US Flies Troops To Reinforce Plei Me Amid Viet Cong Attacks
U S helicopters delivered reinforcements to the besieged Plei Me garrison as Viet Cong assaults waned. Government forces reported dozens of enemy casualties across the central highlands and Mekong Delta, while B52 bombers struck targets in Binh Dinh. A senior adviser to a South Vietnamese battalion escaped Viet Cong captivity near Quang Tri City.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Plei Me
Wewj
Central Highlands
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
Guam
Binh Dinh Province
Mekong River
An Xuyen
Viet Nam
Johnson Leaves Naval Hospital For White House
President Johnson walked from Bethesda Naval Hospital at 1 05 p m 13 days after gall bladder and kidney stone surgery as Mrs Johnson accompanied him He greeted Marines wounded in Viet Nam and thanked doctors and nurses before returning to the White House He will have reduced activity and a plan for recuperation likely at his Texas ranch.
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Washington
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Mrs. Johnson
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyrs
White House
Texas
Indians parade at homecoming spirit day on campus
Freshmen at Northeast Louisiana State College will attend classes in full Indian regalia to mark Homecoming Day celebrations as hometown chatter grows in Monroe.
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Monroe
Louisiana State College
Americans and Japanese win 1965 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
The 1965 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded jointly to Julia H. Schwarz Schwinger of Harvard Richard Feynman of Caltech and Sin I tiro Tomonaga of Tokyo for quantum electrodynamics and elementary particle theory. Chemistry went to Robert Burns Woodward of Harvard for pioneering organic synthesis including chlorophyll.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Julia Schwinger
Harvard
Richard Feynman
California Institute of Technology
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Japan
Robert Burns Woodward
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Woodward
Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donner
Academy
Tomonaga
Tokyo University of Education
Tokyo University
Schwinger
Feynman
New York City
Columbia University
Purdue University
Cambridge, Mass
Wilson Sets Rush Trip To Rhodesia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a last minute trip to Rhodesia to seek a solution to the colony's independence crisis. He will meet Commonwealth Secretary Arthur Bottomley and Prime Minister Ian Smith to press for talks with nationalist leaders and a path toward majority rule, leaving Friday or Saturday for Salisbury. The plan followed Smith's demand for independence under a 1961 constitution while Britain proposes a gradual approach to majority rule.
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London
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
PEI
Whson
Socalisbury
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Tan Smith
Wilson
Smith
Bottomley
Salisbury
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth II
Chuckle Hint: Food Reveals People as Good or Bad
A humorous note claims two kinds of people exist and that classification comes from the food they choose. The quip implies taste as moral measure and playful social judgment.
Marines Prepare For Draftee Rush In San Diego
Marines at the Recruit Depot in San Diego gear up for a 30 000 man expansion via Selective Service after Korea. November brings a 4050 draftee quota with eight in ten going to the Army. Boot camp shrinks to eight weeks, DI staffing rises, and platoons grow to 86 as training accelerates toward possible Vietnam duty.
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Marine Corps
Army
Parris Island
S.C
Set
Paul Lennon
Glenn Darst
Viet Nam
Camp Pendleton
Corps
Informer Testifies Wilkins Shot Liuzzo in 1965 Killing
Gary Rowe, a Klansman turned FBI informer, testified that Collie LeRoy Wilkins fired at least six shots at Viola Liuzzo's car on U S Highway 80 near Selma Alabama last March 25. Rowe said Leroy Moton was a passenger and that Wilkins urged driver Eugene Thomas to speed away as the firing began.
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Hayneville
Ala
Gary Thomas Rowe
FBI
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Lowndes County
Rowe
Wilkins
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Leroy Moton
Selma
Eaton
Velvet ant a wingless wasp on hot sand dunes
National Geographic notes the velvet ant, though wingless, thrives on scorching sand dunes protected by a dense furlike coat.
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National Geographic Magazine
Funds OK'd For Channel Repair Work
An emergency Ouachita River repair project near Monroe receives 5200000 in a water bill sent to President Johnson. Of this, 466000 goes to Rilla Station south of Monroe for cave‑in fixes threatening highways railroads and levees.
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Ouachita River
Monroe
Johnson
Rilla Station
R. Fred Petty
Tensas Basin Levee
Petty
Comet Ikeya Seki Fades After Daylight Display
Brilliant Ikeya Seki comet passed the sun and began fading from view after a daylight show. It tracked 93 million miles across space with an 80 000 mile head and a 20 million mile tail. Dr George Van Biesbroeck called it extremely bright, about 1 000 times Venus in brightness.
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Honolulu
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George van Biesbroeck
NASA
Venus
Fair And Mild Forecast For Twin Cities
Fair skies and mild temperatures dominate the Twin Cities with highs 74 to 78 today and Friday. Lows range 50 to 55 tonight and through Monday with no rain except possible isolated showers. Wind from the north at 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Probers Force Clansman Key Records From Klan Leader
House investigators pressed James Rob ert Jones on income tax returns and possible reimbursements for robes printing and travel. Jones refused to discuss self incrimination and other financial details. The panel also showed a 1964 Cadillac payment letter to North Carolina klaverns.
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Washington
House
James Robert Jones
Jones
North Carolina
United Klans of America
Lester V. Chalmers Jr
The
Edwin E
Willis D-La
House Committee On Un-American Activities
United Klans’ Grand Dragon
Willis
Internal Revenue Service
Robert Shelton
Klaverns
Conferees Agree on Betsy Funds for Gulf Coast relief
House and Senate conferees agreed to provide 35 million dollars for Gulf Coast relief enabling Hurricane Betsy victims to deduct up to 1800 dollars for emergency SBA reconstruction loans. An authorization of 70 million dollars would be enacted by the bill approved by the House and awaiting Senate action. The Senate then moved to include the full 70 million in a final supplemental bill previously passed by the House.
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Washington
Upi
House
Senate
Gulf Coast
Small Business Administration
Ex Teacher Builds 14 Ranches for Homeless Boys
Ettie Lee, 79, a retired Los Angeles teacher and Udall aunt, used $3 million from real estate profits to fund Ettie Lee Homes Inc. and its 14 ranches for boys. She lives on a pension, runs the homes with a Mormon couple, and plans her estate to continue the work after her death. Each home houses 10 to 12 boys aged 12 to 17.
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Los Angeles
Wilshire
Miss Lee
Kennedy delays Morrissey federal judgeship by returning to committee
Senator Kennedy requests Morrissey nomination be sent back to the Judiciary Committee ending hopes for quick confirmation this session. President Johnson could offer a recess appointment if Congress adjourns, but Morrissey would must leave his Boston Municipal Court post. Kennedy lauded Morrissey while urging a full committee review to air questions and seek answers through the committee process.
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Washington
Francis X. Morrissey
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
Morrissey
Johnson
U.S. District Court
Massachusetts
Congress
Boston
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Federal
Nicholas Katzenbach
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Chlorine Barge Lift Date Set
A tentative date of Oct. 31 has been set for lifting the chlorine barge sunk in the Mississippi River. The U S Army Engineers spokesman said the main work now is assembling equipment for the lift. Nov 1 had been a target earlier.
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Petty
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Highway 165
Jonesville
Louisiana
Bayou Bodeau
Caddo Dam
Grand Isle and Vicinity
Lake Pontchartrain
Morgan City and Vicinity
Louisiana State University
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