U S Vietnam Casualties Fall Wounded Rise In Week
AP briefing shows U S combat deaths at 88 last week, down 22 percent from the prior three month high, while the wounded total surged 72 percent to 803. U S casualties since 1961 reach 40,846 killed and 269,099 wounded with 1,363 missing or captured. Allied forces report 2,105 enemy deaths. Saigon battle deaths 343 killed and 742 wounded. Premier Souvanna Phouma says Laos ready for cease fire if North Vietnam withdraws and bombing pressure eases.
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U. S
Vietnam
U. S. Command
Saigon
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
North Vietnam
Israeli jets hit targets along Suez Canal
Israeli planes crossed the Suez Canal for a 10 minute raid deep into Egypt before returning safely. Weather and sandstorms have kept pilots grounded recently and no attacks were reported since last Friday.
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Tel Avivar
Suez Canal
Egypt
Johnson in excellent spirits after 10 days in hospital
Army doctors report former President Lyndon B. Johnson is progressing satisfactorily at Brooke General Hospital after 10 days, with no chest pain for several days and increased walking around his penthouse suite. Harold Clemens seeks re election as Wisconsin treasurer. A 15 year old freshman at Wisconsin Dells High School, armed with a shotgun, is taken for mental observation after authorities evacuated the school.
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Sex
Army
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Brooke General Hospital
Wisconsin Dells
Columbia County
James Daley
Mendota State Hospital
Wisconsin Dells High School
Talks at UW Seek End to TA Strike
Madison AP reports state AFL-CIO officials and University of Wisconsin Chancellor H Edwin Young meet to avert a strike by about 1000 teaching assistants. John Schmitt says the aim is to resolve before Monday while Knowles signs the 1522nd bill of his tenure and hints at stepping down next January.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Mystery Woman Sought In Maryland Bombings Links
Police hunt a mystery woman tied to two bombings and the arson case of H. Rap Brown. A blast damaged the Dorchester County Courthouse hours after a car explosion near Bel Air killed two men, with Brown absent from court.
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Cambridge
H. Rap Brown
Dorchester County
Bel Air
Brown
Ralph Featherstone
William Herman Payne
Featherstone
Payne
Chesapeake Bay
Suspect Woman Linked to Courthouse Bomb Blast
Lt Col Thomas S Smith of the Maryland State Police said a woman seen near the courthouse before closing is a suspect in the bombing that blew a 30 foot hole in the building's side. Dr Werner A Spitz identified a Navy veteran Payne by a fingerprint from debris, while noting dental records did not match and a possible records mixup remains.
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Werner A. Spitz
Maryland
Payne
Spitz
Navy
Greenwich Village
Mobil
East 42Nd Street
IBM
Park Avenue
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
General Telephone & Electronics
Opponents Grow Stronger as Carswell Vote Near
Senate action on Judge Harrold Carswell's Supreme Court nomination faces stiff opposition. Senator Brooke says 37 senators have pledged to vote against confirmation with more likely, while Edward Kennedy notes gains in opposition but warns of tough odds. Critics cite civil rights concerns and lack of qualifications as the White House pursues a Southern strategy amid a voting rights bill nearing final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
Nixon
White House
Carswell
Tallahassee, Fla
Clement F. Haynsworth
South Carolina
Haynsworth
Mike Mansfield
William Gyure Buys Solomon Auto Parts Co in Monroe
William Gyure purchases the assets of Solomon Auto Parts Co of Monroe from Peter S. Solomon who will stay on in semi retirement. The business, founded by Henry Solomon in 1894, shifted to used car parts in 1926 and became a major auto truck and tractor parts supplier.
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William Gyure
Solomon Auto Parts Company
Monroe
Peter S. Solomon
Henry Solomon
Peter Solomon
Solomon
Gyure
Chicago
Critics Fear Laos War Deepens Senate Clash Over Vietnam Policy
Critics of Nixon Laos policy flag fear of a new Vietnam and dispute U S Southeast Asia aims. Senators Mansfield Fulbright Cooper and others push for limits on air and ground activity while distinguishing Laos operations from Ho Chi Minh trail actions.
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Senate
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S. Southeast Asia
Hugh Scott
Sen
George Aiken
Vermont
U.S
Johnson
United States
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Fulbright
John Sherman Cooper
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cooper
Luang
Prabang
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Southeast Asia
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Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
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University of Wisconsin
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