Johnson Meeting Saigon Leaders As Equals In Hawaii
President Johnson travels to Honolulu for a mid Pacific conference with South Vietnam leaders to emphasize country building and social aspects of U S aid rather than a major shift in military strategy. The talks span diplomacy inflation and ongoing bombing policy with Gen Westmoreland facing no sharp war changes.
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Viet Nam
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Asia
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Hanoi
North Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
Giant Allied Drive Opens in Vietnam Bordering Bong Son
In South Viet Nam a massive operation grows around Bong Son as the U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division adds a second brigade and Marines shift south on the north flank. The battle looms as up to four or five regiments of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops converge amid talks at Camp Smith with President Johnson and regional leaders.
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Hawaii
William CC. Westmoreland
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Camp Smith
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Pacific
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Bong Son
1St Cavalry
Three Greek towns destroyed by powerful quakes
A sequence of earthquakes centered near Kardhitsa ripped through central Greece before dawn, killing at least one person and injuring over 50 as three towns Fourna Alestia and Krenti were leveled and 80 percent of neighboring settlements deemed uninhabitable. The government declared a state of emergency and sent army rescue teams and tents to shelter hundreds of homeless residents.
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Kardhitsa
Fourna
Alestia
Krenti
Michael Galinos
Woman killed in Racine bank fire at Pomeroy Ohio
An 86 year old woman died in a blaze that started in the First National Bank of Racine and spread to two apartments above it. Firefighters said the bank and two apartments were a total loss. Bank president Freeland Norris said $40,000 in bonds burned but cash in the vault, about $65,000, was likely safe. Racine Marshal Alfred Lyons entered the burning building to rescue Mrs Edith Dunfee but she died of smoke inhalation. Cause of the fire was not determined.
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Alfred Lyons
Edith Dunfee
Son of Bishop James A. Pike Kills Self in New York
James A. Pike Jr., 22, son of California Episcopal Bishop, died of a self-inflicted gunshot in a Hudson Hotel room. Police found a spent rifle, a note ending with Goodbye, goodbye. The death was not disclosed to the bishop until his convention speech concluded.
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James A. Pike
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Manhattan
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Hudson Hotel
Two Killed In Detroit Hotel Fire
DETROIT AP Two persons were killed and five others injured early today as a multi alarm blaze swept through the four story Montcalm Hotel in downtown Detroit. Police identified the dead as Joseph Sampson 33 and James Crawford 60 both of Detroit. Fire Chief Glenn Thom said the toll was kept down by a fire station next door. First firefighters praised ladders and helped down guests trapped in their rooms.
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Montcalm
Joseph Sampson
James Crawford
Glenn Thom
Negro Woman On Miami City Commission
Athalie Range, 47, a widowed mother of four and civil rights activist, was unanimously chosen by the Miami City Commission to fill an unexpired term becoming the first Black member of the city governing body. A Key West native and mortician by training, Range highlighted progress in racial integration since the 1950s and emphasized serving all citizens while recalling the era before desegregation on the causeway to Miami Beach.
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Actress June Walker Dies at 66 in Sherman Oaks Home
Los Angeles AP reports actress June Walker, age 66 and famed as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died Thursday at her Sherman Oaks residence. Her 40 year career spanned stage roles in Death of a Salesman Green Grow the Lilacs and Life with Father.
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Los Angeles
June Walker
Lorelei Lee
Anita Loos
Sherman Oaks
Weather Mixed-Up North Warmer Than Florida
An arctic air mass south of Lake Michigan spread freezing temperatures to the Gulf Coast while the middle Canadian border region, usually the coldest, was warmer than the Southland. Readings ranged from 34 above in Cut Bank Montana to 10 below in Terre Haute Indiana with sub-zero zones across upper Michigan and central Indiana. Most of the nation stayed clear and dry though the Pacific Northwest and eastern Great Lakes saw snow and flurries.
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Chuckle on differences Between Woman and Tree
A witty quip notes that a woman and a tree differ in that their limbs are bare in opposite seasons.
Worst single plane disaster in history in Tokyo Bay
Flowers drift in Tokyo harbor as All-Nippon Airways Boeing 727 with 133 aboard crashes near landing. Rescue teams search amid missing bodies, many burned, with officials unsure if survivors exist. Pilot’s widow faces cameras from Osaka, expressing sorrow for the families affected.
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Osaka
Weather outlook for tomorrow forecast in mid thirties
The past two weeks' weather suggests a pleasant day tomorrow with considerable sunshine. The Weather Bureau forecasts warmer temperatures with a high in the mid thirties and a low around ten tonight.
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Three Found Frozen In Stalled Car Near Cadiz Ohio
In Harrison County three men were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning inside a car trapped in a snowbank along a rural road near Cadiz. Identified by Sheriff Harry Bailey as Lawrence Bell 46 Loren Bell 41 and Raymond Bell 25 all from Scio. The car had an empty gas tank ignition on and is believed to have skidded into a ditch Tuesday. The discovery followed a missing person report from a wife.
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Harry Bailey
Lawrence Bell
Loren
Raymond Bell
Scio
Lowell Gilham
Gillham
Bailey
Luna 9 pictures seen worldwide except Soviet Union
Moscow reports expose Luna 9 moon pictures to readers outside the USSR while Soviet newspapers withhold images. Red Star notes the craft landed off target after a 3 1/2 day flight. Jodrell Bank director Bernard Lovell calls the images sensational and questions the withholding.
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