Delta Ambush Holdds Heavy Toll In Me Kong Delta
AP dispatch reports 25 percent of a 100 man militia company lost in a Ca Mau peninsula ambush with 17 killed 5 wounded and 4 missing. Elsewhere 46 enemy soldiers and one government man killed in five minor clashes. Laird met Thieu in Saigon and pledged U.S. economic aid amid Vietnamization efforts.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Ca Mau
Associated Press
Robin Mannock
Phnom Penh
Rumlong
Melvin R. Laird
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U.S
Senate
Laird
Thieu
Nixon
Congress
North Carolina sees a mild stretch after initial fall freeze
Temperatures dipped to 28 at Asheville and 32 at Raleigh Durham marking the season’s first hard freeze. Gulf-area high pressure keeps North Carolina and South Carolina sunny and cool with lows in the 30s and highs mostly in the 50s to 60s. The three day outlook shows only light rain chances, with mild Sunday and Monday followed by a cooler Tuesday.
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North Carolina
Asheville
Raleigh-Durham
South Carolina
Midlands
Hanes Division Announces Wage Increases
Hanes Corp plans wage hikes in its hosiery division as soon as approved by the Pay Board. Details on exact increases were not released. Factories operate in Winston-Salem and Rockingham North Carolina Hartsville and Marion South Carolina and Las Cruces New Mexico.
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Winston-Salem
Hanes Corp
Hanes Hosiery
Rockingham
N. C
Hartsville
Marion
S. C
Las Cruces
N. M
Jackson calls for speedier trials and possible White House bid
Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington says speedier trials are needed and he will decide soon whether to seek the presidency. He proposes a plan to aid states with funds for prosecutors and public defenders if they adopt a new code requiring felony violence cases to go to trial within 60 days.
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Asheville
N. C
Henry M. Jackson
Washington State
Wed
United States
Heavy balloting on mixed drinks in Mecklenburg and Moore
Mecklenberg County and Moore County voters decide if liquor by the drink may be sold for the first time in 62 years amid a pilot program plan. Court actions cloud Mecklenberg results as rules limit serving venues and bottle-opening methods while brown bagging remains in question.
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Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg County
Moore County
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Iesort
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Charlotte Coliseum
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
W. K. McLean
Duke Power
P.O
N.C
Removal Of Picture From Baptist Book Denounced
Nashville AP reports the National Baptist Publishing Board denounces removing a picture of a black boy and two white girls from a Southern Baptist publication. The Southern Baptist Sunday School Board recalled 180000 copies of Becoming over art in a Ministry of Reconciliation article. The National Baptist panel calls the withdrawal a setback for Christian efforts toward racial harmony.
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Nashville, Tenn
National Baptist Publishing Board
Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Southern Baptist Board
National Baptist Convention
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Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Tran van Huong
Tran Thien Khiem
Cao van Vien
Joint General Staff
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Columbia
Greensboro
Greenville
S.C
Raleigh
Savannah
Wilmington
Albert
Hanes
Jackson
Moore
National Baptist Panel
Marshall
Belews Creek
Carl Horn, Jr
California
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Crestwood
Swaim
Swarm
Hickory Hill
Suggs
Hardin
High Point
Americard
DIREC
Closecute
Commerce
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