Seventeenth Victim Dies In UT Tower Massacre
Austin reports confirm Karen Griffith age 17 died at Brackenridge Hospital one week after a gunman opening fire from the University of Texas main building tower. Mary Gabour 41 of Texarkana remains critical. Police found goof ball Dexedrine pills on suspect Whitman.
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Austin
Tex
Charles
Whitman
University of Texas
Karen Griffith
Brackenridge Hospital
Mary Gabour
Texarkana
Brackenridge
C. A. Whitman
Kathleen
University
Gabour
Battle contact regained in Ia Drang Valley clash
U S Army reports a 150 man 1st Air Cavalry Division unit met about 500 North Vietnamese regulars in the central highlands. Surrounded on three sides they called in artillery and air strikes and repelled the attack. Nine enemy dead and five captured reported, casualties described as moderate with no confirmed counts. Joint operation Paul Revere involves about 15 000 allied troops.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Ia Drang
Highlands
Paul Revere
British Rhodesian Talks to Resume but No Early Results
Prime Minister Wilson announced that British Rhodesian talks are being resumed. He warned not to expect quick results and signaled the Smith regime will likely stay in power beyond the next Commonwealth prime ministers conference in London.
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London
Wilson
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
Smith
Indepen
Wilson incensed by cabinet shuffle speculation in London
Prime Minister Wilson was described as incensed by persistent press reports of a major cabinet reshuffle. The piece notes Tory speculation on aligning with the United States and other Commonwealth nations, potential replacements like Brown Callaghan and Crossman, and Wilson’s plan to recall Parliament if a settlement appears.
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London
Wilson
Britain
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Lord Lambton
Evening Standard
France
Lambton
Hill Samuel
Labor Party
George Brown
James Callaghan
Richard Crossman
Labour crisis grips Canadian railway and industries
A four week labor crisis looms as 98,000 railway non-operating workers threaten a nationwide walkout that could cripple freight. Across Canada 175,000 workers face strikes in steel, nickel, aluminium, and port sectors, prompting possible emergency Parliament action.
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Ben Ward
The
Steel Co. of Canada
Hamilton
International Nickel Co
Canada
Sudbury
Aluminium Co. of Canada
Kilimat
B.C
British Columbia
Canada Packers Ltd
Dominion Textile Co
Quebec
Hydro
Quebec City
Stelco workers return as picket lines fade in Hamilton
Some 12 500 Stelco workers resume operations at Hilton works after a secret ballot backed by 4 319 voting to return while 1 142 opposed. Local 1005 leaders guided crossing lines amid prior unrest and arrests during the three week strike crippling Inco and Stelco.
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Stelco
Inco
Port Colborne
Morris Keck
United Steelworkers of America
CSC
Sudbury
Marchers confront rock barrage in Chicago open housing protest
About 1,500 civil rights marchers faced a hostile crowd of roughly 2,000 white opponents in Chicago's Northwest Side. Police protected an integrated group as rocks, bottles, and firecrackers were hurled, with several white demonstrators clubbed and detained amid a thunderstorm and rain.
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Chicago
Cragin
Forty two killed in Braniff BAC One Eleven crash
Investigators say one flight recorder was burned beyond use in the Braniff BAC One Eleven crash near Falls City Nebraska killing 42. The cockpit voice recorder may still yield clues as to the circumstances before impact in the soybean field eight miles northeast of Falls City.
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Falls City
Neb
Braniff International Airways
Here
Ed Slattery
U.S. Civil Aeronautics
Antone Schawang
Shawang
British Aircraft Corp
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Britain faces worst foot-and-mouth outbreak in six years
Britain fights a major foot-and-mouth outbreak in Northumberland with over 25,000 animals slaughtered and government costs near 1 million dollars. Farmers warn of 0.5 to 1 million sheep at risk if the disease spreads toward Rothbury and toward Scotland and Cumberland.
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Britain
Northumberland
John Woodcock
National Farmers’ Union
Rothbury
Scotland
Cumberland
Durham
Cheviot Hills
Chillingham
John Murdoch
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