U S Jets Tighten Noose On Hanoi Haiphong Oil Depots
U S Air Force and Navy jets attacked fuel depots near Hanoi and Haiphong, reporting the strikes highly successful with tanks in flames. One F105 was lost near Hanoi and a pilot missing. Hanoi radio claimed downed planes and captured pilots as U S forces press the air campaign into North Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Viet Nam
Tragic 15-Year-Old Killed At Franklin Wood Chip Plant
James Honaker, 15, of Middletown suffocated at Logan-Long Co. plant in Franklin after becoming buried in a 20-foot hopper of wood chips. He had worked about four weeks, was not wearing a safety rope, and investigators consider possible accidental entrapment or fainting before the fall. The body was found about eight hours after his shift began. the incident is under police inquiry. He was a Middletown High School sophomore who left school in March 1985.
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Jim Guthrie
Franklin
Middletown
Logan-Long Co
James Honaker
Clark St
Logan Long
Brown
Honaker
Carl Brewer
Hawthorne St
Brewer
Marion Honaker
Garfield St
Middletown High School
Cloudy Skies Forecast With Mild Temperature Changes
The weatherman predicts cloudy conditions tonight with a low around 65. Tomorrow should bring similar weather with highs in the 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 93 and the overnight low was 67. Middle town recorded 0.1 inch of rain yesterday.
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Middletown
Vital Oil Destroyed in Hanoi Haiphong Raids
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said U S planes hit Hanoi Haiphong oil depots to raise the cost of infiltration into the south. He called the raids highly successful and noted every effort was made to spare civilians and nonmilitary facilities. The decision followed recommendations from President Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Viet Nam
South
McNamara
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Racial gun battle rocks Cordele Georgia town
Armed whites and Negroes exchanged dozens of shots at two service stations in Cordele Georgia in a near half hour clash. No injuries were reported as police and state troopers dispersed the fighting. About 12 shotguns and rifles were stolen earlier from a burglarized store.
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South Georgia
Doctor Decries Drugs Addiction of MDs
A New York doctor, now addicted, blasts the medical profession for failing to treat addiction and for letting federal agencies dictate prescriptions. He recalls a successful pediatric practice in New Jersey, a family, and a slide into morphine by self administered drug regimens, followed by eight months in a private hospital with unclear causes for his drug use.
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New York
Medical World News
Bridge removal delays repaving at Yankee Road junction
Crews at the Yankee Road and S Verity Parkway intersection must remove an old canal bridge before laying new concrete pavement. Local historians date the Miami Erie Canal bridge to the early 1900s and note it was buried when the canal was filled in during the 1930s. Repaving completion is targeted for August.
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Yankee Road
S. Verity Parkway
Weith
Fear of Peron Triggers Military Revolt in Argentina
AP News analyst Kenneth L. Davis outlines how Argentina’s military, wary of Peronism, keeps a revolt trigger ready. He notes Peronists command about three million votes, dominate unions, and could seize Buenos Aires Province if backed by labor and industry in key elections, risking a renewed dictatorship similar to 1955.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Person
Peron
Arturo Illia
Peronism
Kennedy Boss In New York Elects Kennedy Power
New York AP Sen Robert F Kennedy led the Democratic party to a decisive win in a surrogate court judgeship race defeating Arthur G Klein, a Tammany Hall favorite. The result, along with other primary upsets, underscored Kennedy’s reach in local elections and his control over judicial selections.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Tammany Hall
Kennedy
Samuel J. Silverman
Manhattan Organization
Arthur G. Klein
Silverman
Klein
New York Supreme Court
Goldwater
Jacob K. Javits
Johnson
New York County
Negro candidates lose to Carolina in South Carolina race
In Columbia, South Carolina, white voters largely backed white candidates in the Democratic runoff, defeating four Black contenders who had strong chances. Ballots in Williamsburg and Clarendon counties showed racial lines influencing turnout, with both Black and white voters participating heavily. Both communities reported near equal registration advantages for both races.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Williamsburg
Clarendon
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