Marine and Viet Cong actions and US raids noted
A string of battlefield briefings reports Marine pilots damaging bridges and barges near Vinh and Thanh Hoa with Midway and Oriskany aircraft. Viet Cong attacks northeast of Saigon kill and wound soldiers, with large forces reported vicinity of Saigon and Quang Nam. Skyraider escorts from Midway sustain air operations over Thanh Hoa and nearby targets.
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Ithe
Peng
Thunderchief
Vith
Vinh
Khi Mai
Uta
Midway
Oriskany
Moc Chau
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
Hai Nok
Vie
Ban
Mé Thiet
Nha Trang
Saigon
Quang ‘Nam
U.S
Ats
World War I dogfight echoes on Vietnam skies
Saigon dispatch reports four Navy Skyraiders from the carrier Midway clashed with MIGs over North Vietnam. Lt Cmdr Edwin A Greathouse and Lt. jg Jim S Lyne described diving through anti aircraft fire, narrowly missing jets, and a MIG crashing into a hill after a midair encounter. Johnson and Hartman pursued a second MIG, triggering cannon fire that narrowly missed both pilots as they battled into the hills.
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U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
William Bringle
Midway
Saigon
Edwin A
Austin
Tex
Korea
Navy
Amar
Johnson
Greathouse
J. Charles W. Hartman
Springfield
Martman
Wartman
Air Forte
Jg Jim
Lyne
New Hampshire
Ohio
Two Go To Gallows Tonight For Double Execution
Gov. William H. Avery refused executive clemency for James Latham and George Ronald York, both 22 and 23, who admitted killing seven people during a cross country crime spree that began with an escape from a Fort Hood stockade. The decision was announced shortly after midnight at Lansing.
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Topeka
Kan
William H. Avery
James Douglas
Latham
George Ronald York
York
Otto” Ziegler
Union Pacific
Ft. Hood
Tex
Cook
Avery
George’ Ronald
American Civil Liberties” Union
Memorial Marchers Begin Mississippi Trek
About 100 marchers led by Rainey and Price began a dawn trek in Mississippi to memory of three civil rights workers killed near Philadelphia. The march, toward the Mt Zion Church ruins, faced no incidents as Mississippi deputies and local traffic aides guided participants including two New Yorkers. The slain workers Schwerner Goodman and Chaney were found in an earthen dam days after their disappearance.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Rainey
Price
Justice Singing Freedom Songs
East Central
Missippi
Mt. Zion
Drew
Mississippi
Neshoba County
Mickey
Schwerner
Andy
Goodman
Cecil Price
New York
James
Shelley
Meridiff
Lawrence Rainey
Salisbury Pitcher And Girl Killed In Car Crash
Salisbury pitcher Jay Dahl who helped the Salisbury team into first place in the Western Carolinas League was killed in a city wreck with a young woman companion. Dahl suffered serious facial injuries and was taken to Bowman Gray Hospital in Winston-Salem. The same afternoon he limited Gastonia to four hits as Salisbury won 7 3 to capture first place.
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Salisbury
N.C (Ap
Jay Dahl
Isyearld Hurler
Dahl
Bowman “Gray
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
St. Wad
Humphrey Returns From Paris After Talks With De Gaulle
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey flew home from Paris reporting a fruitful and constructive visit with President Charles de Gaulle. He planned to brief President Johnson on Monday but said the briefing was postponed to Tuesday. In Paris he and De Gaulle discussed a wide range of topics amid strained U.S.-France relations over Vietnam. Humphrey called the meeting worthwhile and noted mutual goodwill between the United States and France lasting 200 years.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
JH ‘Humphrey
Andrews Air Force Base
James A. McDivitt
Edward’ H. White II
Humphrey
de Gaulle
Hel
Elysee Palace
United States
Commerce Post Goes To Collins
Washington AP reports President Johnson names Leroy Collins former Florida governor as new undersecretary of commerce. Collins, 56, will succeed Franklin D Roosevelt Jr in the No 2 slot, moving from Mecano duties.
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Washington
Johnson
Leroy Collins
Florida
Lrebary. of
Commerce
Collins
Franklin
JD. Roosevelt Jr
Department
Mecano
Youths in the streets back Ben Bella in Algiers
Algerian crowds in Algiers demand Ben Bella as Boumedienne’s government moves to stabilize power. Riot police disperse roughly 1 000 demonstrators while protests spread, with arrests and street clashes reported. Boumedienne’s regime bans public gatherings as it vows to honor Algeria’s foreign policy aims.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Revolutionary Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Abdel’ Hakim Amer
Boumediennne
Amer
Foreign Ministry
Algeria
Boumedienne
Tributes Flow In For Baruch
Tributes flowed in for Bernard M Baruch capitalist philanthropist and adviser to presidents of both parties who died Sunday night at his New York home age 84 His bedside were his son daughter son in law and former South Carolina Gov James F Byrnes An old friend Humphrey said Baruch a counselor of presidents and respected elder statesman He rose from a $3 a week job after City College of New York to vast wealth and used it for medical research education and charity He preached preparedness and offered millions to aid defense before World War II Born in Camden South Carolina Baruch’s impact drew praise from Strom Thurmond in Charleston and others as tributes continued on page 2A
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
al Baruch
South Carolina
James F. Byrnés
Baruch
Hubert. H. Humphrey
Paris
Andrews
Air Force ‘Base
Washington
City College of New York
Hitler
Europe
U.S. Army
Charleston
S.C
Strom Thurmond
Camden
President Signs Tax Cut Into Law amid second Johnson plan
President Johnson signs a 4.7 billion excise tax repeal into law with first stage cuts taking effect Tuesday. The move retroactive to May 15 reduces taxes on autos, jewelry, radios, appliances, and many consumer goods. The White House expects lower prices and more jobs as dealers pass savings to buyers.
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Washington
Johnson
Maydon
Congress
Treasury
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NASA
Charles Hartman
111
Edwin Greathouse
Clinton Johnson
Royal Oak
Mich
Jimmy Lynne
France
Commerce Post
I Hoover
Bernard Baruch
Herbert Hoover
Ioover
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