Guerrilla attack hits Saigon area base and fuel dump
Viet Cong mortared the Nha Be Navy base and adjacent fuel dump near Saigon, wounding 34 Americans and 12 Vietnamese, damaging vessels and oil drums. Despite the attack, winds aided containment and officials reported lower U.S. casualties for the week, while North Vietnamese losses rose to 1,399 killed. Marines launched Pike and Kangaroo Kick drives in northern provinces as jet bombers hit targets near Hanoi.
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U.S. Special Forces
Ha Phan
Duc Pho
Redtiniaiestigtos
Saigon
UPD
U.S. Navy
U.S
Nha Be Navy Base
John F. Freund
Army
199Th Light Infantry
South China Sea
Freund
Nha Be
United States
Leatherneck
da Nang
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
House Passes Social Security Benefit Boost Plan
Washington AP reports House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan to raise Social Security benefits by at least 122 percent for many recipients effective after enactment. The measure also boosts payroll taxes, increases the wage base, and tightens Medicaid and welfare eligibility to fund the increases.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Michigan auction to include used barber pole
East Lansing police said the August 17 auction of confiscated or unclaimed items will feature a used barber pole among the items.
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East Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan State Police
Negro Youth Killed in Milwaukee Riot Night
Police shot and killed a Negro youth during a bomb incident in Milwaukee as National Guardsmen patrolled the racially troubled city. Four teens face arson charges as 20,000 rounds of ammo and multiple weapons are seized amid extensive sniping reports and a city curfew.
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Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Third Street
Reold
Negro College
Clifford McKissick
Whitewater State University
Maier
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Highway Toll Rises to 584 in Wisconsin 1967 Death Toll
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin's highway toll rose to 584 after a motorbike crash in Waukesha County killed a 15 year old rider Robert Brauch and injured his 20 year old passenger Evan Wirts. A second fatality involved Karen Weipert 21 of Watertown Iowa who died from injuries after a motorcycle crash near Arena on Highway 14.
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Associated Press
Waukesha
Iew
Wisconsin
Robert Brauch
Genesee Depot
Evan M. Wirts
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Brauch
Karen Weipert
Watertown
Iowa
Madison
Highway 14
Arena
Rioting Pattern Seen From Leftist Leaders
Washington report says Mississippi Senator Eastland links U.S. riots to Communist tactics including sniping looting and Molotov cocktails while Senator Brooke cautions about neglecting social and economic causes. Police chiefs cite outside agitators like H Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael as ignition sources.
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Washington
Mississippi
James
Eastland
Communist Party
Senate
U.S
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
Johnson
Advisory Commission On
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Senate Judiciary Committee
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Stokely Carmichael
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Civil Disorders Commission
Brice Kinnamon
Cambridge
Brown
Kinnamon
Judiciary Committee
Johnson proposes 10 percent surtax to finance Vietnam
President Johnson asks Congress for a 10 percent surtax on individuals and corporations to fund Vietnam War costs, targeting retroactive corporate tax changes and October 1 individual tax effective dates. He adds 45 thousand more troops to Vietnam, lifting U S commitment to 566 thousand, and outlines spending rises and defense reviews.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Westmoreland
William C. Westmoreland
Robert S. McNamara
Americas
Defense
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Oshkosh United Fund Sets Campaign Goal for Year
Oshkosh Area United Fund executive committee approved a campaign goal of $339,454.10, up $6,821.10 or 2.05 percent from last year, with director Charles Fiss noting national averages rise about 7.5 percent. The drive aims for more givers while keeping overhead at 28,789 dollars, about 88 percent of the goal, and will be led by campaign cabinet chairmen from nine divisions.
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Oshkosh Area
United Fund
Charles Fiss
S. Fiss
United Fund Campaign Cabinet
Fiss
Warren Coe
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Key Navy Base
Mirwep
LBJ
Senate Committee
Everett Dirksen
Ill
Jacob W. Schott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Schott
John A. Sarace
Nashville, Tenn
Carmichael
Foday’s Index
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