Laos War Escalation Reported As North Vietnam Hits Laos
Royal Lao government said North Vietnam used planes against ground targets in Laos for the first time signaling a major escalation. Reports also described a 5000-strong Communist attack on Nam Bae fortress and bombing near Mugon Yut, while U S forces in the Central Highlands repelled ambush attacks on supply convoys near Kontum and Dak To with tanks involved.
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Vietnam air strikes and a missing P3A plane report
American jets targeted Thanh Nguyen steel plant and a rail yard near Hanoi amid heavy cloud cover while raids focused on southern North Vietnam. A U.S. Navy P3A Orion with 12 crew went missing off Japan near Iwakuni after an anti submarine patrol. In Scotland a devastating storm left at least 20 dead and 700 homeless with extensive chimney collapse.
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Concorde Test Flight Postponed Indefinitely
Paris reports the first test flight of the Anglo French Concorde supersonic airliner has been postponed indefinitely from its originally planned early year date. The delay defers the milestone as engineers reassess flight testing schedules amid technical considerations.
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Treasury Chief Signals 10 Percent Tax Rise for Year
Secretary Henry H Fowler said after a meeting with President Johnson that the administration will push for a full 10 percent tax increase this year. He noted that at present 10 percent seems a good figure despite economists' views. He also said no decision yet on measures to deter Americans from traveling outside the Western Hemisphere.
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National Court Approves Giant Rail Merger
The Supreme Court approved the six year merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads creating the Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Co. It becomes the world’s largest privately owned railroad system with over 20 000 miles of track and assets exceeding 34.3 billion. The decision came during the court’s first 1968 session and also let stand a California loitering law.
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Heart Transplant Patient Shows Mixed Recovery
Kasperak, 54, America's first adult heart transplant recipient, faces ongoing rejection risks as his liver crisis eases after gallbladder removal. The heart remains beating normally with no rejection signs while doctors warn of future complications and critical status. Meanwhile, Philip Blaiberg in Cape Town regained strength after his transplant as his daughter Jill arrived from Israel to visit. Indicted figures in Beverly Hills gambling case plead innocent as trial set for June 4, with over $1 million in reported losses. Navy officials report unrelated administrative actions in two officer cases, while Fulbright vows to oppose travel restrictions and John Bell Williams prepares to take Mississippi’s governorship after resigning from Congress.
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D-N.y
Two Santa Rosa men charged with Marin barber couple murder
Kenneth Allen Preston 20 and Johnny Lee Sommerhalder 24, both held without bail, were charged Monday with murder in the shotgun slayings of a Marin County barber and his wife at their remote trailer home. Authorities say gunfire erupted outside a ramshackle home south of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County after deputies arrived.
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She'll Run for Senate Nomination in Kentucky Race
Former Kentucky official Katherine Peden announced Monday she will seek the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate seat held by Republican Thruston Morton.
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Congress Stalls At Start Of 30th Session In Washington
Congress began its second session with a slow pace as Speaker McCormack urged an August first adjournment to allow politicians to head home. The Senate faced a potential filibuster over civil rights proposals when considered later in the week amid Vietnam, budget, taxes, crime concerns.
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Hope of Snow Eases as Eastern Belt Clears Slowly
Snowbound regions across the eastern half of the nation encounter sleet and ice while forecasts predict a gradual end to the pattern. Snow extends from Ohio to New York and northern New England, closing schools and snarling travel as the Midwest and South still battle heavy snows and ice. In Space news, budget cuts force NASA to drop a 14 day earth orbital mission planned for Apollo applications program. Surveyor 7 halts operations amid extreme noon heat on the moon, with a restart planned near lunar sunrise. In Tennessee, a blaze in Rhea County jail kills three prisoners and wounds six as inmates cry for escape.
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Cardinal Brennan Named To Vatican Sacraments Congregation
Francis Cardinal Brennan a quiet American from Shenandoah Pennsylvania was named Monday to the Vatican sacraments congregation heading the marriage annulment matters. Pope Paul appointed the 72 year old prelate as second American elevated to the Roman Curia. Bertrand Russell and other Western intellectuals protested Moscow jailing dissident writers with Stravinsky Day-Lewis and Paul Scofield joining the chorus. NFC chief Oren Staley warned the price revolt to shut dust the agricultural plant of America if prices do not improve.
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May Be Over welfare fraud and gun law cases hit San Francisco court
Leroy Deskin 61 of Goodwill Industries was arraigned in San Francisco for fabricating hundreds of false income tax refund claims that could have netted about 800000. IRS inspectors said computers rejected his invented security numbers as they didn’t match his last names. Deskin had served time in Atlanta for multiple income tax charges. Gov Shafer backed state officials over the blinding LSD claim involving six college students. UC Berkeley criminology student Charles Klaus, 32, received two 25 year terms for Napa and Los Angeles bank robberies, to run concurrently. Multimillionaire William Thoresen II and his wife Louise won separate trials in SF on federal firearms act charges.
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Goodwill Industries
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Pennsylvania
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University of California, Berkeley
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They Don’t, Measure Up: WWII Veterans Reflect on Draft Age
87 year old John P. Bunning helped draft thousands into the armed services for more than 25 years. He remains active in scrapbooks and memories while 65 Californians were forced to retire due to a new rule limiting draft bond service to those under 78. He laments modern youths and cites health and lifestyle changes since World War II.
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Barrows Plans Los Angeles Showing Despite Permit Tug
Robert Guy Barrows, producer of the controversial play The Beard, says it will be staged in Los Angeles on January 21 with or without a police commission permit. The commission subpoenas Barrows to appear next Monday and postpones action until January 23 to allow Barrows’ attorney time to seek a court ruling on the legality of the Simmons case.
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Eartha Kitt Invited To White House Luncheon Guest
A spokesman said Eartha Kitt has been invited to be a special luncheon guest of Lady Bird Johnson at the White House on Thursday. Kitt last year raised 1 million dollars for youth care aid and has been active in efforts to combat juvenile delinquency.
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