Bombs Hit Haiphong Docks and Oil Depots Again
U S Navy planes bombed Haiphong oil storage near the dock district for the second time, with all bombs reported on target. One Skyhawk was shot down. pilots said smoke rose to 20 000 feet and a fireball followed a secondary explosion. North Viet Nam losses included two aircraft and 281 planes total in the war.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong Dock
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Hancock
U.S. Command
Viet Nam
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Forecast: Cool Night and Warm Friday in Local Area
The forecast calls for a fair cool night with a low in the lower 60s. Friday should be mostly sunny with little temperature change and a high near 88. Yesterday's high reached 92 with an overnight low of 70. At 1 am today the temperature was 84 degrees.
Officials Disappointed By School Bus Bidding
In Columbus Ohio state officials labeled bids for centralized school bus bodies and chassis disappointing as 13 body bids arrived after a second call. Chassis bids met schedule while no body bids arrived prompting possible investigation threats and potential subsidies tying to ceiling prices for 280 districts.
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John M. Parsons
Education Defense Finance
Kentucky
Ohio
Parsons
Justice Department
Desert Inn questioned over casino skimming by top gamblers
FBI testimony in Denver links Desert Inn to vast skimming by ownership. A microphone in the executive office allegedly captured activity on March 22, 1962 as agents monitored it, prompting a state licensing review and IRS scrutiny. Nevada officials warn of possible prosecutions for wiretapping.
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Gaming Control Board
FBI
U. S
Denver
Dean Elson
Las Vegas
Desert Inn
Elson
Internal Revenue Service
Nevada
Dist. Atty
Edward G. Marshall
Evacuation After Town Sprayed With Poison Mist
Argyle Minnesota evacuated 300 to 350 residents, mostly children, as a light plane sprayed the wrong chemical parathion to combat mosquitoes. About 25 to 30 went to hospital for exams. antidote on standby. Residents advised to rinse exposed clothing and spray water on plants. Temperature warnings possible effects.
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Argyle, Minn
Minnesota
Dennis Rousseau
Pumala
Argyle
E.E. Pumala
Warren
Marshall County
Minneapolis
Week's Toll 115 GIs Killed and 487 Wounded
U S command reports last week 115 Americans killed in battle, 487 wounded, and four missing or captured. Total U S combat deaths since Jan 1, 1961 reach 4 014. Americans killed by enemy fire total 2 281 and enemy dead 1 270 with 114 captured. Previous week had 131 deaths and 755 wounded.
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U.S
United States
What Peace U S A Bombs Meet Red Atom Threat
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned Communist China that the United States would retaliate with any means needed if an Asian ally is attacked with nuclear weapons. He spoke with Japanese officials after a three day U S Japanese cabinet leaders meeting. He questioned the other side’s desire for peace and defended the Hanoi Haiphong bombing as unrelated to obstructing negotiations.
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Kyoto
Japan
Dean Rusk
Red China Today
United States
America
Rusk
Asia
China
Etsusaburo Shiina
U.S
Shiina
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Sole Surviving Sons Get Hardship Discharge
The Defense Department announced a new policy allowing hardship discharge for servicemen who become sole surviving sons. A July memorandum from Assistant Secretary Thomas D. Morris directs uniform application across the armed services. Eligible sole surviving sons include those whose immediate family members have died or been disabled due to military service since 1940, with the option to apply for a discharge or reassignment to noncombat duties.
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Washington
Defense Department
Defense
Thomas D. Morris
Army
Navy
Air Force
Morris
Pentagon
Byrd Slips Into Deep Coma After Brain Tumor
Berryville Virginia AP report says retired Senator Harry F Byrd Sr. aged 79 has fallen into a deep coma and doctors fear no recovery. Family disclosed he has a malignant brain tumor and Byrd retired from the Senate after 32 years, succeeded by son Harry F Byrd Jr.
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd Sr
Virginia
Byrd
U.S. Senate
Hary F. Byrd Jr
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Ann Landers
Dr. Crane
Tees
Ees Valley
Rousseau
THE
Associated Press
U.S. A
Gemini
St. Louis
Space Center
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
McDonnell Aircraft
Harry Byrd
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