U.S. casualties rise as Vietnam conflict worsens
UPI reports heavy fighting on the northern coast where 143 American servicemen died last week. Alpha Company of the 4th Battalion, 47th Brigade, 9th Infantry suffered a devastating loss in a Mekong Delta encounter. May was the bloodiest month with 1,177 American deaths and 9,900 Communist fatalities.
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Mekong Delta
Alpha Company
4Th Battalion
47Th Brigade
9Th Infantry Division
Alpha
North Vietnam
Hanoi
China
Congress moves to cut off aid to Arab states in crisis
House Foreign Affairs Committee plans a provision in the 3.2 billion dollar foreign aid bill to withhold about 10 million dollars from Arab nations that broke relations with the United States during the Middle East crisis. The measure also records support for aid to Israel if requested. Egypt Yemen Syria Iraq Algeria Sudan Mauritania severed ties. Jordan retains support aid but did not sever relations.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
United States
Middle East
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Israel
Johnson
White House
Egypt
Yemen
Syria
Iraq
Algeria
Sudan
Mauritania
Jordan
City sues 20 for back taxes and penalties
The city filed suits totaling 24317 against 20 residents for back wage taxes and penalties with attorney Robert D. George handling the cases at the courthouse. Multiple defendants are named with individual tax and penalty amounts plus interest from various years. In another item, Joseph J. Jerome, owner of West Penn Motor Co., sues Chrysler Corp. for 300000 in federal court alleging loss of business due to license revocation and coercive pressure.
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Merle H. Klobelanz
W. Cherry St
Cleveland J. Wise
Scioto St
Chrysler Corp
Pittsburgh
UPI
Joseph J. Jerome
West Penn Motor Co
Tarentum
Chrysler Motor Corp
Chrysler
Jerome
New Kensington
Israel open to internationalizing Jerusalem holy places
Latin American diplomats report Israel's Foreign Minister Abba Eban told private talks that Israel is willing to relinquish authority over parts of the Old City of Jerusalem. The remark came as the General Assembly debated the Arab-Israeli crisis with U S and Soviet positions narrowing toward a compromise.
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UPI
Abba S. Eban
Israel
Jerusalem
Jordan
General Assembly
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Vietnam
Middle East
Italy
Denmark
Belgium
Pakistan
Mongolia
Turkey
Ukraine
Russia
Goldwater says GOP faces slim chances in 1968 race
Barry Goldwater told 1,500 Young Republicans in Omaha that no Republican presidential hopeful has more than a coin flip chance against President Johnson. He backed Nixon, praised Reagan, and doubted Rockefeller’s nomination. Dark horses he listed include Percy Hatfield Rhodes Ford and Laird.
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Neb
UPI
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Johnson
Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
George Romney
Charles Percy
National Young Republicans Federation
Nixon
California
Reagan
New York
Percy
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Ohio
James Rhodes
Michigan
Gerald Ford
Wisconsin
Melvin Laird
Death Record Notice Two Local Residents
Walter William Crothers aged 56 of 715 Main Street and Margaret B Reichert aged 52 of 201 North Ashland Avenue are listed in the death records.
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Walter William Crothers
Main St
Margaret B. Reichert
Ashland Ave
Nugent Welcomes Grandson As President Expected To Visit
The newborn Patrick Lyndon Nugent, son of Pat Nugent and Luci, is described as a robust Texan. President Johnson planned to visit Luci and the baby at Seton Hospital in Austin on Saturday. Luci, 19, and Pat, 23, named the child for the President and Pat’s father, with the baby weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
United States
Luci
Seton Hospital
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Austin
Patrick J. Nugent
B. Phillip Kocen
Pat
Patrick Nugent
Midwest
Patrick Lyndon
Nugent
Rebels Defy Britain as Crater District Burns in Aden
Arab rebels in Crater Aden refuse British control amid a two day riot. Mutinous Arab troops sparked the fighting and lootings while British soldiers held the rest of the protectorate. Officials report up to 51 dead and 51 killed or wounded among British and locals. 10 British troops killed, 29 wounded, 12 missing presumed dead.
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API
Crater
Britain
Red Sea
Fire Hits City Home In 108 E Wallace Ave
A fire at 108 E Wallace Ave caused about 13500 in damage with 7500 to the structure and 6000 to contents. Mrs Mary DeWitt and 3 year old Tina Rubino escaped with help after Mrs DeWitt woke to smoke and carried the girl to safety on the front porch. The fire alarm drew urgent response led by Chief John L Oberleitner and an ambulance was called.
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New Castle
Peter J. Rozzi
Bertelle Gagliardo
E. Wallace Ave
Mary DeWitt
John L. Oberleitner
Oberleitner
Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook and Temps
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers ending tonight or Friday. Partial clearing expected with not quite as warm temperatures. Highs today in the upper 70s to mid 80s, tonight lows in the 60s, little change Friday. 24 hour stats show a max 86, min 67, precipitation .01, Shenango River stage 4.6.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Senate moves toward final vote on Dodd censure
The Senate ready to censures Sen. Thomas J. Dodd on charges of misusing campaign funds and duplicating reimbursements. Debate nears end as leaders set noon session to vote with only summations remaining if no new amendments are offered.
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Dodd
Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Joseph R. McCarthy
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Long
Ethics Committee
John C. Stennis
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Stennis
Neither willing to budge on Kosygin Johnson meeting
President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin remained entrenched over meeting venue. Rusk and Gromyko argued three hours without ground rules, as both sides refused to yield on where talks would take place amid broader tensions.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
New York
Kosygin
Washington
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Johnson-Kosygin
Moscow
Los Angeles
Austin
Tex
Luci Nugent
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Rusk
Gromyko
Vietnam
Middle East
Hydrogen bomb test linked to Red China plane drop
Reports from Washington state that Red China used a plane drop in testing its first hydrogen bomb last weekend. The note contrasts a three year gap since the U S tested its first device. France will abstain in the UN General Assembly on the Soviet resolution condemning Israel. A U S Air Force Phantom jet and a four engine Constellation collided four miles north of Saigon tonight.
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UPI
Red China
United States
Paris
France
United Nations General Assembly
Soviet Union
Israel
Middle East
Saigon
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