Congo Troops Search Jungle for Elusive Rebels
In Leopoldville Congo forces led by mercenary Col Michael Hoare pressed through jungle toward Ruta and Banalia in a bid to locate Simba rebels. Reports say 75 of 109 whites believed held by rebels were massacred, with bodies allegedly seen by a Portuguese arrival.
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Leopoldville. Congo
UPI
Mander
Michael
Mad Mike) Hoare
Congo
Bondo
Ruta
Banalia
Stanleyville
Banala
Hoare
South Korea Rules Out Sending Troops to Vietnam
President Park Chung Hee said the government has no plans to deploy a South Korean division to South Vietnam. The statement came from Seoul as the U S ally presses for greater participation in the conflict.
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Seoul
South Korea
Park Chung Hee
South Viet Nam
Twisters Again Lash Midsection
Tornado activity returns as twisters hit the midsection region causing damage to structures and forcing brief evacuations. Emergency crews coordinate with local authorities to assess casualties and secure affected neighborhoods.
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Twisters
Tornadoes and storms sweep midsection causing fatalities
Severe weather raked the nation from the Atlantic to Minnesota with tornadoes thunder storms and hail. A Cotton Center Texas home was flattened killing a woman and critically injuring her husband as the storm tore through Hale Center and injured 60 others. A small private plane crash near Whitesburg Kentucky during a thunderstorm left two people missing while en route from Nashville to Wilmington.
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Cotton Center
Tex
Hale Center
Whitesburg
Nashville
OAS Peace Team Arrives to Mediate Dominican Crisis
The OAS sends a new mediation group to Santo Domingo as Dominican military factions clash. Ellsworth Bunker Ramon de Clairmont Duenas and Iimar Penna Marinho join Jose A Mora in efforts to end the deadlock amid sniper fire and cease fire violations. Brazilian troops neutralize the palace area while reports of junta dissent surface.
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Santo Domingo
UPS
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
el Salvador
Iimar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Jose A. Mora
U. S
Johnson Requests Copper-Nickel Coins With Silver Elimination
President Johnson asked Congress to remove silver from dimes and quarters and greatly cut silver in half dollars. New three layer copper nickel dimes and quarters would resemble current five and twenty five cent pieces except for a dark edge ring. Half dollars would be nearly indistinguishable from present nickels. Pennies stay copper and the one dollar coin remains nine parts silver to one part copper.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Miracle surgery trims giant gal to six feet tall
Ann Rowston, 20, underwent a pioneering operation at Gobowen Orthopedic Hospital to remove seven inches from her legs, cutting four inches from the thighs and three from below the knees. She leaves hospital on crutches and faces relearning how to walk, aiming to live normally, shop, date, and pursue illustration for children. Bill's supportive letters helped her through the ordeal.
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Gobowen
Shropshire
Ann
Bill
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Doc
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Red Nichols
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