Bombers Silence North Viet Guns In Major Raids
U S bomber crews claimed 10 antiaircraft positions silenced along a northeast rail route in North Vietnam during 127 raids. They also hit three SAM sites near Hanoi and a fourth nine miles away, while Navy planes damaged Thanh Hoa sites. Ground fighting near Saigon saw 38 Viet Cong killed in a quick regional-forces action amid broader losses.
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U.S
Hanoi
Navy
Haiphong
Tonkin Gulf
South Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Red Capital
Coral Sea
Thanh Hoa
Probe Delayed By Bomb Scare Grands Jury Hearing Cosa Nostra Leaders
A bomb scare shut down a Queens Courthouse grand jury session as 12 reputed Cosa Nostra leaders and their lawyers waited outside the fifth floor. Police searched the building after a phone report. 13th witness Gambino reportedly ill and did not appear. The twelve were released on bail as material witnesses amid talk of possible immunity.
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New York
Cosa Nostra
Queens
Nat Hentel
Grand Jury
Carlo Gambino
Gambino
Hentel
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT: Del Bragg Enlists in Air Force
Gilbert Del Bragg, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs H. Del Bragg, of Monroe, has joined the U S Air Force and reported to Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas. He is a 1965 graduate of Ouachita Parish High School. The local Air Force recruiting office signed six men for delayed enlistment. The enlistees include David Cleveland Danna Thomas Wayne Chandler Barry Clay Erwin Robert Herman Hollis and Hank Hanna Taylor with various departure dates.
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Gilbert del Bragg
H. & Bragg
Dick Taylor Sr
Monroe
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Tex
Bragg
Ouachita Parish High School
U. S. Air Force
David Cleveland Danna
Thomas Wayne Chandler
Barry Clay Erwin
Robert Herman Hollis
Hank Hanna Taylor
Gemini 11 spacewalk fatigue and tough rendezvous
Gemini 11 astronaut Richard Gordon described fatigue and a high heart rate before the walk. He and Charles Conrad Jr. executed a rapid rendezvous with an Agena, but the tethering task took about 30 minutes instead of 30 seconds, with sweat impairing his vision during the challenging spacewalk.
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Manned Space Center
Houston, Tex
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Otrvit
Gordon
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Court Tosses Out Charge In Racial Strife
In Hayneville Alabama Circuit Judge Worth Thagard dismissed an assault and battery indictment against Thomas L. Coleman a former special deputy sheriff tied to a racial violence incident in Lowndes County Coleman cannot be indicted again or tried for the shotgun attack on Rev Richard Morrisree a Chicago based priest The ruling ends that charge while paving the way for a possible later indictment on a more serious offense in the same case Also noted was the upcoming murder case against Ku Klux Klansman Eugene Thomas in the Liuzzo killing
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Hayneville
Ala
Lowndes County
Worth Thagard
Thomas L. Coleman
Richard Morrisree
Chicago
Eugene Thomas
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Coleman
Richmond Flowers
Noile Prasse
Thagard
Flowers
Orleans Jury to Hear Subpoenas in Crime Probe
Orleans Parish district attorney’s office ordered subpoenas for two Crime Commission officials to testify before the grand jury on Thursday. Aaron Kohn and E Claggett Upton were summoned to provide any evidence of organized crime linked to the New Orleans area amid a feud over the issue. Mayor Schiro called for turning over any organized crime evidence to police.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Metropolitan Crime Commission
Grand Jury
Charles Ray Ward
Commission
Aaron Kohn
Crime Commission
E. Claggett Upton
District Attorney's
The
District Attorney’s Office
Bour
Bon Street
Linda Brigette
Miss Brigette
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Ward
Kohn
Upton
DA Commission
Victor Schiro
Police Department
Service College Tests Set For Nov 18 and 19
Selective Service announces the fifth and sixth SSCQ tests will be held Friday and Saturday November 18 and 19 at the Monroe draft board office. Eligible registrants must apply in person by October 21 and have not taken prior SSCQ tests. The three hour exam covers 150 multiple choice items with no college prerequisites.
