ADMIRAL'S TESTIMONY ON BOMBING TARGETS IN VIETNAM
Senate subcommittee hears Adm. Ulysses Sharp report that many lucrative targets in Vietnam have not been bombed. Sen. Stennis cites underutilized military manpower and potential for intensified bombing without widening the war. Officials note ample equipment but need for more weapons to step up supplies.
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Senate
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ulysses S. G. Sharp
Pacific
Admiral Sharp
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sharp
Air Force
Navy
Mili
Vietnam
Senators urge review of U S Viet policy debate
Senators urged a U N Security Council debate on Vietnam citing failures at Quang Tri airport where nongovernment presidential candidates were blocked from meeting voters. The State Department weighs Mansfield Cooper proposal as Moscow reports doubt UN action.
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Quang Tri
Senate
Mike Mansfield
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
United Nations Security Council
Mansfield
United Nations
Moscow
Soviet Union
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Slayer sought after police officer ambush across states
Police slaying left Officer Seibert dead after he was shot at a market. The gunman dressed in a yellow shirt and brown slacks fled with cash, then hid at a motel where associates had stayed. Investigators noted the attacker fired from close range after the guard called for help. Seibert, a 30 year old Torrance officer, had a strong record and was awaiting adoption plans with his wife Helen Christine.
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O'Brien
Blackburn
Bruce Jessell
Jessell
Jessel
Mary Anderson
Officer Seibert
San Francisco
Bakersfield Junior College
California State College At
Long Beach
Torrance
Walter R. Koenig
Seibert
Helen Christine
Chinese Mob Holds Briton Under Ax at Hong Kong Border
A Communist Chinese mob crossed into Hong Kong early Friday capturing a border post, seizing weapons, and forcing a British official to sign a paper under threat of death. A British army officer was held at gunpoint while police and soldiers were briefly detained. The signed document, forced under duress, called for removing barbed wire and paying compensation, and was denounced by a government spokesman as a worthless fake. The mob then returned to China amid cheers.
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Hong Kong-China
China
Special Force Hunts Slayer in Altadena Slaughter
Police hunt a killer after two young sisters were found strangled near a Watts area border home. L A County and sheriff investigators, with a mobile command post in Altadena, probe possible rape and kidnapping links to a January case, collecting witnesses and footprints while checking beer cans for clues.
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Peggy Richards
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Altadena
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James Hamilton
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Carol Sanchez
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L A Shelves Valley Theater Purchase Bid
Los Angeles council split 6-5 to reject a proposal for the city to buy the Valley Music Theater in Woodland Hills. The motion failed to gain eight votes, sending the files to the city clerk with option to reopen later, though members hoped no further action would occur soon.
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CNS
Valley Musci
Woodland Hills
Claude Hillier
Councilemn
No Picnic Memorial Follows Kidnapping Slayings
Sixty words describe UPI report: Richard Barili's two daughters were kidnapped and strangled. a Vacant lot discovery 25 miles away. Computer Measurement Co cancels its picnic. A memorial scholarship fund is created by the employer and employees in sympathy, with funds redirected from the picnic.
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Richard Barili
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Computer Measurement Co. Employes
Lesmold
CMC
Employes
Dick Barili
Harold Tiller
CNN
Norwalk-La Mirada district approves $19 million budget
Norwalk La Mirada Union High School District trustees approve a 19 million 1967 88 budget with a tax rate cut of 9 cents per 100 of assessed value. The new rate is about 5.20 dollars, the first meaningful reduction in a decade. The rate has fluctuated since 1957 when it was trimmed to 10 cents.
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Norwalk-LaMirada
Twin Brothers Serve Together in Vietnam Battle Zone
John and his twin brother James both serve in Vietnam within different divisions, after John persuaded an admiral to approve his deployment and extending his stay. They shared a seven day leave in June with their father noting Navy reluctance to have twins in the war. John is survived by his parents, William, Betty, brother William, and grandmother Mrs William J Delaney of Long Beach.
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Vietnam
John
Marine 1St Division
James
William
Betty
William J. Delaney
Long Beach
White Front Sued by Clerks Union
Retail Clerks Union Local 770 filed a 2 million superior court suit against White Front Stores in Los Angeles charging the firm hired large numbers of new workers to replace striking employees. The union says the action weakens its position in the labor dispute and notes White Front has advertised openings since the strike began August 1.
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Retail Clerks Union Local 770
White Front
Superior
Joseph T. DeSilva
More Riot Instruction for Guard
President Johnson’s rioting commission urged expanding National Guard recruitment of African Americans and improving riot-control training for both the Guard and regular Army. He asked the Defense Department to move toward these goals and to ensure competent officers in the Guard. The commission, formed after Detroit unrest, will not issue its first full report until next March.
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Johnson
Special Commission
National Guard
Defense Department
National Advisory Commission
Guard
Detroit
Three Americans Die in Danish Train Collision
Three Americans from Ohio and eight Danes were killed when a speeding Danish passenger train rear collided with a stationary train near Odense on Funen island. Rescue operations faced diesel spills and a muddy embankment as officials released partial casualty lists and identified victims Joseph Nemesh, 57, and Mary Jane Nemesh, 50, of Cleveland, and Alexander Kilbourne Young, 29, Dayton.
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Joseph Nemesh
Mary Jane
Cleveland
Ohio
Alexander Kilbourne Young
Dayton
Republican County Committee
Howard Young
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