Army Hit by Freeze Cuts Defense Building Plans
The Army bears the heaviest share of a 620 million freeze affecting about 500 military construction projects, with 206.3 million in cuts. The Air Force loses 132.1 million and the Navy 121.4 million. About 8,500 family housing units were not included in the list. McNamara signals tighter defense spending amid Vietnam war needs and postponements. A second list may authorize 685 million worth of projects to proceed in 36 states and overseas locations.
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Washington
Army
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
McNamara
District of Columbia
Soviets Sign Pact With N Viet Nam
The Soviet Union and North Viet Nam agreed to undisclosed technical assistance and credits with an exchange of commodities. Tass named officials Vladimir Novikov and Le Thanh Negi at the Kremlin, details not disclosed. In Paris, robbers hit 13 firms on Rue de Richelieu, with theft totals not yet known.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Tass
Vladimir Novikov
le Thanh Negi
Kremlin
Paris
Rue de Richelieu
AF Launches Four Spacecraft With Titan 3
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP A Titan 3 rocket lofted four satellites into a high orbit amid a 150 event mission The payload included two experimental communications satellites one solar radiation measurement unit and a device for amateur radio operators The 12 story tall Titan 3 marked the US most powerful rocket in use and began its third test flight at 8 am CST as it steered through three course changes over six hours
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
United States
Planes Attack Haiphong Area as War Enters Deep
U S planes pushed the air war toward Haiphong in the past 24 hours, bombing near the Vong Bi power station supplying Haiphong and Hanoi and striking five direct hits on a major highway bridge north of Haiphong. MIG17s engaged but failed to damage U S planes, while three fighter-bombers were downed by ground fire with one rescued. A C130 transport crashed near Tuy Hoa on a resupply mission, and two American construction workers and a Vietnamese driver were rescued after a Viet Cong ambush near Di An. a Dutch hostage was killed. Navy jets from the Kitty Hawk also attacked the Yong Bi station and carried out the deepest Haiphong Hanoi strike yet. Continued on Page 12.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Vong Bi
Hanoi
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
di An
Haiphong-Hanoi
Yong Bi
Hair-raising request from jailed man in Ventura
Richard Tracy serving a 30 day sentence for a traffic violation petitioned Superior Court for a wig alleging a jail barber cut his hair short in retaliation for his habeas corpus petitions from Ventura County Jail.
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Ventura, Calif
UPI
Richard Tracy
Superior Court
Tracy
Ventura County
One Dead Two Wounded In Milwaukee Gun Battle
In Milwaukee on the South Side an early morning apartment gun battle left Gary Lee dead from six police shots. Patrolman Edward Wegner and Officer Thomas Sbonik were critically wounded and rushed to hospitals. Lee fired on his mother and grandmother before locking in a bedroom as officers forced entry.
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Milwaukee
Gary Lee
Edward Wegner
St. Francis Hospital
Thomas Sbonik
County General
Wegner
Sbonik
Lee
Ethel Lee
Sarah Miller
Seven Are Arrested To Climax Probe
Federal agents seized 209 pounds of heroin valued at about 185 million dollars, found in a deep freezer behind Chief Warrant Officer Herman Conder’s trailer at Ft. Benning. Conder and six others, including five New York residents and a Miami Beach nightclub owner, were arrested in what authorities call the largest single narcotics seizure in U.S. history.
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Columbus, Ga
UPI
U.S. Army
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
United States
Herman Conder
France
New York
Miami Beach
Frankie Dio
Johnny Dio
U.S
Henry L. Giordane
Conders
Conder
America
Orleans
Paris
Ft. Benning
Jean le France
Villedieu Les Pooles
Jean Nebbia
Sartene
Corsica
Lucien Cuviller
St. le Etienne Loire
Luanna Josette Couergou
March
Francisco de Almeida
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Prisoner Exchange Studied Amid Viet Nam War Casts
State Department officials discuss possible exchange of American prisoners of war for North Vietnamese soldiers held by Saigon. No definite word on release. Twenty U S armed forces members listed missing or detained. U S welcomes Saigon plans to release prisoners and allow Red Cross access and visits.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Saigon
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
North Viet Nam
Air
South Viet Nam
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Merrimac Fire Levels Feed Mill
A large blaze destroyed the Merrimac feed mill with firemen from Merrimac Sauk City and Baraboo aiding after midnight. Mill owner Wilbur Zurbachen 58 was hospitalized for overexertion. cause and loss figures remained unavailable. Nearby Prairie du Sac junior high school was also destroyed by fire Sunday night. London thieves hijacked a truck on the North Circular Road, stealing 416 cases of scotch whisky valued at 28900 dollars.
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Merrimac
Wis
Sauk City
Baraboo
Wilbur Zurbachen
Prairie du Sac
London
North Circular Road
U N Delegates Press Wearily To End Session
U N delegates push to close a two year General Assembly that cleared a backlog of finances and housekeeping items while last year’s deadlock held up work. President Amintore Fanfani was to gavel the session to a close late tonight or early morning. Prominent visitors included Pope Paul VI and leaders Harold Wilson Josef Klaus and Ayub Khan as Cyprus debates and Rhodesia independence loomed over windup talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Assembly
Amintore Fanfani
Paul VI
Harold Wilson
Josef Klaus
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Security Council
Cyprus
Rhodesia
Fire Kills 12 Nine Children in Yonkers Center
A sudden blaze at a Jewish community center in Yonkers New York killed 12 people including nine children ages seven to eleven and three adults. Lucille Sacks died after re entering the building to help neighbors. several victims were found in the top floor classroom. Nuns aided rescues as Sanitation worker Hugh Sinott guided over 20 children to safety from the lower floors.
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Yonkers, N.Y
APT
Yonkers
N.Y
New York
Lucille Sacks
Sandra
Sunset Green
Sacks
Richard Kanoshi- Ma
Kimiko
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Gerlach
Hugh Sinott
Sinott
Space Twins Review Flight CAPE KENNEDY
Cape Kennedy reports that Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell Jr proceed with an extensive postflight review with experts. They will undergo more medical checks, discuss experiments, and plan a rendezvous discussion with Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra Jr. and Thomas Stafford. They aim to fly home to Houston for Christmas.
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Cape Kennedy
Fia
Frank Borman
James 4. Lovell Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Borman
Lovell
Houston
Tex
No N Arms For West Germany Seeks Greater European Role
West Germany declares it seeks no nuclear weapons of its own and wants a bigger say in potential European use. Chancellor Erhard and President Johnson held two days of talks with limited details. A spokesman said Germany seeks closer co determination and continued consultation, not national ownership.
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Washington
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Karl- Guenther von Hase
Germany
Erhard
White House
Bill D. Moyers
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Recicesaenete
Jewish Community Center
Space Twins
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ANF
Britain
MLF
NATO
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