Navy Jet Downs MIG Over North Vietnam
North Vietnam sent four MIG fighters against U S Navy Phantom jets. A U S pilot shot down one Soviet built MIG with a missile, the second in two days and the war’s 108th. The engagement marked Hanoi expanding air force activity to disrupt bombing of troops and supplies in the north. The downed pilot bailed from the stricken MIG as the air battle crossed the 19th parallel near the carrier America.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
America
Bombing campaign targets Dong Hoi and Saigon fronts
Air Force jets destroyed 47 barges and sampans and damaged 39 more near the port city of Dong Hoi. Navy and Air Force pilots reported destroying supply buildings, truck parks and anti aircraft sites as fires and secondary explosions broke out. B52s hit four Saigon area strikes as enemy divisions mass for a possible third major assault. U.S. intelligence says enemy units avoid contact to reach full strength.
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Dong Hoi
Navy
Air Force
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Thieu predicts renewed peace efforts after next major offensive
North Vietnam says peace progress is a political ploy by Johnson's administration. Thieu warns of a two week window for a new large scale assault aimed at Saigon and other southern cities as Hanoi prepares for renewed offensives. Pompidou resigns as premier amid Gaullist leadership transition in Paris. De Gaulle names Couve de Murville as premier and hints at Pompidou's future role as head of state. The Soviet Union pledges continued backing of Egypt with no rush on arms, amid Nasser's push for faster shipments.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Thieu
Saigon
South Vietnam
Paris
Johnson
Xuan Thuy
U.S
Georges Pompidou
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Pompidou
Moscow
Soviet Union
Egypt
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
National Youth Job Surge Lifts June Unemployment
The Labor Department reports June unemployment rose to 3.6 million with the nation’s labor force over 80 million for the first time, 1.3 million above May. Officials note school holidays boost jobless counts but July hopes are pinned on an upturn in hiring. In New York, youths protest lack of summer jobs.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
New York
Stanford Students Held by Reds Stir Family Reactions
Parents in California react with shock as Stanford University students Larry Watson and James Kratzer are reported by Pravda to have been seized at the Soviet Polish border while allegedly smuggling anti Soviet literature from the Chinese Embassy in Moscow.
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Stanford University
Northridge
Robert Watson
Larry
Davis
F. H. Kratzer
James
Pravda
Russia
Moscow
Kratzer
University of California At Davis
Stanford
Vienna
Nationwide Phone Strike Threat Voted By CWA Unit
Members of the AFL CIO Communications Workers of America long lines unit in New York voted 3 to 1 to authorize a nationwide strike against American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The action covers 24 000 Bell System long lines employees and allows the general executive board to call the strike at any time.
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New York
Long Lines
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
Tot's Kidnaper Kills Self After Nationwide Search
Thomas F. Scholfield a 22 year old AWOL Marine sought for kidnapping 2 year old Vickie Lynn West shot himself in Marysville ending a two day seven state manhunt. He died from a bullet just below the heart at his brother Wayne Scholfield's home after arriving and saying he would surrender.
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Little Vickie Lynn West
Thomas F. Scholfield
Wayne Scholfield
Dorothy Wynn settles $3,000 claim against Ed Wynn estate
Dorothy N. Wynn former wife of Ed Wynn settled for $3,000 her $100,000 claim on his $267,000 estate. They married in Las Vegas in 1946 and divorced in 1956. Wynn died of cancer June 19, 1966 aged 79.
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Dorothy N. Wynn
Ed Wynn
Las Vegas
Wynn
Westmoreland to Receive Second DSM Oak Leaf Cluster
President Johnson will present Gen. William C. Westmoreland with a second oak leaf cluster of the Distinguished Service Medal on Friday. The award cites exceptionally meritorious service in his role as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam from December 1967 to July 1968.
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Frederick E. Davison
Army
Benjamin Q. Davis Sr
Benjamin C. Davis Jr
Air Force
Davison
199Th Infantry
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
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