Magnificent Fight Ends In Two Yanks Dead In Nam Dan Camp
In central highlands near Da Nang two American Special Forces men and an Australian adviser were killed in a five hour battle described as magnificent defense against a Viet Cong attack. At least 57 Vietnamese, and 48 Viet Cong, were reported dead with ongoing heavy fighting and air support.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Nam Dan
da Nang
High Mang Yang Pass
U.S
Fire in Angeles National Forest Tore Through 12800 Acres
A wind driven blaze in 1964 Black Sear burned 12800 acres across canyons, grasslands, foothills and mountains near Los Angeles. It forced eight hundred firefighters to carve three large breaks, with flames leaping barriers before finally being controlled by 10 am. The fire started when a rifleman’s bullet cut a power line 40 miles north of LA.
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Los Angeles
California
Angeles National Forest
Woman dies after dream gunshot claim in Ohio
In Steubenville Ohio a 50 year old woman named Mrs William Paice of Mingo Junction died after telling deputies she shot herself in a dream. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death after she was admitted to Ohio Valley Hospital with a gunshot wound.
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Steubenville, Ohio
Sheriff's Deputies
William Paice
Mingo Junction
Steubenville
Ohio Valley Hospital
Columbus Cites Sunday Sellers
Columbus enforcement of the blue law against selling non essentials on Sunday yielded more than 100 citations as police, led by Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner, implement the law for the second weekend. Last Sunday saw 152 arrests with closures reducing this week’s tally.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Dayton Police Shoot Man As He Tries To Flee
Dayton police shot Willie Clark, 30, as he attempted to flee after a cutting incident on the West Side. He suffered arm and leg wounds and was in recovery. A woman received minor injuries in the same incident.
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Dayton
Ohio
Willie Clark
Deaths And Funerals Brenda Barrington Services Tuesday
Brenda Lee Barrington six month old daughter of Leland and spouse died Saturday at Children’s Hospital Cincinnati visitation tonight 7 to 9 at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home services tomorrow 2 p m burial Woodside Cemetery. Other Hamilton obituaries listed with funeral times and locations for Arthur Johnstone Mary Kuper Henry Marcum Paul McGuire Edwin Pater and Samuel Wilson.
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Brenda Barrington
McCoy - Leffler
Brenda Lee Barrington
Leland Barrington
Kristine Lane
Franklin
Children's Hospital
Cincinnati
Funeral
Woodside Cemetery
Arthur Johnstone
Glenmont Drive
Webb
Mary Kuper
Clinton Ave
Colligan
Henry C. Marcum
N. D. St
Brown -Dawson
Paul F. McGuire
Vernon McGuire
Second St
Brown . Dawson
Edwin B. Pater
Freeman Ave
Samuel A. Wilson
Weller Ave
Campbell
Middletown Man Harrison Watts Dies at 67
Harrison Watts 67 formerly of Midway Kentucky and resident of Middletown for four years died yesterday at 3 25 p m at Middletown Hospital He retired from Armco Steel after 34 years service He attended Mt Zion Baptist Church He is survived by wife Pearl son Airman J C Robert Watts at Marsh AFB Riverside California sister Mrs Mary Tillman Frankfort KY and two grandchildren Friends may call at Jordan Memorial Chapel 6 9 p m Thursday and Friday until services at 1 p m Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery
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Armco Steel Corp
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Pearl
J. C. Robert Watts
Marsh Afb
Riverside
Calif
Mary Tillman
Frankfort
Jordan Memorial Chapel
Woodside
Cem
Mrs Rebecca Beckett Dies at 55 in Lebanon
Mrs Rebecca Beckett 55 wife of Clifford Beckett Warren County clerk of courts died Saturday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Joann Fairo Mrs Carol Herald and K Sue Cranmer all of Lebanon one son Dr Richard Beckett Lebanon six sisters five brothers and five grandchildren Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home at 2 09 p m today Services tomorrow at 2 p m Burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Rebecca Beckett
Clifford Beckett
Warren County
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Joann Fairo
Carol Herald
K. Sue Cranmer
Richard Beckett
Agnes King
Susan Oberholser
Esther Ayers
Phoenix, Ariz
Dorthy Perrish
Celina
Ruth Boh
Mt. Crab
Jean Grisso
Fort Pierce
Fla
Clinton
John
Joseph Corwin
Johnson Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Franklin man Maurice Kirk 75 dies at Grandview Hospital
