Viet Cong rocket attack on Da Nang kills civilians
In Da Nang rockets kill 27 civilians, wound 46 as Ho Chi Minh anniversary observances loom. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces report multiple attacks across Da Nang, Dien Ban, Tam Ky, and Tay Ninh with American and Montagnard casualties.
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Ho Chi Minh
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Dien Ban
Tam Ky
Tay Ninh
U.S
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
Nine Die In Labor Day Weekend Traffic Across Louisiana
Louisiana reported nine traffic deaths during the Labor Day weekend from Friday 6 p m to Monday midnight. Victims included two brothers drowned in the Amite River and several single car crashes across parishes including Livingston Vernon and Orleans.
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Louisiana
Associated Press
Amite
Magrolia Beach
Livingston Parish
Ege
Calvin E. Turman
Delmar Turman
Watson
W. R. Douglas
Haughton
Douglas
Earl Johnson
Pitkin
Cravens
Vernon Parish
Patricia Sumner
Loranger
Eunice
Patrick L. Schultz
Crowley
Herbert W. Robinson
Isaac Chriss
New Orleans
Cora Anderson
Interstate 10
Vinton
John T. Nelson
Orange
Tex
Chris Gaudet
Raceland
U.S. 90
Joe L. Mooney
Meridian
Miss
Gaudet
Jerry Danes
Jesse Ray Streetman Sr
Shreveport
Nation’s Traffic Deaths Climbing This Labor Day
As millions on the roads for Labor Day weekend push the toll higher, a National Safety Council spokesman says highway deaths run slightly above last year at 11 am CDT. A nationwide AP tally reports 490 fatalities since Friday evening, with 518 in a comparable nonholiday period starting August 16. Eight North Dakota teenagers died returning from a party.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
North Dakota
British leader presses austerity amid union protests
Prime Minister Harold Wilson pushes ahead with austerity as the Trades Union Congress meets in Blackpool. Delegates voice anger over wage caps and rising unemployment, with economists predicting jobless totals climbing toward 750,000 by February while output per worker increases.
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Blackpool
England
Harold Wilson
Trades Union Congress
Czechoslovakia
Wilson
Vietnam
Trade Union Congress
Congress
MEHS
Czechs Elect New Leaders of Party
Czechoslovakia's Communist party elected a new 21 member presidium with mostly liberal members amid Soviet occupation. Dubcek retained leadership as Bratislava saw mass arrests and troops. 194 central committee members were chosen, with congress possibly delayed.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Central Committee
Dubcek
Bratislava
Slovakia
Vasil Bilak
Jan Pillar
Dubeck
Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
Romania
Ion Gheorghe Mauer
Maurer
West Monroe Man Completes Basic Air Force Training
Dan F Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Bennett 703 Drago St West Monroe has finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Keesler AFB Mississippi for communications electronics schooling He is a West Monroe High School graduate and holds a B S from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Ruston His wife is Sharon Reitzammer.
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Dan F. Bennett
Walter A. Bennett
Drago St
West Monroe
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Air Force Technical Training Center
Keesler Afb
Miss
Bennett
West Monroe High School
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Sharon Reitzammer
Israeli Captain Details Hours After Jetliner Hijack Release
Captain Oded Abarbanell and 11 others spoke of captivity in Algeria after the July 23 hijack. The Boeing 707, held five weeks, was freed and flown to Rome. 30 other passengers released earlier. Israel plans a UN Security Council session to discuss the raid and vows a humanitarian gesture in response.
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Tel Aviv
Algeria
Oded Abarbanell
Rome
Mediterranean
Abarbanell
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Levi Eshkol
Abba Eban
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
U.N
Odd Bull
Security Council
Eilat
Scanal
Speedboat Run On Mississippi Takes 39 Hours
Mr and Mrs Louis Cooley of St Louis Missouri completed a 39 hour 2 minute speedboat run down the Mississippi from Helena Arkansas to New Orleans. The 20 foot boat with a 420 horsepower motor faced a hole in the hull and docking troubles before reaching New Orleans with delays near Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge and Helena.
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New Orleans
Louis Cooley
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Cooley
Down River
Helena
Ark
Cooleys
Vicksburg
Natchez
Miss
Baton Rouge
Weather Outlook for Louisiana and Twin Cities
Cloudy warm day forecast across Northeast Louisiana with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers likely on Tuesday. Highs 85 to 89 today, lows 64 to 68 tonight. winds variable to southeasterly 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances 30 percent Tuesday, amounts under a quarter inch.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory
U.S. Faces Romania Tension As Moscow Moves
Washington officials weigh Soviet troop movements near Romania after the Czech invasion. Ambassador Dobrynin’s denial of plans to invade Romania eases some fears, while NATO envoys convene to assess security implications and U.S. forces in Europe remain scheduled to return home.
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Washington
Neras Pampania
Annesarad Cama
Kremlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
Johnson
San Antonio
Moscow
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Rusk
Dobrynin
State Department
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nations
United States
U.S
Pentagon
Germany
NATO
Chuckle Egotism Analyzes Self Deception in rut
The piece jokes that egotism is the trait that makes a man stuck in a rut believe he is in the groove. It plays on confidence fantasy and social perception with a light humorous twist.
Iran Earthquake Devastates Northeast Killing Thousands
Iran observes national mourning after a quake near Kakhak leveled the region, causing more than 8,000 deaths and about 100,000 homeless across 30 towns. The Shah directs relief with aids like water, food, field hospitals, and air support as Prime Minister Hoveyda visits the disaster zone.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Amir Abass
Hoveida
Ghasvin
Kakhak
Biaz-Abad
Nixon Attacks LBJ Regime Over Taxes and Inflation
Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, accuses the Democratic administration of breaking faith with American workers. In a Labor Day message from New York he cites taxes and rising prices eroding wage gains since 1965 and warns inflation weighs on justice and right and wrong.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Four Transplant Patients Improve in Houston Mass Operation
In Houston four transplant recipients show improvement after organs from a 20 year old shooting victim. Heart recipient William Carroll and lung recipient William Whaley sit up and eat. kidney recipients Thomas Stevenson and William Kaiser progress well. The donor Nelva Hernandez’s corneas also were donated.
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Houston, Tex
Methodist Hospital
William C. Carroll
Scottsdale, Ariz
William J. Whaley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Thomas A. Stevenson
Houston
William C. Kaiser
Odessa
Tex
Michael E. DeBakey
Nelva Lou ‘Hernandez
Ike Continues To Show Gains
Army doctors at Walter Reed Hospital report President Dwight D. Eisenhower made favorable progress after his seventh heart attack. In a 10 a.m. bulletin, doctors say he had a good night and continued favorable progress following the August 16 attack.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Eisenhower
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