Enterprise Jets Fly 140 Sorties In Viet Nam Action
USS Enterprise joins air attack against Viet Cong and North Viet Nam targets near Hanoi as pilots log a record 140 sorties in one day. Downed planes and crews are rescued while missile site raids continue near Hanoi and along Highway 4 toward My Tho.
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Enterprise
Navy
Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Binh Chanh
North
Air Force
Mekong River
My Tho
Rhodesia threatens Kariba power plant in clash with Britain
Rhodesia plans to blow up Kariba Dam power station if British forces intrude. The move follows Harold Wilson’s pledge in London to protect Zambia’s power supply, signaling possible military action against Rhodesia after a recent pylon dynamiting that disrupted Zambia’s copper industry.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Karila
Zambesi
Rhodesia
Zambia
Northern Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
London
Britain
Zambia Accepts British RAF Use in Defense Amid Rhodesia Tensions
Zambia agreed to Britain's terms for basing Royal Air Force units to defend Zambia against Rhodesia, with Prime Minister Wilson signaling possible token RAF deployment and the potential use of ground troops. UK sanctions on Rhodesia followed its unilateral independence move. Kaunda held talks in Lusaka as international pressure mounted and OAU discussed emergency action.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
RAF
Zambia
Rhodesia
London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Kariba
Coadh
Kenya
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Lusaka
Kenneth Kaunda
Addis Ababa
Organizanu S Ontion For African Unity
OAU
Ian Smith
Engine Trouble Delays U S Congressmen Flight to New Delhi
A MATS plane carrying 11 U S congressmen from Bangkok to New Delhi made an emergency landing in Calcutta after engine trouble. The group led by Rep. Clement Zablocki was to meet Indian Vice President Zakir Hussain. the meeting was cancelled.
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New Delhi
UPS
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
U.S
Calcutta
Bangkok
Thailand
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Indian Air Force
Zakir Hussain
Federal Judges Hear Texas Poll Tax Challenge
Three federal judges hear arguments in the first Voting Rights Act case against Texas poll tax. The Justice Department argues the tax discriminates against Negroes, while Texas defends the tax as constitutional. Court dates set for Mississippi Alabama and Virginia cases. Texas judges AdriAn Spears Homer Thornberry and John Brown preside.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas
U.S. Justice Department
Department
Justice Department
Congress
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
Waggoner iCarr
Carr
Stephen J. Pollak
U.S. Dist
Adrian Spears
San Antonio
U.S
Homer Thornberry
Austin
John Brown
Houston
Laos declares emergency war footing in southern provinces
The Laotian government declares a state of emergency in Tharek and Sa vannakhet near the Viet Nam border placing the area on a war footing. Officials cite violations of Geneva accords and report North Vietnamese prisoners and ongoing U S backed bombing to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Viet Nam
Tharek
Savannakhet
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Saigon
U.S
Thoung Uy
Kuprasit Abhay
Johnson urges wage price restraint for 1966 prosperity
President Johnson told Washington business leaders he expects record prosperity with no inflation in 1966 and urged wage and price restraint to align with federal guideposts. He linked sacrifices in Vietnam to economic discipline and reiterated an offer for unconditional talks toward peace.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Business Council
Washington
Viet Nam
Anyne
Escalation Of Viet Nam War Seen Inevitable
Washington reports warn of an imminent broadening of the Vietnam conflict as McNamara prepares a troop deployment plan likely pushing U S forces past 200 000. North Vietnam seeks Chinese aid while diplomats discuss possible peace talks and conditional air attacks suspending. President Johnson to review the situation with Rusk and McNamara after McNamara's Saigon trip.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
V. S
Red China
Dean Rusk
United States
Texas White House
Rusk
McNamara
Pentagon
Saigon
Forecast Sees More Rain For Odessa Mid area
The Odessa Midland region is forecast to receive more rain as a weak cool front moves south from the Panhandle. The U S Weather Bureau lists a 50 percent precipitation chance today and 30 percent tonight with drizzle and sprinkles already producing a trace by mid morning. Cloudy skies are expected to persist and then clear by the weekend with warmer temperatures. Dalhart reports a 25 degree overnight low as clearing progresses eastward ahead of the front.
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el Paso
Fort Worth
York
Okionora City
Ates
St. Louis
Odessa- Midland
Panhandle
U.S
Odessa
Dalhart
Denver City Man Killed In Accident
A 51 year old Denver City man Stanley Fortenberry died when a station wagon he rode in crashed into a grain truck on U S 82 near Plains. Driver Lewis Bundrant 38 of Lubbock hospitalized with multiple fractures. Truck driver Will Davis Jr. of Seminole uninjured. Investigators say the station wagon misjudged the truck lights as they struck 10 feet from impact. Fortenberry’s body taken to Singleton Funeral Home in Denver City with arrangements pending.
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Bundrant
Fortenberry
Singleton Funeral Home
Denver City
Kremlin Hint of Easing on NATO Nuclear Sharing
The Kremlin suggested it might soften its opposition to NATO nuclear sharing proposals. British sources said this could unblock talks on non proliferations. A two hour meeting between British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin raised the possibility of change.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Michael Stewart
Alexei Kosygin
Jury Weighs Conspiracy Charges Against Klansmen
An all white jury in Montgomery considers conspiracy counts against Collie Wilkins Eugene Thomas and William Eaton in the Liuzzo case. Jurors must decide if the three conspired to harass participants in the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Frank M. Johnson
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Eugene Thomas
William Eaton
Selma
Johnson
Liuzzo
Oklahoma school seeks buyer for surplus anti poverty funds
A local Oklahoma school faces difficulty locating a recipient for surplus anti poverty money. The report notes the program’s aim to reduce poverty and the challenge of finding an eligible entity to accept the funds. The piece reflects on bureaucratic hurdles and potential redirection of resources.
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Oklahoma
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