Warren Burger Sworn In As Chief Justice
President appointed Earl Warren to retire after 16 years as chief justice and 52 years in public service. Warren Burger took his oath at 10 42 am in a simple ceremony in Washington.
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Warren Burger
Washington
Warren Earl Burger
United States
Earl Warren
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Surgeon General
Federal Children's Bureau
Internal Revenue Service
State Department
Government Printing Office Grows Fast Feeding Public Demand
The U S Printing Office becomes a booming business with $17.4 million in sales and over four million titles. Demand outpaces capacity causing eight week waits and backlogs above 400,000 orders, with Buckley citing space and staff limits though proud of the office's space age titles and safety reports.
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Washington
U.S
Carper W. Buckley
Buckley
National Commission On Violence
America
Warren Commission
Interior Department
Allies Fail To Smash Red Grip On Ben Het
North Vietnamese forces attacked a besieged American Special Forces Camp and two outposts in the central highlands. The camp was surrounded and cut off by about 2,000 enemy troops and under daily bombardment from heavy artillery. About 30 mortar volleys...
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Ben Het
Saigon
Central Highlands
Judy Garland Dies at 47 after liver illness
London reports confirm Judy Garland, aged 47, died at her home after long battles with health issues including cirrhosis of the liver. Scotland Yard ruled out suicide or foul play while Dr. Phillip Lebon cited liver failure as the cause and noted her fragile health after a high‑flying career.
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Judy Garland
London
Miss Garland
Dorothy
Mickey Deans
Scotland Yard
Phillip Lebon
Middletown Weather With Showers and Winds Also Oxford Tree Damage
The Middletown forecast calls for showers and thundershowers today with lows in the upper 60s to 70s. In Oxford at Miami University, 63 major trees were damaged or destroyed by high winds. Also noted were heavy rains amounting to over 1.35 inches and high winds causing area damage. Previously, Yesterday’s high reached 73 and the low 64 this morning. Military updates report North Vietnamese troops around Ben Het and extensive artillery with supplies and evacuees by air.
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Miami University
Oxford
Israeli Forces Strike Arab Targets in Several Fronts
The Israeli army said artillery near Addesiyeh south of the Sea of Galilee shelled settlements. Commandos hit a Egyptian naval radar station in the Gulf of Suez for ceasing cease-fire violations. Egypt claimed its forces ambushed Israeli patrols across the Suez Canal, with heavy casualties reported. Israelis raided Jordan after three air attacks on the area targeting a regular Jordanian unit. The army alleges the Saboteur base and conduit were used by Arab inhabitants. All commandos returned to base.
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Addesiyeh
Sea of Galilee
Gulf of Suez
Egypt
Suez Canal
Jordan
Pueblo Seizure A Soviet Plot Claim From Czech Defector
Czech General Jan Sejna says Marshal Grechko told of plans to humiliate the United States by seizing the Pueblo in May 1967, eight months before North Korea captured the spy ship. Sejna asserts Kluchchev later described Pueblo as proof of Soviet advantage and provided naval breakdowns and coded messages. He defected to the United States in March 1968 with his son and his son's fiancée.
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North Korea
Pueblo
Jan Sejna
Reader's Digest
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United States
Prague
Senin
Aleksandr Kluchchev
China
Soviet Union
Sejna
Kushchev
Pacific
Steelworkers keep pace at new FBI building site in Washington
Workers continue on the $92 million FBI headquarters project in Washington despite carpenters striking. The article notes structural steel and concrete column work proceed while the strike is cited as the real reason for delay and confusion at the construction site.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Tornadoes Leave Five Dead In Missouri Wake
Five people died and more than 30 were injured in Missouri caused by tornadoes south of St. Louis near Old Mines and Farmington. Homes were destroyed and a rock bluff collision killed a motorist from Carbon Hill Illinois while hospitals treated dozens. Territorial outages and blocked roads hindered emergency response.
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Old Mines
Missouri
Roy Pratt
Francis
Pratt
Jacob
Herman Hurst
Farmington
Dale
Ill
U.S. 67
Ironton
Powsi
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Salina
Controllers' Union Warns Against Probe
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization warns it will not tolerate further government investigation of last week's slowdown. FAA officials say the probe will continue amid sickouts by 250 to 300 controllers and hundreds of canceled flights. The FAA and Transportation Secretary Volpe will decide next steps.
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Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Flower
FAA
James R. Ean
New York
Boston
Lee Bailey
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