Missiles Hit Missiles Near Saigon Battle Report
U S forces repelled two Soviet made antiaircraft missiles fired at B52 bombers during raids over North Vietnam's panhandle. In Saigon area, a 22 hour clash near Dau Tieng left 17 enemy dead as Marines covered the Khe Sanh withdrawal and two rocket caches were captured nearby.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
U.S
Dau Teng
Marine
Khe Sanh
Footbridge Collapse in Longview During Fireworks
A wooden footbridge crowded with spectators on Lake Sacajawea in Longview collapsed after fireworks ended, dumping up to 200 people into the water. Sixty-nine were taken to two hospitals, seven hospitalized with injuries. no bodies found.
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Longview
Wash
Ralph Benefiel
Cer
Sacaewea
St. John’s Hospital
Jaycees
John Martin
Kenneth Dahl
Cowlit
Prisoner's hijack attempt on airliner foiled over Nevada
A prisoner aboard a 71 passenger TWA flight slipped from two deputy marshals and threatened to hijack the plane to Hermosillo Mexico. He talked with a stewardess as the jet circled southern Nevada before being subdued on landing at McCarran. Morris, 48, faces possible federal hijacking charges as he is returned to California for an appeal.
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Las Vegas New
Morris
Trans World Airlines
John Hamilton Morris
Hermosillo
Mexico
Los Angeles
C. P. Barron
U.S
Barron
Nevada
McCarran Field
Clark County
San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leavenworth Kan
Seven Children Die In Boating Accident At Lake Easy
A Florida holiday outing ended in tragedy when seven children and a man died after a 12 foot outboard boat overturned on Lake Easy south of Lake Wales. An 11 year old girl survived clinging to the overturned craft as deputies rescued others and recovered the victims after a three hour search.
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Lake Easy
Here
Branch
William Harrell
Lake Wales
Raymond Parks
Winter Haven
Ray Greubel
Har
Rel
Venera Clay
Harrell
Greubel
Belinda Clay
Cynthia
Lakeland
Jimmie Elaine Clay
Sheila Jennings
Carolyn Jones
Cynthia Jackson
Rhonda Tucker
U S Celebrates 192nd July 4th
Americans marked the 192nd Independence Day with parades picnics and fireworks. Abroad antiwar protests erupted in Stockholm and Melbourne while back home President Johnson toured the HemisFair in San Antonio Texas.
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U.S
Ated Press
Sweden
Australia
Stockholm
Melbourne
Vietnam
Cities push gun controls with interstate sale limits
Washington weighs pistol and rifle licensing as a local ordinance while the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments advances a model law for 15 cities and counties. Advocates seek federal action to curb interstate gun sales amid sparse crime data and FBI figures showing firearms linked majority of U S murders.
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Washington
City Council of
Metropolitan Washington
League
Magazine of the League
Philadelphia
Uniform Crime Report
FBI
New York City
Congress
John V. Lindsay
New York
United States
Weekend Warmth Follows Cloudy Southwest Ohio Forecast
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer today with scattered showers and thundershowers late this afternoon and tonight. Highs reach the low 80s and tonight's lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Showers should end Saturday, giving way to fair warm weather for the weekend with highs in the 80s and lower 90s. Yesterday's high was 79 and this morning's low was 53.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
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Yankee Road
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Lake Wales, Fla
Earl Branch
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