Fierce fighting in Que Son Valley kills 12 Americans
North Vietnamese regulars clashed with U S infantry and Marines in the Que Son Valley killing 12 Americans and wounding at least 90. The battle vicinity saw air and artillery support and follows a prior week when more than 500 North Vietnamese were reported killed. A recon patrol from the 196th Light Infantry Brigade called in reinforcements as the ten mile long valley saw renewed combat.
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Saigon
Que Son
196Th Light Infantry
Army
Americal Division
Autopsy Prospects Dim in Kopechne Case
Mary Jo Kopechne autopsy prospects dim as Massachusetts authorities fail to explain doubts before a Pennsylvania judge. The Kopechne family seeks dismissal of the petition alleging possible Kennedy negligence while a Sept. 3 inquest looms. In Washington, Rep Fletcher Thompson vows to press impeachment talks against H E W Secretary Robert Finch over desegregation rules.
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Mary Jo Kopechne
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Bernard C. Brominski
Kopechne
Kennedy
Armand Fernandes
Frenandes
Brominski
Washington
Nixon
Fletcher Thompson
Georgia
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
House
Thompson
Finch
Department
Rights Suit Seeks Desegregation of Anderson County Jail
The U S government files a civil action to desegregate a South Carolina jail and prison farm accusing Anderson County officials of systematic racial discrimination including segregated facilities and white guards. The suit, the first to target county jails, cites violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Anderson County
S.C
Justice Department
Black Revolutionary to Return to U S from London
Robert Williams, an exiled black revolutionary, plans to return to Detroit by plane from London Saturday. He faces a kidnapping warrant in North Carolina, and the FBI will seek extradition if he is arrested. Williams led the Republic of New Africa and authored Negroes With Guns.
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Robert Williams
U.S
Detroit
London
FBI
Williams
Milton Henry
Pontiac
Mich
Bruce Stegall
Marshville
N.C
Monroe
North Carolina
Michigan
Cuba
Red China
North Vietnam
Africa
New Africa
RNA
Revolutionary Action Movement
Havana
Catholic priest weds former secretary in Methodist church
Father Adrian McKenna, 56, who built St. Bernadette's in Stockton, married Mary Tonnotti Sunday at Central Methodist Church and says he and his wife remain devout Catholics while seeking to resolve legalities. The report also covers a death, political comment, and entertainment notes.
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Father Adrian McKenna
St. Bernadette’s Church
Stockton
McKenna
Central Methodist Church
Mary Tonnotti
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