Allies Rip Saigon Attackers In Major Vietnam Battle
Allied infantry killed about 250 Communists in pitched battles against two large forces approaching Saigon. Saigon was shelled, with casualties and a hotel hit near Independence Palace. In the Mekong Delta clash, 36 U.S. soldiers died and 62 were wounded. over 200 Communists fell.
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Independence Palace
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
U.S
U.S. 9Th Division
Mideast erupts again in nine hour clash near anniversary
Israel and Jordan fought for almost nine hours with air and artillery fire on Tuesday ahead of the previous June war anniversary. Jordan claimed heavy toll from land rockets while Israel reported air strikes on Jordanian positions and silencing shelling. Jordan said 35 were killed and 62 wounded as artillery hit northern Jordan Valley and Irbid fires raged. four Israeli planes, tanks and artillery positions were destroyed and a bridge demolished.
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Jordan
Jordan Valley
Irbid
France borrows from IMF to support franc as strikes widen
France borrows nearly 750 million dollars from the IMF to shore up the franc amid a nationwide general strike. Paris sees massive traffic jams as strikers persist, while union ballots show little sign of ending the three week action. In Prague Soviet tanks join War saw Pact exercises as broadcasts and labor unrest rise. Riots erupt in Italy with factory protests in Milan and Turin and clashes in Naples.
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University of Rome
Naples
Genoa
Mystery Explosions Cut Oakland Power Lines
Three 70 foot transmission towers fell in the Oakland hills cutting power to 30000 customers. Police and PG&E blamed sabotage as a spate of attacks prompts an intensive investigation. The blackout hit the UC Berkeley campus and related facilities.
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Oakland Hills
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Skyline-Grizzly Peak Ridge
Emeryville
Berkeley
University of California
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Night bus service in D C resumes with change limit
Night city buses in the nation’s capital restart after two weeks off due to robberies and a driver’s murder. Operators may carry only ten dollars in change making cash to issue tokens and fare.
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Washington
Westmoreland Wins Senate Panel Backing Army Chief Post
The Senate Armed Services Committee gave unanimous approval to General William C Westmoreland to be Army chief of staff succeeding General Harold K Johnson. President Johnson’s July 2 nomination is expected to gain quick Senate confirmation. Westmoreland faced a brief 15 minute public session and a two hour closed door review focused on Vietnam.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Harold K. Johnson
Senate
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Westmoreland
Young
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chicago seeks rehearing after hanging jury ruling
Chicago prosecutors plan to petition the U S Supreme Court for a rehearing of the decision striking down the hanging jury. If denied they will seek directives from the Illinois Supreme Court on William Witherspoon’s fate after his 1959 slaying of a policeman. The high court ruled death sentences cannot be set by juries that exclude veniremen opposed to capital punishment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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William Witherspoon
Witherspoon
High Court
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