Enterprise joins air war as nuclear carrier moves in
Saigon reports nuclear powered Enterprise to join daily US air raids against North Vietnam while B52 bombers back a major push in the Vo Dat Valley near Saigon to safeguard a critical rice harvest. South Vietnamese irregulars kill 22 Viet Cong near Ban Me Thout as fighting flares in the region.
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Saigon
Enterprise
U.S
Vo Dat
Ban Me Thout
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
den Bien Phu
Hanoi
U. S. Navy
Manila
Bain
7Th Fleet
Toam
North
Viet Nam
America
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pacific
U. S
McNamara Heads to London for NATO Talks
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara arrives in London for meetings with British leaders before Paris and South Vietnam. He is joined by Gen. Earle Wheeler and aides to discuss NATO nuclear policy and alliance cooperation, with plans to meet Harold Wilson and discuss intensified bombing in South Vietnam.
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London
Robert S. McNamara
Paris
Viet Nam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
George W. Ball
John T. McNaughton
McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Britain
Alliance
Wheeler
U.S
Weekend Weather Outlook Promises Clouds and Showers
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers for Saturday with little temperature change. Tonight's low around 48, after yesterday's high of 53. Long range forecast shows much warmer than usual, with highs near 50 through next Tuesday and above freezing lows. Some rain or snow flurries possible this weekend.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Wilson To Push Peace and Nuclear Pact Talks
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson drives a world nuclear pact push and aims to end the Vietnam War. Foreign Secretary Stewart will seek Moscow terms for a global pact and urge reconvening Geneva Conference to address Indochina divisions. Wilson plans talks with President Johnson and meets Defense Secretary McNamara as alliance defense ministers meet in Paris.
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Michael Stewart
Denis Healey
McNamara
Harold Wilson
London
Viet Nam
Moscow
Soviet Union
Stewart
Britain
Cambodia
Laos
Wilson
House of Commons
Washington
Asia
Johnson
Hanoi
Army Private's letter from Vietnam paints hellish night battle
Mansfield Ohio AP reports Cavalry Airmobile soldier Pfc Ralph Steven Martin, 20, describes a night attack where his unit, aiding the 7th's first battalion, faced a Viet Cong force estimated at a regiment. He recalls crawling through fire, tossing over 30 grenades, and using a captured .45 pistol. He says two days yielded heavy Viet Cong casualties and light US losses, calling the action a possible record.
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Middle of Hell
Army
Ralph Steven Martin
Ralph S. Martin
Greenwich
Martin
Cavalry Airmobile
Viet Nam
7Th
Middle of
Hell
Mud Takes Over Classroom Near Santa Barbara
Sister Maria Thomas rescues supplies from her first grade room after heavy Southern California rains drop two to three inches of mud, closing the school. Across the state the weather left nine people dead as skies rain down further damage.
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Maria Thomas
S.H.M
Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Sudden coup in Congo raises Tshombe comeback hopes
Western observers report Moise Tshombe pourrait return to Congo government as Lt. Gen. Joseph Mobutu seizes power, declaring himself president for five years after ousting Kasavubu. Premier Kimba is ousted, Mulamba named premier, Gizenga released, amid tensions over mercenaries and foreign troop plans.
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Leopold Ville
Moise Tshombe
Joseph Kasavubu
Tshombe
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Kasavubu
Evariste Kimba
Kimba
Katanga
Belgium
Col
Leonard Mulamba
Mulamba
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Defector details Dominican rebel plans to assassinate ambassador
Juan Isidro Tapia testifies before the Senate subcommittee that rebels aim to assassinate U.S. Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett Jr. and hijack the Dominican Republic, with bombings planned after the new government took office last September. He says rebels trained in Cuba would place a time bomb in the ambassador’s car and destroy the country’s constitutional setup.
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Washington
Santo Domingo
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
Dominican Republic
Juan Isidro Tapia
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Tapia
Bennett
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Thieves Take Priceless Papal Library Treasures
Vatican officials report theft of manuscripts from the Apostolic Library including Petrarchs Canzoniere and Torquato Tasso writings. Initial value estimates of 200 million lire were deemed far too low as the loss includes irreplaceable works and a copy of the crown of Saint Stephen.
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Vatican City
Petrarch
Torquato Tasso
Vatican
Apostolic Library
Jerusalem
St. Stephen
Hungary
Fast-Action Firemen Get Rescue Credit
Three volunteer firemen from a nearby coffee house rushed into the Irvington Lodge hotel dormitory to wake families and save eleven occupants before flames consumed their rooms. Survivors praised Al Kessler Richard Work and Douglas Eslele Jr for their bravery while authorities search for a possible fourth victim amid the three story blaze.
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Lakewood
Martin Rothenberg
Richard Work
Douglas Es Lelle Jr
Kessler
Irvington Lodge
Ir ‘Vington
Daniel Schoenfeld
Joyce Levenson
North Bergen
Leonard Brindell
Nick Poulas
New York City
Carl Theilen
Americans in Paris urge negotiated peace in Vietnam
More than 200 Americans in Paris led by Jean Davidson petitioned a U S embassy official to forward to Washington. The action supports the March for Peace in Washington and calls for an end to bombing, a cease fire under international control, and a negotiated permanent peace with all parties.
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Paris
Jean Davidson
Jo Davidson
Viet Nam
U.S
Washington
Chip on Shoulder Often Just Bark, Humble Wisecrack
A brief aphorism suggests that many people carry a chip on their shoulder for little real reason and that much of the offense is self generated. The line hints at self awareness and social perception without naming individuals or events.
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