Relief Forces Reach Duc Co Amid Siege With Viet Cong Resistance
In Pleiku reports a two mile armored infantry convoy broke toward the Duc Co special forces outpost, with heavy fighting and Viet Cong ambushes along Route 19. The airstrip remained unusable as relief efforts pressed to clear a corridor into government-held territory near the Cambodian frontier.
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Duc Co
Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
Pleiku
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Center
Route 19
Congress pressed to force Russia to pay UN dues
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg faces strong congressional opposition to abandoning pressure for Russia to settle United Nations peacekeeping assessments. Senate leader Everett Dirksen signals readiness for retaliation if Russia refuses. France and 11 other nations also owe dues while U.S. critics target Moscow and the UN vote. Dirksen urges a showdown and refuses retreat.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Congress
Russia
United Nations
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
France
U.S
Soviet Union
Senate Moves Housing Bill to Cabinet Status
The Senate passed the bill to create the Housing and Urban Development Cabinet, upgrading the HHFA and its 13,500 employees. Robert C. Weaver, New York Negro, is a leading candidate to be secretary, a historic first for a Black American. President Johnson weighed in on U.N. finances, while Sen. Aiken insisted Article 19 is effectively dead and urged new UN funding ideas.
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Washington
Senate
Housing and Urban Development
Congress
Johnson
House
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Robert C. Weaver
New York
John F. Kennedy
Weaver
U.N
George D. Aiken
Rvt
Goldberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
United Nations
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Johnson signs 185 million for desalting water crisis
President Johnson signs a 185 million bill to extend the Interior Department desalting program as a remedy to Northeast water shortages. He meets governors from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware amid drought fears and outlines future proposals while Udall warns only persistent rains or a hurricane could ease the crisis.
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Washington
Northeast
White House
Johnson
Interior Department
Delaware River
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
New York City
Udall
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard J. Hughes
Twin Cities Chit Chat Vacationers In Mexico
The James W. Moore family of 215 Lakeside Dr Monroe enjoys a week in Mexico. James Jr and Christine flew to Mexico City aiming to drive through Taxco Cuernavaca and Acapulco. Mrs James M Accardo and Sheila return to Monroe after nine months in England where Accardo is stationed.
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Mexico
James W. Moore
Lakeside Dr
Monroe
James M. Accardo
Sheila
Lee Ave
England
Accardo
Sharon Eady
Government Gets Huge Amounts
New Orleans report from UPI shows the federal government collected 953.809 million dollars from Louisiana taxpayers in fiscal 1965. IRS district director Charles A. Usry announced a year over year rise of 33.639 million with withholding taxes up 469.515 million and a 25.835 million gain.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Charles A. Usry
Internal Revenue Service
Trawler aloft near Guam may warn Viet Cong of B52 raids
A Russian trawler three miles off Apra harbor Guam is said to radar observe B52 bombing runs from Anderson base and could warn Viet Cong in South Vietnam about three and a half hours before strikes. Pacific forces offered no comment. Ground patrols found raid targets often used as Viet Cong bases but not active at the moment of bombing.
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Oriskany
Hanoi
Son la
U.S
Honolulu
API
Guam
Apra Harbor
Viet Nam
Pacific Forces
Strategic Air Command
Anderson Air Force Base
South
Earth
Space Agency
Centaur Launch for Lunar Surveyor Rehearsal at Cape Kennedy
Atlas Centaur rocket succeeds in a test flight from Cape Kennedy carrying a dummy Surveyor payload toward a moonward trajectory. The 9:31 a.m. launch aims to gather data for a late year soft landing attempt, following prior failures and a March explosion.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Flight Control Center
Surveyor
Lunar
Moon
Titan Blast Recalls Atlas ICBM Silo Disaster
Vernon Guidey recalls the 1964 Titan II silo explosion near Altus Oklahoma after a simulated countdown went wrong. Bill Neel recounts the blast that tore open 100 ton doors, sent debris for miles, but left no fatalities. The failure stemmed from a valve stuck open, igniting liquid oxygen and rocket fuel with an $11 million loss. Neel had supervised fuel transfer that day, amid prior Searcy missile work.
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Vernon Guidey
Bill Neel
Neel
Crosley
West Monroe
Searcy
Ark
Altus
Oklo
Airorce
Twin Cities
Weather forecast for Twin Cities area and Monroe
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures for today tonight and Thursday in the Twin Cities area with 50 to 80 percent sunshine and highs of 90 to 94 degrees and lows around 66 to 72. A few thundershowers may occur but rainfall will be light. Winds will be light to moderate. Monroe reported a high of 92 Tuesday and a low of 66 this morning. Selman Field recorded .02 inches of rain Tuesday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
U S Recognizes Singapore as Independent Nation
Singapore on record as newly independent with Foreign Minister S Rajaratnam announcing U S recognition. Secretary of State Dean Rusk reaffirmed Washington's friendship, marking a formal diplomatic step.
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Singapore
United States
S. Rajaratnam
Rajaratnam
Dean Rusk
U.S
Money and honey you cannot keep for long
A humorous remark compares making money to bees producing honey, noting you can earn it but not retain it. The quip suggests the effort yields only transient gains as others take or consume the reward. The tone is light and satirical about wealth.
Cuba Executes Three Accused CIA Agents
Havana radio reported three Cuban freighter crew members named Roberto Fernandez Cobo Raul Pereira Castaneda and Roger Sopena were executed by firing squad for allegedly being CIA agents. The men were said to be trained to use incendiaries radio transmitters and secret writing to obtain military economic and political information for the CIA.
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Miami
Fla
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Havana
Roberto Fernandez Cobo
Raul Pereira Castaneda
Roger Sabino Sopena
Gonzalez Lines
CIA
Aid officer recalls refugee camp massacre near Qui Nhon
Richard Kriegel, with Arlington roots, helped bury 17 refugees killed when Viet Cong attacked a camp near Qui Nhon. Fifty armed attackers caused chaos as women and children fled to a church. Kriegel later restrained a Vietnamese platoon leader who opened fire and threatened to explode a grenade. Kriegel remains to care for scattered refugees in 24 settlements.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Richard Kriegel
U.S
Arlington
Kriegel
Qui Nhon
Popular Force
Marie
Louisiana to sue federal voting rights act
Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion said he will file suit in Federal District Court challenging the constitutionality of the new Voting Rights Act. He aims to remove federal voting examiners and argues the act infringes on states rights. Meanwhile Negro voter registrations rise as literacy tests end and examiners process applicants in Plaquemines East Carroll and East Feliciana parishes.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Johnson
Orleans Parish
A. P. Gallinghouse
Plaquemines
East Carroll
East Feliciana
Baton Rouge
Clarence K. Jones Jr
State Board of Registration
Phi Beta Kappa Founded at William and Mary in 1776
The Phi Beta Kappa honor society, the oldest American college Greek letter fraternity, traces its origins to William and Mary College in 1776 according to Almanac.
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Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary College
Williams Ve
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