South Korean troops kill four infiltrators near DMZ
South Korean forces four miles south of the truce line killed four North Korean infiltrators on the 18th anniversary of the Korean War outbreak. The clash yielded one machine gun and ammunition, with no South Korean casualties. Authorities warned of continued provocations while North Korea held rallies in Pyongyang demanding U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Seoul
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Park Chung Hee
North Korea
South Korea
Charles H. Bonesteel
United Nations Command
Korea
Bonesteel
Orient Press
United States
Pyongyang
U.S
Pope Proposes sweeping reforms to church ceremonies
Pope Paul VI announced decrees scrapping much of medieval pomp in Catholic rites. Plans include abolishing the bishop’s throne and canopy, simplified vestments, fewer assistants at mass, and new procedures to emphasize a brighter, simpler liturgy. The changes take effect September 8.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Tax Proposal Alters Tourist Levy Outside the U S
Washington UPI The Johnson Administration proposed a 30 percent tax on all tourist spending above 15 dollars per day outside the Western Hemisphere to trim the U S balance of payments deficit Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler presented the compromise to the Senate Finance Committee.
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UPI
Johnson
Western Hemisphere
Treasury
Henry l Fowler
U.S
Senate Finance Committee
House
Fowler
Finance Committee
Roommates at Southeast Missouri State College
Lynn Henry and Sue Ford, roommates at Southeast Missouri State College, use gas heating. A single term of natural gas equals 100 000 BTU and can prepare 800 scrambled eggs or over 400 hamburgers. The average residential user has three gas appliances. The American Gas Association estimates 136 million gas appliances are in service nationwide.
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Cape Girardeai MO
UPI
Lynn Henry
Sue Ford
Southeast Missouri State College
American Gas Association
United States
Pound Drops to New Low on Labor Unrest in Britain
The pound fell to just over 2.38 dollars amid strikes in Britain's railways BOAC and auto plants. Transport Minister Marsh urged unions to accept a productivity linked pay rise while commuters faced two days of disruption from a railway slow down.
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UPI
Britain
U.S
British Railways
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Richard Marsh
House of Commons
Labor
Marsh
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