Bombers strike back after heavy U.S. losses near Cambodian border
B52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese concentrations 16 miles northwest of Plei Djereng as U.S. infantry from the 25th Division faced heavy casualties in a Sunday clash. The air strikes followed a large-scale Vietnamese assault on a Green Beret camp. Casualties at the front were described as heavy for the American company, with 26 enemy dead reported. Ground action eased into a lull elsewhere, while Operation Attleboro yielded captive Viet Cong and large rice finds in War Zone C near Tay Ninh City.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Plei Djereng
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Attleboro
Tay Ninh City
Effort To Clean Out Viet Cong Set Back
The Tay Ninh Province engagement slows a large pacification drive near Saigon as nearly half of the 1st Infantry Division’s combat battalions move into position. Viet Cong 9th Division strikes, disrupting U.S. operations and threatening progress.
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Fred
Hoffman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
U.S
1St
1St Infantry
Gemini 12 splashdown set aboard USS Wasp
Marines on the USS Wasp struggle with strong winds as they prepare to receive Gemini 12 pilots James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin after splashdown in the Atlantic. The crew will be picked up and brought aboard the carrier. The article also covers U S forces near Tay Ninh and the shift toward pacification in Saigon area.
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Gemini
James Lovell
Buzz Aldrin
Atlantic Ocean
Wasp
Goldwater Denies Blocking Romney Bid for 1968
Barry Goldwater denies colluding with Richard Nixon to block Michigan Governor George Romney from seeking the 1968 Republican nomination. Romney says he has not decided to run and has work to do within the GOP before entering.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Goldwater
Romney
ABC
Nixon
Dick Nixon
NBC
Meet the Press
McNamara
States Can Protect Property in Civil Rights Protest Riot
The Supreme Court ruled states may declare property off limits to civil rights demonstrators. In a Florida case the court, 5 to 4, upheld arrests for trespass when demonstrators refused to leave near a jail. Justice Black wrote the majority, while Justice Douglas dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Hugo Black
Black
Tallahassee
United States
William O. Douglas
Aldrin Completes Spacewalk On Gemini 12 Mission
Apollo era spacewalker Edwin Buzz Aldrin left the Gemini 12 hatch for a 52 minute EVA to shoot sunrise, stars, and earth features. He used ultraviolet film and logged a five and a half hour space exposure, while Lovell managed thrusters and jet issues during the mission.
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Jim Strothman
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edwin F
Buzz) Aldrin Jr
Earth
U.S
Aldrin
Lovell
James A. Lovell Jr
Space Agency
Australia
Jupiter
Sahara
Johnson optimistic about surgery and political winds
President Johnson said he will undergo throat growth removal and hernia repair at Bethesda Wednesday after a Tuesday departure from Texas. He emphasized optimism about a short hospital stay and return to politics while noting Republican gains but urging unity and bipartisan support for 1967 proposals.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
White House
Fredericksburg
Texas
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Congress
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Minnesota
New York
Georgia
Price Of African Bride Skyrockets Amid New Markets
The exhibit The Price of a Bride at the Chase Manhattan money museum documents rising bride prices in Africa and Oceania from cowries to feather coils and teeth. Curator Caroline Harris notes the practice reflects wealth and status, with prices tied to the suitor’s means.
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Sally di Martini
Chase Manhattan
Money Museum
New York
Rockefeller Center
South Sea Island
Admiralty Islands
Santo Island
Cameroons
Santa Cruz Islands
Santa Cruz
British Solomon Islands
Africa
Oceania
Sixth Avenue
50Th Street
Caroline Harris
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Reds
Viet Cong 9H Division
Briar Pathh
16Th Infantry
Barry
Robert S. McNamara
Soviet Union
Eae
Mission Control Center
NORAD
North American Defense Command
James
SBJ
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