Saigon Terminal Ripped by Rocket Attack
The Sunday assault blasted the Saigon airfield with rockets and mortars, damaging planes and a U.S. chapel. In the Mekong Delta, Viet Cong strikes hit Vinh Long and other provincial capitals. Allied forces report 7 Americans killed and 143 wounded. 26 North Vietnamese were killed near Khe Sanh.
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Johnson and Eisenhower vow victory on Vietnam trip
President Johnson told former President Eisenhower amid a coast to coast tour that victory is possible as they discussed Vietnam and the Pueblo crisis. The two then played golf at Seven Lakes, sharing light remarks with a small spectator gallery on a sunny desert day.
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Woman's body found in surf off Manhattan Beach
The partly clad dark haired woman, about 28, was found in the surf near Fourth Street and the breakwater Sunday. Coroner deputies could not identify her, and they ruled drowning as the likely cause, dating to no more than three days prior. She was 5 feet 6 inches tall with brown eyes and wore beige jeans, a white bra, and a small gold spiral pendant necklace.
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Crippled Liberian Tanker Towed to Port
The crippled Liberian tanker Pepasos was towed into port Sunday after the Coast Guard found no evidence of oil leakage aboard ship. Three tugs pulled the vessel from Ambrose Light Tower to the quarantine station in New York Harbor after it lay at sea overnight.
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Letter recovery links Benedict Arnold to traitor claim
Union College researchers unveil Revolutionary War letters including an Andre capture note linked to Benedict Arnold. The cache of 87 items features Washington era signatures and assigns genuineness to a Jameson written letter describing papers found on John Anderson. The discovery reopens debate on Arnold’s treachery and British negotiations with American secrets.
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Death at Binh Lo Bridge in Saigon Insurgency
In Vietnam, Ngo Van Tranh, bound by claims of forced Viet Cong service, hid in a hut near Saigon as marines passed. A third squad killed him with a burst from an M16 after questioning, in the second wave assault on the bridge’s northern outskirts during ongoing urban combat.
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Couple Robbed and Wife Slain in Los Angeles Suburb
In La Crescena a 60 year old woman Mrs Marjorie Menefee was shot dead at home by a 45 caliber slug while her husband Jerry 64 was forced to drive to the Bow Tie Cleaners and surrender $600 from the safe. In Lancaster a 16 year old East Los Angeles girl Phelia Marquez was rescued after tumbling down a snow slope in Big Pines recreation area sustaining neck leg and scalp injuries with condition listed as satisfactory.
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Stokely Preaches Hate in L A
Black power leaders Stoke ly Carmichael H Rap Brown and James Forman urged unity among blacks to prevent genocide by whites Our people come first Carmichael said we must develop undying love for our people in Los Angeles UPI report
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Black Power Movement Report Cites Carmichael Gimmick
Independent national bureau reporter Ernie Hernandez discusses Black Power noting Stokely Carmichael used as a silent gimmick in a page B-3 feature.
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Rally speakers fan flames at two West Coast gatherings
At Los Angeles Sports Arena and Oakland, speakers urged listeners to oppose federal poverty programs and voting rights laws, claiming they aim to prevent revolution. They attacked white men and claimed whites hate blacks more, citing a Maryland arrest and New York extradition as backdrop to provocative charges.
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