Quadruple Police HQ attack rocks Saigon
Viet Cong terrorists used a jeep and a car packed with explosives to crash into the South Vietnamese national police headquarters in Saigon. Four policemen were killed and about 20 wounded, possibly including six Americans. The blast damaged Col. Pham Van Lieu's home next to the compound, and attackers fled under machine-gun fire. US sources say the strike followed increased police activity, marking the first major Saigon attack in seven weeks.
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South Viet Nam
National Police
Pham van Lieu
Col. Lieu
U.S
My Canh
Quang Tri
North Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
U.S. Navy
Oriskany
Ky Anh
Coral Sea
da Nang
An Xuyen
U.S. MI
Chu Lai
Hanoi
Old West Encounter: Driver Hits Horse on Md 76 Sunday
Emmitsburg motorist Robert D. Houck 18 struck a horse after seeing 16 horses and riders from a Sunday School group on Md 76 near Moatter's Station. Rider Albert Radisch 24 fell. horse leg damaged. Houck's 1954 sedan $125 damage. No charges filed.
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Emmitsburg
Robert D. Houck
RFD 3
Paul C. Crutchley
MD. 76
Moatter’s Station
Houck
Albert Radisch
RFD 2
Keymar
Radisch
Land Rezoned For Shopping Center Near Yellow Springs
Frederick County Commissioners approved a 13 acre rezoning from R-1 to B-1 in Yellow Springs, submitted by Thomas D. Kline. Fifty residents supported the change. three opposed and the school superintendent raised concerns. Located near Md. 73 and Yellow Springs Elementary, initial plans include a service station and grocery store with eventual shopping center expansion.
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Frederick County
Yellow Springs
Thomas D. Kline
Winchester Hall
MD. 73
Kline
Ship Wreck Claims 45 27 Rescued
In a Chilean coast disaster the navy reported forty five sailors died and twenty seven were rescued after the cutter Janequeo sank on rocks near Bahia San Pedro. The ship sought to aid the grounded Lens coton as a week long storm raged in southern Chile. Experienced high seas delayed rescue for the Janequeo and Leucoton survivors.
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Santiago
Chile
Navy
Bahia San Pedro
Lenscoton
Concepcion
Maryland lawmakers weigh consolidating state prisons
A Maryland special prisons committee is studying proposals to unify all penal institutions under one department and to computerize prisoner records. Delegate Goodloe E. Byron says the panel may sponsor reform, including using IQ based parole status data and eliminating fragmented agency control. He notes ongoing talks and meetings with the correctional commissioner Vernon Pepersack and parole board officials.
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Maryland
Goodloe E. Byron
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Byron
Health Department
Welfare Department
Department of Prisons
Byron Is Meeting With the State Commissioner of Correctional Institutions
Vernon L. Pepersack
Parole Board
Parole Classification Board
Rothenhoefer Begins Work With City as Engineer
Robert J. Rothenhoefer started orientation as city engineer to succeed Robert Whiteford who departs Sept. 15 for the Community Research and Development Corporation in Baltimore. Rothenhoefer, a former senior design engineer at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, is a Frederick native and son of former city engineer Frank W. Henhoefer.
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Robert J. Rothenhoefer
Robert Whiteford
Whiteford
Baltimore
Othenhoefer
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Rothenhoefer
Frederick
Frank W.henhoefer
Taylor Outlines Four Point Plan for Viet Nam Victory
Washington AP Gen Maxwell D Taylor former ambassador to Saigon details a four point strategy for winning the Viet Nam war. 1) maximum effort in South Viet Nam to defeat Viet Cong 2) air strikes on North Viet Nam 3) strengthen South Viet Nam's government 4) readiness to talk peace with any sincerely seeking honorable settlement.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Viet Nam
Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Rioting Wrong LBJ Says Rioting Wrong
President Johnson praised the easing of the Los Angeles riots and warned that violent disregard for law is a grave wrong in a democracy. He tied disorders to unjust conditions and urged adherence to legal processes to protect lives. Ford urged law enforcement and cross race cooperation. The New York stock market extended its advance into a fourth straight session.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Los Angeles
Washington
Republican House
Gerald R Ford Jr
Michigan
Ford
CBS
New York
City Bicycles Lag Behind in Annual Inspection Push
Chief Charles V. Main reported only 512 bicycles inspected in the first week of the city police annual program, with an estimated 5,000 bicycles in the city. All bicycles must be inspected and registered by month end or will be impounded. Major defects include brakes, tires, chains, seats, and handlebars. Upcoming inspection sites and times are listed for Elm Street School, Baker Park Bandshell, and Washington Street School across specified wards and street boundaries.
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Charles V. Main
Main
Webks
Elm Street
Pers Onns
North Market Street
Fourth Street
Dill
Rosemont
Seventh Street
Record Catch At Copperhead Roundup Near York
Eight copperhead snakes were captured during the weekend as part of the fifth annual snake hunt near York. About 225 participants, including 20 women, took part in the event organized by the Conservation Society of York County. In addition to the eight copperheads, 135 nonpoisonous snakes were bagged.
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York Pa
York
The
Conservation Society of
York County
Rioters Move Into All White Sections Across So Cal
Violent clashes spread from Watts to Long Beach Hollywood Sylmar and San Diego as thousands of rioters attacked homes and businesses. One officer was mortally wounded and 30 people died while 2,412 were arrested as guardsmen and police imposed curfews and sought to regain control.
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Long Beach
Calif
Watts
Richard Lefebvre
Sylmar
San Fernando Valley
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
Wilmington
Harbor
Los Angeles
San Diego
van Nuys
San Bernardino
California
49Th
49Th National Guard
Glenn Anderson
Edmund G Brown
Brown
Congress Tackles Farm Aid and Antipoverty Bill
Republicans in Congress prepare to challenge Johnsons antipoverty program and the farm bill. The Senate opens debate on a $165 billion poverty bill to fund a second year of antipoverty efforts, while the House begins debate on an omnibus farm bill with provisions to raise wheat farmers income. The fight centers on governors veto rights over projects and last minute revisions to soften opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
House
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Committee
The
Graham plans LA visit amid racial rioting concerns
Evangelist Billy Graham boarded a plane to Southern California to confer with a Negro aide in Los Angeles about the riots. He had previously urged congressional action to curb violence, warning that sinister forces aim to pit race and class against each other to overthrow the government, and prepared to meet Ralph Bell of the Graham crusade team.
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Los Angeles
California
Montreat
Fap
Bully Graham
Quiet Springfield Faces Civil Rights Arrest Fallout
Springfield Massachusetts peaceful as federal conciliators move to mend a widening rift after 67 civil rights demonstrators were arrested over the weekend. Civil rights leaders accuse seven police officers of brutality and urge the City Police Commission to act promptly on July charges.
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Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
City Police Commission
Reds Show Dark Side Of Moon
MOSCOW AP The Soviet Union released clear pictures of the moon’s far side showing more craters fewer seas and more mountains than the near side The images from Zond 3 taken July 20 and transmitted to earth aboard Tass indicated chains of minor craters across the invisible hemisphere confirming earlier hints that the two lunar faces differ.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
Yuri Lipsky
Shternberg Astronomical Institute
Tass
Moon
Lipsky
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