Jets Hit North Viet Power Plant Near Haiphong
US Air Force Thunderchief jets struck the Uong Bi steam power plant 14 miles northeast of Haiphong, knocking out 15 percent of North Viet Nam's electric power. One F-4 plane was shot down. pilot Capt. Barry D. De Witt evacuated with a broken leg and facial injuries.
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Saigon
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Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Red River Delta
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Hanoi-Haiphong
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Idaho
Shuman Reelected By Bureau
CHICAGO Charles B. Shuman of Sullivan was reelected president of the American Farm Bureau Federation by unanimous vote at the convention. He will serve a two year term. Walter L. Randolph of Montgomery Ala was re elected vice president, a post he has held since 1953. The convention backed a resolution supporting U S military action in Viet Nam and opposing Communists. Washington White House discounted tax increase talk for Viet Nam. An official said withholding rates for income taxes could be revised in 1966, but no decision yet.
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Charles B. Shuman
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Big Farm Organization
Walter L. Randolph
Montgomery
Ala
Randolph
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Free World
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White House
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Berlin
McNamara
NATO
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
United States approves loan to India for development
New Delhi reports the United States approved a loan totaling 73.5 million rupees in surplus American foods payments. Part of the funds will refinance loans at the Industrial Development Bank of India to support industrial development through other banks.
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Rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7 Captures Moon Mission Milestone
Gemini 6 and 7 astronauts completed history making in flight rendezvous over the Pacific near the Philippine Islands. Stafford and Seaberg from Gemini 6 approached Borman and Lovell aboard Gemini 7 within 100 to 180 miles apart, achieving a nose to nose pass at about 17,500 miles per hour.
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James A. Lovell Jr
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Indian Ocean
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Armed Man Subdued at Davenport
A 41 year old man was held after police said he pointed a loaded revolver at a policeman before the officer and his partner disarmed and subdued him. Eugene Lewis of Marion Illinois was charged with assault with intent to murder. Officers John Mettet and Merle Coops responded to a report of a man posing as an FBI agent at the General Lease Way garage. Lewis allegedly drew a switch blade and then a revolver, pressed the gun barrel to Metter’s stomach and aimed at Coops. The officers wrestled the weapon away and restrained Lewis after a struggle.
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Eugene Lewis
Marion
John Mettet
Merle Coops
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General Lease Way
FBI
Cooper
Lewis
Metter
Cold Wave Spreads South From Rockies With Snow
Subzero air tracked southward behind a snowstorm sending 4 to 10 inch bands across western and central Kansas while another disturbance moved lighter snowfall from the Northern Plains to New England. Hibbing Minnesota saw two inches more for 27 inches on the ground as the cold air pushed south and to 20 below zero at Butte, raising travel hazards.
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Associated Press
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Kansas
New England
Raids Cause Roof Damage At Saigon Suburb Police Station
Salvaged material outside a Saigon police station on the outskirts was damaged after Viet Cong raiders blasted part of the roof and wrecked the interior. They sprayed the area with machine gun fire and tested hazardous devices in the incident today, according to AP photographs.
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Fluoridation Approved by Muscatine Board of Trustees
Muscatine’s municipal water system won approval for fluoridation by a 250 vote of trustees. J. W. Andersen, general manager, was directed to prepare plans and bid specs and to obtain cost estimates for fluoridation equipment and operation. No bid date set. The action surprised some, taken on Gilbert Lawrence’s motion.
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J. W. Andersen
Gilbert Lawrence
Andersen
British Prime Minister Heads to See LBJ and U.N.
Harold Wilson leaves London for Washington to meet President Johnson and address the U N General Assembly. Topics include Viet Nam and Rhodesia with possible tougher sanctions on Rhodesia’s white minority regime. An oil embargo and coordination with the United States on airlifting oil to landlocked Zambia are discussed. Wilson plans further talks with Johnson on a Rhodesia airlift and prospects for peace in Viet Nam.
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McNamara warns of Chinese nuclear threat to NATO
Paris reports say Secretary McNamara warned NATO ministers that Red China may stockpile nuclear weapons in two years and possibly deploy intercontinental missiles by 1975. He urged European members to prepare now for a Chinese nuclear challenge within five years while promising continued U.S. resolve in Europe and Asia and no major NATO force redeployments. He cited China’s 2.3 million strong army and allied militias as part of the threat.
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