Don Dawson Freed After Four Months in Viet Cong Captivity
Don Dawson a 28 year old Costa Mesa tuna fisherman who searched for his missing brother Lt Daniel Dawson was released by Viet Cong forces after four months of captivity in Zone D near Bien Hoa. He returned with Collette Emberger his interpreter and described harsh conditions followed by a long jungle trek to government territory.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Don Dawson
Viet Cong
Donald Charles Dawson
Costa Mesa
Calif
Government Territory
Dan
Arlene
Dawson
Daniel Dawson
Bien Hoa
Donald
Viet Nam
Colette Emberger
Danny
Emberger
World space endurance record falls by Gemini 5 crew
Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad break the Soviet single flight record with Gemini 5, surpassing 119 hours. The countdown shows eight days in orbit as they approach 74 to 75 orbits and pass 2 million miles. The crew anticipates a sixth day and celebrates with routine observations while awaiting reentry briefing.
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Gemini Control
Kraft
Valery Bykovsky
United States
U.S. Astronaut Corps
Conrad
Gordo
Cooper
Fea
Newspapers Dropped On North Vietnamese Cities
SAIGON Viet Nam APGuam based B52 bombers of the US Strategic Air Command struck a suspected Viet Cong installation 30 miles northeast of Saigon. Two South Vietnamese warplanes dropped 88000 newspapers on three North Vietnamese cities in the night, reproductions of Nhan Dan banned in North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
D Sone
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Youth rescues boy after braving wind and tide at Revere
In Revere Massachusetts 19 year old James Manganiello rescued 7 year old Charles Jackson from a bay drifting toy dinghy. A lifeguard lifeboat leaked from vandalized seams as rescuers battled waves and a missing transfer near shore.
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Revere
Mass
James Manganiello
Charles Jackson
Charles S. Savoia
Edward Dilfrenzo
Eddie
Andrew Bisignani
Mediator Congress Seeks Steel Wage Settlement
Government mediator William Simkin held a first joint session with steel negotiators after the United Steelworkers rejected the industry offer of a 40.6 cent per hour raise over three years. He planned separate talks with each side, noting time remains to avoid a Sept. 1 strike deadline.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
William FE. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Steelworkers Reach Settlement Amid War Time Wage Rows
The settlement ends a wage dispute with 40 percent of workers able to strike at midnight Tuesday, threatening a large portion of steel output. President Johnson urged full responsibility during a Viet Nam wartime address. W Abel estimates the industry value at under a dollar, while the negotiator cites a 3 percent annual cost rise.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
W. Abel
General Taylor Says U.S. Victory in Viet Nam Depends on Time and Resources
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor declared in San Francisco that victory in Vietnam hinges on time and superior U S forces. He believed available resources favored the United States as the war continued.
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San Francisco
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
U S F105s Strike Rail Bridge Near Hanoi in Bombing Run
Sixteen F105 Thunderchiefs flew within 38 miles of the Chinese border and destroyed a rail bridge 115 miles northwest of Hanoi. In six other missions that day, American planes damaged bridges trucks bar racks and a radar site from the frontier area to Thanh Hoa. Ground action was light and scattered.
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Hanoi
North
South
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Quip About Marrying a Bank Employee to the President
A brief, jocular remark suggests a future marriage of a young bank employee to the president, ending with a tongue in cheek conditional. The line plays on social ambitions and humorous self deprecation.
Prisoner Turns $2 Into $26 000 Behind Bars
William Hollie Griffith, jailed 30 years, built a $26 000 fortune in the penitentiary tailors shop. At 73, he seeks release as WV officials weigh his plan to start a Grantsville garment plant employing about 30 people. He previously escaped after life sentences and spent years in solitary before returning to work at the prison.
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Stratton L. Douthat
Huttonsville
W. Va
William Hollie Griffith
Griffith
West Vir
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Grantsville
Smith
Hollie
Leo Callison
Red Plot Foiled in Singapore Targeting Leaders
Singapore security police exposed a Communist Indonesian plot to assassinate ministers and destabilize the country. The statement named organizer Sim Siew Lin and 20 agents of the People’s Revolutionary Party with ties to Barisan Sosialis. He allegedly tried to bomb the U.S. consulate.
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Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Sim Siew Lin
People’s Revolutionary Party
Barisan Sosialis
Siem
U.S
Sim
Weather Outlook With Isolated Thunderstorms Possible
Forecast shows fair weather with little temperature change tonight and tomorrow. Overnight low around 70, yesterday high near unspecified, today’s low 69, with a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
Flames Sick at Plant Amid Du Pont Disaster
Louisville witnesses describe the Du Pont rubber plant explosions and fires that left at least 39 injured and 11 missing. Rescue work halted for safety as guards and police secured the area. Evacuation centers opened and damage estimates ranged from five to ten million dollars.
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Garland Conway
du Pont
Jefferson County
Louisville
A. T. Tollefsen
Korean Forces Move Against Young Rioters
Seoul is faced with a sixth day of student protests over the Japan relation treaty as a combat division moves in from the armistice line. Police use tear gas against about 2900 demonstrators near campuses, with arrests and clashes continuing around Seoul National University.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Kim Sung
Chung Hee Park
É&K
West Central
Dwight Beach
U.N
Seoul National University
Carpenter recounts blast and blast injuries
Karl Kuehr a carpenter describes the first blast knocking him down and a second explosion soon after He says he was flung about 1200 feet away and ended up draped over a drain pipe Dee bribis was flying overhead and windows were popping out everywhere
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Karl Kuehr
Deebris
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