Record air war surges as 826 sorties fly over South Viet Nam
U.S. and Vietnamese pilots conducted a record 826 combat sorties in South Viet Nam on Wednesday while missions over the North were limited by weather. Casualties rose with 136 Americans killed and 578 wounded the past week, as Viet Cong hit and run attacks continued near Saigon and in villages south of the capital.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South
U.S
Leathernecks
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
Strategic Air Command
D Zone
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
North Viet Nam
Oriskany
Vinh
North
Baden
Cau Lon
Thanh Binh
Gia Dinh
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
Johnson
Thieu
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Washington
Bill D. Moyers
Fulbright Risks Rift With Administration On Foreign Aid
Senate votes 55 to 37 to cut 100 million from the 892 million military aid program and later passes the bill 82 to 7 with Fulbright voting nay. Fulbright criticizes both military and economic aid, citing Pakistan India tensions and Kashmir, while urging cautious foreign assistance.
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Washington
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Senate
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pakistan
India
Kashmir
John O. Pastore
R.I
America
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate House
House
Two Injuries In Local Accidents
Two motorcycle car crashes in the city left two riders injured Wednesday. Joseph L. Tubbs Jr. 17 was hospitalized at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after his bike hit a car driven by Mary K. Kelley 18 at 12 29 p m at 6th and Me Streets. Nelson 16 sustained minor injuries after his motorcycle collided with Jacob O. Jones 81 at 17th and Miss Streets. A separate two car crash on W 6th Street caused no injuries.
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N. J .St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mary K. Kelley
Eudora
6Th
Me Sts
LMH
Kelly Auto
Donald J. Nelson
la. St
Jacob O. Jones
Miss. St
Miss. Sts
Nelson
Jones Auto
W. 6Th Street
Florida Street
Marlin Queen Sinks After Fire Off Texas Coast
The Marlin Queen, a sports fishing boat owned by White Marlin Enterprise, burned and sank after a midafternoon fire and explosion. All 51 aboard were rescued within 20 minutes by nearby shrimp boats, with no serious injuries reported.
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Port Aransas
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Tom McNatt
McNatt
White Marlin Enterprise
Coppolino Drops Claim On Insurance Of Wife
Dr. Carl Coppolino who faces a first degree murder indictment in the death of his first wife and a neighbor has divested himself of any interest in a $25 000 life insurance policy on Carmella Coppolino He arranged that any payment go to a trust for his two daughters Monica and Liza with his present wife named executrix Circuit Judge Lynn Silvertooth set the trial date tentatively for November 6
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Sarasota
Fla
Carl Coppolino
Coppolino
Carmella
Cappolino
Monica
Liza
Mary
Lynn Silvertooth
Michigan 12 year old tops University of Michigan program student
Mike Grost twelve year old from Lansing is featured as a top student at Michigan State University's Honors College. He studies calculus physics religion French and computer science while earning NSF support of 30 dollars weekly for research. His advisers monitor his progress and his family supports a balanced pace.
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University
Lansing
Mich
Mike Grost
National Science Foundation
Mike
Michigan State University
Honors College
East Lansing
United States
William Grost
Audrey
Fritz’ Herzog
Attorney Blasts Ruling by Court
Guy Goodwin, assistant U. S. attorney in Kansas, addressed about 400 peace officers at the 20th Annual Peace Officers Training School in the Kansas Union. He criticized the Supreme Court decision on confessions as based on a faulty premise and warned that Kansas lacks a public defender system to provide counsel for suspects.
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Guy Goodwin
U. S
Kansas
Kansas University
U. S. Supreme Court
Kansas Union
Goodwin
Peace Officers Training School
Six People Struck By Escaping Gas At Linden Plant
Gas fumes in the General Aniline & Film Corp plant in Linden New Jersey felled 16 people today. Edward Curtis 61 died after breathing fumes while Alexander Nelson 50 was hospitalized. Sixteen total treated.
Secretaries Aid Auction for Achievement Place
Douglas County Legal Secretaries plan a miscellaneous auction on Sept 2 with proceeds to benefit Achievement Place a proposed home for boys from unhealthy homes. Time and place to be announced. donations of clothing furniture antiques and items requested. call Mrs. Lloyd McMinn for details. The group joins other civic contributors.
