McNamara Sees Military Progress Exceeding Estimates
Defense secretary Robert S. McNamara, ending his eighth Vietnam visit, said progress in military operations over the past year has exceeded expectations and expects no major change in the pace of U.S. deployments. He noted gains in South Vietnamese economy and pacification efforts, while commending the morale and determination of American and South Vietnamese forces amidst ongoing air and ground actions.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
Revolutionary Development
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Nicholas Katzenba
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Kosygin Attacks Red China Over Viet Nam Policy
Soviet Prime Minister Kosygin accused Beijing of hindering the world socialist struggle and aiding U S actions in Viet Nam. He cited training of North Vietnamese troops in the Soviet Union and Moscow’s aid to Hanoi during talks with Polish leaders. Tass summarized his warning of China’s divisionist path and damage to international security.
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Neves N. Kosya
Red King
U.S
Viet Nam
China
Kosygin
Tass
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Red China
Peking
Ayl
Securiy
Million-dollar mail bag theft shocks Montreal airport
Police and post office investigators probe the Dorval airport robbery in which about 1 million dollars in cash was taken from 15 leather mail bags. Guards and security questioned as leads point to an inside route through the airport area.
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Montreal
Esman
Dorval
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Post Office
Two Americans Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
STOCKHOLM AP Two American professors receive the 1966 Nobel Prize in Medicine for tumor inducing viruses and hormonal treatment of prostate cancer. Dr Peyton Rous of Rockefeller University New York and Dr Charles B Hugins of University of Chicago Hospital share the $60 000 award. Rous, 87, native of Baltimore, discovered a virus triggering malignant growths in hens and laid groundwork for later cancer virus research. Hugins, 66, native of Halifax Nova Scotia trained at Harvard Medical School and at Chicago, directs the Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research and studies male urogenital cancers and breast cancer.
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Peyton Rous
Rockefeller University
New York
Charles B. Hugins
Chicago University Ospital
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Huggins
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Baltimore
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Rockefeller Institute
Halifax
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Harvard Medical School
University of Chicago
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May
Edical College
Caroline Medical College
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Academy of Letters
Royal A of Science
Marion
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Cambridge University
Huggins Noted for Pioneering Cancer Research
The awarding body recalls Huggins' major medical milestone from the late 1930s When his articles opened new ground in cancer treatment and the institute highlights this legacy in its remarks.
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Cincinnati Strangler Sought in City’s History Making Manhunt
Cincinnati police launch the city’s largest manhunt as a rapist strangler strikes for the fourth time in 10 months. Firemen join police in street by street visits while warnings go out to housewives. The killer’s latest victim was 51 year old Mrs. Alice Hochhausler.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
William C. Wichman
Alice Hochhausler
Hochhausler
Good Samaritan Hospital
Elizabeth
Henry Sandman
Jerry Bricca
Linda Jane
Debbie
Prince Says Military Decision Not Feasible
Prince Souvanna Phouma told President Johnson that force cannot settle the Vietnam conflict. Johnson said the United States does not seek a military solution, while Ho Chi Minh blocks talks. The two leaders met 50 minutes in the Waldorf Towers and then briefed reporters before resuming talks.
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New York
Souvanna Phouma
Felon 8
Laos
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
Ho Chi Minh
Souvanna
Waldorf Towers
Hook
Southeast Asia
Johnson campaigns in Delaware amid large turnouts
President Johnson campaigned in Wilmington Delaware urging voters to back Democrats in the November 8 election. He urged a strong Democratic Congress and cited education antipoverty and antiwar aims while highlighting Italian American concerns observed during Columbus Day events.
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Del
Johnson
Delaware
Texas
Washington
New York
Democratic Party
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Columbus
America
Trade Winds See Armistice Moves in Viet Nam
International trade winds predict behind the scenes armistice moves by North Viet Nam amid a seven nation Manila summit to seek ceasation of hostilities. If Hanoi won t bargain the U S may intensify air campaigns. A cease fire in six to nine months is more likely than an immediate end.
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Ross Yor
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Manila
Hanoi
United States
Johnson GOP Leaders Refuse Any Deal With Communists
Senate and House leaders Dirksen and Ford declare the GOP will not join any deal or treaty with Communists until they prove they seek and preserve peace. Ford links Soviet aid to Viet Nam casualties and says no deal until assurances of peaceful acts are given. They leave open some support for a nuclear nonproliferation treaty if inspections are guaranteed.
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Everett M. Dirksen
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Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
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Viet Nam
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