suffer Crash During Landing in Viet Nam Valley
Dust and smoke fill the Song Ngan valley as a U.S. Marine helicopter crashes while landing near the demilitarized zone. The rear section breaks away and rotor blades strike Marines on the ground. A Marine is shown felled in the foreground as another helicopter approaches the zone. Marines led a multi battalion assault near a North Vietnamese division believed to be positioned nearby.
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Song Ngan
Demilitarized Zone
North
South
Viet Nam
Gemini 10 ready for dual rendezvous spacewalk mission
Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins prepared at Cape Kennedy for the Gemini 10 mission. Countdown began on schedule for an Atlas rocket and a Titan 2 launch later to reach space and execute a planned chase and spacewalk.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Navy
John W. Young
Air Force
Michael Collins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agena Space
Young and Collins
Cape Kennedy
Police dog Speck's capture marked by relentless pursuit
Chicago detectives traced Richard Speck after eight student nurses were slain. The man’s description, fingerprints, and photo led to an arrest warrant. A survivor’s description triggered the hunt as officers checked sightings, including a filling station and the Maritime Union hall. The breakthrough came when a hospital doctor recognized Speck from his wounds. He fled from the blood soaked townhouse and left two suitcases at a gas station.
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Speck
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Richard Speck
South Side
Miss North Carolina Nanette Minor Returns Home With Lucky Penny
Nanette Minor 22 of Charlotte is back home after winning Miss North Carolina 1967 in Greensboro. She wore a crushed penny in her shoe for luck but suffered a foot blister from walking. Penny Clark, the outgoing Miss North Carolina, crowned her just after midnight as the pageant concluded.
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Charlotte
Nanette Minor
North Carolina
Greensboro
Penny Clark
Oil Depot Pounded By Bombers In North Vietnam
Fifteen waves of American bombers hit a major oil depot 20 miles north west of Dong Hoi, starting 35 fires and 51 explosions. U S Air Force jets also targeted an oil storage area east of Baden. In South Vietnam the Marine South Vietnamese drive against 2,000 North Vietnamese near the DMZ continued with light allied casualties and 13 Marines killed when a CH 46 was shot down.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Baden
Dong Hoi
S. Viet Nam
North
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