Marines Repel Viet Cong Assault Near Da Nang Air Base
UPI reports a company of U.S. Marines, outnumbered four to one, countered a dawn attack on the Da Nang Air Base fringe. Casualties described as light to moderate. Viet Cong mortars and rockets struck from the west, while air power blasted Viet Cong targets near Saigon Tay Ninh and Hanoi.
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da Nang Air Base
Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Martin Stuart-Fox
1St Marine Division
Marine
Ing
Tay Ninh
Washington
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Comet Ikeya Seki Visible in Early Morning Skies
Amateur astronomers worldwide can view comet Ikeya Seki in the early morning hours at least through Sunday per the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The naked eye sighting will occur about an hour before dawn low on the southeastern horizon, weather permitting, with telescopes and binoculars needed as it moves farther from the Sun next month.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian
Soviets oppose Thant power in Kashmir peace effort
United Nations news reports the Soviet Union blocks any mention of Secretary General Thant’s authority in a new Kashmir peace resolution. The scene centers on Security Council stalemate as US and others push to keep politics out of the text while Russia seeks limits on Thant’s role. The Sept. 20 cease-fire remains the baseline, with India and Pakistan resisting future political talks on Kashmir.
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United Nations
UPI
Soviet Union
Thant
Kashmir
Security Council
Russia
U.N
United States
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
India
Pakistan
Jordan
Spending Up 1966 Dims Prospects For Tax Cuts
Washington experts estimate calendar year 1966 federal outlays could rise by 10 to 13 billion dollars, the largest jump since Korea War era, reducing the chances of new tax cuts. Increases would come from Social Security Medicare, Great Society programs, and defense, with Viet Nam spending a major unknown.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Viet Cong Attacks Da Nang Base in Combat Report
Viet Cong regulars and guerrillas attack a Marine company near Da Nang Air Base but are repelled. The clash follows a string of heavy losses and disease noted in ongoing conflict coverage.
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da Nang Air Base
Ramblin Students Head to Louisiana State Fair
Ramblin Students of Wossman High School left early by chartered bus for a day at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport.
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Wossman High School
Shreveport
Three Navy Reservists on Leave Named in Notice
Dwight Douglas Nelson of 100 Linderman Ave and parents Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Bond Nelson Sr. Donald Eugene Myatt son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Myatt of Rt. 3 West Monroe and Thomas Jackson Frost son of Mrs. Nancy Burch 101 Apple St Monroe are on leave from Navy duties and will report to next assignments on November 10.
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Dwight Douglas Nelson
Linderman Ave
Rupert Bond Nelson Sr
Donald Eugene Myatt
Lee Myatt
Rt. 3
West Monroe
Thomas Jackson Frost
Nancy Burch
Apple St
Monroe
Rhodesia Rejects British Plan for Royal Commission
Salisbury Rhodesia rejected a British proposal for a royal commission to draft a new constitution for independence and proposed a joint commission to decide if the 1961 constitution with edits is acceptable The plan would include Rhodesian Chief Justice Sir Hugh Beadle and two members one Rhodesian and one British Final acceptance expected in the coming week amid last ditch talks between Wilson and Smith and uncertainty over UDI prospects
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Rhodesia
Hugh Beadle
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Ian Smith
Five Term Mayor of St Joseph Dies at 65
Oliver Newton Wilds died Friday at his home in St Joseph of an apparent heart attack. He served five terms as mayor and helped launch the St Joseph Port Gibson ferry. Rites set for 9 am Monday at St Joseph Catholic Church with burial at Natchez City Cemetery. Survived by wife Eunice. Children include Oliver Jr Austin Texas and Patricia Myers St Joseph. step-daughter Louis Berdos Jr Monroe Texas. sister L P Abernathy Monroe.
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ST. Joseph
Oliver Newton Wilds
Tensas Parish
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Natchez City Cemetery
Wilds
Wildsville
Concordia Parish
Louisiana Municipal Officers Association
Lovely Louisiana Tourist Association
St. Joseph- Port Gibson
Mississippi River
Eunice L. Wilds
Oliver Jr
Austin
Tex
Patricia Myers
Louis Berdos Jr
Monroe, Tex
L. P. Abernathy
Monroe
Federal registrars expanded to 12 Southern counties
Atty. Gen. Katzenbach ordered federal registrars into 12 more Southern counties under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, boosting total counties to 32. South Carolina counties Clarendon and Dorchester joined, with 56,119 Negro voters listed as eligible. The move prompts debate over federal versus local registration control and access for new applicants.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
South Carolina
Clarendon
Dorchester
West Feliciana
Alabama
Louisiana
Katzenbach
Alaska
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
National police fire on union meeting near Santo Domingo
National police sprayed a union meeting at the Ozama Sugar Mill outskirts of Santo Domingo with machine gun fire killing four and wounding nine. A union leader said officers gave no warning before firing into the mill office.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Ozama
Fair And Mild Forecast Here
Frigid early morning readings at Selman Field showed 43 and 76 degrees with warming sunshine. The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair skies mild day and a cool night with highs 72 to 76 and low 40 to 45 and variable winds 5 to 15 mph.
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FAA
Selman Field
U. S. Weather Bureau
Halloween Psychology and Trick or Treat Traditions
Psychologists note Halloween lets children act out fears as World of the Unreal. the practice also has therapeutic value by letting young minds release anxiety. The piece describes costumes, monster toys, and sugar rewards as outlets for bottled impulses and family coping during holiday mischief.
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Mom
Junior
Signals From Long Shot Test Echoed Across Seismographs
The United States detonated an 80 kiloton thermonuclear device 2300 feet underground on Amchitka Island Alaska. Seismographs in Montana Alaska Washington and California recorded the blast within minutes. Early notes from officials spoke of a perfect success and no radiation or harm to local wildlife.
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Amchitka Island
Alaska
United States
Aleutian
Department of Defense
Washington
Pentagon
Montana
Amchitka
California
Adak
Aleutians
Defense Department
Alaska Methodist University
Mt. St. Michael's
Spokane
Wash
University of California At Berkeley
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Charles Richter
Tron Curtain
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