Rockets Hit Saigon Fuel Depot and Saigon Battles
Viet Cong rockets struck a Shell Caltex petroleum complex near Saigon igniting 100 000 gallons of gasoline in the latest barrage. A daylong clash near Con Thien left 37 North Vietnamese dead while three Marines were killed and seven wounded. US bombers and gunships supported actions around Saigon and in the DMZ during the weekend amid ongoing shelling of the Nha Be Tank Farm.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Shell and
Caltex Petroleum
Tled
Con Thien
Phu Guang City
Nha Be
Ken Freund
New York City
Caltex
Pretty Fresno Secretary Begins Trek Across Death Valley
Kathie Pieper an 18 year old Fresno City College secretary and Miss AAU of California travels with three Los Angeles men from Dante's View to Telescope Peak for 18 miles. The California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory sponsor the test of clothing and equipment for potential moon missions.
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Fresno
Kathie Pieper
California
Death Valley
Fresno City College
Los Angeles
Dante’s View
Death Valley National Monument
Telescope Peak
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kathie
AAU of
Pikes Peak
Jet Propulsion
Fire sweeps Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas wings collapse
A fire in the Sahara Hotel’s 200 room wing injured 29, with three firemen affected by smoke. Flames rose 100 feet as guests fled in nightwear and others were rescued by firefighters. The loss was estimated at over one million dollars, with 40 rooms destroyed and the wing unlikely to reopen soon.
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Sahara Hotel
Sahara
Stanford J. Levy Jr
New Orleans
Evans writes tribute to Rogers family children and losses
Dale Evans wife of Roy Rogers authored Angel Unaware as a tribute to Robin Elizabeth their only natural child who died at age two from mumps complications. The Rogers had seven other children adopted or from prior marriages including Debbie the 12 year old Korean daughter killed in 1964 in a church bus crash, for whom Evans wrote a farewell Dearest Debbie.
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Dale Evans
Roy Rogers
Rogers
Robin Elizabeth
Debbie
Miss Evans
Bicycle theft ring targets bikes in Los Altos Lakewood Plaza area
Mrs W E B of Long Beach reports a pattern of thefts at local shopping centers where bikes are taken by young boys under the pretense they belong to friends. Bikes were dismantled or sold intact after being taken home. A pair of missing bikes from Millikan left only seat pieces with the family name.
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PTA
Los Altos- Lakewood Plaza
Millikan
Long Beach
Social Security Door Is a Fraud Against Workers
The piece argues payroll taxes equal private pension gains and shows contrasting retirement incomes. It compares 1968 1969 tax amounts for $6,600 and $7,800 salaries with annuities and bank growth. It asserts Social Security offers little or no bankable wealth and urges investment alternatives for security and insurance.
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Investment Company of America
Congress
Czechs to Meet Soviet Leaders in Moscow This Week
Prague reported Czechoslovak liberal reformers accepted a Soviet invitation to a meeting in Moscow or nearby cities this week to discuss liberalization. No official confirmation. troops remained in readiness near Prague as talks potentially precede troop withdrawal.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Alexander Dubcek
Czechslovak Party
Ilman
Moscow
Kiev
Lvov
Presidium
Communist Party
Waldeck Rochet
Dubcek
Paris
Pravda
Prace
Rabotnicesko Delo
Tanjug
Pentagon
CIA
Trukish
Janos Peter
Hungary
Instanbul
Milliyet
Peter
Budapest
Turkey
Shaft Cave-in Kills 8 Emerald Miners
Eight miners were killed and seven trapped when a rain-weakened tunnel at an emerald mine 93 miles east of Bogota collapsed on Friday night. Officials said rescuers began operations to free those trapped as miners sought emeralds for personal use.
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Bogota
Colombia
Johnson Reassures Van Thieu On Vietnam Armament Aid
A U S official says South Vietnam will receive more helicopters and long range artillery from Allied forces to boost capabilities. The United States speeds up M 16 rifle shipments to keep pace with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops to maintain firefight parity. The joint communique aims to show U S plans to continue fighting until Hanoi agrees to de escalation, with a final peace settlement to include a complete cessation of hostilities.
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Namese
USS
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pendleton Pilot Killed in Plane Crash
U S Marine Corps Captain John F. Tye, 27, died when his OV-16A observation plane crashed 20 miles south of Hoover Dam during a routine cross country training mission. Only he was aboard. he leaves a wife and two children and parents in St. Louis. An investigation was ordered.
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U.S. Marine Corps
John F. Tye
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Camp Pendleton
Tyce
Francis T. Tyc
St. Louis
Car Plunge into River Kills Six in Alabama
Six members of a Wilmington Delaware family drown when their late model car veered off Interstate 20 near Birmingham Alabama and plunged into 25 feet of water. Surviving 22 year old Sidney Stribling described the moment and identified the victims Velma Leon Grace Teresa Thelma Laytonia.
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Riverside
Ala
Wilmington
Del
Mississippi
Sidney Stribling
Velma
Stribling
Leon
Grace
Teresa
Thelma
Laytonia
Interstate 20
Birmingham
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North Holly
Wood
Karen
Clovis
Vegas Hotel
Russia
Johnson
van Thieu
Pendleton
Lessly
American Council ON
Torrance
Sunset Blvd
Torrance Blvd
Union Bank
Drexel
Esperanto
Drexel DI Moda
Drexel Guild Hall
Henredon Fontaine
Henredon Carmel
Henredon
Long Beach Blvd
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