Embattled Outpost Fights Viet Cong Across Plei Me
Viet Cong launched a major attack on the Plei Me special forces camp 210 miles northeast of Saigon. U.S. jets and South Vietnamese troops pressed counterfire as reports said heavy fighting subsided but Viet Cong formations remained around the camp with at least 90 enemy bodies observed. In Mekong delta actions, 59 guerrillas were reported killed in two operations, and U.S. Marines in Qui Nhon Chu Lai areas killed 11 Viet Cong with no American casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Plei Me
U.S
Mekong River
Quang Tri
Delta
Dinh Tuong
Ba Long Valley
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Chu Lai
Stunt Flying Caused Death in Ocean City Plane Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled that improper low level acrobatics caused the May 10 crash near Ocean City Maryland. Passenger Carole Tyler former secretary to Bobby Baker and pilot Robert Hunter Davis died in the upside down flight.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Carole Tyler
Bobby Baker
Ocean City
Robert Hunter Davis
Huntington
W.va
Miss Tyler
Lenoir
Tenn
Baker
Senate
Beauty Bill Is Signed By Johnson At White House
President Johnson signed the highway beautification bill in the East Room before his gall bladder operation. Attendees included Lady Bird Johnson, congressmen, conservationists and garden club members as the ceremony marked his first official act after returning from surgery. He faces four to six weeks of recuperation and possible time at a Texas ranch.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
House
Lady Bird
Texas
Bill D. Moyers
Chuckle School Days Promise Hap Hapless Learners
A lighthearted note suggests that school days can be the happiest times for children when they are old enough to attend, highlighting the joys of early education.
Exodus Limited By Cuban Draft
Key West reports hundreds of Cuban refugees fleeing as Fidel Castro vows to keep military age men. More than 350 arrive aboard 26 boats ending a two day lull, with 23 more on two boats. over 1,000 flee since Oct. 10. Castro calls Cubans of military age cannon fodder and warns of mercenary groups. Miami Chamber of Commerce seeks job help from national chambers.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Coast Guard
Miami
Pablo Martinez Vera
Juvenal Montesino
Viet Nam
Santo Domingo
Castro
Havana
Havana Radio
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Ministers accused in draft dodging case in Carson City
Three Nevada ministers Minnie Orcutt Opal Boetler and Harold Reyman face district court action for allegedly dating marriage certificates a day earlier to dodge the draft. Seven licenses dated Aug 26 for ceremonies Aug 27 sparked the charges as President Johnson announced exemptions ended. The ministers deny the accusations claiming they are unfair and harmful to Christianity.
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Carson City
Nev
Minnie Orcutt
Opal Boetler
Harold Reyman
Orcutt
Boetler
Reyman
Johnson
Nevada
Lost migrant girl found after four years in Oklahoma
Linda Ridings 6 was recovered in Santa Ana after four years on the migrant farm circuit. Ra mona Doughtery 41 faces kidnapping charges. Linda had lived with the Doughtery in Oklahoma and the Midwest. Police linked the case to Ma rga Ridings mother in Los Angeles and to a Santa Ana suspect, Wilfred Green, held on molestation charges.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Linda Lee Ridings
Linda
Ramona Doughtery
Miss Doughtery
Barbara Ridings
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Midwest
Los Angeles Police Department
Hubert
Woody Williams
Wilfred Leroy Green
Green
Michael Robert Madek
Springfield
Ohio
Madek
Navy
Dwayne Rea
Sukarno Orders End to Vengeance and Racialism
President Sukarno issued an order calling an end to destructive acts after the Oct. 1 coup attempt. The decree, signed after a long meeting of the supreme operations command, targets the army anti Communist drive and the sacking of Indonesian Communist party offices by demonstrators.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Koti
Supreme Operations Command
Indonesian Communist Party
Peking
High Court Asked To Rule On Voting Rights Law
The federal government asks the Supreme Court to declare key provisions of the voting rights law constitutional and to fast track the case to decide before primaries in Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi next spring and summer. The Justice Department seeks original jurisdiction and asks for speedy arguments by January. Louisiana attorney general calls the move communistic and unnecessary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S
Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
Texas
Tideland
Pets Worth It Battle Over Lioness Delilah
Cincinnati report covers Thomas Parker fighting for his 218 pound 27 month old lioness Delilah amid leash rules in Reading and a repeal reaction. Parker faces county court charges and seeks new homes for the cat while officials condemn confinement.
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Cincinnati
Miamitown
Thomas Parker
Delilah
Reading
Meon
Roar
Henry L. Buckley
Reading Council
Parker
the of Health
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Young Marine Danny Widmar Killed in Head On Crash
In South Euclid on Mayfield Road a head on collision between two cars killed 18 year old Marine Danny Widmar of Lyndhurst who was home on leave.
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Cleveland
Danny Widmar
Lyndhurst
Mayfield Road
South Euclid
Dirksen Sees Final Adjournment For Congress Today
Congress pushes toward adjournment with final pay and sugar decisions pending. Dirksen says business will finish today, others expect by Saturday. Sugar conferees meet to resolve quotas while federal pay rises near passage for 1.8 million workers, with House approve delay on two Great Society programs.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House
U.S
Harold D. Cooley
DN C
Agricul
Weather outlook for Middletown turns cooler Saturday
The Weather Bureau says rain will likely end tonight with Saturday remaining mostly cloudy and cool. Tonight’s low in the mid 40s and yesterday’s high 67 with a 56 low at 8 this morning. Middletown accumulates .27 inch of rain since 8 a.m. yesterday.
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U. S
Middletown
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