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Douglas County Legal Secretaries
Achievement Place
Lloyd McMinn
Legal Secretaries
GOP Leaders Warn Viet War Not to Dominate Campaign
Washington AP two top House Republicans urge candidates not to make Viet Nam the main issue this fall while acknowledging its role in the 435 House races and 35 Senate races. They advise focusing on domestic items like inflation and note the President shapes the war debate. Majority dynamics and past midterm trends are considered.
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
Viet Nam
Ford
Laird
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Car Theft Probe Opens in Atlanta
A federal jury heard testimony in Atlanta as Harold Belton Andrews admitted stealing four new cars in 1965 and delivering three to associates linked with the SCLC. Morris Finley, an Atlanta printer tied to the SCLC, was named as a recipient of some stolen vehicles during the interstate transportation case.
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Atlanta, Ga
Harold Belton Andrews
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
U.S
Morris Finley
Atlanta
Andrews
Moultrie, Ga
Virginia
New Jersey
Florida
Finley
Charles Mize
Jackie Kennedy to Celebrate 37th Birthday at Newport
An Auchincloss family dinner is planned at Hammersmith Farm Newport to mark Jacqueline Kennedy's 37th birthday. Mrs Kennedy is expected to arrive from New York to join herchildren at her mother and step father Hugh Auchincloss’s home.
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R.I
Auchincloss
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hammersmith Farm
Minister's Son Held In Bank Holdup Case
The 19 year old son of a Shawnee Oklahoma Baptist minister was charged with a Virginia bank robbery. FBI said a property search in Shawnee recovered 16926 dollars of the 17644 taken from the Brookville branch of Fidelity National Bank in Lynchburg on July 22. Donald Ray Hatchett, a former Bible salesman and Oklahoma State University student, is married with a small child and turned himself in to Shawnee sheriff on two Oklahoma charges. He was in county jail when the federal charge was filed in Richmond Virginia.
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Okla
Virginia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Donald Ray Hatchett
Brookville
Fidelity National Bank
Lynchburg
Hatchett
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
FBI
Oklahoma
Richmond
Leavenworth Liquor Dealer Seeks Temp Cold Beer Sale
A Shawnee County judge heard a request by Leavenworth liquor dealer Howard Wilcott to sell chilled beer temporarily while a ruling on his suit against the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control is pending. The case excludes 3.2 percent beer and hinges on whether chilling constitutes an inducement.
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Topeka
Leavenworth
Shawnee County
William Randolph Carpenter
Howard Wilcott
Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control
Kansas
Alcoholic Beverage Control Office
Wilcott
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Feed the Family Event Set for Thursday Aug 4
The Breakfast Optimist club and downtown merchants plan the second annual Feed the Family event on Thursday August 4. Stores will issue tickets worth $4 with purchases which can be exchanged for free hot dogs and soft drinks at two Optimists booths near Penney's and Weaver's. George Hess of Penney's notes last year’s crowd was large and extra hot dogs are prepared this year to meet demand.
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Penney’s
Weaver’s
George Hess
Penney
Hess
Baldwin lifts water restrictions after heat and demand
Mayor Roger Martin announced that Baldwin residents may water lawns and wash cars as water use restrictions are removed. The city had restricted supply after 100 degree heat and increased demand from a Baker University youth conference, with 1,500 residents relying on a well system fed through the treatment plant to a storage tower.
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Baldwin
Roger Martin
Baker University
Martin
Atlantic rowers sighted 1,080 miles east-northeast of NYC
English journalists David Johnstone aged 34 and John Hoare aged 29 were spotted in a 16-foot Puffin rowboat by the MV Silverbeach, 1,080 miles ENE of New York. The Coast Guard confirmed food and cigarettes were provided and both men were in good spirits. they had departed Virginia Beach on May 26 bound for England.
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NEW York
Atlantic
New York City
U.S. Coast Guard
David Johnstone
John Hoare
Virginia Beach
England
Thanks for Sympathy and Care From Family and Friends
The families of John Edward Howard and Ida Bagby express heartfelt thanks to relatives friends the Church of Christ at Vinland Lawrence Memorial Hospital Samaritian Lodge nurses and Valley View Rest home staff for flowers cards meals and loving care during illness and recovery May God bless you all.
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Vinland
John Edward Howard
Nelson
Clark
Robinson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Samaritian Lodge
Ida Bagby
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