Crowd Beats Up Draft Card Burners in Boston clash
In Boston a crowd of about 200 attacked seven antiwar demonstrators on courthouse steps as four burned their draft cards and classification notices. Two beaten inside. two youths identified as David Benson and David Reed among the injured. FBI and police faced forceful resistance. no arrests reported.
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David Benson
Morgantown
W. Va
Court House
Boston
John Phillips
W.va
David Reed
Voluntown
Conn
Aec
David O’brien
John A. Phillips
Sistine Williams
Amherst
Mass
South Boston District Court
Peter Gregoris
Connt
Robert StickBold
Harvard
Wilmette
Gregoris
FBI
Committee For Nonviolent Action
Russians Attempt Moon Orbit
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned rocket carrying an automatic space station to test placing a near lunar satellite. Tass reported Luna 10 systems functioning normally as it aims to explore near lunar outer space and test selenocentric orbit capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Little Shaken Paratrooper Dragged Behind Plane Ready To Jump
A 17 year old paratrooper, Pfeffer Michael A McDonald of Missoula Montana, was dragged behind a C119 Flying Fortress from 1500 feet for seven minutes when his static line failed to deploy his parachute. He shed 40 pounds of gear to free his reserve chute and praised his Army airborne training for keeping him calm and able to act quickly. The incident occurred while he was attached to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Kentucky. He described thinking only of his reserve chute and prayers as he dangled above the ground.
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Ken Loeser
Jacksonville Daily News
Jacksonville
N.C
Pfe
Michael A. McDonald
Missoula
Mont
Ft. Campbell
McDonald
Army
Air Force
Iline
Fist
Screaming Eagle
Firemen Strike Shuts Down Eight Railroads Across Nation
Nearly 8,000 firemen walked out on eight major railroads serving 36 states. Within hours, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific reported no trains running, stranding commuters in Boston and Chicago. Union leaders called the strike legal, while rail executives sought court injunctions, arguing the action illegal.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Missouri Parific Railroad
St. Louis
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Ogden
Utah
Union Pacific
Mopac
Blf&e
Brotherhood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Liners Central
Central of Georgia
Seaboard Airline
Grand
Young Officer Leads Battle In Vietnam Stand
Lt Daniel Kapica, 22, of New Britain Conn, assumes command after his commander is wounded and the executive officer killed during a stand against about a thousand North Vietnamese troops near the Chu Phong Mountains in the central highlands. The New Englander, a Harvard Business School prospect, directs a battered US 1st Cavalry unit to locate two downed helicopter crews and rescue them as heavy fighting continues just south of the Chu Phong Mountains near the Cambodian border.
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Rick Merron
Chu Phong
South Viet Nam
New
Kapica
1St Cavalry
Viet Nam
12Th Cavalry
Highlands
Robbers Weigh In On Passover Cash and Jewels Heist
In Miami Beach early today robbers smashed hotel cash boxes at Harbor Island Spa Hotel during Passover crowds, seizing about $1 million in cash and jewels from guests. The owner, Larry J. Paskow, said the loss could be higher, with two masked intruders forcing a clerk at gunpoint while accomplices pried open locks. a bellboy and a laundry delivery man were briefly detained in a restroom.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Larry J. Paskow
Harbor Island Spa
North Bay Village
Paskow
Johnson Warns Of Rapid Price Increases In Election Year
President Johnson warned prices are rising much too fast and may prompt new restraints on the economy despite claims the economy is not overheating. He said he might push for further fiscal restraint if needed, noting the recent half percent rise in consumer prices and ongoing wholesale price increases.
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Washington
Johnson
National League of Cities
Push to sign up seniors for Medicare deadline extended?
The Social Security Administration launches a big push to enroll seniors at $3 a month for Medicare coverage. About 17 million of 19.1 million potential signers had joined, with 90 percent already enrolled. The midnight deadline affects those turning 65 by Dec 31 1965 and allows a seven month window for later arrivals.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Johnson
Congress
Vietnamese Challenged To Battle By U S Cavalry
U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile with two brigades patrolled the Cambodian frontier as North Vietnamese forces drew near. Reports described a possible major battle akin to the Ja Drang clash, with helicopters downed and about 75 enemy bodies recovered, while U S and allied losses rose amid ongoing anti government demonstrations in Saigon Da Nang and Hue.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St. Cavalry
Saif
1St Cavalry
Ja Drang
Highlands
da Nang
Hue
Plei Me
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Steilas Bridge
PFC
Wolfe
New York
Inj
Perry
Heath
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Gilbert
Reath
Engineers Union
Young
Daniel Kapica
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