Death Toll Feared After Typhoon Hits Agrihan Island
A Pacific typhoon pounded Agrihan in the northern Marianas with winds over 200 mph. About 200 islanders and crewmen from seven Japanese fishing boats were missing or feared dead as homes were wiped out and a search by eleven ships began. Paramedics awaited access as air and relief flights moved in.
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Agana
Guam
Agrihan Island
Marianas
Carmen
Agrihan
Japanese Maritime Shipping Association
Agrihanto
Pacific Island
Army Reports Soviets Block 4 Train Commanders
Berlin AP The US Army confirmed four American train commanders were blocked Thursday by armed Soviet soldiers inside East Germany while inspecting trains moving between West Berlin and the West. The incidents happened at the Marineborn checkpoint near Helmstedt as Soviet authorities sought to display East German and Communist emblems on East German engines.
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East Germany
Marineborn
Germany
Helmstedt
Pact Awarded For Barge Lift
Washington based UPI reports Rep. James H. Morrison announces the Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract to Dr. Ray McDermott Inc of Harvey Louisiana to raise a barge carrying 600 tons of liquid chlorine from the Mississippi River bottom.
Korea joins fight against guerillas in Vietnam
South Korea's second Marine Blue Dragon brigade arrives in Saigon to join U.S. and Australian units. Gen. Bong Chul Lee leads 2,800 Marines as allied forces conduct a purge of the Iron Triangle with tear gas and air strikes.US and Vietnamese pilots also target Viet Cong positions as operations continue near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
South Korea
Marine
Blue Dragon” Brigade
Winat Cane
Winminudli
Bong Chul Lee
U.S
Eltinge
L. Throckmorton
W. C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
U. S
United States
Guam
Iron Triangle
China
Peking
73Rd Airborne Brigade
William C. Westmoreland
Birthday cake marks Miss Edna Reid's day at Ouachita Parish unit
Afternoon coffee break at the Ouachita Parish Health Unit honored Miss Edna Reid of 115 S 3rd St Monroe as she celebrated her birthday. The article notes two Monroe men, Donald K Swanson and Frank Becton, recently arrived in San Diego to begin Navy recruit training under the buddy and high school graduate programs. Swanson is the son of Raymond and Mary Swanson and Becton the son of Fred and ...
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Ouachita Parish Health Unit
Edna Reid
3Rd St
Monroe
Donald Keith Swanson
Frank Briggs Becton
San Diego
Calif
U.S. Navy
Navy
Ouachita Parish
Swanson
Raymond M. Swanson
Harrison St
Becton
Fred Becton
S. 8Th St
Vacation Ends for Boies Family in Monroe Visit
A month long stay in Pennsylvania ends for the E. L. Boies family of Monroe who visited their daughter and family the Bill Forresters. Mrs. Forrester is the former Adria Boies of this city.
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Pennsylvania
E. L. Boies
Monroe
Bill Forresters
President Johnson Through Surgery In Excellent Condition
President Johnson underwent surgery and emerged in apparently excellent condition. News brief notes his stable status and ongoing recovery as reported on Page One.
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President Johnson
State Festival Opens With My Favorite Thing Theme
The tenth annual Louisiana Art and Folk Festival begins today in Columbia at the Community Center grounds across from the Ouachita River. A 9 a.m. Caldwell Parish High School Band concert kicks off the event, with public hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Indonesians Set Fire To PKI House
A youth-led protest in Jakarta burned the PKI headquarters and demanded the party’s dissolution. Soldiers maintained order as demonstrators cried for Aidit and his aides. Radio Jakarta reported mass calls for abolition from 500,000 people across 44 groups. Police and army hunted rebels tied to the coup, with unverified reports of 300 seized.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Indonesian Communists Party
PKI
America
U.S
Communist Party
D. N. Aidit
Mohammed Lukman
Njoto
Sukarno
Aidit
Central
Java
Untung
Radio Jakarta
Berita Yudha
Communist Youth Front
India Accuses Pakistan of Cease-Fire Violations in Rajasthan
New Delhi reports Pakistani troops attacked across the cease-fire line in the Sind Desert section of Rajasthan and were repelled with heavy losses. India cites 11 ground and air violations, amid broader tensions as Prime Minister Shastri condemns British partisanship toward Pakistan.