Maurice Kirk 75 of 826 S River St Franklin former Armco Steel foreman in masonry department died at 3 45 p m Sunday at Grandview Hospital he retired after 35 years service Surviving daughter Kath iryn Garrison of Hamilton son Calvin Franklin brother Earl Franklin sisters Elsie Bennett and Lizzie Young Lebannon six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Visitation at Eaton Funeral Home 2 5 and 7 9 p m tomorrow Services at 2 p m Wednesday Rev H S Gessner officiating Burial Springboro Cemetery
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Betty
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Hamilton
Calvin
Earl of Franklin
Elsie Bennett
Lizzie Young
Lebanon
Eaton Funeral Home
Funeral
H. S. Gessner
Springboro _Cemetery
Notable Military Leader and Five Global Figures Die
Lt Gen Samuel D Sturgis Jr 66 former Army engineers chief died Sunday in the US Retired in 1956 after 38 years service He stemmed from a famed military family tracing Antietam and WWI command lines Sir Gerald Campbell 84 British minister to Washington and wartime information chief died in London Samuel Y Marshak 76 poet translator who popularized Shakespeare in Moscow Frank Leroy Clawson 58 violinist with San Francisco Symphony linked to major ensembles Morlay Gaby 71 French stage and film star who appeared in numerous works in Nite France
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Washington
Samuel D. Sturgis Jr
Army Engineers
Sturgis
Antietam
St. Paul
Minn
London
Sir Gerald Campbell
New York
Moscow
Samuel Y. Marshak
San Francisco
Frank Leroy Clawson
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera
New York City Ballet
Symphony of the Air
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony
Aledo
Run
Sousa Memorial Concert Draws Record Crowd in Dayton
About 3 000 people filled Island Park Bandshell for the annual John Philip Sousa memorial concert by the municipal band conducted by Don Bassett with guest conductor Dr. Frank Simon. Attendees celebrated Simon a Middletown native who started as a cornetist here and rose to lead the Armco Steel Band and helped found the Sousa Society and the American Bandmasters Association.
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Dayton
Island Park
Don Bassett
Frank Simon
Regular Whole Milk Dominates U S Beverage Market
A new analysis shows regular whole milk accounts for 88 percent of all milk beverages consumed in the United States, highlighting strong consumer preference for full fat dairy products across demographics and regions.
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United States
Civil rights clash shapes 1964 Republican platform
In San Francisco the 1964 Republican platform writers battle between Goldwater and Scranton camps over civil rights language. Clare Boothe Luce leads testimony as Rep. Melvin R. Laird lists fraught wording. Scranton aims to declare the civil rights law constitutional while Goldwater allies push against it. debate centers on enforcement and constitutional scope.
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San Francisco
Goldwater
Scranton
Clare Boothe Luce
Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Scott
Funeral Industry Hearings Open on Monopolistic Practices
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee begins three days of hearings in Washington on funeral industry practices. Chairman Philip A. Hart says focus will be on price restraints deceptive selling and advertising limits amid numerous complaints to the subcommittee DOJ and FTC.
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Washington
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Hart
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Bride Follows Medieval Italian Custom For Ring Bearer
A bride moves a wedding band to the altar by a young ring bearer, adhering to a medieval Italian custom that signals the ceremony’s rite and family heritage.
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Italy
Admiral Claude V. Ricketts dies of heart attack at 58
Adm. Claude V. Ricketts vice chief of naval operations died at Bethesda Naval Hospital from a heart attack. Born February 23, 1906 in Missouri, he led the Amphibious Force in major World War II invasions and helped occupy Japan. Survived by widow and two sons, both naval officers.
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Washington
Claude V. Ricketts
Naval Operations
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Navy Department
Rickett
Ricketts
the &H
Tarawa
Eniwetok
Saipan
Tinian
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Japan
Greene County
Naval Academy
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Ens
James B. Ricketts
Reuther Urges Chrysler To Repay Union’s Favor
UAW President Walter P Reuther urged Chrysler to repay union support by pushing for pension fund increases. The union seeks $4.25 per month per year of service, up from $2.80, as 74,000 Chrysler workers’ contract runs to August 31 amid broader talks with GM and Ford.
