Red Gunners Step Up Bombardments
Communist gunners intensified rocket and mortar strikes around Da Nang, hitting two US infantry units, five district towns, and a provincial capital. Casualties were light but included one American dead and 12 enemy bodies found after a three hour ground attack near Sabگون. Sixty five projectiles struck Da Nang installations. Camlo and Dong Tam also faced bombardment with limited damage.
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Saigon
da Nang
Youac
U.S. 1St Division
Sabgon
U.S
Mekong
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Dong Tam
Wreaths Mark Grave Of Kennedy
A cluster of nine wreaths marked the grave of Sen Robert F Kennedy at Arlington Cemetery on the 43rd anniversary of his birth. He was assassinated in Los Angeles last June and is buried beside the eternal flame near his brother President John F Kennedy. Kennedy's widow Ethel, pregnant with her 11th child, is resting at home and was not expected to visit.
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Washington
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Arlington
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Ethel
McLean
World Faces Food Surplus as U S Sees Plenty
Washington AP reports a world food surplus amid shifting policy, with the Green Revolution cited as improving yields in India Pakistan Turkey and the Philippines. AID cites slackened imports and abundant wheat stocks. The Agriculture Department notes July 1 carryover of 600 to 630 million bushels and a difficult export target of 750 million bushels for 1968-69, signaling no expected trade expansion this year.
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Washington
William
India
Pakistan
Turkey
Philippines
Soviet Union
Asia
Middle East
Tyland
China
Pak
Sepsistan
Laepermen
Agency For International Development—Aid
Agriculture Department
Agency For International Development
Reopening of College Arranged Amid Campus Tensions
SAN FRANCISCO AP Reported that San Francisco State College prepared to reopen with police on standby after a shutdown caused by campus violence. President Robert Smith announced resuming a full class schedule as faculty proposed a campus-wide dialogue with the Black Students Union to air via classrooms.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
Robert Smith
Smith
Black Students Union
State College System
Glenn Dumke
George Murray
Murray
Ecampus
Liberals Target Ways and Means to Weaken Democratic Control
Liberal House Democrats eye a vacancy on the Ways and Means Committee to push a broader plan to reshape committee power. They aim to place liberal moderates on key panels like Un American Activities and the Judiciary, seeking to weaken the seniority based system and gain leverage in early caucus votes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Judiciary Committee
Means
Democratic Study Group
John W. McCormack
Mass
Kayser-Roth Strike Pact Reached After Talks
Chattanooga AP reports a tentative end to the six month strike at Kayser-Roth Hosiery Mill Dayton Tennessee. A settlement could yield the first union contract since TWU won bargaining rights over two years ago with 500 workers involved.Negotiations and mediator C C Peek led to a potentially end to the walkout amid past violence and picket tensions.
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Chattanooga
Peek
Hich
Reynolds Foundation Grants Made Report
Residential and commercial sales rose 20.3 percent to 20.6 billion cubic feet. Industrial sales climbed 19.9 percent to 30.7 billion cubic feet. The strike caused division among Dayton and Rhea County citizens, leading to city manager Raymond Schweitzer resigning after two weeks.
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High Point
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
American Gas Assn
Deea
Dayton
Rhea County
Raymond Schweitzer
City Hall
Asheville
Allen
Working
James Berube
Ng Peoples
Tueszourt
Berube
U.S. District Court
Jailbreak and brain surgery cited in odd legal brief
The report covers a man named Berube who pleaded guilty to an attempted escape and received twenty years to be served concurrently with prior sentences. It also details a prison medical scenario where a bullet was relocated during centrifuge-like tests at a NASA affiliated lab, amid related legal actions and Wake Forest University grant news.
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Berube
Sunnyvale
Calif
Buncombe County
O’connor
Ujail
San Jose
Bar- Berube
Space Research
Nationaliies
Jon Bates
John Aeronautics and Space
Henry Penland
Woodrow Jones
Asheville
Henders
Who Does Best Among Ladies In Distress
Report from Long Beach California and Cumberland Maryland outlines a staged parade of men offering help to a distressed woman and a student photographer evaluating appearance. The Long Beach segment centers on Miss Jace of California State College and a debate over involvement versus safety.