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New Delhi
VPL
Pakistan
Rajasthan
Sind Desert
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Britain
Pakistan Radio
Sakari Taral
Ramgarh
Federal Agent Raids Hit Vidalia and Nearby Towns
Federal agents arrested one person and seized 16 gambling devices in raids across Concordia Parish and Alexandria Louisiana. The IRS named four Concordia establishments in Vidalia Morville Bar Blackie’s Place the Avalon Cairo’s and the Du Luxe Barber Shop in Alexandria as raid sites. Neil Dore faced a federal wagering charge and was released on 1000 bond.
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Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Alexandria
Internal Revenue Service
New Orleans
IRS
Morville
Blackie’s Place
Cairo
Neil Dore
Duluxe
U.S
R. C. Bauer
Louisiana
Peking Plays Guiding Role In Uprising
London reports say Communist China played a key role in the Indonesian uprising to oust Sukarno. Dispatches allege Beijing urged the Indonesian Communist Party to seize power and align closely with Red China, while Beijing seeks to mask its involvement amid a still unclear outcome.
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London
UPI
China
Sukarno
Indonesia
Peking
Communist Party
Red China
Mao Tze-Tung
Red Chinese
Jakarta
Russia
Fair Weather Expected Today in Twin Cities
The forecast calls for fair weather with no major temperature change in the Twin Cities area today and Sunday. Highs in the 80s, tonight's low around 14 to 62. Friday was pleasant with W winds near ten mph. Friday's high reached 88 in Monroe and Texasokana, Ark, with a low around 50. Variable winds today at 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Texarkana
Ark
Johnson's major gall bladder surgery declared a complete success
President Johnson underwent a two hour, 15 minute operation at Bethesda Naval Hospital to remove a gall bladder gallstone and kidney stone. Doctors reported no malignancy or infection and the president walked and paced the floor by midafternoon. Pope Paul VI and world leaders sent recovery wishes as Lynda Bird Johnson joined the family at the hospital.
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Washington
UPS
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Pope Paul VI
Charles de Gaulle
Thant
United Nations
Lynda Bird
University of Texas
Austin
White House
Bull D. Moyers
Moyers
Weird Forerunner Of Moon Craft Seen
Edwards AFB Calif AP A unusual forerunner of lunar landers appeared as X15 pilot Joseph A Walker guided a four legged 10 foot high craft aloft then guided it to a powered descent and precise landing on its skeletal legs The test aimed to simulate lunar gravity using a center mounted jet and four rockets to brake before touchdown and Walker said such craft should land on the moon later this decade The M2 lifting body was also tested by Milton Thompson before the campaign moves to space return technologies.
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NASA
Joe Walker
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Joseph A. Walker
Walker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Flight Research Center
Milton Thompson
Thompson
Asia Facing Takeover Is US Holds United Nations
United Nations New York UPI reports Nationalist China denounces the Beijing regime as the greatest threat to world peace amid a push by states to admit Communist China to the UN. Liu Chieh warns U S withdrawal from Asia could invite a Communist takeover and nuclear blackmail. Thailand Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman says the threat extends to Southeast Asia as part of a broader imperial design.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
China
United Nations
Peking
Liu Chieh
Formosa
General Assembly
United States
Asia
Liu
Free World
South Viet Nam
Cuba
Thailand
Thanat Khoman
Southeast Asia
Africa
Latin America
Viet Nam
Khoman
The
Assembly
Thant Reports Kashmir Strife Is Improving
United Nations Secretary-General Thant said U N observers report an overall improvement in cease fire observance between India and Pakistan. He noted ongoing complaints but emphasized transport and communications shortages hinder observers and that urgent remedial steps are underway.
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United Nations
UPI
Thant
India
Pakistan
Security Council
Kashmir
U.N
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Reader Railroad
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Twins
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Bastrop
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Lori Ann Wagner
Hubert Humphrey
Capitol
Lori
Fect
Milwaukee, Wis
Humphrey
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