Anesthetic Mix Causes Deaths at Pontiac Hospital
In Pontiac Michigan an assistant Oakland County prosecutor said an ether containing anesthetic mix caused the deaths of two children and a young mother after surgery at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital. Surital was used but a mixup may have allowed ether to replace water in preparation, with autopsies confirming ether in two cases.
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Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital
Oakland County
Walter D. Schmier
Schmier
Harry Whitlow
Coast Town Holds Out Against Viet Cong Assault
SAIGON South Viet Nam A district town on the central coast withstood an attack by about 2 000 Viet Cong for a second day while five other government posts in the area were feared overrun by the Communists.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South Viet
Tuy An
Tuy Hoa
Phu Yen
U.S
Tay Hoa
Thach Tru
Moniday
Thach Tr
da Nang
Mekong
Ano
Suit Filed To Block Election In First Congressional District
A Republican suit filed in U S Middle District Court Greensboro seeks to block the December 18 special primary in the First Congressional District and to force a court ordered special legislative session for reapportionment. D S Swain Jr of Washington DC asks injunctions to rescind the governor’s call for the primary and convene an extraordinary session to set constitutionally proper districts. The filing follows a reapportionment suit by Renn Drum Jr of Winston-Salem.
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Greensboro
First Congressional District
Washington, D.C
U.S. Middle District
Dan Moore
Geneel Bawee
U.S
Tuy An
Hall
Swain
Hanoi
Edwin M. Stanley
General Assembly
Winston-Salem
Renn Drum Jr
North Carolina
Herbert C. Bonner
Bonner
Atom Smasher Planned At Duke
A multimillion dollar nuclear installation will be built on the Duke University campus Durham North Carolina as a joint venture with the University of North Carolina and the Atomic Energy Commission. The project costs 2.3 million with state and university funds providing the rest to construct a Van de Graaf accelerator and a 15 million electron volt cyclotron injector for a proton beam of 39 million electron volts. Annual operation costs are set at 600 060 dollars. Duke physicist Henry W Newsome will direct the facility joining NC State and UNC physicists in support. Construction is planned to start next year with completion in two years.
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Washington
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Universisity of
North Carolina
Atomic Energy Commission
North Carolina State Board of Science and Technology
Henry W. Newsome
Duke
Duke Nuclear Laboratory
van de Graf
L. Worth Seagan Dollar
North Carolina State University
Eugene M. Exbacher
Paul E. Sherin
University of North Carolina
Gey
Dan Moore
Moore
Eight-year-old girl escapes after 24 hours held by kidnapper
Nancy Keller, 8, abducted while playing in Bastrop Louisiana, spent a night in an attic and a cabinet before escaping. Douglas Emmerich, 18, arrested. authorities plan charges. Nancy ailed no sexual abuse. she was examined at home and reunited with her parents.
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Nancy Keller
Douglas Keller
Bastrop, la
Douglas III
ITH
Bastrop
Nancy
Louisiana
FBI
Douglas Charles Emmerich
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Charlotte backs rebuild after city bombings
Charlotte residents and leaders launched Operation Rebuild after pre-dawn blasts at four civil rights leaders homes. Two funds opened for repairs and an Antiterrorism Fund collected 2200. No injuries reported. Police seek motive as FBI and state agencies investigate with multiple suspects questioned. Mayor Brookshire praised the strong community response.
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Charlotte
N.C
Stan R. Brookshire
Charlotte News
Lotte
Bomberation
Charlotte Observer
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brookshire
Wilkins
Kelly
Fred Alexander
Julius L. Chambers
Reginald A. Hawkins
Fl. Bragg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Bureau of Investigation
State Highway Patrol
John 8. Hord
Kelly Alexander
North Carolina
Fred
Chambers
NAACP
Dr. Hawkins
Vastly Outnumbered Vietnamese Rangers Hold Ground Near Thach Tru
AP reporting from Thach Tru, South Vietnam describes a fierce eight hour battle as the 37th Rangers held a earthen revetment against a Viet Cong force triple their size. U S advisers claim 300 Viet Cong dead with 24 bodies found outside the wire. One American captain directing artillery was killed and another wounded while aiding him.
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Thach Tru
South Viet Nam
Roy Shelnut
37Th Rangers
Saigon
Shelnut
Fayetteville
N.C
Henry McNeal
Pittsburgh
U. S
Rangers
McNeal
Air Force
South China Sea
United States Hints At World Disarmament Talks With Red China
The United States agreed to exploratory talks with key powers including Red China on plans for a World Disarmament Conference. The U.N. committee backed calling the conference by 1967, with Ambassador Goldberg reserving final attendance. The role of the United States in the talks and possible participation depends on Peking’s decision and U.N. seating.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Red China
U.S
U.N
Peking
Arthur J. Goldberg
France
China
Goldberg
Ence
Halim Pation
Budo
Albania
World Forum
Ho Chi Minh rejects talks without U.S. troop withdrawal
In a letter to Linus Pauling dated November 17, Ho Chi Minh dismissed the idea of negotiations without U.S. troop withdrawal. He cited the March 22 declaration by the Viet Cong political agency and North Vietnam's support as the correct path to a peaceful settlement, while praising South Vietnamese resistance.
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John Roderick Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Viet Nam
Linus Pauling
National Front For Liberation
New
China
Hanoi
Pauling
Pasadena
Calif
Brazil Foils Plot Against Sen Kennedy
Brazilian police say they foiled a plan to throw acid at Senator Robert F. Kennedy during a visit to the University of Pernambuco in Recife. Three students were arrested Monday night as authorities sought others. The attack was to signal anti United States demonstrations across Latin America during the Kennedy tour with his wife Ethel. Kennedy, resting after a heavy schedule, had earlier faced harassment in Chile and commented on meetings with students in Peru and Chile.
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Joseph Novitski
Recife
Brazil
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
New York Democrat
Federal University of Pernambuco
Latin America
Kennedy
Ethel
Concepcion
Chile
Peru
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Atom Smasher
Wesley ©. Doggett
School of Applied Sciences and Mathematics
N.C. State
Gov. Moore
Restau
Fio
Sen. Kennedy
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