Harris Survey Shows Strong Viet Nam Support at 65 Percent
A Harris poll finds 65 percent of Americans support Viet Nam policy up from 57 percent in April and 41 percent in January. Most back holding the line to pressure for bombing and U S aid, while 7 to 6 prefer negotiate from strength. The article notes mixed opinions beyond the majority stance.
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Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United States
South Viet Nam
Johnson
U.S
Asia
Market's New Advance Tapers Off
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange rose early but then tapered. The Dow Jones average climbed to about 845 but gains faded as volume in the first hour neared a million shares.
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New York Stock Exchange
the Exchange
Kosygin Denounces US Viet Nam Policy at Youth Rally
Soviet Premier Kosygin assailed American calls for pace in Viet Nam calling them deception. He warned Washington must consider increased aid from Communist nations and blamed extreme rightists led by Barry Goldwater. He listed settlement steps including halt to bombing, adherence to Geneva accords, troop withdrawal, and self determination for Vietnam. He spoke at a Patrice Lumumba University youth graduation rally.
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Alessi N Kocpeh
Osygin
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Kosygin
Sen
Barry) Goldwater
Soviet Union
N. Led
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
North
Patrice Lumumba Friendship University
Paratroopers Begin Action Amid Vietnam War Foothold
In Vietnam 30 miles north of Saigon American and Vietnamese paratroopers launched their first joint operation with about 800 Australians arriving late. An American paratrooper was killed and another wounded as enemy contact remained light. Over 1,200 troops were airdropped after a prior B52 strike, while U.S. Air Force planes carried out deep raids into North Vietnam with several aircraft shot down and casualties reported.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
173Rd
U.S
Ameri
Hanoi
Thuan Chau
Son la
Cai Lay
Mekong
Tion
Southern Pines Merchant Robbed in Morning Attack
A Southern Pines merchant was attacked in a store with Sammy Hill, 32, found on the floor at the rear and cut four times in the chest. Police labeled the incident a robbery and began an investigation.
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Ace
Sammy Hill
Car Clips Poles in Rutherford County Wreck Kills Four
An auto at high speed toppled three utility poles and overturned in a field near Rutherfordton. Four men from Bostic died: Max Id Dotson 19 Lawrence Dyer 24 Charles David Lail 16 and John Cecil Loveless 21. Two others were injured and taken to Rutherford Hospital. Police suspect Lawrence Dyer may have been the driver and noted no racing signs.
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Bostic
N. C
Highwa
Max Id Dotson
Rt. 2
Lawrence Dyer
Charles David Lail
John Cecil Loveless
Rt. 1
Rutherford Hospital
Rutherfordton
Franklin Dyer
Michael Weatherford
Ellenboro
H. C. White
Bliss outlines GOP drive to win urban Negro and youth vote
Republican leader Ray Bliss announced a nationwide program to regain urban, Negro, and young voters. He stressed targeting areas that yielded 41 percent in 1960 and 1964 results, mobilizing college students as Republican workers, and preparing for a young population by 1970. He proposed granting the permanent chairman dictatorial powers and favored assigning farm and police‑type figures to oversee activities.
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Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Bliss
U.S
Kidney Transplant Delayed For Johnnie Gail Honeycutt
In New Orleans a minor complication postponed the planned joint kidney transplant for 48 year old John H Honeycutt of Anniston Alabama and his daughter Johnnie Gail Honeycutt. Doctors shifted Johnnie Gail to an artificial kidney for several days before attempting the operation with Tulane University surgeons at Charity Hospital. No new date was set.
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New Orleans
John H. Honeycutt
Johnnie Gail Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Anniston
Ala
Hoare
Johnnie Gail
Tulane University
School of Medicine
Charity Hospital
Atlanta
Tulane
Johnnie
Calvin
Pilot Tells How Landing Was Made
San Francisco AP report on Pan American Flight 843 with 143 passengers and nine crew landing safely after an engine detached at 700 feet. Captain Charles H. Kimes described choosing a safe course with 20 feet of wing missing and no panic aboard.
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San Francisco
Pan American World Airways Flight
Hawaii
Manila
Charles H. Kimes
Danville
Calif
Coast Guard
San Pastae Conor Oe
Girl Survives Half Mile Swim After Yacht Sinks Near Baja
Denise Winter, 15, survived two days after her family’s 45 foot cabin cruiser sank off Baja California. The others aboard her mother Mary Beth Winter 86 sister Sheree 12 and brother Lance 13 were missing. Denise was found by Mexican fishermen near El Rosario after swimming about a half mile. The vessel operated by stepfather Warren W. 40 Murrieta California left Oceanside June 23 for La Paz.
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Denise Winter
Baja California
Denise
Warren W . 40
Murrieta
Calif
Mary Beth Winter
Sheree
Lance
Oceanside
la Paz
Baja
Charleston Bank Robbed By Gunman
Police and FBI investigated a drive in bank robbery in Charleston involving a tall armed man in his twenties at the First National Bank of South Carolina. The robber requested a $3,000 loan and fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
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Charleston
First National Bank of
South Carolina
FBI
W. D. Westmoreland
Moreland
Westmoreland
Collaterial
Westmore
Scott Says Toll Roads Unnecessary In North Carolina
Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott told about 200 attendees in Burlington that toll roads are neither necessary nor desirable for North Carolina. He cited the free travel goal and praised the General Assembly’s work while supporting a study commission on the speaker ban law returning authority to college trustees.
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Burlington
N. C
Robert W. Scott
North Carolina
Scott
North Carolina Negro Law Enforcement Officers Association
General Assembly
Dan Moore
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