Forceful aviation surge as Vietnam War widens
U S and Vietnamese troops push through South Vietnam jungles for a third day with continued air strikes on North and South Vietnam. A Marine helicopter with four Americans and nine Vietnamese aboard was shot down near Da Nang. 13 crew and passengers presumed dead. Enterprise carries 118 planes on second day of combat dropping 102 tons on Viet Cong targets. 60 structures destroyed, 65 damaged.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
da Nang
Enterprise
South
Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Hanoi
7Th Fleet
Ernest C. Small
North Viet Nam
Washington
Defense Department
Doubtful Viet Peace Move Tests Global Effort
In Johnson City Texas AP report the chance of a multination peace offensive on Viet Nam dimmed after British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart suggested a joint UK Soviet conference for a cease fire. Secretary Rusk said the US would attend any Southeast Asia talks but Stewart later said the Soviet Union would not negotiate. Rusk and Johnson asserted readiness to talk but Hanoi and Beijing favored Geneva machinery.
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Johnson City
Tex
Viet Nam
Michael Stewart
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Johnson
United States
Southeast Asia
Stewart
Moscow
U.S
Washington
Rusk
St. Louis
Hanoi
Britain
South
United Nations
Gemini 7 Launch Nears Amid Bright Weather Outlook
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell proceed with final preparations for a two week mission from Cape Kennedy as meteorologists predict acceptable conditions despite a weather front. Lovell's wife awaits potential birth, while mission teams monitor pad damage and rendezvous plans with Gemini 6 for a nine to 15 day flight window.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space
Space Agency
United States
Florida
NASA
Borman
Houston
Tex
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Christopher Kraft
Kraft
William Schneider
Lovell
Break-In Fails to Reward Intruders in Morris
Burglars struck Morris last night at Morris Tire and Appliance on Division Street but failed to steal. A broken small south window and ransacked desk drawers were found. For the third time in three weeks, John J. Diederick Implement Co. on Division Street reported broken south side panes, with rocks believed used.
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Morris
Morris Tire
Division St
Donald Ward
John J. Diederick Implement Company
Weather forecast and temperatures at Collins Weather Station
The official forecast calls for windy and colder conditions tonight with a low near 30. Saturday should be fair with little temperature change and a high in the 40s, while Sunday looks partly cloudy and mild. Thursday's high was 43 and the low 37, with 9 am temperature at 40 and precipitation at .11 inch.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
British planes arrive in Zambia as Rhodesia talks continue
British Royal Air Force planes land in Lusaka and Ndola as negotiations persist on stationing British ground troops in neighboring Rhodesia. The moves aim to bolster Zambia's air defenses and deter further incursions, with Kaunda seeking guarantees over Kariba Dam protection.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Rhodesia
Britannia
Kenya
Ndola
Kenneth Kaunda
Britain
RAF
London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Royal Air Force
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Kaunda
Kariba
Aided War Vets, Now 100 Yrs Old
Washington AP report says Adelia M. Hoyt, director of the Library of Congress Braille section, celebrates her 100th birthday. The Iowa born reformer mentored over 2,000 transcribers and will receive a $100 birthday gift from the Association of the Workers for the Blind of the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Adelia M. Hoyt
Library of Congress
Association of the Workers For the Blind of
District of Columbia
Miss Hoyt
Natchez Negro Boycott Near End Claims NAACP Victory
In Natchez Mississippi the three month Negro boycott pushed downtown commerce toward economic strain. NAACP leaders announced a settlement with 21 stores that agreed to hire more Black workers and greet Black customers with courtesy titles. Some groups oppose the accord, but officials say the boycott achieved its leverage.
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Natchez
Miss
NAACP
Charles Evers
National Assention For the Advancement of Colored People
John Nosser
Evers
South
Mississippi River
Four Military Bases Within Blackout Area
A power failure blacked out four bases including Biggs and Ft. Bliss and Blacked out El Paso and Juarez affecting El Paso area civilians. President Johnson ordered a federal probe with J R Johnson of the Federal Power Commission to determine the cause.
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EL Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Johnson
United States
Canada
el Paso Electric Co
Newman
J.R Johnson
Federal Power Commission
Ft. Worth
Joseph Laitin
Laitin
Holloman Air Force Base
Biggs Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Army
Ft. Bliss
U.S
White
Juarez
el Paso Electric
Public Service Co. of
Albuquerque
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Public Service Co
Elephant Butte Dam
Truth Or Consequences
N.M
Ray Lockhart
Judson Williams
el Paso International Airport
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Dong Hoi
17Th Parallel Frontier
Chu Pong
la Drang Valley
Rock Island
Stratton Park
Illinois River
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Freedomland
Enrique Carneado
Passaic
N.J
Dulce
Margarita
Miami
Andrei A. Gromyko
Peking
Outlook
Gemini
Charles Mathews
Globe
Louisiana
Lilly Skinner
New Orleans
William
James
Deborah
David
Brenda
Natchez Negro
Archie Jones
Adams County
Main
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