U S Destroyer Beats Back North Viet Nam Attack
The Maddox repelled a three-boat assault 30 to 35 miles off North Vietnam’s coast as F-8 jets from USS Ticonderoga supported the action. No casualties among 274 crew. the incident marks the first interference in the Gulf of Tonkin region for U S ships.
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North Viet Nam
Maddox
Sharp
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Navy
7Th Fleet
Pacific Command
John J. Herrick
Garden Grove
Calif
Herbert L. Ogier
St. Petersburg
Fla
Long Beach
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnamese
Washington
Seventh Fleet
North Viet Nam accuses U S planes of Laos attack border post
North Viet Nam charged that four U S fighter bombers flew from Laos to attack a border post and village injuring one villager and destroying homes. The Foreign Ministry blamed the neutralist faction in Laos for enabling the U S action and warned of heavy responsibility.
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Tokyo
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Laos
United States
Prince Souphanouvong
South Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Map places Gulf of Tonkin attack area near Maddox
An AP Wirephoto map shows the Gulf of Tonkin region where the destroyer Maddox was attacked by three PT boats. Secretary of State Dean Rusk identified the attackers as North Vietnamese.
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Gulf of Tonkingarrow
Maddox
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Bad Handing Charged GOP Hits Administration For Attack On Destroyer
Republicans cite the Sunday assault on the U S destroyer Maddox off North Vietnam as evidence the administration mishandles the region. Senate leaders Dirksen and Kuchel urge a hard look while Russell supports immediate retaliation if attacked in international waters. Democrats Humphrey and others praise Navy response and urge careful, measured action.
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Teries
Maddox
Formosa
Ulithi
Okinawa
Philippines
Japan
Sagami Nadam Bay
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
A. T. Maddox
Mexico
U.S
Viet Nam
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Kuchel
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minh
Humphrey
Rabbinical Seminary Inauguration Attended by Leaders
Vice President Carlos H. Perette and Cardinal Antonio Caggiano attended the inauguration of Latin America s first rabbinical seminary in Buenos Aires. Jewish delegations from the United States Argentina Brazil Peru Chile Uruguay and Mexico joined the ceremony as the school aims to train religious leaders and provide theological and cultural instruction at the university level.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos H. Perette
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano
Latin America
United States
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Uruguay
Mexico
Reds Urge Women To Start Weight-Lifting
MOSCOW AP reports Moskovsky Komsomolets urges Soviet women to lift weights to stay slim and beautiful. The Young Communist League paper claims weight-lifting fixes hunched shoulders and flattens tummies while shaping shoulders arms and waist. George Washington signed the first U.S. Morocco treaty in 1787.
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Reds
Moscow
Moskovsky Komsomoletsel
Young Communist League
George Washington
U.S
Morocco
Oklahoma Guardsmen clash in large mock war at Fort Chaffee
The Battle-clad Thunderbirds of the Oklahoma National Guard prepare for a massive two-brigade exercise at Fort Chaffee Ark with about 4 000 men using blank ammo and simulated artillery. The seven hour drill pits the 1st brigade against the 3rd brigade while the 2nd brigade acts as umpire. Weather tops 104 degrees and drought conditions persist with only 0 25 inches of rain since June.
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FT. Chaffee
Ark
Thunderbirds
Oklahoma National Guard
William E. Mayberry
Bixby
David C. Matthews
Perry
Harry Barnes
Ard
Pastor Dies by Jump From Golden Gate Bridge
The Rev. Carl B. Anderson, 51, pastor of Ebenezer Lutheran in San Francisco, died after leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge. His body was recovered 15 minutes later by the Coast Guard. Bridge police said he parked at midspan and jumped after leaving two notes in his car, one to his wife citing mental agitation and feelings of uselessness.
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San Francisco
Carl B. Anderson
Ebenezer Lutheran
Golden Gate Bridge
Coast Guard
Anderson
Midspan
Local Birth Notices From West Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to several families in Levelland Plainview Lubbock and nearby areas on new births. Daughters and a son arrived at various times Sunday weighing 54 pounds 4 ounces 74 pounds 4 ounces 80 pounds and 61 ounces with fathers listed as carpenters employers radiator repairman farm laborer and construction company workers.
