116 ENEMY KILLED IN NEAR BORDER CLASH NEAR SAIGON
American Green Berets and South Vietnamese irregulars claimed 116 enemy dead after repulsing a North Vietnamese mortar and ground attack on a U S Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border. Five U S helicopters were shot down and Brig Gen John F Freund was wounded while rescuing troops.
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Green Berets
U.S
Tong le Chou
Saigon
John F. Freund
199Th Light Infantry
Georgia Prosecutor Killed in Car Bomb Blast
Jefferson Georgia AP investigators probe auto theft rings and bootlegging as motive for the booby trap death of Floyd G. Hoard 40 a state solicitor general and crime fighter He died when his car exploded on the way to a grand jury presentation Gov Maddox posted a 2000 reward and officials suspect racketeers or bootleggers amid a Northeast Georgia crackdown.
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Jefferson, Ga
Floyd G. Hoard
George
Hoard
Joe Hoard
Floyd Hoard
Floyd Heard
Martin Page
Greenville
S.C
Georgia
J.C. Gillespie
Page Donahoe
Lester Maddox
R. J. Cleghearn
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Winder
High Voltage Tragedy Claims Man and Three Children
In Gallia County near Bidwell Ohio a man Calvin Cousins 30 and three children were electrocuted when contact with a 7200 volt line during antenna installation. The victims were Calvin Jr 6 Vicky Lynn 8 and Sharon Gail Dotson 10 daughter of Junior Dotson all residents of Rt 2 Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Here
Gallia County
James Baldwin
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Calvin
Kgger Creek
Ohio River
Vicky Lynn
Calvin Jr
Sharon Gail Dotson
Junior Dotson
Rt. 2
Bidwell
Aiken Says Johnson Tax Hike Falls Short
Senator George D. Aiken criticizes President Johnson’s 10 percent income surtax for Vietnam funding. He says the administration plans more tax rises after the election and warns of a historic failure if Vietnam policy isn’t altered. Mansfield and Cooper urge UN diplomacy and deescalation.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Johnson
Vermont
Vietnam
Aiken
Senate
U.S
Mansfield
United Nations Security Council
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
U.N
Johnson outline for federal troops plan amid Detroit riot dispute
Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark sent all governors a three step procedure for obtaining federal troops to quell riots. The plan mirrors measures used in Detroit last month and argues written requests may be required though emergency cases allow exceptions. Romney disputed Clark’s insistence on a written request and on Michigan officials admitting they cannot handle the crisis.
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Washington
Johnson
Michigan
George Romney
Atty
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Romney
Clark
Refinery Explosion Rocks Lake Charles Plant
A powerful blast at Cities Service Co refinery in Lake Charles Louisiana shattered windows across downtown and nearby areas injuring ten and leaving four workers missing. Flames spread over a block as firefighters faced intense heat and fear of secondary explosions. The blast is linked to a ruptured butane line feeding an on tower furnace and damage extended into West Lake and Sulphur.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service Co
Calcasieu River
Louisiana
West Lake and
Sulphur
Texas Line
Airliner Hijacked to Cuba Returns to Colombia
A Colombian airliner seized by five men and diverted to Cuba then flew back to San Andres. Co pilot German Duran said hijackers four Colombians and an Ecuadorian joked in the cockpit as they ordered the return from Havana. The craft carried 68 passengers including four U.S. citizens. hijackers sought political asylum after the Argentine incident.
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Havana
Cuba
San Andres
German Duran
Rafael Madero
Bogota
U.S
Southwest Ohio Weather Outlook Confirms Warm Humid Spell
Forecast for Southwest Ohio calls for fair and humid conditions with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Wednesday stays partly cloudy with a chance of showers as temperatures stay warm. Recent records show a high of 85 and a low of 66 with .26 inch of rain logged in the evening.
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Ohio
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L. G. Perry
Raffaelo Auricchia
New York Harbor
Auricchia
Solon
Eign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Maxwell D. Taylor
Clark Clifford
New Jersey
RSID
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Bridge Comics
Dr. Crane
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Seeeetere
Heloise Sever
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