Viet Cong Siege Presses Plei Me as U S Forces Hit Back
In South Viet Nam the Viet Cong pressed the Plei Me siege with mortar fire while hitting a Vietnamese task force northeast of the camp on a secondary road. U S Marines reported light casualties in Da Nang Chu Lai clashes and a weapon cache was seized. Air strikes aided government units in Phu Yen and a B 52 raid near Saigon pushed closer to the capital.
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South Viet Nam
Plei Me
Hin Sanita
Toaba
Che Rever
U.S
Phu Yen
South China Sea
da Nang
Chu Lai
Guam
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Sharp
Honolulu
Buc Co
March Demonstrations In New York Support Vietnam Policy
Several hundred protesters gathered outside the News Building in Manhattan to endorse U S Viet Nam policy. The crowd waved signs praising the troops and denouncing communism while patriotic music played from a single south block sound track. A John Birch Society stand drew attention as participants distributed material and buttons amid the rally.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
America
New York City
42Nd Street
Second Avenue
John Birch Society
William O'Connor
Brooklyn
O'Connor
Red
American Legion
Missing Mary Jo Inzina Quietly Hospitalized for Cold
Ramblin Persons note the smiling Mary Jo Inzina has checked into St Francis Hospital for a weekend of recuperation from a bad cold. She expects release from Room 671 by Monday. Her daughter Mimi was released earlier after a long pneumonia battle.
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Mary Jo Inzina
Mary Jo
Monroe
Mike Inzina
St. Francis Hospital
Mimi
Weather Balloon Mistaken For UFO Over Selman Field
FAA at Selman Field identified the object seen in the southern sky Saturday as a clear weather balloon. It traveled east-southeast at about 4,000 feet, gathering information on the area.
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FAA
Selman Field
Plei Me siege holds amid mortar fire and relief attack
Viet Cong maintain pressure at Plei Me as a relief force attacks. The scene is described with a devastated area resembling an earthquake while defenders’ flags still wave.
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Plei Me
Indonesians Warned To End Protests
President Sukarno urged Indonesians to halt anti Communist demonstrations or be shot. Army chief Suharto supported calm but did not comment on the warning. Sukarno said demonstrations must stop to avoid actions that could ruin the struggle against neocolonialism and imperialism.
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Sukarno
Radio
Jakarta
Ellender Seeks Sixth Senate Term in 6th Reelect
Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana announced he will run for renomination and reelection to the U.S. Senate next year. At 75, he is in his 29th year and chairs the Agriculture Committee while ranking third Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
Ellender
Louisiana
U.S
Carl Hayden
Dariz
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Forecast Fair For Vicinity
The area will have fair weather with clear skies and cooler temperatures into Monday. Highs reach 66 to 72, down from Saturdays 78, with lows 40 to 45. Winds shift northerly 8 to 18 mph, 75 percent sunshine, no rainfall expected at Selman Field.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Peking Viet Cong Differ On War End
Space flight preparations for Gemini 6 move ahead as Schirra and Stafford await launch. Weather clouds loom but officials say conditions should be satisfactory. The mission tests two satellite rendezvous crucial to Apollo Moon efforts in 1969.
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Peking
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Houston
Schirra
Stafford
Federal Space Agency
America
Moon
Atlas
Gemini
Sehirra
No Explosives Found In Dolls From Viet Nam
Army authorities at Ft Benning say over 200 dolls checked in the Columbus area were inspected and X rayed with no explosives found. Spokesman Sgt Major Albert W Spratley said there is no evidence of any injuries from exploding dolls by American servicemen in Viet Nam.
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FT. Benning
UPI
Viet Nam
Spratley
Army
Government Drafts Plans For Justice
Washington officials say federal lawmakers will be asked to tighten jury selection standards and expand anti discrimination powers in justice administration. The move follows protests after all white juries in Hayneville, Alabama acquitted Ku Klux Klan member Collie Leroy Wilkins in the March murder of Viola Liuzzo and a similar acquittal in a separate civil rights case. Attorney General Katzenbach declined comment on Wilkins case.
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Washington
UPI
South
Congress
Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Nicholas Katzenback
Wilkins
Thomas Coleman
Area Wreck Kills Mother, Daughter in Ferriday
Mrs Avis Lilly Wiley 47 and her daughter Beverly Sue Wiley 19 died in a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Highways 84 and 15 in Ferriday early Saturday. The oil well service truck driver Edward Farmer 21 of Vidalia was uninjured. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at Larto Pentecostal Church with burial in Peas Cemetery.
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Avis Lilly Wiley
Beverly Sue Wiley
Ferri
U.S. Hwy. 84
Edward Farmer
Vidalia
Larto Pentecostal Church
Jack
Knapp
Peas
Larto
Young
Ferriday
Jonesville
Miss Wiley
Hilton Bordelon
Henry Bordelon
Ervin Bordelon
Harold Bordelon
Wayne D. Sanders
Carlos Sanders
Michael Wiley Jr
Rodney Wiley
War Turns Against Reds in Vietnam Says Adm Sharp
Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp Jr. reports the tide has turned against the Communists in South Vietnam. He cites VC casualties, says the U.S. and South Vietnam have stopped losing, notes air power impacts near Chu Lai and Buc Co, and mentions destroying bridges in North Vietnam as part of ongoing operations.
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Honolulu
U.S
Grant Sharp Jr
Pacific
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
Peace Talks With Hanoi Seem Closer
London reports say there are growing differences between Peking and the Viet Cong over China’s stance on Vietnam peace talks. Nguyen Van Dongh in Moscow claimed the VC want US recognition as a partner but not a precondition to talks, while bombing North Vietnam may not be required beforehand.
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London
UPI
Red
Viet Cong
Moscow
Nguyen van Dongh
Radio
Prague
United States
South
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Helsinki
China
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
NLF
Motorist Dies After Accident near LeBeau
Mrs Nettie Kenner Sproles 41 of Melville died hours after a wreck when her car left the highway and hit a ditch near Gilbert Louisiana Funeral services were set for 2 pm at Turkey Creek Baptist Church with Rev Mack Walker officiating Burial followed at Central Cemetery Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro handled arrangements Surviving are five sons a brother and two sisters from several nearby towns
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Louisiana
LeBeau
Nettie Kennerson Sproles
Melville
Opelousas
Turkey Creek Baptists Church
Gilbert
Mack Walker
Central Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Larry Dale Sproles
Baton Rouge
Lavonne Sproles
Busche
Handall Sproles
Ronnie Lee Sproles
David Earl Sproles
Jonesville
Robert Kennerson
Jigger
Ollie Sproles
Margaret Sproles
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