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Rufus George
Levelland
West Texas Hospital
Manuel Garcia
6Th St
Plainview
Lauf
Wood's Motor Cap
Carl Henry Heldt
Yard St
Lauf Clinic
Daniel Alvarez
Rt. 1
Lubbock
Laut
Reeves And Manager Found Dead In Plane Crash
In Nashville a light plane wreckage was located in a wooded area near a suburban home. The bodies of Jim Reeves, 39, and his pianist manager Dean Manuel, 30, were inside the craft after a two day search by about 500 people. Reeves had been returning from Batesville Arkansas when radar loss near Berry Field prompted the disappearance amid thunderstorms. The report recalls a string of Nashville Opry tragediess including Hank Williams and Patsy Cline among others.
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Nashville, Tenn
R. E. Newton
Air Force
Reeves
Dean Manuel
Manuel
Batesville
Ark
Berry Field
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Hank Williams
Ryman
West Virginia
Williams
Opry
Rod Brasfield
Rollin Sullivan
Oscar
Lonzo
Wyoming
Johnny Horton
New Orleans
Texas
Patsy Cline
Cowboy Copas
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Randy Hughes
West
Tennessee
Jack Anglin
Johnny and
Jack
Miss Cline
Jean Shepherd
Hawkins
Ernest Tubb
North Carolina
Dust on Moon May Be Six Inches Thick Says Garland Scientist
Ranger 7 images support a 15 year old theory by Dr Winfield W Salisbury of Wave Inc Garland that lunar dust could reach six inches with a possible hard underlying layer. Pasadena scientists after Ranger 7 see dust up to a foot thick raising concerns for future Moon landings.
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UPI
Ranger 7
Pasadena
Calif
Harlow Shapely
Harvard Observatory Authority
Salisburgy
Feelers Extended For Khan Shastri Talks
Lahore Pakistan AP Foreign Minister Bhutto said he hopes to prepare ground for a full Ayub Khan Shastri summit. Ayub Khan reportedly accepted an invitation to visit New Delhi to discuss Kashmir and all disputes. A meeting of Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers would be needed to set the framework.
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Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sardar Swaran Singh
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Ayub Khan
New Delhi
Kashmir
11 in One Accident Kills One and Injures Seventeen
Traffic crashes on city streets injure a mix of adults and a child. A fire of careened cars at East 19th Street and Joliet Avenue sent Rieger and Servin to area hospitals with non life threatening injuries. A passerby helps overturn a toppled vehicle while police investigate the scene.
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East 19Th St
Loop 289
19Th St
Rieger
Servin
Wrecks in Car Crashs Leave Several Hurt and One in Intensive Care
A sequence of traffic incidents near Lovington and College Avenue left multiple injured. Edward Servin and family were taken to Methodist Hospital with Felix Hernandez critically ill in the ICU. An earlier pickup overturn on College Avenue injured four more and prompted extensive ambulance response. Jimmie Oliver, a Denver City oilfield worker, was killed in a separate crash in Lovington with several family members and others injured.
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Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
U.S
College Avenue
Allen Hall
Carrol Hudgens
Felipe E. Marquez
New Deal
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College
Oralia Lonzano
Felicita Rosalez
Ave
Apt
Juanita Rosales
Marquez
Methodist Hospital
Carla Daniels
Lovington
Denver City
Jimmie Oliver
Patsy
Randy
Albert S. Brokaw Jr
Gordon Wassell
Ross Champion
Garland Wimberly
Hobbs
Oliver
Lea General Hospital
Brokaw
Lovington Hospital
Wassell
Champion
Wimberly
Commercial Street
Webb Funeral Home
Seagraves
Hottest Day of Year Sets Heat Records Nationwide
Midwest baked under record heat with many locales topping 100 degrees and a few showers along the coast. Chicago humidity hit 85 percent while Milwaukee and Lincoln set or tied long standing records. Thunderstorms sparked power outages and heavy rain in Detroit and Rhinelander received over two inches.
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United Press International
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Gulf of Mexico
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Miami
Fla
Texas
Wichitta Falls
Presidio
Mineral Wells
Midland
Childress
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Wink
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Neb
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Rhinelander
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Pacific Northwest
Butte
Mont
Mullan
Idaho
Redmond
Ore
Reno
Nev
Spokane
President Johnson Walks to Church with Crowds in Washington
President and Mrs. Johnson walked from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church drawing several hundred people, including many tourists with cameras. Police and Secret Service increased on the return as crowds swelled outside the White House. Johnson paused less to greet, focusing on children amid tightened security.
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White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Johnson
Johnsons
Secret Service
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