Viet Cong Sappers Hit Saigon Airbase Wounding Two
Viet Cong sappers slipped into an allied airbase near Saigon and destroyed four U S helicopters including two AH Cobra gunships and two light observation choppers worth 1 6 million while wounding two Americans They escaped without a shot fired The attack coincided with heavy B 52 raids on bunkers and storage areas in northern South Vietnam and a Cambodian government drive against Communist supply lines near Phnom Penh.
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Lai Khe
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
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Chattanooga Wins Reprieve From Major Busing Plan
Federal Judge Frank Wilson approved Chattanooga elementary and junior high desegregation plans and tentatively approved a plan for further mixing in high schools. He allowed busing portions feasible with current transport facilities at the September term and delayed other parts until suitable transit can be acquired. The ruling closes another round in an 11 year desegregation suit, with officials not yet stating fall student allocations.
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Chattanooga
UPI
Frank Wilson
Wilson
Miller
Wives Keep Clark Base Open Amid Filipino Strike
Manila UPI reports 6000 Filipino workers strike at Clark Air Force Base forcing wives to man cash registers and airmen to mop floors to keep essential services running. The strike sought firing of 181 American dependents, salary adjustments, extra holidays, and reinstatement of 240 free employees. Union leader Dusto Barredo was shot dead near Angles City as violence erupted, and authorities deployed troops to checkpoints to curb further clashes.
Wife Sues Over Husband Sex Change for $1.5 Million
Mrs Dords Burnell sues Maurice Durell in Orange County Superior Court seeking 1.5 million dollars for loss of husband and marital status after her spouse underwent sex reassignment. She accuses doctor Roy J. Catazone of aiding the change despite her objections and notes the couple married in 1964 and raised Burnell's stepdaughters.
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Dords J. Burnel
Tuller
Burnellaare
Strike Forces Rail Shutdowns Hit Poultry and Mining
Nationwide rail strike halts shipments across Norfork and Western lines, threatening poultry and grain supplies. Circus trains reroute to reach Los Angeles as coal mines in Virginia Kentucky face idling and workers face layoffs. Estimated impact reaches 48,000 miners with potential poultry price shocks in the southeast.
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Officer Suspended For Threat In Paris
Paris city official says Tennessee Highway Patrolman Freeman Crutcher was suspended for threatening a Paris police officer with reprisals over eight overdue parking tickets, after warrant news emerged and Chandler was suspended. Don Vestal files $4 million suit in federal court challenging Teamsters Local 327 leadership and Hoffa. Graveside services set for Dr. E. C. Brehm, former UT president, 82.
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James Chandler
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Keenan
Claude Armour
Nashville
Don Vestal
Teamsters Local $27
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James R. Hoffa
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Heart Lung Transplant Doing Well in Cape Town
Adrian Herbert recovered well after receiving a heart and lungs from donor Jackson Gunya at Groote Schuur Hospital. Doctors reported excellent function 48 hours post operation as Herbert began drinking fluids, the fourth heart and lungs transplant globally and the first in South Africa. The donor's wife learned of the transplant after hospital officials revealed the death, and officials noted legal authorization allowed the procedure when family contact was not possible.
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South Africa
UPI
Adrian Herbert
Groote Schuur Hospital
Christiaan Barnard
Herbert
Rosalie Gunya
Jackson Gunya
Sroote Schuur
Moonshiner's Hopeful Judge Delays Sentence to December
In Nashville a federal judge delays Burley Ferrell's 50 day sentence for moonshine offenses until December 27 to allow him to fix problems. The 46-year-old Cannon County man cited tough times and needed funds for fertilizer. He also faced injuries from a rabid mule and is undergoing anti rabies treatment.
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UPI
Burley Ferrell
Ferrell
Cannon County
Frank Gray
Gray
Apollo 15 mission named Endeavor spurred by Soviet press
Soviet media first report Apollo 15 after launch with Komsomolskaya Pravda praising mission aims and noting the Endeavor name similar to Captain Cook’s vessel. Vatican digs in nun monitors dress at St Peter's Basilica as guards tighten limits on bare flesh and mini skirts, with Sister Fiorella taking on duties.
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Endeavor
Vatican City
UPT
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Sister Fiorella
N & Vatican
Couple Convicted in Grave Desecration Case in Hungary
Budapest District Court convicted a man and wife identified as Mr. and Mrs. L. J. of Cegled for desecrating neighbor Mrs. L. G.s grave after a feud and a curse claiming all their children would be born blind. They received 10 months in jail.
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Budapest
UPI
GI Hangs On To His Pony Tail
George Emmer, 23, a private stationed at Fort Dix, wears a pony tail that extends below his shoulders. He was convicted by a special court martial of refusing two orders to cut it. Sentenced to 90 days hard labor, suspended, and $22 per month salary forfeiture for three months. Civilian lawyer Stephen Hyman said he would appeal.
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George Emmer
Figg Harbor City
Emmer
Anthony McNulty
Stephen Hyman
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