Wounded Trooper Wins Battle on Country Road Shootout
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania a gun battle ended when state trooper Vernon Blystone wounded one suspect and forced the others to surrender. The trio linked to a bank robbery fled as Blystone returned fire with a hand injury. The wounded trooper survived and the suspects included Claude Geary alias Chico Valentino and two accomplices.
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Waynesburg
Claude Geary
Tooper
Vernon Blystone
First National Bank
Washington
Blystone
Geary
Chico Valentino
Bodies Await Identification After Hue Battle
Bodies of 20 Vietnamese killed in the Hue battle lie at a former Communist command post awaiting identification. President Thieu and Vietnamese and American officials toured Hue noting extensive destruction as re construction will be long. The dead include military and civilians. authorities may claim remains.
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Battle of Hue
Hue
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Perfume
Thieu
Nguyen van Loc
1St Corps
Hoang Xuang Lam
Robert E. Cushman
Loc
Japanese Oppositions Seek Removal of B52s from Okinawa
In Tokyo three opposition Japanese parties led by Communist and Socialist groups filed a joint draft with both houses, demanding the removal of U S B52 bombers from Okinawa. They argued the base provokes uneasiness among Japanese people and Okinawans, worsened by Vietnam escalation and rising Korea hostilities.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Vietnam
Korea
Rusk and Fulbright Set For Senate Clash On Vietnam
Washington AP reports Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Senator J W Fulbright prepared for a sharp Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Vietnam policy and Johnson's foreign aid request. The exchange occurs as election year tensions rise with Nixon and McCarthy pacts centering on Vietnam.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Foreign Relations Committee
Gunman Robs Bus Passengers Then Captured in Madison
A 22 year old Milwaukee man robbed and terrorized 48 passengers on a Milwaukee to Madison bus before fleeing with $30. He took Joyce Mathews hostage, was later captured in a Madison tavern, and the hostage was found unharmed. Police plan robbery charges.
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Madison, Wis
Delafield
Lake Mills
Wisconsin
Ton Rolliger
Joyce Mathews
Milwaukee
Miss Mathews
Civilian Toll Rises in Vietnam War With 5831 Total
Saigon AP reports the U S mission tallies 5831 civilian deaths in Vietnam this year with 401 killed and 139 wounded civilians last week. Ninety village officials six hamlet chiefs eleven pacification workers and 72 national policemen abducted or killed. The week saw 214 terrorist incidents.
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Saigon
U.S
V Ssion
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