Israel Attacks Jordan in Heavy 15-Hour Battle
About 15,000 Israeli troops with tanks and jets launched into Jordan breaking guerrilla bases used for raids. After daylong fighting Israel pulled back claiming to have broken the El-Fataty forces inside Jordan and killed 150 with prisoners and tanks destroyed. Prime Minister Eshkol warned further raids possible. Jordan's King Hussein condemned Arab leaders as voices without action. United Nations proceedings drew no immediate sanctions. the United States warned the attack harms prospects for a Middle East settlement.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Ior
Dlan
El-Fataty
Levi Eshkol
Hussein
U.N
Security Council
Soviet Union
France
U.S
Middle East
Northern Saigon Coast Battle Crushes Communist Force
Infantry and naval units repelled a large Communist group along the northern South Vietnam coast, killing 112 with no American casualties. The clash began near the Quang Nam border after a patrol from the 19th Light Infantry Brigade spotted enemy troops. Cavalry, Marine helicopters near Hue, and air strikes supported the effort, with 45 enemy bodies found later and B 52 missions targeting routes toward Hanoi.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
19Th Light
Quang Nam Province
U.S
Bien Hoa
Hue
Hanoi
Khe Sanh
American death toll drops in Vietnam war weekly tally
American casualties rose with 336 killed and 1,936 wounded, marking the heaviest seven day toll since the start of offensive on January 29. Allied forces report 3,070 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, South Vietnamese losses at 267 killed, 162 wounded and 186 missing. Communist deaths total 314,460 since January 1, 1961. Gold surge follows de Gaulle denunciation of dollar and pound, pushing Paris prices to $38.41 per ounce.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Lnwest
de Gaulle
Paris
Zurich
Negro Rebellion Grows at University
Rebel students at Howard University occupy the administration building and dormitories as operations halt. They demand charges be dropped for about 25 students and press a longer list of demands, resisting officials’ threats to clear the buildings. Meanwhile New York ports face a strike. 22,000 longshoremen stay off work for a fourth day, delaying 70 ships and costing about 1.5 million daily. Also at Metropolitan Hospital, officials report weekly patient deaths due to care shortages and charting delays, despite high staff quality.
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Washington
Howard University
New York
Supreme Court
Newark
Metropolitan Hospital
Samuel H. Rubin
State Investigation Commission
Rubin
Probe Into Freighter Disaster Reveals Crew Testimony
In New Orleans three African Star crewmen testified at a Coast Guard board of inquiry about unsafe conditions causing mass confusion during the Mississippi River collision with two oil barges. The hearing opened on the first day to determine cause after last Saturday’s crash left nine dead and seven missing.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Baez to Wed Harris Before Month's End
Singer Joan Baez plans marriage to David Harris, former Stanford student and draft resister, by month end. She is 27, Harris 22, and both will marry for first time. Baez recently served a jail term over anti-draft protests and has toured with Harris.
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Joan Baez
David Harris
Stanford University
Miss Baez
Miss Baex
Harris
Oakland
Carnegie Hall
Stanford
Escaped killer Moseley surrenders after hostage drama
Winston Moseley 33 surrendered to the FBI after taking five hostages in a Buffalo suburb three story apartment. He was handcuffed smiling after a 30 minute gun duel with an FBI agent. Hostages Mrs Patmos and her infant daughter Annie and neighbor Gladys Costanzo were unharmed. Moseley had been convicted of the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder in New York City.
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Winston Moseley
FBI
Moseley
Buffalo
Grand Island
FET
Mary Kay Patmos
Annie
Gladys M. Costanzo
New York City
Kitty Genovese
Dyan Cannon Wins Divorce From Cary Grant in Los Angeles
Dyan Cannon won an uncontested divorce from Cary Grant in Los Angeles after a two day trial. A judge granted custody to Grant for their daughter Jennifer age 2 with specified visitation limits. Cannon testified about LSD related fits and sought restricted visitations during daytime hours only. Grant was described as a loving father and was ordered to pay child support and alimony with rising and then decreasing amounts over several months.
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Dyan Cannon
Cary Grant
Los Angeles
Grant
Jennifer
Miss Cannon
Mary Gries
Tom Gries
Dyan
New York
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