Violence Fears Loom Ahead of Viet Nam March
Oakland officials brace for possible violence as the Viet Nam Day Committee plans a large march from UC Berkeley to DeFremery Park with 15 000 participants and 5 000 spectators, while 850 officers plus state reserves prepare to keep order amid rain expected to dampen turnout.
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Oakland
Calif
Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club
Hell’s Angels
U.S
Berkeley
Alameda County
California
San Francisco
University of California
de Frenery Park
VDC
Oakland Army Terminal
Army Terminal
Sacramento
Charles A. O’brien
Edmund G. Brown
National Guard
Brown
Viet Nam Day Committee
Hell's Angels
Vietnamese Battle Red Regulars As Action Broadens
Vietnamese paratroopers clash with North Vietnamese regulars near Pleiku as U S Cavalry units report light overnight losses after intense fighting. B-52 bombers strike suspected enemy positions while Saigon commits a regiment to the six day clash, with heavy casualties acknowledged and high command reviewing communications delays. Lt Col Robert A McDade praises his troops for taking on a larger force and inflicting damage.
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U.S
Saigon
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Guam
la Drang
Richard T Knowles
Pleiku
Robert A. McDade
New York
McDale
Left Handed Hint From Ancient Artifacts Cited
Dr Clarence Webb of Shreveport told amateur archaeologists that 6000 years ago about 17 percent of people were left handed based on rock spearhead markings. He noted modern statistics also show about 17 percent left handed.
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Clarence Webb
Shreveport
Notable residents attend Arkansas–Texas Tech game
The Notebook among Twin Cities residents attending the Arkansas Texas Tech game in Fayetteville Ark. includes Sat and Mrs Ralph Martin. Phillip Semmes is on a 30 day Navy leave visiting his parents Mr and Mrs BL Semmes 734 Bayou Shores. Jim Williams of 2216 Island Wr. turns 16 today.
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Twin Cities
Fayetteville
Ark
Ralph Martin
Phillip Semmes
Navy
B L. Semmes
Bayou Shores
Jim Williams
Island Wr
Strike by Gemini technicians delays 7 launch schedule
Cape Kennedy officials faced a looming strike by 215 machinists over the McDonnell contract. The walkout paused critical fuel cell checks on Gemini 7 and pushed the December 4 launch into the holidays or after January 1. Gemini 6 remains unaffected in bonded storage with no fuel cells.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Gemini
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Space Agency
Houston
Walter M. Sehirra
Thomas Stafford
Cape
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
Washington
Eugene Clover
1AM
White House
Copper Price Boost Sliced By Industry
The copper industry rescinded its price increase after government stockpile sales. Anaconda and Phelps Dodge rolled back two cent per pound boosts to 36 cents, while Kennecott held prices steady. Officials argued the move increased supply to ease demand amid Viet Nam war effects and Chilean export shifts. Treasury Secretary Fowler urged price and wage restraint to protect economic stability.
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New York
Anaconda Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Kennecott Copper Corp
Chile
Kennecott
Anaconda
U.S
Chicago
Henry H. Fowler
Bloodied Ia Drang echoes across VietNam lessons
Nationwide highlights track the Viet Nam firefight as paratroopers press Hanoi lines while U S forces endure a brutal test. Wives of the 1st Cavalry and other service families confront the war’s impact on life and morale in a year of heavy combat.
Plane Crash In Heavy Fog Fatal To Pilot
Gordon Seamon, about 39, of Ardmore Oklahoma, was killed when his single engine plane crashed in heavy fog near Washington Mississippi. He had flown from Shreveport to Natchez and was in contact with the Natchez-Adams County Airport about an hour before the crash. Debris was scattered and visibility was 200 to 300 feet. He owned Gordon Seamon Marine Company of Ardmore. His body was taken to Laird's Funeral Home in Natchez.
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Washington, Miss
Gordon Leamon
Ardmore
Okla
Here
Natchez - Adams County
Leamon
Shreveport
Natchez
Seamon
Washington
U.S Hwy. 61
Gordon Seamon Marine Company
Laird
Rusk Warns West Facing Red Threat
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned in Rio de Janeiro that the Western Hemisphere still faces a Viet Nam type Communist threat. He spoke to business leaders as a Pan American Union OAS conference bomb blast occurred nearby. He cited the Alliance for Progress as a key defense and said U.S. policy prioritizes Latin American development second to the Vietnam War.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPL
Dean Rusk
Pan American Union and Organization of American States
OAS
Rusk
U.S
Southeast Asia
Hemisphere
Latin America
Viet Nam
Local Girl’s Crash Rescue Recounted in AP Story
Toni Ketchell of West Monroe a stewardess aboard an American Airlines jetliner that crashed November 8 killing 58 was dragged from near the plane after it exploded survivor Elmer Weekley said Weekley 46 and Ketchell were two of four survivors He was released Friday from a Covington Kentucky hospital Ketchell remained critical The crash occurred in Boon County Kentucky near Cincinnati airport Weekley recalled the front of the plane torn away He heard Ketchell moaning cry for help She had been thrown from the wreckage and wrapped around a tree The plane exploded heat was intense and survivors waited about 30 minutes for help
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Cincinnati
Toni Ketchell
West Monroe
American Airlines
Associated Press
Elmer Weekley
Miss Ketchell
Weekley
Covington
Boon County
Saratoga
Calif
Ketchell
Self-Dissolution Is Fate Of PKI
The Indonesian Communist Party PKI dissolved itself in West Java amid military and political pressure as Sukarno faced calls to ban the PKI. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Aditie announced the move in a war administration decree, while protests and local dissolutions spread in Central Java and beyond.
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PKI
Jakarta
UPI
West Java
Cae
Ibrahim Aditie
Antara
Adyie
Sukarno
Communist Party
Indonesia
Klaten
Java
Bogor Palace
Spaker Mohammad Sadhu
Peking
Slight Warming Trend Forecast in Northeast Louisiana
Weather forecast for northeast Louisiana calls for largely cloudy to partly cloudy skies with a slight warming trend through the weekend. Highs near 66 to 70 today, lows around 40 to 45, and winds 6 to 12 mph. Friday recorded a high of 71 and a low of 5 percent.
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Louisiana
Servicemen's Wives Displaying Courage in Vietnam War
Columbus AP dispatch profiles wives of 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division stationed near Fort Benning. As heavy combat unfolds in Ia Drang Valley, spouses support families with letters, buddy networks, weekend outings, and routines to ease anxiety. Some read news, others avoid papers. many work to steady home life while husbands fight.
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1St Cavalry Airmobile
Viet Nam
Columbus
1St Cavalry
Airmobile
Ft. Benning
Ia Drang
Susan Smith
James Ro Smith
Zoo
Callaway Gardens
Smith
Mrs Smith
Party Convicted For Not Registering With U S Communist Group
A UPI report states the American Communist Party was found guilty of failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union. Judge William B. Jones imposed a $230,000 fine after a 2 hour 35 minute deliberation following a three week trial.
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Washington
UPI
Communist Party
Soviet Union
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Whetstone May Be Replaced as Louisiana Board President
Louisiana boards discuss leadership as vice president Fnoch T. Nix of Bossier City is expected to be promoted to president to succeed W. E. Whetstone of Monroe. Open meeting will consider textbooks and financing for dormitories at Southern University and Northeast State College, plus a regional research labor unit plan funded by federal aid.
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Department of Education
Felton Clark
Southern University
Northeast State College
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
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Neville
Louisiana State University
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
New Orleans
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John MeckKeithen
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