Marines Engage Viet Cong In Largest War Battle To Date
U S Marines and 7th Fleet gunners fought a reinforced Viet Cong regiment on the Van Tuong peninsula near Da Nang in what commanders called the biggest American ground engagement of the war. Casualties are expected to be in the hundreds, with Marine losses described as light and several enemy bunkers and trenches found.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
van Tuong
Lewis W. Walt
Walt
South China Sea
Chu Lai
Victims Named In Chicago Jet Crash
The jetliner crash in Lake Michigan killed 29 people including Kay Brick a 22 year old University of Chicago student who was maid of honor and Benjamin Roviman 39 a New York sales manager. Investigators sift through wreckage as Coast Guard Navy and private boats search for more bodies amid lingering bomb speculation.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Civil Aeronautics Board
United
Kay Brick
University of Chicago
New York City
Sylvia Brick
Kay
Renoir
Benjamin Roviman
Hastingson-Hudson
N.Y
FBI
CAB
O'Hare International Airport
New York
India Calls Off Peace Parley Over Kashmir Fighting
NEW DELHI AP India canceled peace talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister ZA Bhutto due to ongoing Kashmir fighting. Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri told Parliament Bhutto was asked not to come as tensions deteriorate and the Kutch tribunal plan now faces jeopardy.
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New Delhi
India
ZA. Bhutto
Kashmir
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Bhutto
Pakistan
Shastri
Kutch
Police move on Watts mosque as curfew lifts
Police and National Guard sweep through the Islam No. 27 mosque in Watts after predawn gunfire. Eight injured Muslims treated for cuts as 25 men arrested on suspicion of murder attempt. none hit by bullets. Sniper fire and a second building under fire follow the raid.
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Los Angeles
Muhammad
Islam No. 27
Watts
National Guard
R. S. Herrera
Balance Of Payments In Black Ink Again
The United States posted a $528 million quarterly balance of payments surplus, the first positive three month period since 1957, as Secretary of the Treasury noted. Despite selling more abroad than importing, the U S faced an overall deficit earlier due to tourist spending foreign aid investments abroad and overseas military outlays.
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Washington
B AP
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Ments
Man Shot by Columbus Police Identified as Ronald Kelley
A 2 year old man was shot and killed by Columbus police at an East Side gas station during an attempted burglary. Two patrolmen fired as the suspect ran away after ignoring stop warnings.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
East Side
Ronald Kelley
Kelley
Bishop Pike Defends Strained Heresy Charge
In San Francisco Rt. Rev. James A. Pike, California Episcopal bishop, says fellow bishops will exonerate him over charges of heresy involving denial of the Virgin birth and Trinity and a disputed deacon ordination. He calls critics conservatives and expects support at the House of Bishops meeting in Glacier National Park September.
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San Francisco
James A. Pike
California
Pike
House of Bishops of the
United States
Glacier National Park
Mont
Arizona
Joseph M. Harte
Episcopal Magaine
The
Living Church
Glacier
Tien
Planes Flee Typhoon Mary to Japan
Eleven U.S. Air Force C130 transports and two HU16 amphibious planes flew to Japan from Okinawa Tuesday night to escape Typhoon Mary.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Okinawa
Weather Outlook Cooler With Slight Showers Likely
The U S Weather Bureau predicts tomorrow will be cooler with highs in the upper 80s and a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. Tonight's low around 70 with high humidity. Yesterday's official high reached 95 at 3 30 p.m. and overnight low was 71 at 6 30 a.m.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Chiang May Send Troops
Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky announced that Nationalist China will send military study missions to South Viet Nam soon. A joint communique suggested Chiang Kai-Shek's government with about 500000 troops might deploy forces, while increasing technical and material aid to the Republic of Viet Nam.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
C. K. Yen
Republic of
Power Problems Won't Delay Gemini Flight
Cape Kennedy engineers wrestled with a troublesome Gemini power system affecting the eight day flight of astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr. The issue arose during a fuel cell test at McDonnell Aircraft Co in St Louis and could force a date change if not resolved. The fuel cells replace heavier batteries and are already in use on Gemini 5 with two 68 pound cells supplying power.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Aircraft Co
St. Louis
McDonnell
U.S
L.S. Steel Plans 1.8 Billion Capital Push
United States Steel Corp. announces a doubling of capital spending to 1.8 billion over three years. It also unveils a major reorganization moving the charter from New Jersey to Delaware and converting preferred stock into debentures to cut federal taxes.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
New Jersey
Delaware
U.S. Steel
Chuckle Wouldn't It Be Great to Retire Quietly
A lighthearted quip questions the idea of retiring without informing a spouse. The humorous line hints at temptation to enjoy leisure without domestic discussion or duties.
Manry Resets After Atlantic Voyage Triumph in England
Robert Manry, 47, ends a 78 day solo 3200 mile eastward Atlantic crossing in the 130 foot Tinkerbelle. A hero welcome greets him in Falmouth England with family and officials praising the smallest sailboat nonstop crossing. He recalls enjoying England but jokes it keeps moving.
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Falmouth
England
Robert Manry
Atlantic
Vail
Manry
Ohio
W. L. Timmins
Tinkerbelle
Pentagon Says Viet Mail More Favorable
The Pentagon reported that more than half the Viet Nam letters it receives endorse the U S commitment, a turnabout from spring. Officials note one week in April had 3 favorable and 177 unfavorable, with May ending 45 to 42, and last week 72 favorable to 67 unfavorable. The letters are not a formal poll but are considered significant.
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Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
U.S
Defense Department
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