Viet Girl Sets Self Ablaze Protesting Viet War
In Saigon, Tran Bath Nga, a Vietnamese maid, burned herself to death as protest against the war and the Diem regime. A note indicated anti communist motives and parallels to Buddhist self immolations, with locals noting her recent anxiety over the conflict.
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South
Viet Nam
Viet Self
Ene
Viet Cong
Tran Bath Nga
Miss Nga
Nga Dinh Diem
Diem
Comet
Personal Terms Clipping Sparks Husband Joke
A joke notes that sending the hometown paper with a clipping removed from the personal terms will coax a wife to return from an extended vacation, highlighting a lighthearted newspaper quip about domestic life.
Air Crash Mystery Deepens in Canadian tragedy
In Ste Therese de Blainville the Trans-Canada DC8F crash killed 118 with no survivors. Victims included Brooklyn fur buyer Ronald Kerne and Toronto dress-factory owner Zoltan Hankovszky. Canadian and US experts probe possible causes, with pilots and company officials noting no evident preflight mechanical fault.
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Ronald Kerne
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N.Y
Zoltan Hankovszky
Toronto
Sands Point
Long
Bells Toll Four Times In Middletown Across Century
A Middletown history note recalls four tolls of the bells over the past century marking presidential assassination events. The piece also mentions Mrs. John F. Kennedy’s updated Profiles In Courage chapter on page 24 and a brief note about local pinball police actions on page 9.
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Middletown
John F. Kennedy
One Man or Conspiracy in Kennedy Assassination Debates
Dallas reports indicate the FBI and investigators have not found concrete evidence of a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. Officials say Oswald acted alone so far, while questions about the bolt-action rifle’s rapid fire and possible accomplices persist.
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Dallas
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Atty
Henry Wade
Oswald
Kennedy
Ralph Yarborough
William H. Parker
Los Angeles
Venezuelans Defy Terror Threats Ahead of Election
Venezuelans filled the streets despite death threats from Castroist terrorists as gun battles and littered streets tested security. Police and National Guard deployed around Caracas and polling sites while U S and Venezuelan officials pushed for stricter measures against Cuba linked violence. Raúl Leoni contends for Betancourt’s Democratic Action amid a tense pre election atmosphere.
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Venezuela
National Guard
Paraguana
Falcon State
U. S
Cuba
Organization of American States
Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Soviet Oswald file turned over to U S for FBI use
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin handed a small consular file on Lee Harvey Oswald to Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The State Department forwarded the Russian papers to the FBI for its Kennedy assassination probe. No immediate assessment of new information was given. Oswald had lived in Russia and returned to the United States in 1962.
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Anatoly . Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
State Department
FBI
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Oswald
Russia
Moscow
United States
Dobrynin
Rusk
Richard J. Phillips
Soviet Union
Oswadi
Ireland Plans JFK Memorial in Wexford County
John F Kennedy tribute planned in New Ross where his great grand father sailed. Mayor Thomas F Byrne says design will be worked out with the late president's widow.
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New Ross
Ireland
John F. Kennedy
Thomas F. Byrne
Wexford
Thanksgiving highway deaths rise toward holiday end
The Associated Press reports traffic fatalities climbed during the extended Thanksgiving window, reaching 246 deaths by 10 p.m. Saturday with about a day left in the 102 hour period. The National Safety Council noted little long distance travel and cited historical tolls of 514 in 1962 and 442 in 1960.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Johnson Repeats Cut Costs Pledge to Officials
President Johnson reiterated thrift and frugality in government. He instructed top officials to report major cost-cutting actions of the past year and to propose next year’s steps to tighten operations and save funds. He pledged value for money and economy, following a military meeting with the Joint Chiefs and a forthcoming talk with Budget Director Kermit Gordon.
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Washington
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kermit Gordon
Boy Leads the Way First Quint Goes Home
Quintuplet James Andrew Fischer left the hospital eleven weeks after birth as the first of five siblings to go home. Born Sept 14 to Andrew and Mrs. Fischer, he weighed about 10 pounds 5 ounces at departure, while birth weight was about four pounds. The Fischer family, once minor celebrities, will continue to send the other four sisters home in coming weeks.
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James Andrew Fischer
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Andrew Fischer
James Andrew
James Berbos
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