1 236 Communists Killed In Five Days
In Quang Ngai Province five thousand U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops say they crushed a Viet Cong regiment and damaged several battalions while clearing five villages. Allied losses were light. US air and naval strikes targeted North Vietnam as two American aircraft were reported lost.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Plains
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Navy
Viet Nam
Air Force
Erhard urges ban on nuclear arms and universal disarmament
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard called for a worldwide ban on nuclear weapons and a mutual reduction agreement. He argued nations without nuclear arms should renounce their use and that Germany’s past disarmament should guide Europe toward joint solutions without altering power relations.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
West Germany
Europe
East
Rules for local draft boards on student status
Washington AP The Selective Service System lists revised criteria for local draft boards to judge students in college. Criteria cover freshmen to graduate students including class standing progress upper half after freshman year upper two-thirds after sophomore year and upper three-fourths after junior year.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Exiled Cuban Radio Host Targets Castro Informers
Miss Riera, a Cuban exile in Miami, broadcasts five nights weekly to Cuba exposing informers inside Castro's system. She identifies neighborhoods, warns armed forces, and urges rebellion. Now in her early 40s, she fled to the Brazilian Embassy in Havana before coming to the United States in 1960.
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Theodore A. Ediger
Miami
Fila
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Ceree Ean
Mush
Miss Riera
Interior Ministry
Castro
Havana
United States
Rusk Urges Prompt Nuclear Pact With Allies
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States Britain and the Soviet Union should move quickly toward a treaty banning the spread of nuclear weapons and suggested France and even Communist China might join. He also outlined reviews of Mongolia recognition and FBI reporting practices to embassies.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Rusk
Mongolia
Soviet Union
Red China
State Department
FBI
Germany
10 Ways to Beat Tension in Family Weekly
A Sunday feature summarizes ten expert recommendations to manage jitters. Theodore Irwin reports practical methods from industrial psychiatrists, including regular exercise, playing with children, and organizing work to tackle tasks one by one.
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Theodore Irwin
Great Society programs trimmed by Appropriations Committee
The House Appropriations Committee cut funding for two Johnson era domestic programs in a $2.56 billion bill. Rent subsidies received 12 million of 30 million requested, and the Teachers Corps was reduced to 10 million from 13.2 million. The actions, part of a broader restraint on funds, preserve about 248.7 million less than the president sought. The rent program aids low income housing through nonprofit projects, while the Teachers Corps adds teachers for districts with many poor students.
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William ¥. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Teachers Corps
House
Capitol Hill
Johnson
German British team scales Eiger via direct north wall
Four Germans and a Brit conquered Mt Eiger's ice covered north wall the first ascent of the direct route. After 30 days on the wall they reached the 13036 foot summit amid 40 below zero winds. Joerg Lehne and Guenther Strobel led, joined by Guenther Schnaidt Roland Vutteler and Douglas Haston.
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Kleine Scheidegg
Switzerland
Mt. Eiger
Guenther Schnaidt
Roland Vutteler
Douglas Haston
Edinburgh
Scotland
Vassar Girl Shines Shoes on Hartford Street
Sally Petrauskas 19 a Vassar sophomore turns bootblack on Asylum Street Hartford to study economic relations between men and women. Her aim is $50 in two weeks and she has earned about $7 in three days. The stunt draws reaction from antifeminists and curious passersby as she outfits in blue sweatshirt jeans and a marine jacket.
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Hartford, Conn
Vassar
Sally Petrauskas
Sally
Este Sally
Hartford
Asylum Street
Poughkeapele
N.Y
Ae A
Sally Reca
Ex-convict kills self after hostage standoff ends
Police siege ends with ex convict Harry Acree 33 shooting himself as tear gas flood forced hostages to safety. Charles Fawrd 46 says he and his wife were pulled to safety amid the tense standoff as officers sought to resolve the crisis downtown.
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Harry Acree
Charles Fawrd
Fawbush
Harvey LeRoy
Bath
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Tde
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Stuttgart
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Alps
John Harlin
Eiger
Bootblack
Sally Pretrauskas
Tal
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