Mekong Delta War Report Details Aircraft Losses and Civilian Deaths
U S Command reports three more American warplanes lost in combat with total 825 since conflict began. A carrier based Skyhawk pilot rescued after a North Vietnam air strike killed a fighter pilot. Civilian deaths tally six with 23 wounded from U S artillery and air strikes. Seatrain Florida seen damaged by Viet Cong fire. four Viet Cong killed in area operations. Saigon reports 16 Americans killed, 59 wounded in overall delta sweep with field estimates of enemy dead at 150 to 350.
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U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Long Tau River
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Seatrain Lines Inc
New York
Delta
Hanoi
Bac Giang
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Intrepid
Haiphong
Congress Debates Federal Antiriot Law Amid Detroit Riots
Democratic Sen. Hart of Michigan says a federal antiriot law would not have prevented Detroit violence and warns against overreliance on such measures. Republican Griffin suggests it may help, while Gov. Hughes urges action on poverty programs and gun control. The Judiciary Committee opens hearings as federal officials testify on disorders and riot causes.
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Philip A. Hart
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Richard J. Hughes
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Griffin
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Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
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Otto Kerner
Illinois
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Senate Rules Committee
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D-N.c
Ervin
Cincinnati Real Estate Board backs renewal of school levies
The Cincinnati Real Estate Board, once against two new school levies last year, now supports renewing two levies totaling 8.85 mills this fall. President Robert J. Sibey says the renewal imposes no extra tax on property owners, unlike the December 1966 special election.
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Cincinnati Real Estate Board
Robert J. Sibey
Regional forecast notes scattered showers in southwest Ohio
The forecast calls for scattered showers and possible thundershowers tonight and Thursday in southwest Ohio. Warm temperatures continue with overnight lows around 67 to 72. Yesterday reached a high of 88 with a midnight reading of 68 and rainfall totaling 0.03 inches. Early today the 8 am temperature was 71.
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Rioting in Providence Injures 19 During Emancipation Day
Police battle rock throwing by groups of youths in South Providence Providence Rhode Island. At least 19 injured including six officers and one firefighter 57 detained most released. Governor Chafee and Mayor Doorley inspect area as curfew considered. Massive police and National Guard presence, riots quelled within hours.
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National Guard
Howard Franklin
John Chafee
Maine
Joseph A. Doorley
Doorley
Noted Architect Edgar D. Tyler Dies at 69 in Cincinnati
Edgar D. Tyler 69, architect who helped design numerous schools and buildings in Cincinnati, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was a founding partner of Potter Tyler Martin and Roth. Survivors include his widow Frances G. Tyler, bridge editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Edgar D. Tyler
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Here
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Old Ghost to Haunt Vietnam Shores Battleship Joins War Effort
The New Jersey, 887 feet, 16 inch and 20 5 inch guns, will be activated from mothballs for Gulf of Tonkin operations. McNamara says one ship could replace about 50 planes daily, with Moorer framing it as support to air strikes. The cost is about 27 million dollars plus 12.5 million annually for an 1 400 man crew.
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Thomas H. Moorer
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Vietnam
Moorer
Demilitarized Zone
David L. McDonald
Isle of Man Vies for Own Independence Crisis
Britain faces a Manx challenge as 24 Manx MPs prepare to vote on an emergency U.N. inquiry. The Isle of Man seeks U.N. scrutiny of what it calls colonial oppression and a British domestic policy imposed on its 50 000 residents. The island maintains its own government and Tynwald though London handles foreign affairs.
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Cumberland
Age In The Draft Card Says Atomic
A humorous anecdote describes a woman filling an application form in a small square labeled Age and writing Atomic as her response, provoking amusement about bureaucratic wording and wordplay.
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