Navy pilots destroy and damage North Vietnamese watercraft
U S Navy pilots attacked more than 200 North Vietnamese supply barges and junks, reporting 111 destroyed or damaged. Jets struck a torpedo boat near Hai Phong and damaged a surface to air radar site. Navy flew 54 strike missions, Air Force 26, amid minimal MIG 21 contact. Ground actions killed 32 Viet Cong near Saigon and in the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Britain
United States
North
Hanoi
Popular Force
U. S
Guam
Bong Son
Navy
Enterprise
Kitty Hawk
Phantom
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Panhandle
U.S
Mekong Delta
Driver Killed When Truck Hits Bridge
A 29 year old truck driver Ronald O Dinse of Gresham Shawano County was killed when his truck struck a bridge abutment on Highway 151 two miles north of Juneau in Dodge County. An additional fatal collision occurred on Highway 77 near Iron Belt injuring Anthony J Orsoni and a separate crash on Highway 60 near Hartford claimed Paul Simoneau.
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Wisconsin
Ronald O. Dinse
Gresham
Shawano County
Dodge County
Juneau
Anthony J. Orsoni
Pence
Iron Belt
Iron County
Paul Simoneau
West Bend
Hartford
Washington County
Pickets at Cafaro Memorial Hospital
In Youngstown Ohio hospital officials consider a court order to curb blockades by pickets that halted delivery of oxygen food and drugs. Hospital administrator Florence Marsteller said some pickets were not employees and that a tenth of staff are on strike for recognition.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Cafaro Memorial Hospital
Florence Marsteller
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital Association
Sever- See Hospital
Series Links Road Deaths To Alcohol
AP writer Fred Snyder examines drunken driving as a growing epidemic. He cites a seven fatality crash near Potosi where both drivers had been drinking and notes a governor’s appeal amid public indifference. The three part series starts Wednesday on Page 10.
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Associated Press
Fred Snyder
Potosi
U S Feed Grain Exports Forecast to Level Off
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department expects U S feed grain exports to level off this marketing year as farmers adjust production and demand trends influence shipments.
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U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Campbell Dies Attempting Water Speed Record at 310 MPH
Donald Campbell, Britain's famed speed ace, crashed and died at 310 miles per hour while piloting the jet hydroplane Bluebird on Lake Coniston. Wreckage and Campbell's gear were found as frogmen searched for his body after the return run failed to complete the record.
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Coniston
England
Donald Campbell
Britain
Lake Coniston
Campbell
Mary
Malcolm Campbell
Campbells
Bluebird
UPI
North Vietnam Premier Signals Open Path to Talks
Premier Pham Van Dong said North Vietnam's four point demands are a settlement basis not strict conditions for peace talks. He urged Washington to take the first steps and suggested talks could occur when hostilities end, while reaffirming readiness to fight a long sacred war if needed.
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NEW York
Pham van Dong
North Vietnam
Vietnam
New York Times
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
Salisbury
Dong
Washington
South
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Liberation Front
United States
U.S
Randolph AFB to reopen as ninth pilot training base
The Air Force plans to reactivate Randolph Field near San Antonio as the ninth pilot training base to meet shortages. It will train 3,247 pilots annually, add 891 officers and 2,472 enlisted personnel plus 766 civilians, at an estimated five year cost of 300 million dollars.
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Air Force
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Pentagon
Navy
Ex Rubber Workers Union President Dies
Leland S. Buckmaster 72 former international president of the United Rubber Workers Union died Tuesday in Henderson Kentucky while visiting his two sons Buckmaster led the union based in Akron Ohio from 1945 to 1960 and helped build the organizing drive in the 1930s He had cancer in recent years and resided in Largo Florida.
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Henderson, Ky
Leland S. Buckmaster
United Rubber Workers Union
Henderson
Buckmaster
Largo
Fla
Akron
Ohio
Errant Mace Missile Flew Off Course During Florida Test
An unarmed Air Force Mace missile launched from Eglin Air Force Base veered onto an unprogrammed path toward the Gulf of Mexico and Cuba. The Defense Department said it carried no warhead, with destruct charges later noted as failed, and no confirmed impact location as radar tracked its fall.
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Washington
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force Proving Ground
Eglin Afb
Fla
Fidel Castro
Air Force
Exile Leader Mo hamed Khider Killed In Madrid Shooting
Madrid police hunt two gunmen after Mo hamed Khider former FLN secretary general and treasurer was killed outside his apartment. Khider accused Ben Bella of stealing 11 million from Algeria's ruling party funds. Police questioned Khider's widow and her brother as part of the investigation.
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Harold K. Miles
Madrid
Mohamed Khider
Algeria
National Liberation Party
FLN
National Liberation Front
Ahmed Ben Bella
Khider
Mak
Ben Bella
Spain
Fetta Toudor
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Army
Rubber Workers Union
Sear
Switzerland
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