Battle Draws Nearer Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas stepped up harassment near Saigon with six actions within 25 miles of the capital including an outpost mortar attack and hamlet infiltration. Two Viet Cong were killed, another wounded, six captured as U S Marines suffered no losses. Air forces flown over 20 sorties in the south in 24 hours. An air base fire supported claim of Viet Cong losses, while a US Air Force jet was shot down near Ha Noi with two presumed dead crewmates.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Long An
United States
South
Viet Nam
da Nang
Quang Tin Province
Bien Hoa
Can Tho
Mekong River
U S
Air Force
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Tam Luc
Iong
da Nang Air Base
Three Drown In Wisconsin
Three men drowned in Wisconsin over the weekend. Alfred S Kressin 73 drowned Sunday in Hay Creek on the Herman Boettcher farm near Bloomer where he worked. Dr Clifford Bowe Chippewa County coroner said Kressin failed to return after going into a field to look for cows and the body was found floating face down Sunday night. He ruled the drowning accidental. Willard Cornwell 33 of Waukau drowned in Pearl Lake near Redgranite Saturday. Floyd Madison 62 of Chicago drowned Friday night in the Chippewa Plain age 22 miles east of Hayward.
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Associated- Press
Wisconsin
Alfred S Kressin
Hay Creek
Herman Boettcher
Bloomer
Clifford Bowe
Chippewa County
Kressin
Willard Cornwell
Waukau
Pearl Lake
Redgranite
Floyd Madison
Chicago
Chippewa Flanage
Hayward
Oshkosh Jet Stop Amid North Central Service Plans
North Central Airlines will inaugurate jet service in early 1967 with Oshkosh among the first stops. Initial jet routes cover Wisconsin cities including Milwaukee Madison Green Bay Eau Claire Wausau Marshfield Stevens Point Wisconsin Rapids and extend to Chicago Detroit Duluth Superior Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Minneapolis Saint Paul and South Bend. Delivery of the first three DC-9 jets is expected in early 1967.
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North Central Airlines
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Madison
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Wau- Sau
Marshfield
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
Chicago
Detroit
Duluth-Superior
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Minneapolis-St. Paul
South Bend
North Central
Johnson names Califano as White House aide
Joseph A. Califano Jr., 34, named by President Johnson as assistant to coordinate legislative programs and help on legal issues. Former Defense Department troubleshooter, he has handled Viet Nam Dominican Republic and Selma crises, succeeding Bill Moyers as press secretary choice.
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Washington
Johnson
Defense Department
White House
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Brooklyn
Califano
Califfano
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Selma
Ala
Bill D. Moyers
Knowles to Seek Constitutional Revisions in Legislature
Gov. Warren Knowles will urge lawmakers to place on the agenda constitutional amendments. Proposals include four year governor terms, voter initiative and referendum, debt limit changes, and allowing sheriffs to serve more than two terms. He plans to push priority for education and highway safety bills.
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gGovernor
Knowles
Minneapolis
Pacific Testing Set by Russians
Moscow says the Soviet Union will conduct tests of a new type of carrier rockets for space launchings in the Pacific from July 28 to October 15. Tass warns nations to keep out of a 40 nautical mile diameter area centered at 37 39 N 173 25 E from 12 noon.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pacific
Tass
Six Children Die at Picnic at Ledges State Park
Six children from two central Towa families drowned while wading in Peace Creek Ripple at Ledges State Park southeast of Boone. Victims were Richard Erwin 10 Steven 9 Douglas 3 Raymond Schoenbaum 13 Connie 10 and Rose 9. Parents are Dan Erwin of Des Moines and Albert Schoenbaum of Ames. Four teens witnessed the plight and tried to help as the bodies were recovered within hours.
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Boone
the Ledges State Park
Here
Towa
Peace Creek
Des Moines
Ledges Park
Richard Erwin
Steven
Douglas
Raymond Schoenbaum
Connie
Rose
Dan Erwin
Albert Schoenbaum
Ames
Erwin
Schoenbaum
Schoenbau
Red Missile Downed U S Plane In Viet Nam Clash
A US Phantom jet was possibly shot down Sunday in North Viet Nam by a surface to air missile. Officials said talks at the White House on Viet Nam policy would continue with President Johnson returning from Camp David. Newsweek quoted Johnson saying the U S cannot withdraw and must stay strong yet restrained.
