U S Air Losses Pass 400 in North Vietnam Raids
U S military headquarters reported the war’s heaviest raids on North Vietnam with 403 American aircraft losses and 175 missions flown Friday. B52 raids pierced the DMZ and near the buffer area. Philippine troop arrivals and signs of an economic turn lower inflation. Viet Cong mines hit a dispensary near Quang Ngai. 4 militiamen and 3 civilians killed, 9 wounded. Central coast actions yielded 21 Viet Cong killed and 49 captured, including 10 women soldiers.
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Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Qui Nhon
Prisoner Killed By Bad Alcohol at Central Prison
RALEIGH AP Seven inmates drank wood alcohol stolen from the prison paint shop. One, Thad Cradie Jr., 48, of Pantego, died after hospital admission for stomach pains. Frederick Strickland 21 of Benson and Robert Lucas 31 of Knightdale remained in satisfactory condition. Four others were released after hospital checks. Warden Turner said the alcohol was mixed with soft drinks and tasted like corn liquor before sickness.
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Pantego
Frederick Strickland
Benson
Robert Lucas
Knightdale
R. L. Turner
Strickland
U S Planes Join Effort In Mexican Flood Relief
U S military planes and helicopters join Mexican air force units to aid about 84000 homeless after Hurricane Inez. Dr Rafael Moreno Valle indicates thousands remain surrounded by flood waters needing food while the death toll rises to at least 74 as U S aircraft coordinate with Cherry Point helicopters.
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Mexico
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Inez
Rafael Moreno Valle
Cherry Point
N. C
Johnson to sign bill creating 12 member Transportation Dept
President Johnson will sign legislation creating a new Transportation Department with a secretary to coordinate policy, bringing together the Bureau of Public Roads the FAA the Coast Guard and other functions. The department will have about 90,000 employees and a nearly $6 billion annual budget, taking effect 90 days after appointment.
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Killer Storms Rip Central West. 12 Dead Across Regions
Severe weather across the central United States and West left at least 12 dead, including six in Belmond Iowa where a tornado struck. The blizzard hit Colorado and Wyoming then Nebraska and Kansas, with six deaths and dozens injured as winds, hail, and freezing temperatures disrupted travel and damaged property.
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California
Aldridge
Red Guards Arm Plan for Viet Nam War Prep
The Evening Star reports China may deploy Red Guards as cannon fodder in potential Viet Nam intervention. Leaders fear a major war and draft a three division plan to train, harvest and culturally revolutionize, rotating groups to build a 10 million reserve mix of PLA and Red Guards for rapid mobilization.
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Whitehead
Hong Kong
Peking
Red Guards
Viet Nam
Evening Star
China
People’s Liberation Army
PLA
FALL FURNITURE MARKET FACES RISING COSTS
A Sunday Enterprise feature notes a furniture maker tackling rising costs through improved production and quality control. The piece frames the challenge as ongoing and tied to the sector’s current economic pressures.
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Sunday Enterprise
Slum Bill Nearing Approval in Congress
The House passed the 1.17 billion demonstration cities bill by 178 to 141 as Johnson’s slum reform plan moves toward final approval before adjournment. Leaders expect adjournment soon while social security benefits edging toward a January 1 increase remains under drafting.
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Johnson
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Brezhnev Rejects Johnson Plea for Europe Tensions
In Moscow Brezhnev dismissed Johnson's call for closer East Western ties citing the Vietnam War as the main obstacle. He urged the United States to halt air raids on North Vietnam and end the war to develop mutual relations with the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. Brezhnev called Washington unable to draw logical conclusions from global changes.
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Johnson
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Communist Party
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Soviet Union
Washington
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Tion
Johnson administration wins contract settlement with General Electric
Labor writers report 125000 GE workers avoid a strike as 11 unions reach a three year deal with wage and fringe benefits rising 51 cents an hour. Government and AFL CIO leaders hail the agreement as a major step for collective bargaining and Johnson administration.
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Jennings
James B. Carey
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