Marines Repel Major Vietnamese Attack at Con Thien Camp
About 1,200 North Vietnamese troops attacked a U.S. Marine camp near Con Thien for three hours before withdrawing leaving 179 enemy dead. Marines reported five killed and 89 wounded, with South Vietnamese forces and U.S. units sustaining additional casualties. The engagement was part of Leatherneck Square in Quang Tri Province as U.S. air power intensified bombardments of infiltration routes.
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Saigon
U.S
Army
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Lewis W. Walt
Vietnam
Walt
James Barrell
Bill Lee
Arcadia
Calif
Associated Press
Robert Ohman
Seabees
Leatherneck Square
Camp Carroll
Gio Linh
9Th Marine
Dong Ha
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
Children Die After Getting Trapped in Refrigerator
In Dallas a group of three boys crawled into a disconnected refrigerator while playing. Two, Dennis Hill and Daren Gaither, died after the door shut. Donnie Warren was revived with an inhalator. Mattie Garner, caregiver, led a neighborhood search that found the boy’s vacant apartment. Dennis was Dannie’s half brother. Their mother is Alice Neal. Daren was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Lee Gaither.
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Dallas
Tex
Donnie Warren
Dennis Hill
Daren Gaither
Mattie Garner
Dennis
Dannie
Alice Neal
Daren
Johnny Lee Gaither
Brookfield Cyclist 19 Killed in Highway 110 Crash
A 19 year old Brookfield cyclist Daniel B Glueckstein died from internal injuries after a 1966 motorcycle he rode with a 20 year old driver failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 110 near Riverside Cemetery. The pair left a motel minutes earlier and the machine sliced into a billboard, Glueckstein dying at the scene. The driver Richard E Gray survived with non serious injuries. The fatality marked Winnebago County's sixth this year amid tragedy across Wisconsin.
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Highway 110
Riverside Cemetery
Daniel B. Glueckstein
Mercy Hospital
Art C. Miller
Richard E. Gray
Glueckstein
Winnebago County
Vietnam
Wisconsin
William Block
Fennimore
Middleton
Bangor
Randall Mashak
Robert Laxton
Modified Sin Laws Spark Fading American Morals Debate
Washington AP reports the President's crime commission urges relaxed rules on sex gambling drinking and abortion amid shifting attitudes. It calls for enforcing core crimes like rape and child molestation while reducing criminal status of adultery sodomy and prostitution. The panel also backs legalizing private gambling and treating drunkenness as a social issue, plus tighter court procedures and judge selection reforms.
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America
President
Crime Commission
Lhe
Carlin D. DeLoach
VBL
J. Edgar Hoover
Budget Debate Opens Tuesday in Wisconsin Assembly
Madison AP Republicans hold back budgeting dollars until passage as they push a $1.1 billion 1967-69 plan with no new taxes. GOP leadership seeks unity amid pressure on rural districts for extra school aid and county mental hospital funding, with debate expected to test party lines before final approval.
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Madison
Assembly
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
GOP
Harold Frochlich
Appleton
Curtis McKay
Cedarburg
Joint Finance Committee
Lany
Goldberg Faults Soviets For Blocking Vietnam Peace
U N ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg on Face the Nation blamed the Soviet Union for blocking consideration of a Vietnam settlement. He said daily probing efforts to negotiate continue, with diplomacy often conducted privately and with vigor.
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New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Soviet Union
Vietnam
CBS
Goldberg
United States
Tornadoes Hit South and Midwest Causing Deaths and Damage
Tornadoes struck the South and Midwest over the weekend, killing Nora Peeler, 59, and injuring at least 25 in Birmingham, Alabama where damage was estimated at a trillion dollars and loot prevention closed parts of the city. Southeastern Huntsville and Decatur also saw injuries and power outages. In the Midwest, four states faced property damage with seven homes destroyed in Clay Kentucky as a drive in theater screen toppled and trees felled.
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Associated Press
South
Midwest
Birmingham
Ala
Nora Peeler
Huntsville
Decatur
Clay
Hoped For Some Sign By Ho Chi Minh
AP details a four month pause in U S bombing near Hanoi to test if Ho Chi Minh would open peace talks or step down the war. Polish diplomacy prompted Hanoi to de escalate but the offer was rejected. Bombing resumed within ten miles of Hanoi center, closing the episode as officials seek paths to peace.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Fromm
Johnson
U. S
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Vietnam
United States
Hano
Poland
Janus Lewandowski
International Control Commission
Lewandowski
Truman Marks 83rd Birthday
Former President Harry S. Truman celebrates his 83rd birthday in Independence with a quiet observance. Friends hosting the annual luncheon note he declined the guest chair to conserve his strength. He walks and reads daily, dictating letters each morning, and largely stays away from public life while enjoying books and modest routines at home.
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Harry S. Truman
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