Heavy clashes near Saigon as US forces press Communist strongholds
U.S. troops swept Communist strongholds on two sides of Saigon killing 85 Red soldiers in the heaviest fighting near the capital since the bombing halt began. In the Mekong Delta 7.4 hours of running battle yielded 51 enemy deaths with no American casualties. Additional clashes 40 and 65 miles north of Saigon produced 32 more Communist deaths. U S losses were four dead and eight wounded. B 52 bombers pounded positions in Tay Ninh Province.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
National Students Respond to LBJ Lectures in Houston
Rice University reported a flood of student interest as President Johnson and Arthur J. Goldberg announced spring lectures at Houston campuses. Goldberg will teach international law at the University of Houston while Johnson’s exact topics remain undisclosed. more than 40 students were turned away for lack of topics and dates.
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Rice University
Johnson
U.S
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Houston
Rice
Joseph Cooper
Rice Political Science Department
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Cooper
Bishops Leave Birth Control Choice to Married Couples
In Lourdes France the French Assembly of Bishops issued a 10 page paper declaring contraception a personal decision for each married couple. The document approved by 111 bishops argues balance between use of contraceptives and the role of sexual relations in family stability and reflects a French stance distinct from Pope Paul VI’s encyclical upholding the ban except rhythm method.
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Lourdes
France
French Assembly of Bishops
Paul VI
Heroic Yugoslav Captain Recovered From Sunken Ship
The body of Captain Theodor Belesis 44 who perished with the Greek vessel Peltastis was found Friday 100 feet below the Adriatic near Krk Island. He remained at his cabin desk guiding the ship’s spotlight to aid swimmers as seven additional crew members were recovered.
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Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Adriatic Sea
Krk
Theodor Belesis
North Koreans Slain in New Ulchin Landing Clash
South Korean troops and police killed six more North Koreans from a 30 man commando team that invaded the South last Saturday. The toll reached 12 North Koreans dead with no South Korean losses in the Ulchin area coastal engagement.
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Seoul
South Korea
Ulchin
Airliner Hijacked Over Paris by Two Italian Protesters
Two Italians aboard an Olympic Airways jet fleeing for Greece attempted to hijack the Athens bound flight 15 minutes from Paris. The gunmen demanded landing in Paris to protest the Greek regime. One fled but was caught. the other surrendered. Guns were not loaded. Identified as Umberto Giovine 27 and Maurizio Panichi 24 of Florence.
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Aristotle Onassis
Olympic Airways
Greece
Umberto Giovine
Maurizio Panichi
Florence
Prague denounces anti-Soviet protests as criminal acts
The Czechoslovak government on Friday condemned two days of anti-Soviet demonstrations and said organizers would be tried for criminal activities.
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Prague
Spock and Coffin Convictions Claim Cruel Punishment
Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg argues the two year sentences for Benjamin Spock and co defendants are cruel and unusual. Coffin, Spock, Goodman and Ferber received two year terms with fines of 5000 for Spock Goodman and Coffin and 1000 for Ferber. Mideast Talks Move to Geneva
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U.S. Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Benjamin Spock
Goldberg
U.S. Court of Appeals
William Sloane Coffin
Coffin
Spock
Mitchell Goodman
Michael Ferber
Goodman
Rev. Coffin
Ferber
Western Airlines Faces Cabin Smoking Complaints
West ern Airlines reports rising in cabin annoyances with cigars pipes and marijuana. Wayne Lichtgarn, manager of customer relations, says some passengers react angrily when told smoking pot is prohibited. The issue adds to onboard discomfort on DC-8 jets.
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San Francisco
Western Airlines
Wayne Lichtgarn
Wendell Corey dies at 54 in Woodland Hills hospital
Actor Wendell Corey a TV and film star known for The Eleventh Hour died Friday of a liver ailment at Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills at age 54. He previously led Santa Monica politics and served as Academy president. Funeral arrangements are with Gates Kingsley Gates Mortuary.
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NBCTV
Motion Picture Country Hospital
Woodland Hills
Corey
Santa Monica
Dracut
Mass
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Loretta Young
Margaret Sullivan
Harriet Craig
Harbor Command
Peck
Westinghouse Playhouse
Alice Wiley
Springfield, Mass
Robin
Jonathan
Jennifer
Bonnie
Gates-Kingsley-Gates Mortuary
Miniskirts Stir Saglek AFB Labrador Debate
The Saglek Bay base commander Maj. James J. Kelly supports higher hem lines for female visitors at Labrador’s Saglek AFB amid a clash after an English post banned short skirts. Saglek issued a proclamation pledging to accommodate women wearing micro miniskirts if they visit the enlisted club.
