No Man's Land Bombed in Vietnam War Actions
North Vietnamese troops and installations were in the Demilitarized Zone in violation of the 1954 Geneva Accords. U S. planes conducted a rare attack in the DMZ while Marines advanced south of the target area during Hastings offensive. Reports also note a helicopter crash near Pleiku and the recovery of Norman L. Clowers's body after an ambush near Nha Trang.
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Viet Nam
Ference
U.S
Hastings
Saigon
Xuan Loc
Air Force
Pleiku
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Normal L. Clowers
Nha Trang
Chicago March Violence Against Civil Rights Demonstrators
The marchers, including Catholic priests and a nun, faced insults from white youths as police corralled them to Marquette Park. A missile struck Jackson during the confrontation while bottles shattered against a Jewish synagogue wall. the CCCOO organized escort removed the demonstrators from the area.
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Russia
Jackson
Marquette Park
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CCCO
King’s Christian Leadeship Council
Kedzie
Probe Finds No Crimes In Highway Dept Report
The governor appoints three appointees from different parties. The 65 page report cites weak top leadership, poor coordination, and an overbearing deputy in charge of construction. It notes most federal highway funds come from the Bureau of Public Roads but urges state independence in decisions. Bribery claims found no proof. no charges filed.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Board
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Las Veres Strike Affects Las Vegas Tourism Outlook
Las Vegas business and hotel operators blame the Las Veres strike for part of a broader decline in summer tourism. About 150 ramp and ticket counter workers were laid off but were expected to return after union ratification, easing a bottleneck temporarily.
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Las Vegas
Chamber of Commerce
Thant warns Viet Nam war may widen into major conflict
Secretary General U Thant described the Vietnam situation as fragile and warned the war could expand into a major conflict. He noted Soviet statements of aid to North Vietnam and said progress on disarmament before the September General Assembly remains unlikely. He also indicated the USSR may study a UN financial report before further commitments and doubted Moscow would press Hanoi to spare American pilots.
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Thant
Viet Nam
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
World Organization
Soviet Union
Hanoi
Haiphong
Moscow
United Nations
Airlines Eye Return as Machinists Vote on Contract
In San Francisco Local 1781 readiness to urge 6000 machinists to reject the proposed deal followed by a 34400 IAM vote. Senator Wayne Morse said the 36 month contract grants roughly 4 percent gain, aligning with the Presidents panel guidance and avoiding inflationary impact.
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San Francisco
IAM
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Oregon Democrat
P. L
Roy) Siemiller
Trans World
Air Line Pilots’ Association
ALPA
Chicago
New York
TWA
Battlefield Nightmare Heroism of Sgt Morris in Vietnam
Sgt Charles B. Morris of Galax Virginia led a small squad during a June 29 ambush near Saigon despite multiple chest wounds and a severed finger. He crawled to direct fire, treated the wounded, silenced a heavy machine gun, and refused evacuation to guide his men to safety, earning heroic leadership as the platoon fought off Viet Cong forces.
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Alvin York
Audie Murphy
Morris
Saigon
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne
503Rd Infantry Regiment
Korea
Pfc
William Marshall
Detroit
Sarge
Marshall
Thomas S. Shasteen
Pomeroy
Ohio
Set
Bill
Sgt
Edward Balls
Rve. NY
Balls
Pfe
Everett C. Anderson
Germfnsk
Mich
Mary Ligiar
Douglas Charles
National Briefs Roundup Sparks Tax Sharing and War Talks
Washington reports note Rep Gard Ner Shriver will introduce a bill to share federal income taxes with states. Forty seven congressmen urged a negotiated settlement in Vietnam, signed by 44 Democrats and three Republicans. In Waterbury a 19 year old was killed when a car he stole fell on him. In New York Leroi Jones was jailed after a lobby fight over $100 with Shepard Sherbell.
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Washington
UPI
Gardner Shriver
R-Kan
Nguyen Cao Ky
Johnson
Waterbury
Conn
Charles F. Read
Prospect
New York
Leroi Jones
East Village
Jones
Shepard Sherbell
East Side Review
New Literary
Kisangani mutiny and leadership still unsettled
Sporadic gunfire continued in Kisangani as Katangese gendarmes and dissident mercenaries mutinied a week earlier. Premier Leonard Mulamba remained in the city on a government bid to disarm mutinous units.
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Kinshasa
Congo
UPI
Kisangani
Stanleyville
Leonard Mulamba
Budapest
Hungary
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Equal Time Ruling Backing Klansmen Draws Debate
New York UPI reports FCC spokesman Kenneth Cox says Klansmen may be entitled to equal time replies under the fairness doctrine. Washington Atty W Theodore Pierson questions wisdom of the stance as NBEC session hosts informal debate on fairness doctrine and free press.
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New York
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
Washington
W. Theodore Pierson
National Broadcast Editorial Conference
NBEC
Cox
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Pierson
Sihanouk signals openness to U S friendship with Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh declared Cambodia not a slave to Red China and welcomed better relations with the United States. He said he would be happy if the United States wants to be his friend and announced he had dropped one of three conditions for restoring diplomatic ties.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
China
United States
Racial angle eyed in Bogalusa killing of young man
A 24 year old Black man, Clarence Triggs, was found shot beside a car on Louisiana State Highway 10 in Bogalusa. Police kept motive undecided while FBI in New Orleans checked for civil rights ties. Autopsy confirmed a fatal head wound. Triggs was registered to a white Bogalusa woman.
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Bogalusa, la
UPI
Bogalusa
Clarence Triggs
L. C. Terrell
Terrell
Triggs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Orleans
Washington Parish
Franklinton
Mississippi
Paris
H. A. Stafford Sr
Peking linked to Viet Cong meeting in Tay Ninh
Saigon based Government News Agency reports a high ranking Communist Chinese officer attended a Viet Cong meeting in Tay Ninh Province on July 20. Documents from a Tay Ninh raid allegedly confirm the officer's presence alongside a North Vietnamese representative, at a conference guarded by an entire guerrilla regiment.
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No Man’s Land
Las Veres
Palmieri
Sam
National Briefs
World Briefs
London
Beihan
Federation of South Arabia
Federal Communications
Kenneth Cox
Seattle
Commission
New Dixie
Claxton Knight
Jess Cutter
Atty
W. W
Squinch
Peking
Tay Ninh
South
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