Airstrikes Hit North Viet Nam Bases and Rail Lines
U S Air Force jets blasted Dien Bien Phu airfield and tracks while ground forces killed about 120 Viet Cong and captured eight in three operations. Mortars hit Soc Trang and Cheo Reo. two airstrips damaged and an aircraft crash reported. Navy Skyhawks and Crusaders struck Nam Dinh oil storage near Hanoi. eight tanks destroyed as heavy anti aircraft fire met the raid. All aircraft reportedly returned safely.
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Malcom Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
U S
U. S
Cheo Reo
Soc Trang Strip
Hanoi
Soc Trang
Nam Dinh
North
Oriskany
Eastern States Study Plan To Conserve Water
Delaware River Basin Commission considers an emergency plan to stretch water for 20 million people in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware. New York City may curb intake or release more water while states may boost upstream releases with July 7 decision. Hughes backs a workable compromise without alarming the public.
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Trenton
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Delaware River
Delaware River Basin Commission
Richard J. Hughes
Commission
Philadelphia
Hughes
New York City
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gas Truck Crashes Into Train Near Como Killing Three
A gasoline laden tractor-trailer collided with an Illinois Central freight train near Como Mississippi on Thursday. The crash killed truck driver John J. Reyes and two train crewmen from Memphis, Tennessee, with three more crewmen critically burned. The engine and eight cars of the 15-car train were destroyed. The train was en route from Grenada to Memphis when the collision occurred one mile south of Como.
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L. L. Russell
M. A. McCain
Grenada
Miss
Memphis
Here
Flu Vaccine Urged For High Risk Groups
A Public Health Service advisory committee forecast a rise in influenza cases next winter. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry endorsed vaccination for groups with high mortality from influenza, including the elderly, chronically ill, pregnant women, and nursing home residents, citing two to three year epidemic cycles and prior low 1964 65 incidence.
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Washington
Public Health Service Advisory
Luther L. Terry
Advisory Committee On
United States
Northern Plains Hit By Storms
Tornadoes and thunderstorms swept the northern Plains Thursday night into today. A twister caused damage in southeastern Nebraska and injured a woman at Nebraska City near the Iowa border. Runoff from heavy rain closed Highway 2 east of Lincoln. High winds and hail affected North Platte and Omaha while turbulence extended into Kansas Missouri and Iowa. Temperatures cooled across the nation with Maine recording 41 and Blythe 94.
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Associated Press
Plains
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Iowa
Highway 2
Lincoln
Omaha
Dunbar
North Platte
Kansas
Missouri
Weather outlook with showers followed by clearing
After a cool night the area could see additional showers this afternoon and tonight. Showers end by tomorrow with a cloudy humid day ahead. Sunday is forecast fair and mild. Yesterday’s high reached 82 and today’s low is 55.
Cosmos 70 launches as Soviet Cosmos program continues
The Soviet Union deployed Cosmos 70, an unmanned satellite, to extend outer space studies. German Bochum observers reported signals varying but could not confirm crew status. Tass said the onboard apparatus is functioning normally.
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Bochum
Germany
Outer
Space
Tass
Navy officer admits pen name used on critical book
Comdr. John A. Davis Jr. disclosed he wrote Shadow of Peril under the alias Aleksandr I. Zhdanov. The 43 year old Navy retiree says he crafted the work while an antisubmarine adviser in the Pentagon in 1962, urging concern that Soviet submarines could penetrate U S defenses and threaten naval forces.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
U. S. Navy
Pentagon
Navy
Comdr
John A. Davis Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
Aleksandr I. Zhdanov
Zhdanov Davis
U. S
Davis
Naval Operations
Transplant Operation Successful for Teen and Donor Father
New Orleans doctors and nurses watched over Jonnie Gail Honeycutt who received one of her father’s kidneys in a roughly hour long operation. The Tulane University team said the surgery went well and both patients are doing well. John H. Honeycutt, 48, of Anniston, Alabama, donated a kidney to his 13 year old daughter after chronic nephritis destroyed her kidneys.
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New Orleans
Jonnie Gail Honeycutt
Tulane University
John H. Honeycutt
Anniston
Ala
Jonnie Gail
Chuckle The Boss Seeks Individuality Says Yes Man Hopes
A humorous note describes a boss who values individuality in employees and prefers decisive no doubt over constant acquiescence. The piece highlights a reluctant employee who hedges with maybes rather than firm yes.
Dominica Junta Signals Step Toward Settlement
Dominican junta leaders Bioho 8 ven and Imbert indicated new openness to resolving the crisis in Santo Domingo. Imbert said the rebel sector would be limited to one area and called for shared responsibility among armed forces and political parties to safeguard the country.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Bioho
Antonio Import Parreras
Imbert
Organization of American States
Pope Paul VI Possible U.N. Visit for Western Hemisphere
Vatican says Pope Paul VI has been invited to visit the United Nations but timing is undecided. Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti said the pontiff considers a trip to New York to meet the U.N. General Assembly this year, potentially marking the first papal visit to the Americas. The 20th U.N. session opens Sept 21 with a January resumption planned by the OAS.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
United Nations
U.N
New York
U.S. Assembly
U Thant
Alberto Giovannetti
Paul
OAS
Vegetable Prices Fall Slightly From May Levels
Washington AP reports that mid June prices paid to growers for fresh vegetables fell about 8 percent from mid May but remained 21 percent higher than a year earlier. Growers blame reduced marketable supplies and worker shortages. government and labor officials dispute the causes noting ample unemployment and ongoing recruitment programs.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Agriculture and Labor Departments
Labor Department
Weather Satellite Tiros 10 Began Orbit For Global Storm Tracking
The Tiros 10 satellite, launched late Thursday night, circles the globe with a camera to record birth and movement of hurricanes typhoons and other storms. It joins three other operating Tiros satellites nos 7 8.
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Howard Benedict Cape Kennedy
Fila
Globe
Marine general says ready to deploy more Marines in Vietnam
Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, top U.S. Marine Corps officer in the Pacific, told reporters in Da Nang that he is prepared to send additional Marines into action in South Vietnam. He stated, Ive got them and they are ready.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
U. S S. Marine Corps
Pacific
South Viet Nam
Victor H. Krulak
Tiros 10 Launch Brings Ocean Weather Satellite Era
Tiros 10 blasted from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta rocket to join the U S Weather Bureau fleet as a major advance in tropical storm photography. The 290 pound satellite will orbit about 400 miles up and relay over 400 photos daily covering the Atlantic Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Officials expect initial cloud pictures by weekend as ground controllers optimize camera angles for hurricane season coverage through October 15.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bureau
Tiros
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Florida
Douglas Delta
Atlantic
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Delta
Sex May Trip Up Job Discrimination Commission
The new federal commission to end employment discrimination opens with emphasis on persuasion. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. chairs a five member body exploring hiring, firing and promotion cases while warnings of possible court action for persistent violators loom.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
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