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Labrador
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James J. Kelly
England
Saglek
Heart transplant considered after wife’s brain death tragedy
A 27 year old housewife was flown to Houston for a possible heart transplant after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. Her husband gave consent for the procedure as neurosurgeons said her brain no longer functioned though her heart beat. The name of the patient was withheld at the husband’s request. The report also notes a Nixon relative serving aboard the destroyer Robert L. Wilson off Vietnam and a Nixon cousin’s Army induction at Fort Hayes, both from London Ohio.
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Wilmington Medical Center
Richard M. Nixon
Robert L. Wilson
Vietnam
Terry Nixon
London
Ohio
United States
Richard
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Richard Nixon
Churchill Landscape Sells in London Auction for 17648
A landscape by the late Sir Winston Churchill was bought Friday in London for 17648 dollars by Arthur Murray of New York the former dancing teacher.
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Sir Winston Churchill
London
Arthur Murray
New York
Stamp brothers in Calabasas face charges after marijuana found
British actor Terence Stamp 29 had felony marijuana pos session charges dismissed in Calabasas Friday while his brother Christopher 25 was bound over for arraignment. They were arrested May 18 after deputies found marijuana in their car. Cynthia Lennon 28 and John Lennon 28 divorced in London after a six year marriage on grounds of John's adultery with no appearance by John.
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Calabasas
Christopher
Stamp Brothers
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John Lennon
London
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John
Yoko Ono
Former pro star Jim Brown arraigned in Santa Monica
Former football star Jim Brown was arraigned Friday in Santa Monica on an assault charge with a hearing set next week on a motion to dismiss. He allegedly struck a sheriff's deputy and resisted arrest during a probe of a June 9 fall involving model Eva Maria De Bohn Chin, 22, found semiconscious on a patio near Brown's apartment. Anthony Dion Fay, Barbara Stanwyck's adopted son, was sued for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court as Rose Fay, 25, cited extreme cruelty since their marriage on January 7.
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Santa Monica
Brown
Eva Maria de Bohn Chin
Anthony Dion Fay
Barbara Stanwyck
Frank Fay
Los Angeles Superior Court
Rose Fay
Fay
Rudd Acquitted in Columbia Sit-In Disorder Charge
Mark Rudd 19 is acquitted in New York of a disorderly conduct charge linked to a Columbia University sit-in on May 18. He still faces riot incitement and criminal trespass counts. Michael Stern, 19, also acquitted. Steven Goldfield 21 did not appear and an arrest warrant was issued.
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Mark Rudd
Columbia University
New York
Rudd
Michael Stern
Steven Goldfield
Son of Senator-Elect Given Three Years Probation
Robin M. Cranston, 20, son of Senator-Elect Alan N. Cranston, was placed on three years probation in San Diego for smuggling marijuana. He was arrested March 15 at the border after a customs inspector found two pounds of marijuana in a car he drove.
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Robin M. Cranston
U.S
Alan N. Cranston
D.-Calif
San Diego
Cranston
Los Angeles
International Border
Humphrey Eligible for Pension Upon Leaving Office
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will receive a government pension of 19 450 when he leaves office January 20. He qualifies under the congressional retirement plan with 20 years of service. His five year average would be 38 900 and his last year salary was 22 500 as senator. 43 000 as vice president. Participants contribute 7 5 percent of their salaries toward the pension.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Washington
Agnew Turns 50 Amid Florida Birthday Observance
Vice President-elect Spiro T. Agnew marks his 50th birthday today while meeting with President-elect Richard M. Nixon in Florida. Agnew, born November 9, 1918, in Baltimore City, Md., reaches the milestone during this transition period.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Florida
Maryland
Baltimore City
Tony Curtis settles paternity suit for eight thousand seven hundred
Los Angeles Superior Court records show actor Tony Curtis settled a paternity suit without admitting fatherhood. The action involving twins Jason Thomas Henter and Justin Robert Henter, born August 21 to Anna Margaret Henter, 18, was dismissed with an $8,700 settlement.
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Tony Curtis
Los Angeles
Jason Thomas Henter
Justin Robert Henter
Anna Margaret Henter
Independent Press Telegram headline from Long Beach 1968
The Long Beach based Independent Press Telegram appears in a November 1968 Saturday issue, listing publication details and postal registration. The item notes the paper is published weekly on Saturdays from Sixth Street and Pine Avenue in Long Beach California.
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Long Beach
Cal
Sixth St
Pine Ave
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