Gen John L Hines War Hero Dies At 100
General John L. Hines, celebrated war hero and former adjutant general to Pershing, died at age 100 after a storied career from Pancho Villa punitive campaigns to World War I service. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery near Soissons in 1918 and later faced WWII command refusals before retiring in White Sulphur Springs. His son John L. Hines Jr. was wounded in Germany, and his daughter Alice Hines Clelland remained in Washington.
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Paris Peace Talks Six Months Old
The United States and North Vietnam talks marked six months with no progress toward peace. Since opening on May 13 at the Majestic Hotel, the sessions have grown quiet, away from crowds and TV cameras, as officials await a breakthrough.
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Mother Sees Children Fall Beneath Train
A Brooklyn mother watched as her two young daughters Diane four and Ethel six and sister Karen Connors thirteen fell between moving subway cars near South Ferry Manhattan. Diane lost a right hand and Ethel suffered a concussion while all three were hospitalized in serious condition. Police said the train did not stop until reaching Brooklyn and Transit Authority officials opened an investigation.
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Sirhan Sirhan to Plead Delay of Trial in Los Angeles
Sirhan B. Sirhan, a 24 year old Jordanian immigrant, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in a bid for a postponement of his murder trial for Kennedy’s assassination. Defense seeks sequestered jurors over Christmas holiday with judge to rule on Oct 4 motions including diary evidence suppression. The prosecution backs proceeding on November 1. five others wounded in the same gunfire.
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Keystone Cop Escape Repeats Jail Breaks at City Jail
A second jail break in five months from the same facility shows inmates using a hole in the ceiling to reach an exterior wall. The latest escape involved Richardson Beattie and others, with Conger awaiting federal trial for bank robbery and murder tied to a Las Vegas heist.
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Nixon Leads in Poll Yet House Control Sparks Concern
A Harris poll shows Nixon ahead nationally while a Republican led House could influence the next presidency. Democrats run stronger in the South and cities, with Wallace looming in some Southern districts, risking a three way balance of power in a divided Congress and the presidential outcome.
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Apollo 7 crew readies live TV glimpse from orbit
Apollo 7 nears 3rd day in Earth orbit as Schirra agrees to turn on the space TV camera for a 10 minute Earth view. Crew reports no major flight issues, tests cooling unit, uses sextant to track orbit, and praises the new exercise device aboard.
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Battle near Thuong Duc camp drives back Communist forces
South Vietnamese troops mauled North Vietnamese regulars in a 12 hour fight around the Thuong Duc Green Beret camp near Da Nang. A large Communist withdrawal was reported from the An Hoa Valley as U S forces and B 52 bombers blocked routes. United States Marines and South Vietnamese casualties rose over two weeks of combat while the Allied drive pushed toward clearing the area.
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Two-Man Military Junta Sets Up Panama Cabinet
Panama’s 4,200 man national guard backs Col Pinilla as Arias hides with a short lived cabinet in Canal Zone. Urrutia vows no negotiations with Arias while U.S. aircraft support battles against Communists in Vietnam.
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LBJ Seeks Delay on Nuclear Ban Treaty Ratification
LBJ signals support for the nuclear nonproliferation treaty with reservations and argues ratification should wait due to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Capitol Hill doubts a post election Senate session could commit a leader not yet ready. The treaty bars nonnuclear states from weapon development while keeping existing nuclear powers restricted.
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Nation sends Ike birthday congratulations on 78th
Former Eisenhower aides send a telegram as he nears his 78th birthday while recovering from heart attacks at Walter Reed. The message praises past service and pledges GOP victory efforts. Eisenhower planned a quiet observance with Mamie and family. a medical bulletin was to be released.
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Las Vegas Man Hurt in Trailer Fire
Broadway Williams aged 38 of 2283 Concord St Space 9 suffered second and third degree burns in a trailer home fire. He was listed in poor condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Firefighters continued investigations into the cause and extent of damage.
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