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Chrysler
Union
Detroit
United ‘Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P Reuther
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ellender warns against violent resistance to civil rights law
Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana condemns violent disobedience to the civil rights act and urges lawful, orderly enforcement. A 200-lawyer Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law calls for compliance to ease racial tension and aid a final solution to the domestic crisis.
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Washington (Ap
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Rail unions leader Roy Davidson dies at 63
Roy E. Davidson, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and spokesman for the five rail operating brotherhoods, died today in Cleveland. He was 63.
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Cleveland
Roy E. Davidson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
No Release of Ohio's Delegates
Governor James A. Rhodes says there has been no release of first ballot commitments from Ohio's 53 delegate slate to the Republican National Convention. He notes no action will occur until the Ohio delegation caucuses in San Francisco next Monday. Some say Goldwater supporters in Ohio might not stay pledged on the first ballot.
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William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Platform Committee
Scott
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
John J. Rhodes
Hugh Scott
Vania
Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
San Francisco
Len Barry Goldwater
Once Aided Countries On Giving End
Washington AP reports that after receiving over 45 billion dollars in US aid European nations now repay loans and increase aid to the rest of the world. In 1963 US aid to Europe totaled 987 million with 428 million in economic and 419 million in military aid.
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United States
Agency For International Development
Europe
ATID
Japan
Canada
Scotland Yard Moves to New Quarters After 135 Years
Scotland Yard will relocate to larger offices, its second move in 135 years, as it expands its headquarters to accommodate growth and improved facilities.
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Scotland Yard
Paris Nabs Strangler. Lucien Leger Arrested for Kidnap Slaying
In Paris a month of terror ends as Lucien Leger, 27, a nurse, is arrested for the kidnap and murder of 11 year old Luc Tar. Leger allegedly wrote confessional letters as The Strangler and confessed to the crime. A Versailles crowd shouted for his lynching as he was arraigned on murder charges.
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Paris
Parisian
the Strangler
Lucien Leger
Luc Tar
Versailles
Leger
Missing Tot Found After Short Orchard Search
In Perry near Cleveland the Pilhartz family alerted rescuers when their 3-year-old daughter Kathleen wandered away from an orchard. About 100 people joined the search and located the girl three hours later two miles from the orchard. she was unharmed aside from a few scratches.
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Painesville
Ohio
Stephen Pilhartz
Cleveland
Perry
Pilhartz
Kathleen
Five Die as Coast Guard Plane Crashes Near Alaska
Coast Guard report says all five crewmen aboard a twin engine plane based near Annette Island died in a crash on Gravina Island. Wreckage lay 2,000 feet above the Pacific and 200 feet from Dall Head, with no survivors. The last contact came from Amniak, 22, of Parma Heights.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Annette Island
Pacific Ocean
Dall Head
Gravina Island
Coast Guard
Parma Heights
Middletown Twirlers Sweep NBTA Meet at Bethany College
Four Middletown youngsters topped an NBTA twirling contest at Bethany College Bethany West Virginia. Lea Ann Fawns won first in 9 year olds Regina Jackson first in 10 Candy Bailey first in 13 and Dessie Harsh first in 14. Additional awards include Jackson third in fancy strutting and Miss Personality, Dessie Harsh second in Miss Personality and first in two baton.
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Middletown
Bethany College
Bethany
W. V
Lea Ann Fawns
Regina Jackson
Candy Bailey
Dessis Harsh
Dessie Harsh
Salazar marks 32nd anniversary as Portugal premier
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, 75, the world's longest serving head of government, observed his 32nd anniversary as Portugal's prime minister Sunday. There was no formal ceremony to mark the occasion.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Taylor to shape Viet Nam policy with broader reports
Gen. Nam may provide more accurate and balanced information to Washington on the Vietnam War. Washington officials doubt current South Viet Nam reports, urging reliable field assessments and a wider range of observer views for policy decisions. Taylor will oversee a unified civilian and military program and plans to learn Vietnamese.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington
Gen
Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Taylor
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