Planes batter Reds in Viet Nam ambush fatalities rise
An American serviceman was killed, another wounded, and a third missing after a Viet Cong ambush 60 miles northwest of Saigon. U S warplanes hit North Viet Nam targets including a radar site and a petroleum storage area near Vinh. Four Navy Skyraiders and two F8 Crusaders supported air strikes on Ton Yen Sea facilities and other targets, with Viet Cong casualties reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Hon Matt Island
Vinh
Hanoi
Midway
Oc Tanene Sea
Protesters Carried Away by U S Marshals in Chicago
U S marshals escorted ten young men and a girl during a protest in Chicago. The report notes an investigation into communist activity in Illinois with involvement spanning 1931 to 1963 and a cooperating individual who briefly left the Communist party.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
U.S
Senators Blast Voting Rights Bill As Illegitimate
Senate moves toward passage of President Johnsons voting rights bill amid strong Southern opposition. Senators Holland Stennis and Thurmond condemn the measure as legislative tyranny and a threat to the constitution, warning of potential violence as the bill expands federal voter registration coverage. The debate quickened with a voice vote amendment broadening the bill to cover additional districts and counties.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Spessard Holland
D-Fra
John Stennis
D-Miss
United States Supreme Court
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Holland
Census Bureau Co
New Po
Joseph Tydings
D-Md
Alaska
North Carolina
Hampton
Johnson calls for billboard ban and road cleanup plan
President Johnson asked Congress to ban billboards along interstate primary roads and require junkyard screening or removal by July 1 1970. The plan would use federal aid after January 1 1968 to clean up highways and curb unsightly advertising.
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Washington
Johnson
Goldsboro Woman Targeted by Prank Orders
Mrs Mabel Bass of Goldsboro says strangers have placed fake orders in her name sending restaurant dinners TV repairmen and a moving van to her home. A fire truck visited four times and windows were broken. a barking dog kept her awake and she fired a pistol at a whistler in the yard. Police and fire officials investigate with no leads.
Senate Panel Reduces C and D Board Size in North Carolina
In Raleigh AP report, a Senate Conservation and Development Committee voted unanimously to cut the Smaller C and D Board from 28 to 24 members. Senator Roy Rowe of Pender defended governor appointments as his board.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate Committee
Roy Rowe
Pender
Senate Conservation and Development Committee
U S withdraws 600 troops as Latin troops take over
The United States begins withdrawing 600 of its 21 000 troops from the Dominican Republic. Latin American soldiers arriving for an OAS peace force fill the gap as a political settlement remains elusive. McGeorge Bundy leads 10 days of talks with factions while both sides agree any future government must be anti Communist and not a right wing regime. OAS Secretary General Jose A Mora comments on the situation.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
McGeorge Bundy
U.S
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Soviet Involvement Seen Near Hanoi and Dominican Tensions
Secretary Rusk said a second Soviet missile site may exist near Hanoi as U S positions in the Dominican Republic show reduced threat. He noted present equipment at the Hanoi area and discussed possible further U S troop drawdowns while Western ministers meet in Washington to discuss an Inter-American standby force.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Rusk
State Department
Dominican
U.S
Domingo
Santo
S Johnson
Organization of American States
Western Hemisphere
OAS
Food costs rise as meat and vegetables push up dinner plates
An Associated Press survey finds rising meat and vegetable prices, with beef pork and especially potatoes showing notable increases. Stores report about 15 percent higher costs than last spring, varying by region, amid crop impacts from weather and the end of the bracero program.
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New York
Associated Press
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