Heavy Fighting Near Da Nang Drives Vietnamese Toll
U S command reports 5552 Communist deaths and rising enemy losses as Da Nang battles continue. Marines kill at least 328 NVA near the base, with 131 more slain in a raid 13 miles south. Marine losses total 26 dead and 37 wounded. Earlier raids killed 197 more NVA. Navy strikes hit AIM sites and bridges near Vinh. B52s conduct seven missions south of the 19th parallel.
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Senate rejects mail order gun curbs while tightening handgun rules
Senate votes reject broad ban on mail order rifles and shotguns but motions toward stronger gun control pass at least for handguns. Proposals would curb pistol sales to under 21 and ban over the counter pistol sales to out of state residents.
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Miracle Ends as Six Trapped Miners Are Rescued
Rescue worker Jim Blankenship found fresh footprints in the Gauley Cole and Coke Co. pit near Hominy Falls West Virginia. Six miners emerged from a barricaded area after four days of entrapment while 15 others were rescued earlier and four others were found dead.
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Gold price hits all time high on London bullion market
On Thursday the price of gold bullion surged to a record 41.75 dollars per ounce on the London market though most hoarders kept their gold to await higher profits. In Paris Premier Pompidou mobilized 10,000 national gendarmes to quell rebellious student activity as guards surrounded the Eiffel Tower and Paris Opera amid rumors of occupation plans.
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Tokyo earthquake toll climbs with aftershocks and entombed victims
Devastation spreads across northern Japan after the strongest quake since 1964. The toll rises with 38 dead, 228 injured and eight missing as aftershocks continue. A 6.5 magnitude aftershock struck the Honshu Hokkaido region, leaving widespread damage and homelessness.
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Britain performs world fourth lung transplant on teen
A 15 year old boy, Alex Smith, received a lung from an 18 year old girl in Britain's first and the world's fourth lung transplant. He was reported in satisfactory condition Thursday after the operation at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary. Similar ops in the U S and Japan had all three recipients die.
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Mothers Milk Bank helps supply Richard Madson
Mothers Milk Bank in San Francisco offered a two week supply of breast milk via the American Red Cross to Richard Madson Jr. and his parents in Spokane after local milk ran short. Richard, three months old, has digestive issues and pneumonia. doctors say he thrives only on breast milk and his mother cannot provide it. In New York, Richard Burton bought a 33.19 carat diamond for Elizabeth Taylor in a surprise auction. Floyd C. Morgan, former Bank of California official, pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement totaling 45,500 in San Francisco.
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