Casualties In War Soar To New High
In Saigon, U S forces logged the highest weekly casualties of the war. Last week American losses totaled 970 with 142 killed and 825 wounded, plus three missing or captured. Vietnamese casualties were 98 killed and 280 wounded as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses rose to 1,165.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Redneedh
Ine Nara
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
la Drang
Marines Drive Hill 400 From North Viettroops In Fierce Battle
U S Marines forced elite North Vietnamese troops off Hill 400 and then attacked a second fortified hill near the DMZ. Kilo Company of the 3d Marines fought four major assaults and finally routed the enemy on the fifth. Marines pressed on amid ammo and water shortages as helicopters struggled to resupply. About 72 enemy bodies were found and Marine estimates put enemy kills at over 60, amid heavy bombardment that left the hill scarred and jungle torn.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Kilo Company
3Rd Battalion
4Th Marines
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT rewards drive with donated station wagon
A local citizen donated a used station wagon to the Open Door Home of West Monroe after reading a story about the Rev. Wayne Gentry and staff aiding destitute mothers and children. The Rev. Gentry called it highly useful as newsroom colleagues celebrated the contribution.
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Wayne Gentry
West Monroe
Gentry
Solons To Probe School Guidelines
Washington AP report on congressional consideration of a desegregation inquiry. House Rules Committee debates whether to task Judiciary or form a special panel, with a Friday hearing planned for Harold Howe II of Education. Senator Mansfield comments on pace of desegregation in schools and hospitals.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Harold Howe II
Education
Socialist Party Office Bombed In New York
A home made firebomb was thrown through a second floor office window of the Socialist Workers party causing a small fire. Three other firebombs exploded against the building walls. Earlier on Sept 4 a bomb damaged the Communist party paper, the Worker.
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New York
Socialist Workers Party Today
Communist Party
The
Worker
Red Prison Camp Resembles Nazis Dachau in Vietnam
Ten battered prisoners freed from a Viet Cong camp in Phu Yen Province described conditions as resembling Dachau. Captured by American forces of the 101st Airborne, they faced malnutrition boils pneumonia skin infections and bone deformities after months of captivity. The rescue followed a brief clash in which two Viet Cong were killed and three wounded. authorities reported more captives were driven away as the camp was overrun. Survivors said about 100 prisoners had died in the camp with one man dying from malnutrition upon discovery and four graves found.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dachau
Phu Yen
Stephen M. Wilson
Carolette St
Baton Rouge
Wilson
327Th Infantry
101St Airborne Division
U.S
Thomas B. Agerton
Winter Haven
Fla
Agerton
San Francisco Riot Forces Use Shoot to Kill Orders
Police and National Guardsmen with shoot to kill orders restore order in riot torn Negro districts after the Tuesday killing of a Black youth by a white officer. Maj. Gen. Teith says a quiet night could allow guard withdrawal Friday. Tempers flare amid heat as thousands of guardsmen patrol, curfew imposed. the incident involved youth Matthew Johnson, 16, who fled a stolen car.
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San Francisco
National
Paul R. Teith
49Th Infantry Division
Harland Smith
Los Angeles Watts
John F. Shelley
Edmund G. Brown
Alvin Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Mob dispersal ends St. Louis protest after march on police HQ
In downtown St. Louis a crowd of about 100, largely Negro youths, threw objects at cars and storefronts during a Wednesday protest tied to the weekend fatal shooting of Russell Hayes, 24, of East St. Louis. A firefighter was struck by a rock as windows were shattered and police dispersed the mob after a fourth night of demonstrations.
