McNamara sees no big shift in Viet Nam war outlook
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, closing an eighth Vietnam visit, said progress over the past year has exceeded expectations and nothing indicates a substantial change in military operations or deployment of U S forces in the coming months. He spoke after a four day tour inspecting American military centers from Saigon to various bases.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
Detroit Bank Collapse Reverberates Among Shareholders
The Public Bank failed after a secret court session, with FDIC receiver ship assigned to Bank of the Commonwealth. 3000 stockholders faced losses as executives face lawsuits over allegedly false financial statements.
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Bank of the Commonwealth
Wayne County
Benjamin Burdick
Slay
Burdick
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 1S
FDIC
Million Stolen From Montreal Airport Mail Room
Montreal AP report says about 1 million dollars in cash across 15 mail bags was stolen from the mail room at Montreal International Airport during the lunch period. Dorval and RCMP, post office investigators, and police set roadblocks, reviewing shipments to banks and searching cars leaving the airport for clues.
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Montreal
Montreal International Airport
Dorval
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Post Office
Wounded Viet Lt Trinh Begins New Life at Westminster College
Lt Le Van Trinh, paralyzed from a Viet Cong bullet, enrolls as a full-time student at Westminster College Fulton Missouri with tuition and room provided. ROTC instructor Capt James Behnke arranged the program after discovering him at Castle Point VA hospital. Phi Gamma Delta and civic groups supported him with books, clothes, and incidentals as he studies English and assists others.
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le van Trinh
James Behnke
Westminster College
Behnke
Trinh
Westminster
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Phi Gamma _ Delta
Johnson
Presbyterian College
Castle Point
N.Y
Veterans Administration Hospital
Robert L. D. Davidson
George Alvord
Verona
N.J
Alvord
Jim Davis
Vicksburg
Miss
Football Merger Slips On Antitrust Exemption Try
Washington AP report notes efforts to win an antitrust exemption for a planned National and American Football League merger collapsed. Counsel for the leagues and the House Antitrust Subcommittee failed to agree on exemption language, dimming prospects for passage before adjournment.
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Washington
Leagues
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Congress
Chuckle Schoolboy Geography Class Quote
A geography class moment features a schoolboy quipping that the principal export of the United States is money. The remark highlights a humorous take on global trade and national finances in a classroom setting.
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United States
Doomed Election Fund Of Tax Money Is Given Okay
Washington AP Senate votes to finance future presidential campaigns by allowing taxpayers to donate 1 per year via tax returns. Plan would pool about 70 million for major party campaigns in 1968, with distribution tied to previous election ballots. House likely to reject as symbolic while Johnson proposes a 100 tax cut for political contributions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mle Sereebeed
Oudh Bee Gan
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
John J. Williams
Long
Johnson
Rainy Tonight Then Warmer Friday With Showers
The forecast calls for rain tonight with a low near 60. Friday should be partly cloudy and warm with a shower or thundershower likely and a high in the 70s. Yesterday's high was 72 and the overnight low was 56. Today's 11 am reading is 68.
Nobel Prize For Medicine Shared By U.S. Doctors
Two American professors, Peyton Rous of Rockefeller University and Charles B. Huggins of the University of Chicago, shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Medicine. They receive about $60,000 each for discoveries on tumor inducing viruses and hormonal treatment of prostate cancer.
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U.S
Stockholm
Peyton Rous
Rockefeller University
New York
Charles B. Huggins
Huggins
Rous
Swedish Medical College
Caroline Medical College
Alfred Nobel
Marion
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Cambridge University
Stock Market Adds To Biggest Rally In Years
New York AP reports the stock market rose sharply in early trading, with the Dow up 7.18 points at 785.35 by 10:30 a.m. on a broad advance despite profit taking from the prior session. Wednesday's rally followed a Commerce Secretary's remark signaling no wage or price controls needed for Viet Nam operations.
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New York
John T. Connor
Kennedy
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