Reds Goof Down MIG 17 Over Hanoi
American planes hit North Vietnam in near record numbers as raids hit Hanoi Haiphong area and the Hanoi rail yards. A MIG 17 was shot down by its own SAM defense. Ground fighting with U S forces intensified in Quang Ngai and coastal plains as Navy and Air Force jets pounded supply lines and hubs.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
America
Col
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
8Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
South Viet
Haiphong
Red
Ha Gia
Thai Nguyen
U.S
Red China
Thunderchief
Huong Vi
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Boston
1St Corps
Oregon
Quang Ngai
Baton Rouge Racial Turmoil Flares After Civil Rights Rally
In Baton Rouge a 106 mile civil rights march ends with 600 Negroes on the Capitol steps. Fires break out in Eden Park as roving Negro youths throw gasoline bombs. ten Negroes and one white man arrested. National Guardsmen and police cordon off the area. two Negroes briefly confront officers. No major looting reported.
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Baton Rouge
Ku Klux Klan
Capitol Steps
Eden Park
Helicopter Crew Rescues GIs From VC on Da Nang Beach
A CH47 Chinook evacuated 15 wounded after landing with four GIs under siege by about 50 Viet Cong. Marine Capt Steve Pless and crew fought off attackers, saving three more wounded men while two others died. U.S. gunships aided as a Vietnamese helicopter evacuated the body and remaining wounded.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
Steve Pless
Foley
Ala
Pless
Rupert Fairfield
Lake Charles
Leroy Polson
Mason City
Iowa
Polson
Lance Cpl
John Phelps
Louisville
Fairfield
Ay Ha
Suspect Held on Murder of North Battleford Family
A 21-year-old mental patient, Victor Ernest Hoffman, is held on a murder charge for killing nine members of the Peterson family at their Shell Lake area farm. Five of the victims were children, ages 1 to 17, buried in a common grave. A .22 caliber Browning rifle was recovered. motive remains undetermined.
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North Battleford
Sask
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Victor Ernest Hoffman
James Peterson
Shell Lake
Petersons
Hoffman
Robert Hoffman
Brian Sawyer
Sawyer
Peterson
British Columbia
Stay Down Chen Fairbanks Returns To Ruins Of City
Flood scarred Fairbanks Alaska residents return home as Chena River recedes. Two more victims were found raising death toll to seven in Fairbanks one in Nenana and unclear in Tak. Police credit volunteer boatmen with saving many. Streets show holes debris and water damage as residents salvage belongings.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena River
Nenana
Tenana
Chena
Tak
Ayvememua
Bill Wardzella
Stanley Zavers
Zavers
Gunfire Strikes Modern Building In London Attack
At 11 35 p m Sunday a volley of shots blasted holes in the side door of a large concrete and glass building in London. No one was hurt. A white Ford Cortina sped away as two U S Marines on duty appeared. A paper note reading STOP CRIMINAL MURDERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY SOLIDARITY WITH ALL PEOPLE BATTLING AGAINST YANKEE FASCISM etc was left behind signed REVOLUTIONARY SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT.
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Scotland Yard
U.S
Cpl
John McNamara
Bronx
N.Y
Francis Mc.Laughlin
Wyncote
Revolutionary Solidarity Movement
Date Set For New Biosatellite 2 Launch
Cape Kennedy Fla AP NASA announces Sept 7 as the launch date for Biosatellite 2 the second biological research satellite. It will carry 13 experiments to study life processes in space over a three day orbit aboard a Delta rocket to a 196 mile high circular orbit.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Delta
Weather outlook with mild temperatures and light rain
Partly cloudy conditions continue with a low around 58 to 63 tonight and minimal showers forecast for Tuesday. Yesterday saw a high of 75 and a low of 55 with a weekend rainfall total of 0.29 inches.
Chuckle Enjoy Yourselves
A lighthearted note urges readers to enjoy themselves and reflects on later reflections as time passes.
General Walter Krueger Dies at 86 Hero of Sixth Army
General Walter Krueger, four star commander of the U S Sixth Army, died at Valley Forge General Hospital at 86 after a career spanning the Spanish American War and two world wars. MacArthur praised him as the greatest leader, noting his units advanced from Australia to the Philippines. Survivors include son Colonel Walter Krueger, and daughter Dorothy K. Smith.
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Valley Forge
Krueger
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Krueger
6Th Army
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Valley Forge General Hospital
Arthur MacArthur
Australia
Woodlark
Kiriwina Islands
Flatow
Germany
Philadelphia
Dorothy K. Smith
San Antonio
Tex
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Detroit
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David Keyser
H. Rap Brown
New York
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Pete
Heloise
Chen
Bobbies
Cape Gloucester
Admiralties
Leyte
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Sixth Army
General Krueger
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