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ST. Louis
Russell Hayes
East St. Louis
Hayes
Fog Shrouds Monroe Area As Weather Clears
Dense fog blanketed the Monroe area this morning and lifted by mid-morning. Twin Cities forecast calls for partly cloudy skies into Friday with variable winds 5 to 12 mph. Daytime highs expected 80 to 84, overnight lows 60 to 65. Wednesday’s high near 73 and a morning low around 57.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
Trial Decreed For Hijackers In Argentina
President Ongania ordered hijackers who forced a DC4 to land on the Falkland Islands to stand trial. The incident, tied to Argentina’s claim over the Falklands, saw 48 aboard and resulted in peaceful Port Stanley housing for passengers and crew. Officials weighed options to repatriate travelers amid Prince Philip’s Buenos Aires visit.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Carlos Ongania
Falkland Islands
London
Falklands Islands
Falklands
Falkland Capital
Port Stanley
Falkland
el Condor
South Atlantic
Tierra del Fuego
Prince Philip
Elizabeth II
Solons To Get Redistrict Plans In Louisiana
Baton Rouge UPI reports Governor McKeithen’s commission will mail House and Senate remapping plans to 144 Louisiana lawmakers. The panel decides which plans to offer before the November special session on reapportionment. Federal judges require one person, one vote by January 1.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Governor’s Commission
House
Senate
Louisiana
McKeithen
Georgia segregationist wins Georgia governorship nomination
Lester G. Maddox, a staunch segregationist and furniture merchant, won the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor, upsetting former Governor Ellis Arnall in a runoff. With 1,742 of 1,908 precincts reporting, Maddox led 419,557 to 356,078, rallying behind anti federal government, anti liberalism lines while Arnall warned Maddox was radical.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester G. Maddox
Georgia
Arnall
Maddox
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Eugene Talmadge
Reconstruction
Howard H. Callaway
Barry Goldater
Goldwater
Macon
Augusta
Columbus
Committee Okays Bill For Federal Aid To Schools
Washington AP The Senate Labor Committee backed a 6.2 billion two year bill extending federal aid to grade and high schools, trimming about 2 billion from earlier versions while surpassing President Johnson’s request by 1.9 billion. The panel dropped a Kennedy civil rights provision aimed at addressing de facto school segregation.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Gideon Society Formed in 1899 at Janesville Wisconsin
The Gideon Society was organized in 1899 at Janesville Wisconsin to spread the gospel to traveling businessmen and transients and place Bibles in hotel guest rooms.
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Gideon Society
Janesville
Wis
Apollo Crew Named For Second Moon Mission
NASA announced the selection of Walter M. Schirra Jr Donn F. Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham to fly the second three man Apollo mission. The flight is planned for spring next year and will last up to 14 days in Earth orbit. Schirra is command pilot with Eisele senior pilot and Cunningham pilot. Backup crews include Frank Borman Thomas Stafford and Michael Collins. Schirra, a Mercury veteran, is 43 and the oldest astronaut on the roster.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Earth
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
R. Walter Cunningham
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Schirra
Eisele
Cunningham
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B .Haffee
Frank Borman
Thomas P. Stafford
Michael Collins
Stafford
Death Toll Rises as Inez Hits Dominican Republic
Hurricane Inez battered the Barahona peninsula and southwestern Haiti with 160 mile per hour winds, leaving 23 dead, 500 injured, and 10,000 homeless on Guadeloupe. The storm threatened Cuba and forced evacuations as authorities prepared for further impact.
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Inez
Dominican Republic
Weather Bureau
Santo Domingo
Barahona
Haiti
Cuba
Caribbean
Judith
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Guadeloupe
Barahona Peninsula
Port Au Prince
Miami
Hispaniola
Navy
Army
Atlantic
Chuckle on Depression Punchline About Jobs and Wages
A dated humor line quips that the current downturn is oddly worse than a prior recession because everyone is employed yet broke. The joke pivots on the paradox of work without income, reflecting midcentury economic frustration in a lighthearted fashion.
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Inez Rios
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Jamaica
Miles
Santiago
Kingston
Bahama Islands
Barahone
Caribbean Sea
Republic
Solons
Judiciary
Emaneus Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Howe
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Welfare Department
Socialist Party
Red
Ulwer1tvan Lavidal Lvuletu
Ellis G. Arnall
Cape Verde Islands
Guantanamo Bay
RCA
Kenmore
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