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Long Beach
Calif
Scanlon
Jace
Cumberland
Neler
Cp Sap
Witrani
Scanion
Shotonto
California State
Igoile
Larry Hodges Dies In Turnpike Wreck in New Jersey
Larry W. Hodges 25 of High Point North Carolina was killed when his tractor trailer collided with another rig on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mansfield Township. The second truck was driven by James Matlock Jr. 44 of Titusville Pennsylvania. Hodges address listed as 501 Academy Street.
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Mansfield Township
N. J
Larry W. Hodges
High Point
N. C
Moorestown
James Matlock Jr
Titusville
Hodges
Academy
North American Rockwell Declares Quarterly Dividends
North American Rockwell Corp. declares a 50 cent per share quarterly dividend on common stock payable December 16 to holders of record at November 25. A separate quarterly dividend of 1.1875 dollars per share on preferred stock is payable January 1, 1969 to holders of record at November 29, 1988.
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North American Rockwell Corp
Speaker Jack Jericho to Address Greensboro IE Chapter
Jack F Jericho executive director of the American Institute for Industrial Engineers will speak to the Greensboro chapter Thursday evening. The meeting begins at 7 pm at the Sheraton Motor Inn Jericho will discuss ATIEs past activities growth and future prospects.
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Jack F. Jericho
American Institute For Industrial Engineers
Greensboro
Sheraton Motor In
Jericho
ATIE
State sales tax increase proposed in North Carolina convention
DURHAM AP An increase in the state sales tax was proposed by the North Carolina Farm Bureau convention in a resolution to replace some property tax raises to aid local governments. Debate delayed action as a special committee reviews the measure. The convention also discussed reducing tobacco acreage next year and daylight saving time changes. B C Mangum of Roquemont reelected president. new vice presidents John Sledge, Elmer Burt, and Frank Bryant named.
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Durham
North Carolina
Guidel Inc
B.C. Mangum
Rougemont
State Farm Bureau
John Sledge
Oak City
Elmer Burt
Fuquay-Varina
Frank Bryant
Boonville
Lasker Medical Awards Are Made in 1968
New York AP reports 1968 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards go to five winners: two molecular biologists Dr. Marshall Nirenberg and Dr. H Gobind Khorana of NIH and UW Madison, physiologist Dr. William F. Windle of NYU Medical Center, heart surgeon Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr. of Jefferson Medical College, and Senator Lister Hill for expanding medical research. The awards honor breakthroughs in genetics, development biology, heart surgery, and broader medical research, each carrying a $10,000 prize.
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Winston - Salem
Wake Forest University
Theth Bowman Gray School of Medi|decine
Smith Reynolds Foundation
William R. Lybrook
Ralph Seales
Wake Forest
Manson Meads
Bowman Gray
Eml
Toj
Cumby Mortuary
New York
U.S
Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards
Albert de Lasken i ‘Dent
Albert Ands Mary “Asker
Wiswear
Marshall W.nirenberg
National Institute of Health
Washington
H. Gobind, Khorana
University of Wisconsin
Willam F. Windle
Institute of Reabilitation Medicine
New York University Medical Center
John H. [Gibbon Jr
Jefferson Medical Collage
Philadelphia
Lasker
Sen
Lister Hill
D-Ala
North and South Carolina and Virginia Weather Forecast
Fair and cold conditions with hard freezes across North Carolina and Georgia. Lows in 20s to 30s with frost, cooling trend into Thursday and warmer west Thursday. Temperatures rise weekend with above normal highs and cooler finish. precipitation 0.5 to 0.75 inch, mainly rain toward week end.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Pe Carolina
South Carina
First Citizens Bank Approved For High Point
Raleigh The State Banking Commission unanimously approved First Citizens Bank and Trust Co to open a bank in High Point. The approval moves to the FDIC, with a decision expected in four to six weeks and an opening planned shortly after.
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Raleigh
State Banking Commission
First + Citizens Bank and Trust Co
High Point
Federal Deposit Intrance Corp
N. W. Pope
First - Citizens
FDIC
Pope
First + Citizens
Banking Commission
Ramseur CPA Wayne Berry Elected to AICPA
Wayne Berry of Ramseur a CPA with Dixon Hauser and Odem in Plain Point has been elected as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The recognition marks Berry’s professional standing within the accounting community.
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Wayne Berry
CPA
Ramseur
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Berry
Dixon, Hauser and Odem
Pian Point
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