Infantry Sweeps Into Viet Cong Stronghold Near Saigon
AP reports U S infantrymen killed 128 Viet Cong in a coastal operation as helicopters and artillery aided the advance six miles northeast of Quang Ngai City. In the wider Saigon area, the six day total of enemy dead reached 383 with major clashes in Operation Quyet Thang.
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Saigon
U.S
11Th Light Infantry
Quang Ngai City
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Thu Duc
Fred C. Weyand
British Political Shakeup After Brown Resigns Foreign Secretary
London reports a political upheaval as George Brown resigns as foreign secretary amid criticism of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Michael Stewart is named Brown’s replacement and both defend Labour's Viet Nam policy and Britain's push to join the European Common Market. Brown cites government mismanagement and not being consulted on the London gold market closure.
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London
George Brown
Michael Stewart
Stewart
Harold Wilson
Brown
U.S
Vietnam
Britain
Wilson
Washington
Johnson
Roy Jenkins
Commons
Labor Party
Patrick Gordon Walker
Miami Valley Weather Outlook With Mild Weekend
The Miami Valley is forecast to be cloudy but mild through the week end. A low near 40 is expected tonight with a high in the 50s on Sunday.
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Miami Valley
Kennedy enters Democratic race against McCarthy for delegates
Senator Robert F. Kennedy joins the Democratic presidential contest in Washington. He challenges Senator Eugene J. McCarthy for antiwar support as both vie for delegates to the August convention in Chicago. President Johnson has not declared plans for a second term.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Johnson
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Chicago
John M. Bailey
Austerity Urged as Central Bankers Convene
The story outlines a congressional push for greater fiscal restraint including a 10 percent tax surcharge and multibillion dollar cuts to Johnson's 1969 budget. It notes support from Rep. Wilbur Mills and confirms gold price stability at 35 dollars an ounce amid fears of dollar erosion. It also covers Kennedy's campaign announcement and McCarthy's strong New Hampshire showing as Democrats face a potential party split.
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Act of Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Wisconsin
Mississippi Klansman Convicted Of Murder Of Vernon Dahmer
An all white Mississippi jury finds Cecil Sessum, exalted cyclops of the White Knights of the KKK, guilty of murdering Negro rights leader Vernon Dahmer and sentences him to life in prison. Six other white men face murder and arson trials tied to the 1966 attack.
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Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Miss
Vernon Dahmer
Cecil Victor Sessum
Cyclops
White Knights
KKK
Lawrence Arrington
Dahmer
Blaiberg Leaves Hospital After Historic Transplant
Philip Blaiberg strode from Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town to cheers and questions as he returns home after the world’s first heart transplant survivor era. The 58 year old retired dentist spoke of being very well and thanked the crowd. A nurse joked about kissing him and he accepted.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Copper Pact Emerges as Major Strike Breakthrough
Washington AP reports two of four big U.S. copper producers reached tentative agreements with all but one of 26 striking unions, the AFL CIO Steelworkers. Kennecott Copper and Phelps Dodge are cited, with talks ongoing at American Smelting and Refining and Anaconda. The walkout idled about 50,000 workers across 22 states.
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Washington
U.S
AFL Cio Steelworkers Union
Kennecott Copper Corp
Phelps Dodge Corp
Steelworkers Union
American Smelting & Refining Co
Anaconda Co
American Smelting & Refining
Four Ohioans Die in Vietnam Action Report
The Defense Department said four more Ohioans were killed in Vietnam. They are Army 2nd Lt. James F. O'Laughlin of Pomeroy, Army Cpl. Richard A. Marsh of Branchester, Marine Cpl. Delbert L. Leasure of Columbus, and Marine Pfc. Reggie L. Vance of Miamisburg.
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Vietnam
Defense Department
Army
James F. O’laughlin
Pomeroy
Richard A. Marsh
Branchester
Delbert L. Leasure
Columbus
Reggie L. Vance
Miamisburg
Debi Faubi Crowned 1968 Junior Miss in Oklahoma
An excited tearful Oklahoma girl Debi Faubi, 18, has been named America's Junior Miss, capping a national pageant finale in Mobile Alabama.
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Oklahoma
Mobile, Ala
Debi Faubion
Jaycees Welcome Melissa After Mobile Pageant Return
Middletown’s Melissa Rohde returns from Mobile Alabama where she competed in the Junior Miss pageant. She arrived at Cox Municipal Airport Vandalia around 3 PM to a Jaycee welcome but won no major awards. Rohde will serve as Ohio Junior Miss for a year while continuing civic duties and appearances at local events.
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Melissa Rohde
Mobile
Ala
Cox Municipal
Vandalia
Rohde
Jaycee
Edward Mynhier
Melissa
Ohio
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