Viet Cong Positions Hit by U S Bomber Campaign
Giant B 52 bombers from SAC hit Viet Cong positions 17 miles from North Vietnam as South Vietnamese troops mount a major offensive in the Da Nang area. Initial reports say 14 Viet Cong killed, U S casualties light, with details on bomber strikes classified.
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Strategic Air Command
North Viet Nam
U.S
1St Army Corps
da Nang
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ba Long
da Nang Air Base
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Duc Co
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
China
New China News Agency
William C. Westmoreland
Liberation Army
Viet Cong
Chu Lai
Fruit crops halved by frost and drought across Canada
Ottawa based DBS estimates show spring frost and summer drought cut fruit output in 1965 to under half of 1964 for 11 fruits. Only apples and loganberries rise above 1964. apricots, mainly BC valleys, fall sharply to an estimated 10 000 bushels, a 97 percent drop from 387 000. Commercial crops only. garden fruit on farms excluded.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
British Columbia
DBS
Let them eat corn in warnings of wheat drought
Moscow reports warn that the Soviet Union may rely more on corn if wheat harvests are poor this year. The agricultural paper urges maximizing corn production while noting Western wheat export prospects remain grim. Major Soviet train purchases from Canada and Argentina, worth about 530 million dollars, were reported but not yet confirmed.
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Moscow
Reuters
Selskaya Zhin
Canada
Argentina
Greek political crisis stalls cabinet talks in Athens
Hard bargaining over posts delays new attempt to form a cabinet for King Constantine. Centre Union leaders Stephanos Stephanopoulos and Elias Tsirimakos with Savas Papalitis draft lists while Papandreou protests royal moves. a mass leftist rally is planned and may be banned by Admiral Joannis Toumbas.
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Athens
Reuters
Constantine
Centre Union Party
Stephanos Stephanopoulos
Elias Tsirimakos
Savas Papapolitis
George Papandreou
Papandreou
General Confederation of Labor Today
Joannis Toumbas
Novas
BC eyes Japan as alternative gas market after refused license
Attorney General Robert Bonner said Canada’s energy decision delaying California gas will push British Columbia to seek abroad buyers including Japan. He warned long term supplies could force higher prices if cheap BC gas is sold off, while Westcoast Transmission continues to eye California and other markets.
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Victoria
California
British Columbia
Japan
Robert Bonner
Bonner
Ottawa
Westcoast Transmission Co
B.C
Westcoast
National Energy Board
Energy Board
U.S
Canada
Vancouver
Robert B. Stewart
Westcoast Transmission
Death toll climbs as Los Angeles riots widen across city
Rioting spread through a devastated Los Angeles area as more than 2,000 National Guardsmen moved in. At least 14 killed, 52 officers, 8 firemen, 2 guardsmen injured, 300+ civilians hurt, 500+ rioters arrested amid widespread looting and fires. Deputy Ronald Ludlow died after a blaze attack. Police reopen an old jail for detainees.
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California National Guardsmen
Irving Taylor
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Wilshire
National Guard
Vioence
Look on faces of pure hate riot fleeing couple recalls attack
Richard Mojica a 40 year old white salesman and his fiancee Neva Marie England 33 describe a violent riot on Avalon Boulevard as bricks stones and bottles shattered their car and a woman urged to kill them. England suffered a deep head wound and was taken to hospital. Mojica and England were newcomers to the area unaware they were in a riot zone.
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Richard Mojica
Avalon Boulevard
Neva Marie England
Ava
Neva Marie
Mrs. England
Mojica
Los Angeles
Demonstrations across cities spark violence and protests
Los Angeles reports 14 dead including a deputy sheriff a fireman and 12 civilians with 11 of them Black as National Guard units patrol a 150 block area. Chicago sees civil rights clashes as mobs attack officers. Springfield stores burn after detentions. Birmingham leaders push for an international peace army. Americus ends protests as troopers withdraw. Morganfield sees 100 residents target Camp Breckinridge job corps over alleged hiring bias.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Springfield
Mass
Birmingham
Ala
Christian Leadership Conference
International Peace Army
Americus
T. Griffin Walker
Morganfield
Camp Breckinridge
Riots in Chicago's West Side Leave Dozens Injured
Chicago police report 18 officers and 47 civilians injured in brick throwing clashes as hundreds of Black residents attacked storefronts in a west side neighborhood. About 100 people were arrested as looting and property damage spread through the district overnight. Police kept patrols up as the situation appeared to ease.
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Chicago
Derry
Psychiatrists Cite Anger and Mistrust Behind L A Riots
Two psychiatrists say anger mixed with mistrust of whites is fueling four days of violence in Los Angeles Negro districts and may spread to surrounding areas and other ghettos. They call for calm but warn rational methods remain unlikely until emotions cool. They also cite police brutality and perceived injustices as key anger drivers.
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Los Angeles
Edward J. Stainbrook
University of Southern California Medical School
Jackson
Miss
South
Youth Opportunities Board
Watts - Willow
Rioting erupts after police shooting in Watts area
In Watts-Willowbrook two thirds of adults lack high school completion and crime spikes include 196 murders and 87 robberies in a three month period. A civil rights protest escalated into violence after white officer Robert Wiens was attacked, and a crowd chanted revenge while a woman died in a separate accident at a fire station. Three firemen were suspended.
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California Youth Authority
Los Angeles County
Watts-Willowbrooke
Robert Wiens
Lawrence Landry
Wiens
Ccar
Catholics urge cardinal firing in Los Angeles
Catholics United for Racial Equality asks Pope Paul VI to remove James Francis Cardinal McIntyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, accusing him of contributing to racial tensions and failing to mobilize Catholics to pursue fair employment, housing, and education. They also allege suppression of priests seeking greater leadership.
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Los Angeles
Catholics United For Racial Equality
Pope Paul
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Pickets Charge Police Brutality In Springfield Protests
Fourteen demonstrators staged a pre dawn march on police headquarters amid ongoing charges of brutality. Two fires in a Negro neighborhood raised racial tensions as protests trace back to July events and a police commission investigation.
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Springfield
Mass
Henry Twiggs
Los Angeles
Twiggs
Congress of Racial Equality
Winchester
Howard's Market
Prudential Stamp Co
John F. Lyons
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