U S Studies Bombing Haiphong Oil Facility
Washington reports say U S warplanes have intensified attacks on North Viet Nam oil stocks and that Haiphong area facilities may soon be targeted. Joint Chiefs favor strikes near Haiphong to disrupt supplies while civilian leaders fear civilian casualties and risk from Red China.
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Washington
North
Viet Nam
Haiphong
Defense Department
Pentagon
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South
Red China
Joint Chiefs
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Louisiana Soldier Killed in Vietnam Identified
Washington AP report names Army Spec 4 Willie Francis Jr. of Franklin Louisiana as the service member killed in Vietnam. The Defense Department released his identity, listing his parents Willie Francis Sr. and Mrs. Willie Francis Sr. of Route 1 Box 170 Franklin LA.
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Washington
Defense Department
Louisiana
Army
Willie Francis Jr
Willie Francis Sr
Box 170
Franklin
Group Files Price Fix Suit For Textbooks
Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania authorities filed a damage suit against 10 publishers and three wholesalers for price fixing in school and library book sales over 11 years. The action cites arbitration of noncompetitive prices since 1956 and notes reduced binding quality to cut costs. Named publishers include Harper and Row, MacMillan, McGraw-Hill, Golden Press, Harcourt Brace and World, Random House, Alfred Knopf, Franklin Watts, Henry Z Walck, and Children's Press.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
City of
Harper and Row, Inc
MacMillan Co
McGraw- Hill Book Co
Golden Press, Inc
Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc
Random House, Inc
Alfred Knopf, Inc
Franklin Watts, Inc
Henry Z. Walck, Inc
New York
Children’s Press, Inc
Chicago
Minuteman II Launch Tests Modernization at Vandenberg
A Minuteman 2 intercontinental ballistic missile lifted off from Vandenberg AFB California on Friday at 4 10 p m PDT. The launch tested modernization procedures on Minuteman 1 silos as part of the ninth Minuteman 2 flight and 130th overall Minuteman launch. A SAC crew from the 394th Missile Squadron conducted the test under the 16595th Aerospace Test Wing.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
UPS
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
394Th
Air Force Systems Command
16595Th Aerospace Test Wing
Anti-Reds Seek Finish To Sukarno
Anti Communist Kami youth group urged President Sukarno to resign over policies steering Indonesia toward communism and harming the economy. The MPRI showed split on timing to strip his life tenure. critics and newspapers denounced his Western stance as imperialist. About 5,000 students gathered at the University of Indonesia in protest, while a clandestine radio called the speech self defense.
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Jakarta
API
Sukarno
Indonesia
People’s Consultative Congress
MPRI
Congress
Sia’ Moitored
Singapore
University of Indonesia
Mayor Williams's Burglary Stuns El Paso Home
El Paso Texas mayor Judson F. Williams, who had proclaimed the week burglary prevention week, found his home burglarized on Friday. Police investigate the incident as a residential break in with no injuries reported.
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EL Paso, Tex
UPI
Judson F. Williams
Certificates Awarded To Fourteen Civil Defense Operators
A teletypewriter training course ended Friday with fourteen Civil Defense operators earning certificates of graduation. The class, led by Philip Kulacke at Ouachita Valley Vocational-Technical School in West Monroe, used teletypewriters loaned by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to bolster emergency communications in disasters or atomic attacks. Recipients include Gregory Ardoin Layton W Bankston Dale S Barnett Claude D Chandler Mike D Evanick Charles R Goode George C Hungate Donald M Jenkins Tommy J Kelly Wayne T Martin James L Smith Terry P Weaver Thomas W Wiggins and Harry B Heywood.
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Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School
West Monroe
Dale Barnett
Wayne Martin
Thomas Kelly
Jim Scruggs
Area 4
Civil Defense Agency
John Clark
Phillip Kulcke
Barnett
Martin and
Kelly
Scruggs
Philip Kulcke
Ouachita Valley
Gregory Ardoin
Layton W. Bankston
Dale S. Barnett
Claude D. Chandler
Mike D. Evanick
Charles R. Goode
George C. Hungate
Donald M. Jenkins
Tommy J. Kelly
Wayne T. Martin
James L. Smith
Terry P. Weaver
Thomas W. Wiggins
Harry B. Heywood
Two Die After Car Collides With Explosive Tanker
In Braunschweig Germany two people were killed when their car struck a tanker carrying highly explosive chemicals that had overturned on the Autobahn between Frankfurt and Hannover authorities said.
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Braunschweig
Germany
UPI
Frankfurt
Hannover
Sheriff Recovers Fugitive From Arcadia Hideout
Kenneth Henley a 29 year old inmate who escaped from Angola State Prison last August 2 was tracked to a minister H C Gandy's home in Arcadia Bienville Parish officers led by Sheriff H N Davis and Deputy L O Towns captured him after a dawn standoff Henley who faced charges for nature crime assisting in escape simple escape and armed robbery was returned to Angola for renewed confinement and serving his sentence
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Arcadia
Kenneth Henley
Colorado
Henley
H. C. Gandy
South Carolina
L. O. Towns
Davis
Towns
Angola
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the Palace
Monroe, Louisiane
C.O.D
Thrift Shop
Bienville Parish
H. N. Davis
Danavox
Doug Tillman
Ouachita Hearing Aid Center
Bernhardt Bidg
Geoffrey Beene
Jablow
Harvey Berin
Junior
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