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Louisiana
U. S. Selective Service
Erben W. Wise
Marjorie Harding
Monroe
Gen. Wise
Thundershowers Expected In Twin Cities Weather
The weatherman forecasts partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Highs to 85 to 93, lows near 65 to 69, south winds around 15 mph, Sunday high 88 and a 61-degree low this morning.
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Twin Cities
Erhard and LBJ to Visit U S Space Center Cape Kennedy
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard met in Washington for nearly two hours to discuss NATO trade space and military questions. They planned a joint trip to Cape Kennedy to view U S space activities and consider German purchases of U S military equipment while discussing easing Bonn's burden on hosting 200000 U S troops.
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Washington
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
NATO
Cape, Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Cape Kennedy
White House
Bill D. Movers
Movers
Erhard
Germany
State Department
Secretary of
Bonn
Rusk
George W. Ball
Halt of Bombing Reports Denied
White House press secretary Bil D. Moyers said there is no truth to reports that the United States has suspended bombing of North Vietnam. He initially declined comment, then confirmed there was no bombing pause after checking the situation.
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Washington
White House
Bil D. Myers
United States
Viet Nam
New York
London
Hanoi
United Nations
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Moyers
Typhoon Toll Tops Japan with Hundreds Dead and Missing
Tokyo reports 197 dead and 123 missing after back to back typhoons strike the Tokyo Mt Fuji area. U.S. forces report millions in damage across Atsugi base and installations as rescue efforts continue amid power failures and mudslides.
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Tokyo
Japan
Leae Tanaawa Ahac
Mvyonoorn Iua
Mt. Fuji
National Police
Uss
Nagoya
U.S. Army
Pacific
Yamanashi Prefecture
Tole
Ashiwada
Saiko
U.S
U.S. Naval Air Station
Atsugi
Hurricane Inez Heads Toward Leeward Islands
Tropical storm Inez strengthened into a hurricane with 80 mph winds and advanced toward the Leeward Islands. Warnings extended from Marie Galante to Antigua as the storm nears Tuesday and threatens Puerto Rico while southeast of Guadeloupe and east of Puerto Rico.
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Miami
Fla
Tropica
Inez
Leeward Islands
Weather Bureau
Leewards
Caribbean Sea
Marie Galante
Antigua
Puerto Rico
Florida
Student Is Glad Robber Bad Shot
Arlington Heights Illinois AP Benjamin Wallenbecker Jr a Northwestern University graduate student confronted a robber at Monaco Drug and Liquors taking back $4000 after five gunshots. The robber Anthony Lizio 34 fled and was arrested for armed robbery.
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Arlington Heights, Ill
William Wallenbecker Jr
Northwestern University
Monaco Drug and Liquors
Tled
Anthony Lizio
Lizio
Wallenbecker
Hanoi Pilots Get Training To Fly MIG21s
Reports say Soviet aid to North Vietnam has boosted its MIG21 fleet as pilots train in Russia. An 800-strong Soviet mission assists North Vietnamese forces with aircraft, antiaircraft rockets, and construction help amid rising U.S. air pressure.
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Hanoi
London
UPI
Russia
North Viet Nam
Red China
Institute For Strategic Studies
Egypt
Algeria
Syria
Senate approves merger bill for pro football leagues
The Senate passed a measure to legalize the proposed merger of the National and American football leagues. It would exempt steps to combine the leagues from antitrust laws while not granting full immunity. plans include a championship game, a combined draft, and interleague preseason games. The bill also extends anti televising protections to high school games equivalent to college rules from 1961.
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Washington
Senate
House
Your Account Longer Than Your Mother Did
A humorous credit manager letter notes the account has sat on the books for over a year, remarking with a playful dig that the debtor has been carried longer than their mother. The line echoes a lighthearted financial tease from a bygone era.
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