Viet Cong Kidnap Village in Mekong Delta
Viet Cong guerrillas abducted an estimated 90 to 110 villagers in a dawn strike 75 miles southwest of Saigon. The mass kidnapping signals a Communist warning as delta support shifts toward the government. American forces reported heavy action nearby in Operation Attleboro and air raids against North Vietnam.
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UPI
Mekong
U.S
Attleboro
1St Air Cavalry Division
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Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South
Delta
Lawrence Clings to Life After Heart Attack
Former Pennsylvania Governor David L. Lawrence, age 77, remained alive in Pittsburgh with severe brain damage after a heart attack at a Sy ria Mosque rally. Dr. Campbell Moses said the heart was strong but brain injury was total.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Campbell Moses
Moses
Syria
Hoffa ends tax battle with $24,371 settlement
Teamster President James R. Hoffa and the IRS reached a settlement of $24,371 after a year long dispute. Hoffa paid far less than the government's $106,226 claim, with a month to settle or face liens. Attorneys argued a 1966 Supreme Court ruling allowed the deduction of legal fees in criminal cases.
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Detroit
UPI
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Internal Revenue Service
Hoffa
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Tax Court
Allin Pierce
IRS
Clarence Roby
Roby
Stanley Rosenblum
Gene Zafft
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
Teamster Pension Fund
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Today
Western Pennsylvania expects Nari abie cloudiness and wind with warmer conditions and showers including scattered thunderstorms. Highs reach 62 to 72 while tonight’s showers persist into Wednesday and temperatures cool northward. Low temps 35 to 40 north and 50 south with a 0.11 inch rainfall reported and Shenango River at 5.0 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Nariabie
Shenango River
Vietnam Constituent Assembly Denounces Military Veto Power
In Saigon more than 20 speakers denounced a decree giving Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu veto and amendment rights over the constitution. The rebellion targets the veto while noting a two thirds assembly majority can overrule him. The body, elected Sept 11 to draft a constitution for a future elected government, aims to finish by February.
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Saigon
UPI
Constituent Assembly
Firstpen
Nguyen van Thieu
Po floods force Italy into big recovery push
Flood waters in the Po valley recede as Italy struggles with the worst disaster in living memory. Authorities report at least 188 dead with fears the toll could reach 300 or more as 120,000 rescue workers cope with vast inundations across 40,000 square miles from Florence to the Po Delta.
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UPI
Italy
Po River Authority
Adriatic Sea
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Venice
Italian Alps
Paolo Emilio Taviani
Taviani
Rovigo
Indian troops guard New Delhi as rioting violence erupts
Indian army ringed key installations in New Delhi to halt a fresh wave of religious rioting sparked by cattle slaughter protests. Seven killed and dozens wounded as mobs attacked government buildings and Air India radio. Swamy Rameshwaranda among those arrested.
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New Delhi
UPI
G. L. Nanda
Indira Ghandi
Congress Party
India
Swamy Rameshwaranda
Air India Radio
GOP future at stake in Dixie today
Fifteen million Southern voters cast ballots in a general election that could reshape the Republican party in Dixie. In Georgia Florida South Carolina Alabama and other states GOP and Democratic battles shape the top races with turnout varying by county.
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Dixie
Atlanta
UPI
Republican Party
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Barry Goldwater
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Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
U.S
Virginia
Tennessee
Mississippi
South
New Wilmington
Neshannock Township
Raymond P. Shafer
Ellwood City
Milton Shapp
Lawrence County
Board of Elections
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Shapp
New Castle
Robert P. Casey
David Lawrence
Erie
Meadville
Philadelphia
California
Michigan
New York
Ronald Reagan
Edmund G. Brown
Reagan
Brown
George Romney
Hanna resigns as Union Two supervisor after 29 years
Edward S. Hanna aged 66 resigns as Union Township supervisor effective November 17 due to ill health after 29 years in office. Trustees Fee and Bidinotto express regret and table the resignation. Other actions include October bill disputes and recreation committee appointments. Police report limited Halloween vandalism and commendations for local youths.
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Edward S. Hanna
Union Township
James Fee
Francis Bidinotto
Bidinotto
Fee
Bidinetto
William Duff
Andy Solvonski
Robert McIver
Edna Rishel
Meadville
John Thompson
Gemini 12 crews cleared for Wednesday launch
Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin entered a final day of reviews and briefings for the closing mission. They were to study the four day flight plan and attend a final briefing with project officials as conditions, including a cold Devils Lake reading, were noted in UPI dispatches.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
James Lovell
Edwin
Buzz) Aldrin
Space
Moonflight lives for N C Woman's Club
Tri County standings end in a tie with four teams posting 7 2 records as page references note existing coverage. An editorial on inflation stays likely through mid sixty seven and appears on page four.
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Moonflight
N.C. Woman's Club
Deaths of Walter Earl Nancy Morrow and others
Death notices list Walter C. Earl 84 of RD 5 Mrs. Nancy E. Morrow 78 of 31142 S Jefferson St Morris Tranquillo 84 of Pittsburgh Orestis A. Quinn 88 of Neshannock Ave Joe Bednarik 52 of 206 S Beaver St Constantino DeSipio 75 of Ellwood City for November 8 1966 records.
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Nancy E. Morrow
S. Jefferson St. Morris Tranquillo
Pittsburgh
Orestis A. Quinn
Neshannock Ave
Joe Bednarik
S. Beaver St
President and First Lady vote early in Texas
President Johnson and First Lady cast ballots No 1 and No 2 at a Pedernales Electric Cooperative polling site in Johnson City Texas. He urged Texans to vote and forecast a record turnout for the off year election while praising Congress. Separately in Bonn West German Chancellor Erhard faced a no confidence pressure as Social Democrats pushed a vote on his tax policies and coalition tensions intensified.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Free Democrats
Erhard
Pentagon signals possible Viet Nam troop buildup to 500000
The Defense Department acknowledged that U S forces in Viet Nam could reach 500000 by the end of 1967 as McNamara’s remarks at the Texas ranch were interpreted. Current strength stands at 345000 with a plan to 400000 at year start.
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Charles W. Cord Dry
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
America
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
President Johnson
Texas Ranch
Pentagon
United Press International
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Ment
McNamara
U.S
McNamera
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