Fighting in Street of Saigon
Fighting raged on Saigon’s northern edge near Bien Hoa and southwest near the race track as Viet Cong rockets hit Tan Son Nhut airbase. U S helicopters and Skyraider bombers supported South Vietnamese troops attempting to wipe out an estimated 110 enemy troops, with seven other allied installations struck countrywide.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
Assanh
Race Track
Race Trick
Tan Son Nhut
William ©. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Bonn Demonstrators Ring U.S. Diplomat
George C. McGhee, the American ambassador to Bonn, faced several hundred demonstrators in Bremen as he opened German-American friendship week. The protest marked ongoing opposition to the Vietnam War in a port city on the North Sea.
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Bremen
Germany
George C. McGhee
Bonn
North Sea
Harber City
Watts agitators blamed for worsening conditions in Watts
The House Committee on Un American Activities reports that Watts still faces harsh conditions with potentially more agitators than in August 1985. It cites Communist organizations shifting into Watts since 1965 and notes groups like the Progressive Labor Party and Black Nationalists active since 1985. The 1967 riot is described as highly destructive and paces the ongoing tension with residents' resentment toward police and whites.
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Washington
Watts
Los Angeles
House Committee On Un-American Activities
United States
Progressive Labor Party
Philip A. Luce
Reporter Feigns Death as Viet Cong Kill Four Newsmen
In Saigon four journalists die in a Viet Cong ambush as a Western diplomat is found murdered nearby. Frank Palmos, who survived, described the attack while the slain newsmen included Bruce Pigott Ronald Laramy Michael Birch and John Cantwell. The West German diplomat, Hassa Von Koltenberg, was found shot, blindfolded, with gouged eyes.
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Saigon
UPS
Battle Field
Frank Palmos
Melbourne
Australia
Bruce Pigott
Reutey
Charboard
New South Wales
RONALD _LARAMY
Reuters
Newquay
Cornwall
England
Vietnam
Michael Birch
Australian Associated Press
Hassa von Koltenberg
Cholon
Report Warns of Guerrilla Warfare Threat in US
A House Committee report says mixed Communist and Black Nationalist groups plan guerrilla style actions. It names SDS at Columbia, RAM, Revolutionary Contingent, WEB Du Bois Clubs and cites Guevara to argue guerrilla tactics are unlikely to succeed.
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New York Times
Waslington
House
United States
Students For A Democratic Society
Columbia University
New York
SDS
Revolutionary Action Movement
RAM
Revolutionary Contingent
WEB du Bois
Committee On Un-American Activities
Emneslo
Che) Guevara
U.S
Communist Party of the
U.S.A
Tax Increase Urges Immediate Action for Nation's Benefit
President Johnson presses Congress through Representative McCormack to pass necessary tax legislation. He argues the increase wards inflation, aids the poor and elderly, supports Vietnam service members, and safeguards the dollar as the free world monetary anchor. Mills schedules Ways and Means review to gauge committee views.
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McCormack
Congress
Johnson
McCoramck
Vietnam
Mills
Ways and Means
Transplant patient Thomas shows early improvement after heart swap
In London at National Heart Hospital a Phoenix man named Thomas with a new heart began speaking briefly and remained stable under care. His 46 year old Leighton Sea wife Helen visited as doctor Coolley said he could talk for short periods and breathe steadily. The donor was a 76 year old Irish construction worker. kidneys from the donor were allocated to two women in another hospital.
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Thomas
Helen
Denton A. Coolley
Frederick West
Josephine
National Heart Hospital
London
West
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