North Vietnam raids set war record with 156 missions
AP reports American warplanes carried out 156 strike missions against North Vietnam the greatest number in the war to date with no planes lost. Missions hit fuel depots and supply storage areas while Air Force jets caused many secondary explosions. Ground fighting near the DMZ involved Marines repelling a tank and artillery assault with about 50 enemy killed.
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Panhandle
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
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Pentagon Defends Viet Nam Casualty Notification Efforts
The Defense Department acknowledged occasional slip ups in notifying relatives of servicemen missing or captured in Viet Nam. It stressed in person initial casualty notices and followup aid, while defending the program as compassionate and responsive to families’ needs amid reported bureaucratic hurdles.
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Pentagon
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Department
Associated Press
LBJ Celebrates 58th Birthday At His Texas Ranch
President Johnson marked his 58th birthday with a Texas hill country visit after a brisk tour of Idaho Colorado and Oklahoma. He urged Soviet U.S. cooperation to avoid nuclear catastrophe and spoke to about 10 000 at the Arco Idaho reactor site endorsing nuclear arms restraint and improved East West ties.
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LBJ Ranch
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Colorado
Oklahoma
Soviet Union
Denver
Colo
Pryor
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Eight Killed In Accidents Weekend Toll Rises
The weekend traffic death toll reached eight with new fatalities in Ozaukee County and Fond du Lac. Cedarburg toddler Frank Lemke, 2, died after being run over on Wauwatosa Road in Mequon as a motorist stopped to investigate a parked car. Norbert H. Nelson, 37, of Chilton, was killed when his car left Highway 45 north of Fond du Lac and struck a tree. Steven Banta, 1, of Janesville, died from injuries after his tricycle rolled into a car’s path. Two rural Viroqua neighbors, Alvin Tally, 63, and Daniel Dach, 37, died in a separate crash Friday night.
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Wauwatosa
Mequon
Lemke
Norbert H. Nelson
Chilton
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Fond du Lac
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Francis Nelson
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Seefeld Funeral Home
Steven Banta
Gary Banta
Janesville
Viroqua
Alvin Tally
Daniel Dach
World Cup analysis calls for fair play and mystery
London University professor Alex Comfort argues in a magazine analysis that a successful World Cup series needs built in uncertainties and unfairness with a referee to blame. He even suggests a ritual where the referee would be killed and eaten, symbolically.
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UPN
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Alex Comfort
Peanuts Comic Strip Becomes Daily Feature in Oshkosh
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern will run the Peanuts strip daily on its comics page starting Monday. Creator Charles M Schulz explains Peanuts reflects lively, lovable kids whom he admires, and he has earned multiple humor and cartoonist awards in a long career.
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Daily Northwestern
King cancels Cicero march as rival group plans protest
In Chicago the West Side Organization denounces Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s open housing accord as a betrayal and vows a Sunday march into Cicero, a tense white suburb. King announces a 10 point program to integrate neighborhoods and urges prayers for marchers while Cicero police pledge to enforce the law. The town ordinance permitting marches was lifted for King’s event.
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Negro Ghetto
Red Sea
Roland Brani
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Chester Robinson
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Police And Deputies Keep Watch At Wisconsin Rally
In Wauwatosa Milwaukee police and deputies formed a shield between civil rights marchers and counterpickets amid racial tensions. No violence occurred. one man was arrested as an egg and cherry bombs were reported. The NAACP group led a protest seeking Judge James Cannon to resign from the Fraternal Order of Eagles over membership policy.
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Wauwatosa
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Councy
James Cannon
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Cannon
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Eagles
Senate passes advanced minimum wage bill to extend coverage
The Senate approved its version of minimum wage legislation by 51 to 17, boosting base pay from $1.25 to $1.60 and extending coverage to at least seven million workers. Conference with the House will decide final terms, including timing of the new $1.60 wage floor and coverage thresholds.
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Senate
House
Johnson
Afl-Cio
Canada’s Rail System Struck Rages Through Shutdown
Ottawa battles a nationwide rail strike with no action until Monday as Parliament convenes in special session. Unions representing 118,000 railworkers seek about 30 percent pay hikes, threatening layoffs in mining and newsprint sectors as Canadians rely on buses and planes to replace trains.
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Domeste
U. S
International Nickel Co. of Canada Ltd
Canada
Frday
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific
John R. Nicholson
Encephalitis Claims Eighth Texas Victim
The encephalitis death toll in Texas rose to eight with seven deaths in Dallas and a first in Corpus Christi. Dallas counts 102 suspected cases, 77 confirmed. Corpus Christi 85 suspected, 20 confirmed. Two C123 Air Force planes to spray Dallas County with Marathon insecticide, a second bombing to curb mosquitoes. Sunday, three planes to spray Corpus Christi area weather permitting. Dallas/Fort Worth both see rising case counts.
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Dallas
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Air Force
Dallas County
Fort Worth
Wisconsin Democrats Backed Minimum Wage Bill Vote
AP reports Wisconsin senators William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson joined colleagues in voting for the minimum wage bill on Friday. The measure seeks to boost pay thresholds for workers, with support from key Democratic leaders.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Wilam Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Twin birth twins again in Luton ward
In Luton England Mrs Pamela Claridse, who had twins thirteen months earlier, returned to the maternity ward and delivered twin boys this time. Her husband quips it was a million to one chance and notes he did not insure against more twins.
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Pamela Claridse
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