Viet Cong attack repelled in Tay Ninh four hour fight
In Tay Ninh Province Viet Cong forces surged from jungle during a four hour clash with U S infantrymen, suffering about 302 dead. U S officers say total enemy dead in Operation Attleboro 2 rises to 758. B 52s bomb Communist holdings near Saigon before U S and South Vietnamese counterattack. Ernie Tillman from Jamaica N Y was wounded in the dawn engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Gassaway
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Associated Press
John Lengel
Lengel
Balloting Heavily Felt Across Nation In Offyear Vote
Voters turn out in many crucial areas as 435 House seats 35 Senate seats and 35 governorships are on ballot. Turnout could reach a record 59 million for a non presidential year with strong participation in New York City and other regions while Buffalo shows lighter activity. Federal observers are dispatched to 27 counties in Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi to monitor compliance under the Voting Rights Act.
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Washington
House
Virginia
Justice Department
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ramsey Clark
Torney General
Miserable Weather Across Nation On Election Day
A blast of severe weather hit over half the country with sub zero cold, snow, rain, and fog. Snow fell in at least 10 states from eastern Nevada to Lake Superior, while North Dakota saw bitter cold.
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Nevada
Lake Superior
North Dakota
Devils Lake
Bismarck
Montana
South Dakota
California
Plateau
New England
Ohio Valley
Kansas
Gulf Coast
Southern Plains
St. Joseph
Reduced Draft May Solve Problems
The administration plans cuts in draft calls over the next four months to ease two Army problems. The backlogged untrained reservists could be reduced from 133 100 as of June 30 to about 60 000 by next summer, while training bases may raise monthly reservist training to 20 000 by early next year from 7 000 now. Secretary McNamara announced cuts of 25 000 through March, amid concerns the reserve program attracts men who would otherwise be drafted.
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Seymour M. Hersh Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Armored
Texas
U.S. Strategic Reserve
Johnson votes before polling open near LBJ Ranch
President Johnson and First Lady voting 39 minutes before polls opened at Johnson City Texas. Officials allowed the premature ballot as Johnson believed voting began at 7 a.m. He cast his ballot in the Pedernales Electric Cooperative headquarters and said he voted the Democratic ticket.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Texas
The
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Higher Food Prices Seen Despite Protests in 1960s
Economists and marketing experts warn food prices will rise in coming months despite housewives protests. Rosalind Lifquist urges careful shopping and newspaper specials over boycotts while Winn Finner notes farmer incomes should rise with efficiency and new techniques. farmers are not the sole cause of price hikes.
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Washington
Rosalind Lifquist
U. S. Economic Research Service
Winn Finner
Department of Agriculture
Election Forecast Snapshot From The Associated Press
The AP reports 35 governorships 35 Senate seats and 435 House seats are at stake with a Democratic tilt in governors senate and house holds. Turnout could reach 56 to 59 million off year record amid snow in the Rockies and Midwest and showers in the lower plains Ohio Valley and New England. Poll closings vary from 7 p m to 2 a m EST with Election Service staff manning precincts nationwide.
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Associated Press
Senate
House
Rockies
Northern
Plains
Upper Midwest
Lower Midwest
Ohio Valley
New England
Southwest
Mississippi
Alaska
Cooperative National Election Service
Heavy NC turnout as voters elect federal representatives
Early balloting in North Carolina showed unexpectedly strong participation for the U S senator and 11 representatives. In the 4th District lines formed as voters queued in clear weather, with Harold D. Cooley facing Jim Gardner and turnout higher than predicted in Rocky Mount and surrounding areas.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
U. S
U.S
Harold D. Cooley
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Jim Gardner
Rocky Mount
Heavy turnout in districts across North Carolina counties
Voting in the 2nd District showed intense activity in Nash County areas including Cooley and Gardner while Edgecombe County saw lighter participation around Rep L H Fountain. Mecklenburg reported the heaviest county turnout with Craven Wake Buncombe Chatham and several Piedmont counties also heavy. Forecast estimated 57000 voters but officials expected higher turnout.
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Nash County
Cooley
Gardner
Edgecombe County
L. H. Fountain
Mecklenburg County
Craven
Wake Buncombe
Chatham
Piedmont
Durham
Alamance
Richmond
Edgecombe
Voting analysts eye trends in presidential race and war impact
Washington AP reports analysts track trends in election returns and the rise or fall of potential presidential nominees. They watch white backlash and the Vietnam War while noting six bellwether House districts that shifted party lines over the last decade. Democrats hold Senate likely and House with a smaller margin, but 25 seat swings could end key Johnson programs.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Senate
House
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Guam
United States
28Th Infantry
Ernest J. Tillman
Jamaica
N.Y
Tillman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York
George C. Wallace
Lurleen
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles
Nancy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Frank D. O'Connor
New York City
Zask
LBJ
Gaynor Maddox
N.C
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