Francelia Rips Up Guatemala Francelia
Hurricane Francelia smashed into Guatemala and caused heavy damage along the coast of southern British Honduras. The National Hurricane Center warned of up to 20 inches of rain and high tides threatening coastal villages as 4,000 people were evacuated after landfall near Punta Gorda.
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Miami
Francelia
Guatemala
British Honduras
National Hurricane Center
Gulf of Honduras
Punta Gorda
Radio Belize
Middletown Area Weather Forecast
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for variable clouds and mild temperatures with a slight chance of showers tonight and Friday. Tonight's low will be in the upper 60s. Friday's high is forecast at 80 to 85. Saturday looks cloudy and warm.
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Middletown
Missing Bishop Pike Sought Across Judean Desert
AP reports Dr James Pike the former Episcopal bishop of California is missing after his car stalled west of the Dead Sea. His wife walked to a road camp and described desert trek as 100 degree heat and several search theories including cave refuge and Bedouin aid. About 200 soldiers searched by foot, helicopter and plane as authorities held little hope he remained alive.
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Jerusalem
James Pike
Episcopal
California
Pike
Dead Sea
Hilside
Judean Hills
Allies Hit Reds Inside Cambodia
U S and South Vietnamese troops clashed with enemy inside Cambodia after an American helicopter was shot down near the border. The accident followed two other aircraft losses and added to battlefield casualties as weekly totals showed declines in enemy activity.
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Cambodia
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
Song Be
Libyan Troops Seize Benghazi Amid Regime Shakeup
Libyan troops and tanks moved into Benghazi overnight and seized the city for the new revolutionary junta with no resistance reported. Tripoli Radio cited the takeover as part of a broader power shift led by Col. Chouieb with observers noting opposition to the new Libyan republic.
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Damascus
Syria
Benghazi
Tripoli
Cyrenaica
Idris
Tunis
Saad Edd Abbou Chouieb
Libya
Col
Chouieb
Weather Forces 24-Hour Delay in 40-Kiloton N Test
Project Rulison in western Colorado is delayed at least 24 hours due to bad weather. Austral Oil Co. funds the blast and faces about $31,000 per day in added costs. Forecasters warn of thunderstorms near Grand Valley around the scheduled 5 p.m. EDT detonation, with similar prospects on Friday.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado
Austral Oil Co. of
Houston, Tex
Bob Tahigott
Grand Valley
North Vietnam Declares Week of Mourning for Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam announced a seven day period of mourning and a state funeral for Ho Chi Minh after his death from a heart attack. Hanoi Radio ordered daily biographies with black borders and subdued programming as celebrations were cancelled nationwide.
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North Vietnam
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Radio
Hanoi
Hanoi Radio
Paris
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh's Death Shifts Vietnam Power Landscape
AP analyst William L. Ryan notes Ho Chi Minh's death could alter Southeast Asia dynamics. He identifies four potential successors Le Duan Truong Chinh Pham Van Dong and Vo Nguyen Giap, detailing their leanings toward Moscow or Beijing and their past roles from 1920s revolt to Dien Bien Phu and Hanoi governance.
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William L. Ryan
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Liberation Front
North Vietnam
le Duan
Truong Chinh
National Assembly
Pham van Dong
Vo Nguyen Giap
New Men In Ho's Shoes May Press For Military Victory
AP reports Ho Chi Minh's death unites Vietnam in mourning yet deepens fear for the future. North Vietnam vows a state funeral and harsher war effort, while Hanoi’s new leadership faces a power shift under a Politburo and a fragile economy strained by floods, shortages, and war.
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Saigon
South
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
North
Communist Party
Paris
Hanoi
North Vietnam
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Teruo Ishiyama
Japan
Nihon Denpa
Uncle Ho
Phan van Dong
Asia
Chinh
Mao Tse-tung
Yenan
Mao
Dang Xuan Khu
Pam
Indochinese Communist Party
China
Peking
Duan
Moscow
Pham Vang Dong
South Vietnam
Giap
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