Stunt Pilot Foyle Dies Saving Homes During Flight
Stunt pilot Johnny Foyle, 38, of Baltimore, died after guiding a crippled biplane away from a residential area during an air show. Witnesses said he tried to pull up, jumped with a partly opened parachute, and his craft crashed near the wreckage after a collision with another plane during television filming. The trophy will be named in his honor.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Johnny Foyle
Foyle
Baltimore
White Paper Details North Viet Nam Aggression
The United States published a 14 000 word white paper charging North Viet Nam with aggression against South Viet Nam. It argues the war has reached new levels of intensity and aims to prove Viet Cong support by Hanoi, while backing Saigon with troops money and materiel. The report cites manpower over 32 000 Viet Cong fighters, 60 000 to 80 000 part time guerrillas, and rising weapon supplies including 57mm and 75mm recoilless rifles and Chinese weapons.
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Washington
United States
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
State Department
Johnson Administration
South
Saigon
U.S
Jthe
Hanoi
Department
Republic of
Aule Side
China
Binh Dinh
Alexei N. Kosygin
Southeast Asia
Midwest Begins Thaw Out From Heavy Snow
Blizzard aftermath yields clear skies and warmer air across the Midwest while the eastern third remains cool. Temperatures range from the 30s in the Midwest snow belt to near zero in northern Maine and the 30s to northern Florida. The coldest readings dip to -11 in Hibbing Minnesota with milder conditions in Florida.
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Jamestown
Dickinson
N.D
Tallahassee
Fla
Miami
Minnesota
Hibbing
Maine
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Florida
Breakfast lunch dinner baggage across cities
A playful remark defines the new feast age as meals spanning London, New York, San Francisco and Buenos Aires with travel styled humor.
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London
New York
San Franciso
Man Who Worked Here Slain in Columbus Shootout
Leonard Glover a 43 year old Pennsylvania Railroad fireman from Middletown was killed in a 25 minute gun battle with Columbus police after a bank robbery attempt. He fled into a garage where 300 rounds were found and more weapons were in his car. Over $7000 taken from the bank was recovered from a satchel. Glover lived on Tylersville Road with his wife and five children.
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Middletown
Columbus
Leonard Glover
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jefferson Road
Highland Street
Glover
Railroad
Pennsylvania
Tylersville Road
Cincinnati
Mason
John Pringle
Pringle
Jackson
Frank Peterly Glover
Bank Heist Sparked By Masked Robber Demand for Cash
Glover wearing a ski mask confronted the teller at Mrs. Clyde Jackson's cage, demanding money. A second teller, alerted by a call, tipped off police during the incident.
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Glover
Clyde
Polly) Jackson
Big air and ground assault east of Saigon in Vietnam
US and South Vietnamese forces launched a large scale operation in Phuoc Tuy Province east of Saigon, using 137 helicopters in the largest airlift of the war amid air strikes by US Air Force B57s and Skyraiders. Police in Saigon report a Communist political network under the name People’s Self Determination Movement.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phuoc Tuy
Air Force
People’s Self Determination Movement
Viet Nam search and destroy operation expands with air support
Military spokesmen avoided identifying troop units while ground forces from surrounding areas joined a large helicopter contingent. The chopper force drew from multiple fields and comprised a substantial portion of Vietnam’s helicopter fleet as the area was swept.
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Viet Nam
Elijah Muhammad vows to fight back against attackers
Chicago AP Elmer Elijah Muhammad leader of the Black Muslims warns would be avengers of Malcolm X that they will fight if attacked. He spoke to followers in a coliseum while threats to his life mount after Malcolm X left the group. He cites a Harlem mosque bombing as context for his vow to resist.
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Chicago
Elijah Muhammad
Malcolm X
New York
Organization of Afro- American Unity
Muhammad
Coliseum
Harlem
McNamara Faces House Clash Over Who Calls Defense Plays
House Armed Services Committee leader Rep. Mendel Rivers demands a greater say in defense decisions amid McNamara’s plan to merge Reserves with the National Guard. He warns Congress must not be sidelined and may even call the plays in national security matters.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rep. L Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Mel Namara
National Guard
McNamara
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Congress
Rivers
Indonesia Shuts Down U S Information Service
Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio ordered the U S Information Service closed nationwide. He announced at a Medan youth gathering that USIS would no longer poison minds and was automatically closed, drawing thunderous applause from the audience.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Subandrio
U.S. Information Service
Antara
Medan
Sumatra
USIS
Egypt Breaks Espionage Ring In Cairo
Al Ahram reports a government controlled network of spies broken up in Cairo. Several arrests include unidentified German nationals. The case is tied to the earlier disappearance of six West Germans in the city.
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Cairo
al Ahram
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Buenos Aires
City National Bank
Louis Jones
Jim Ray
Ray
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Soviet Union
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