Bridges Blown Cutting Key Supply Route In Vietnam
U S Marines endure heavy losses as two railway highway bridges near Da Nang to Quang Tri are destroyed by explosives, halting a major supply link. Casualties rise with 177 Americans and 1,478 Communists killed or missing last week, while a four engine transport crashes at Cam Ranh Bay and a Skyhawk jet wrecks near Da Nang.
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Gunfire Rips Korean Truce in border clashes
About 100 North and South Korean soldiers exchanged fire for two hours before dawn in the DMZ. At least three North Koreans and one South Korean killed with a third clash in two weeks. overall toll rises with more casualties feared.
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Adenauer Reported Weakening in Bonn
Konrad Adenauer, 91, ill with flu and bronchitis, shows declining resistance as doctors from Bonn University treat him at home. His son, an executive in Cologne, visited briefly with concern but spoke to no reporters.
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Chuckle Quote on Doubling Money by Folding Cash
A witty lines quip notes the safest method to double money is to fold it and pocket it. The remark plays on caution in financial restraint and humorous self reliance.
Weather Outlook Says Cloudy Warm Winds Tonight
The forecast warns of cloudy windy and warm conditions with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Lows near 60 tonight, 53 overnight, yesterday's high 65. Middletown recorded 2 inches of rain before 8 am. The day’s temperature hovered around 62.
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Decade of Urgency urged by LBJ at Latin summit
President Johnson called for a decade of urgency to speed social and economic development in the Americas. He outlined cooperation on a Latin American common market, cross border projects, tariff talks, agricultural modernization, and health and education. He spoke of private sessions covering preferential trade and buy American rules for loans. The Peace Corps aims for 15 000 volunteers by April 1968.
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Rent Subsidy Split Faces GOP and Builders Backers
The rent subsidy program, praised by builders and housing boards as a path to private low-cost housing, faces a fight as House Republicans threaten to kill a $40 million funding request. Since a $20 million vote, GOP gains hint at possible halt, though officials call it the most successful multifamily program yet, with tenants paying 25 percent of income and the government covering the rest.
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Dodd Info Squelched In Senate
Senate investigators kept substantial evidence against Connecticut Democrat Thomas J. Dodd from public hearings claiming the matter could become a political hassle. Sources said few outside the panel knew of the massive financial misconduct materials provided by four former Dodd aides in a seven page letter to the Ethics Committee.
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Laskey Convicted of First Degree Murder in Bowman Slaying
CINCINNATI AP Posteal Laskey Jr, 21%, found guilty of first degree murder in the Aug 14 slaying of Barbara Bowman 31 a secretary The jury also convicted him of murder during a robbery with no mercy recommended making the death penalty mandatory Jurors deliberated about six hours and requested rereadings of testimony and instructions Laskey showed no remorse as his sister died during the trial week
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Philadelphia School Board In Middle Of Rights Fight
The Philadelphia Board of Education faces clashes from whites and Negroes over integrating 260 public schools. Tensions mount as accusations of racial bias and threats surface, with NAACP leader Cecil Moore and mayoral appointee William Ross trading sharp comments.
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