American units suffer six KIA in d V Nam friendly fire and a Marine bombing error
In South Viet Nam near Tay Ninh the 196th Infantry Brigade’s first combat mission saw 6 Americans killed and 23 wounded as shells from their own 105mm artillery fell on them in two incidents. A Marine F4 Phantom dropped a 500 pound bomb near Prairie ops, killing 3 Marines and wounding 4.
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Viet Nam
Dong Ha
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Quang Ngai
Rights bill in Senate expected to die on cloture vote
Both supporters and opponents forecast the civil rights bill will die in the Senate as a cloture vote on debate limits falters. If failed, Mansfield will shelve the House passed measure. The bill would ban housing discrimination in about 40 percent of units and address jury selection and protection of civil rights workers.
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Philip A. Hart
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Hart
Grenada Struggles as Integration Enters Week Two
Grenada Mississippi enters its second week of racially integrated public education amid court order mandates for safety. Mayor J D Quinn vows swift arrests for law violations as FBI rounds up 13 white suspects and officials plan four new officers riot gear and reinforced radios to maintain order.
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J. D. Quinn
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Oxford
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28 Deaths A Grim End To Summer
The Associated Press reports Ohio endured a deadly final summer weekend with at least 28 deaths from seven fatal wrecks and multiple single fatalities. Among the victims, Joyce Eggleston, 30, Cincinnati, nine months pregnant, was fatally struck in Ault Park when a car driven by her mother-in-law’s learner collided. her husband was present. The baby also died. Only two earlier 1966 nonholiday weekends matched this toll, with 31 fatalities on April 3 and August 7 and 29 on April 24.
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Weather Outlook With Rain Then Cool Down
Cloudy with rain tonight and a low near 58. Tuesday remains cloudy and cool with rain ending and a high in the lower 70s. Cooler trend expected by Thursday after a rainy start. yesterday’s high was 78 and overnight low 63. today’s 11 am reading is 68.
Pope Proclaims October Prayers for Vietnam War End
Pope Paul VI announced October as a world prayer month to seek an end to the Vietnam conflict. He set October 4 as a day of special observance in St. Peter's Basilica and urged Catholics worldwide to join in prayer for peace and justice. He urged leaders to prevent spread of the conflagration and to seek a settlement, warning of costly future slaughter and calling for an end to nuclear arms, nationalism, racism, segregation and revolution.
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Paul VI
United Nations
New York
St. Peter's Basilica
Valerie Percy Murder Stuns Kenilworth Suburb
Valerie Percy, 21, was beaten and stabbed to death in her bed in Kenilworth, Illinois, with her family asleep nearby. Police say an intruder broke in apparently to harm a family member, but no motive or suspect is known and valuables were not taken.
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Robert M. Daley
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