US airlifts Vietnamese into action against guerrillas
Forty U S helicopters airlifted South Vietnamese troops in two sectors, the central highlands and the Mekong delta, to strike guerrilla bases and depots. About 1,200 Vietnamese soldiers including ranger units were ferried by Army helicopters. No immediate reports of casualties or outcomes. The International Control Commission faced harassment by North Vietnam, which refused a land landing in Hanoi.
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UPI
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North Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Control Commission
Hanoi
India
Canada
Poland
Mekong River
U. S
Marine Corps
Central Highlands
Ford Opposes Break Up of GM in Illinois Talks
Henry Ford II told reporters in Chicago he opposes any move to break up General Motors. He argued big government and big labor justify limiting competition and urged anti trust action to balance power. Ford praised Romney’s Michigan bid but warned a two year term isn’t enough for Michigan reforms.
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Chicago
UPI
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Ford
George Romney
American Motors
Michigan
Miichigan
Police Halt Korea March On Embassy
In Seoul police halted a march by about 1,000 Korean students demanding a status of forces agreement. 38 students were arrested after clashes with military and civilian police as they tried to approach the U.S. Embassy.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
U.S
Kennedy
Park Chung Hee
Foreign Office
Samuel Berger
U Thant Proposes Record UN Budget for 1963
Acting Secretary-General U Thant proposed a record United Nations budget of 86 million dollars for 1963. The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is studying the estimate privately before the General Assembly, which opens its 17th session on September 18 to adopt the regular budget not covering Congo and Middle East peacekeeping costs.
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U Thant
U.N
General Assembly
Thant
Congo
Middle East
Burke announces engagement of Geraldine Burke to Anthony Hope
Port Washington, N Y Geraldine Burke 21 and Anthony Hope son of Bob Hope announced their engagement. They met at Georgetown University and plan to marry in February after Miss Burke completes nursing studies.
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Port Washington, N.Y
UPI
William T. Burke
Geraldine
Anthony Hope
Bob Hope
Georgetown University
Miss Burke
Drennan Seeks Re election To Ouachita Parish Board
Sterlington businessman Charles G. Drennan announces his candidacy for re election to Ward One of the Ouachita Parish School Board. He cites education as top priority and opposes federal aid while supporting local school expansion projects including Sterlington High School and new facilities in Ward One. Drennan, 39, has served as board president and aided Sterlington incorporation. he is married with two children and holds a University of Mississippi pharmacy degree.
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Ouachita Parish
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Spencer
State Board of Education
Baton Rouge
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A. L. Smith
Wells and Parker
Monroe
Fairbanks
Ward One
St. Andrews Methodist Church of
Fairbanks-Sterlington
Masonic Lodge
Walter L. Smith American Legion
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy
New Guinea
Philippine
Former Marine Changes Mind On Soviet Life
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine who moved to Moscow in 1959 and announced plans to seek Soviet citizenship, is reportedly returning to the United States with his Russian wife and child. The U.S. Embassy noted he left Moscow about ten days ago, possibly by train to Le Havre and thence by ship. This marks the third American in two months to reverse plans to settle in the Soviet Union.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Tex
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Soviet Union
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Zelienople
David Johnson
Philadelphia
Tugboat Sinks with One Missing Near Morgan City
Oliver J. Landry, 54, New Orleans, chief engineer on the tug Mr. Ready, is presumed drowned after the Atchafalaya River vessel sank three-quarters of a mile south of the railroad bridge. Captain Clifton Adam and three crew members were rescued by the motor vessel Belmont. a Coast Guard cutter from New Orleans aided the search. No details on the sinking were released.
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Oliver J. Landry
New Orleans
Mr. Ready
Atchafalaya River
Clifton Adam
Belmont
Coast Guard
Landry
Tempers Flare as Thurmond Probes Pentagon Censorship
In a tense Senate Armed Services session, Sen Strom Thurmond pressed AP on alleged anti military propaganda and revolutionary anti militarism. Arthur Sylvester defended the Defense Department, saying Thurmond overemphasized minor points while praising U.S. military strength.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Strom ‘L’harmond
D-S.c
Senate Armed Services
Thurmond
Daring escapes mark East Berlin border crossings
A 14 year old and a 10 year old narrowly escape East Berlin by river and roof jump as the border barrier fails to deter. The report lists mass tunneling from East Berlin houses, an 81 year old leading a 12 refugee escape through a 120 foot tunnel, and a family swimming the Havel Bay in a bathtub. Other feats include a wreath placard border crossing, fake U S uniforms, a red cross launch, and a license to flee via a forged train rideKnown as the freedom express a locomotive engineer ferried 24 relatives into West Berlin before Christmas.
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Berlin
UPI
Neues Deutschland
Jericho
West Berlin
Soviet War Memorial
East Berlin
Max Thomas
Red Cross
Spree
Friedrichstrasse
Abortion Death Suspect Traced To Canadian Hideout
Federal authorities traced Queens physician Dr Harvey Lothringer to a Canadian hideout and prepared to close in. He is wanted for the death and dismemberment of 19 year old Barbara Soframento, a student at College of New Rochelle. The victim’s body was found in a sewer connected to the doctor’s Jamaica Estates home. The warrant charges unlawful flight to avoid arrest on an abortion charge.
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Queens
Barbara Sotramento
Harvey Lothringer
Miss Soframento
Brooklyn
U.S
Salvatore Abruzzo
Lothringer
Miss Loframento
John Sullivan
Montreal
College of New Rochelle
Bobby Lu
Westchester County
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District Attorney's Office
Dist
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Suspect Held In Robbery Try
U S Commissioner May ordered an 18 year old Negro girl held in lieu of $3,000 bond on a charge she tried to rob the Bank of Gonzales this week. The FBI filed a complaint against Emma Lee Diggs of Gonzales charging she walked into the Bank of Gonzales Monday and demanded $7,000 in a note threatening a bombing. A teller told her to leave.
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U. S
Hamlet D. May
Gonzales
FBI
Emma Lee Diggs
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