Marines Repel Viet Cong Attack Near Chu Lai
AP dispatch reports Marine forces repelled a Viet Cong assault six miles west of Chu Lai with four guerrillas killed and no Marine casualties. Air raids across South Vietnam claimed heavy Viet Cong losses, including about 295 killed, with additional claims of 110 killed near Quang Ngai and 35 more in Bien Hoa. Air strikes hit targets around Hanoi and Lang Chi depot near the capital, with multiple structures damaged and a new runway cratered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chu Lai
Saigon
Suth Viet Nam
U.S
Quang Ngai City
Quang’ Ngai
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Hanoi
Lang Chi
Tai
Xuouan
Skillful pilot saves 39 on burning flight in Pennsylvania
A Convair 440 of Allegheny Airlines diverted through a grove of trees near Williamsport after engine trouble. Pilot Allen Lauber, 36, was trapped with a broken leg but guided passengers to escape through windows and doors as flames consumed the wreckage. Co pilot James McClure and hostess Barbara Creske returned inside to assist others. Dozens survived with injuries. the crew and passengers were rushed to area hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Airlines
Williamsport
Sas
Edie Dubois
Phillis
Tandine
Wills
Esten
Tne
Allen’ Lauber
Philadelphia
Lauber
Duane Callahan
Lycoming County
George H. Parke Jr
Donald Brody
South Orange
N.J
James McClure
Jackson
Barbara Ann Creske
Scranton
Amateur Sailors Reach Dry Land After Nerve Wracking Night
Three amateur sailors from The Benedicts crew, Ken Blake Miles Williams and Jean Carol Morris, spent a dangerous night drifting in a 12 foot rudderless boat in Albemarle Sound. After their boat swamped and lost its rudder they drifted until 2 30 am when they beached six miles from their Friday launch site. They were rescued with Coast Guard help and locals assisting. Williams injured a foot stepping on a nail and a doctor will check him. The trio planned to perform tonight at Kitty Hawk Discotheque A Go Go.
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Kill
Devil Hills
N.C
Ken Blake
The
Benedicts
Blake
Miles Williams
Jean Carol Morris
Elizabeth City
Coast Guard
Albemarne Sound
North Carolina Wildlife Conservation Service
Williams
Kitty Hawk
New Orleans
Gary Clark
Spokane
Wash
Mother and Son Die In Vehicle Crash Near Apex
A 19 year old woman Mrs Darth Rhineheart Killian and her infant son Michael Killian died when a tractor trailer struck the rear of a car on U.S. near Apex. Jack Henry Riddle 19 of Waynesville was injured but in good condition at Rex Hospital. Truck driver Bennie B Hunter of Columbia DC held as material witness for coroner's inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apex
N. GC
U.S
Wake County
M. W. Bennett
Darth Rhineheart
Killian
Michael Killian
Waynesville
Bennett
Jack Henry Riddle
Rt. 3
Rex Hospital
D.R. Leazer
Riddles
Killians
Charlotte
Riddle
Draft Increase Studied In Vietnam War Talks
Washington AP reports military leaders are asked to study increased draft quotas as President Johnson at Camp David reviews manpower needs for South Vietnam. Gen Johnson warns Viet Cong expand battalion and regimental operations while U.S. supply flow sustains 20,000 enemy troops. leaders weigh broader mobilization.
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Washington
Armed Services
Johnson
Camp David
Maryland Mountains
Bill D. Moyers
Robert S. MelNamara
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
Viet Nam
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Columbus
White House
American Legion
South Viet Nam
South
Old Torpedo Blasts Boat Kills Eight
A 71-foot Snoopy was destroyed by a World War II torpedo off the Outer Banks. Eight crewmen died, four survived. Survivors Peter Leavitt Richard Lindall and Harold Martin were rescued by the scalloper Explorer, which arrived at Little Creek. Martin said he slept through the blast and escaped from debris as rescuers searched the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Little Creek Coast Guard
Atlantic
North Carolina
Peter Leavitt
Portland
Maine
Richard Lindall
Rockland
Harold Martin
Cape Elizabeth
Explorer
Martin
Carolina
Indall
Leavitt
Sinclair
U. S. Public Health Service
Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Pointe Grace
Cape Current
Cherokee
Stewardess Helps Baby Born At 39,000 Feet Over Atlantic
A Lufthansa jet flying over the Atlantic delivers a baby girl to Mrs. Albert A. Herzog while stewardess Ria Bernbach and nurse's aide Helene Berat assist via radio guidance from Dr. Peter Bulle. The newborn, born Friday near Labrador between Newfoundland and Europe, was delivered smoothly with mother and child reported in excellent condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert A. Herzog
Warehouse Point
Conn
Lufthansa
Atlantic Ocean
Labrador
Newfoundland
Pforzheim
Germany
Ria Bernbach
Hamburg
West Germany
Peter Bulle
Washington
Kennedy Airport
Andrea
Herzog
Miss Bernbach
Helene Berat
Bellmore
N.Y
Iurse
Mrs. Herzog
Visitors learn about America during High Point College visit
A group of Indian men and women explore American life during a visit to High Point College and the city. Braxton Younts recounts their impressions for the Sunday Enterprise, with the piece slated to appear in the Sunday edition. Thomasville schools start the year with a new superintendent and principal at Senior High, reported by John Baskin for The Enterprise tomorrow. Hiroshima, twenty years after an atomic blast, is described as a growing city while residents still live under its lingering shadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
High Point College
High Point
Braxton Younts
Sunday Enterprise
Thomasville
Chair City
John Baskin
Enterprise Tomorrow
Hiroshima
American Sought In Slayings in Saigon
A bald bespectacled American aid official Robert Kimball, 36, is sought by Saigon police for the slayings of his chief Jack E. Ryan and Vietnamese woman Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hai. A large dragnet spreads through Saigon slums as passport photos and plainclothes agents circulate. Ryan, 4? head of the Public Safety Division, directed about 160 Americans training South Vietnamese police. The motive appears personal revenge. Kimball’s old haunts are searched and the embassy probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert Kimball
Utah
Jack E. Ryan
U.S. Aid Mission
Nguyen Thi Hai
Ryan
FBI
Southeast Asia
Washington
Hal
Kimball
U.S
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Viet Cong
Dane
Thomas Kriggs
New Bedford Mass
Henriksen
Newapart
Bedford
Mass
New Bedford Harbor
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