North Viet pilots use China bases as sanctuaries says officials
Saigon military sources say three to five Chinese bases may shelter North Vietnamese MIGs moved there in April and May after heavy U.S. airstrikes. Officials cite Meng Tzu Ming Chiang and Nan-Ning as key sites near the border with more bases possibly used for staging and training.
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Ming Chiang
Nan-Ning
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Haiphung
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Phueyen
Manoi
Hom Phueyen
Senate Doves Urge U N Action in Vietnam War
Senate doves led by Mike Mansfield urge the United Nations Security Council to take up a 1966 U S resolution seeking peace in Asia. Republicans question the move while supporters say the General Assembly could take up any Security Council veto. Commanders Greene and Johnson back stronger air power and manpower in the South, with Morse proposing a new UN backed resolution to end the fighting.
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Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Frank Church
D-daho
U.N
Wayne Morse
Dore
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Too Secret for Words at NSA Seeks New Incinerator
The National Security Agency told a House appropriations subcommittee it needs 1 million dollars for a new incinerator to destroy secret documents. Present equipment operates seven days a week but cannot adequately handle the load.
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Marines plan M 16 fixes to reduce jamming in combat
General Wallace M Greene announced corrective steps by the Marine Corps to curb excessive jamming of the M 16 rifle used in Vietnam. Changes include a new buffer mechanism a monel coated chamber and a revised powder formula to cut stoppages and ease cleaning chrome plating may also help.
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Vietnam
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Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
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Wallace M. Greene
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Monel
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U.S
Senate
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DMO
House
Armed Services
Ichord
Ky campaign crowd greets premier in Hue rally
About 10,000 people gathered in Hue for Premier Nguyen Cao Ky’s first campaign appearance with civilian presidential and vice presidential candidates. Tensions rose as heckling focused on corruption and the Buddhist crisis, highlighting Ky’s unpopularity in northern provinces.
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Tom Buckley
New York Times
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
Imperial
Saigon
Lodge Leads Team Into Sunday Elections
President Johnson dispatched a 22 member election observers team to South Vietnam led by former Saigon ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Lodge said the mission would not intervene or interrogate and called Vietnam's September 3 national elections a bold and brave experiment amid war.
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UPI
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
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Hanoi Damage High From U.S. Bombing
U S air attacks on Hanoi cause grave civilian harm and widespread disruption while hardliners gain unity. David Schoenbrunn notes daily air raid alerts, civilian casualties, and major damage, including the Hue Street block, central cathedral, and Gia Lam area, with bridges and the electric station affected.
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Hanoi
David Schoenbrunn
Newsday Special
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N.Y
Newsday
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Gia Lam
Red River
Long Bien
Central Electric Station
Carter Pushes US Withdrawal From Vietnam in House
Rep Tim Lee Carter of Kentucky became the first GOP member of Congress to call for unqualified U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. He said he was haunted by the war and that sons’ lives are too precious to die on foreign soil, insisting if they must die it should be in defense of America.
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