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Washington
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
White House
Johnson
Camp David
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
NewSweek Magazine
Saigon
South
Robert S. McNamara
Minneapolis
New York
Rewarded cleaner thanked with £100 note in Leicester
Mrs. Bianca Sennazzari, a Hillcrest Hospital cleaner in Leicester, received £100 from former patient Miss Jane Chapman as thanks for kindness in providing a glass of water when asked.
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Leicester
England
UPI
Six Killed On Highways In Wisconsin Weekend
Six people died on Wisconsin highways over the weekend, raising the year’s toll to 308. Victims included John McMillen 81 of Siren struck on Highway 33. Lawrence Birdeau 42 of Lac Court d’Oreilles Reservation found near his car after apparently running out of gas. Myron Opperman 18 of Kewaskum whose convertible plunged into Lake Bernice. Thomas Pyle 17 of Chicago killed when his father’s pickup hit a bridge railing near Lake Delton. Mrs Florence Bursack 62 of Westfield in a two car crash north of Madison. and David Clapp 18 of Madison fatally injured when his scooter collided with a panel truck south of Madison.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
John McMillen
Highway 33
Lawrence Bildeau
Lac Court d‘Oreilles
Sawyer County
Ernest Levi
Birdeau
Myron Opperman
Kewaskum
Lake Bernice
Fond du Lac
Thomas Pyle
Chicago
Lake Delton
Madison
Florence Bursack
Westfield
David Clapp
Aid Official To Be Tried In Viet Nam
Saigon plans a Vietnamese court proceeding for Robert Kimball an American aid official charged with homicide in the killings of Jack E Ryan and Nguyen Thi Hai outside Ryan’s house. Kimball reportedly confessed and will face trial though jurisdiction under no status of forces treaty is clear. Hai was described as a close friend of Kimball.
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Saigon
South Viet’ Nam API
Robert Kimball
U.S
le Tu Truc
Kimball
Jack E. Ryan
US Aid Mission
Nguyen Thi Hai
Ryan
True
United States
Viet Nam
Toll Call Mystery In England Costs Mrs Debenham Dearly
In Bungay England a four penny five cent call may have run up a bill of as much as 6000 pounds due to a miscounting mistake. A 1933 penny in the box was a collector’s piece saved by Mrs Debenham’s husband who forgot to mention it.
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Bungay
England
UPI
Mary Debenham
Katzenbach Named To Direct National Crime Commission
President Johnson formed a national crime commission led by Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach with 18 members to study crime nationwide. The panel will produce a comprehensive report in 18 months and interim findings as ready. Members include Genevieve Blatt, Charles Breitel, Kingman Brewster Jr, Otis Chandler, Leon Jaworski, and others from law and journalism.
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Washington
Johnson
National Crime Commission
Nicholas Katzenbach
President’s Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Katzenbach
Genevieve Blatt
Pennsylvania
Charles D. Breitel
New York State Supreme Court
Kingman Brewster Jr
Yale University
Garrett Byrne
Suffolk County
Mass
Thomas J. Cahill
San Francisco
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Tex
The
American College of Trial Lawyers
Thomas Lynch
California
Ross L. Malone Jr
Roswell
Flash Floods Take 8 Lives in Tennessee and Colorado
Floods swept east Tennessee and southeast Kentucky killing eight, with Clinchmore area hardest hit as waters rose in homes and wrecked equipment. Rescue teams reported snakes and fears of typhoid while families returned to mud and debris. In Colorado, heavy weekend rains caused floods near Denver and a derailment of a Zephyr train 35 miles west of the city. three deaths were reported.
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John Duncan
R-Tenn
Office of Emergency Planning
Clinchmore
Knoxville
Rocky Mountains
Denver
City
South Platte River
Rockies
Colorado
Denver and Rio Grande Western
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Tot
Phung Hiep
Mekong Delta
U. S. Crime Commission
New Johnson Aid
Col
Winnebagoland
U. S
Newsweek
Honolulu
Hawaii
Grant Sharp Jr
U.S. Pacific
Knoxville, Tenn
East Tennessee
Kentucky
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