Infantry Unit Fires On Its Own Position In Vietnam
A platoon of the U S 4th Infantry Division fired artillery on its own position during a fight with Communist forces in the central highlands. About 40 men are missing with no word on their fate while Marines farther north faced continued enemy bombardment near the DMZ. Relief efforts met heavy fire and two rescue helicopters were damaged but returned to base.
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Saigon
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Dong Ha
Gio Linh
Camp Carroll
Cam Lo
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Rural Bayfield Man Dies in Vietnam War
Washington AP report confirms Marine Pfc. Dtuwane Soulier, son of Mrs. Caroline Nagwo of rural Bayfield, died in Vietnam from non-hostile causes, marking another Wisconsin serviceman's death in the conflict.
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Washington
Defense Department
Wisconsin
Marine Pic
Dtuwayne Soulier
Caroline Nagwo
Bayfield
Soulier
Madison sitdown protest arrests at campus traffic lane
About 25 students were arrested during a sit down in a busy campus street to protest bus lane use on University Avenue. Police estimated 35 total arrests as a crowd of about 2,000 watched, with 14 jailed on disorderly conduct and related charges. Normal traffic resumed after three hours.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
George Schiro
University Avenue
Leonard Uhr
Trafic
Robert §. Cohen
Levidown
Dow Chemical Co
Vietnam
Central Intelligence Agency
LBJ Requests Greater Asian Help in Vietnam War
Washington reports the Johnson administration is pressuring allies to boost Asian participation in Vietnam combat and pacification efforts. Sen. Percy argues more Asian troops could deter North Vietnamese and Viet Cong gains, while Sen Byrd notes U S and Korea as primary combat forces with Australia New Zealand and the Philippines contributing smaller forces.
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Johnson
United States
Charles H. Percy
R-Nl
Harry F. Byrd Jrr
Dva
Senate
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Korea
Percy
Pro Communist Protests Rock Hong Kong Island
Pro communist demonstrators marched on Government House in Hong Kong Island, chanting anti British slogans with no clashes with police. Peking Radio reported 100000 Reds in Beijing denouncing imperialism as demonstrators waved posters in Kowloon and Macao protests. 3500 police patrolled Kowloon as curfews held after rioting earlier in the week.
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Hong Kong
Government House
Peking Radio
Chou En-lai
Peking
Macao
Norman Tohs
Kowloon
Tokyo
Shanghai
Speedy Huntington Man Fined For Slow Driving In Columbus
Robert Speed of Huntington New York was fined 315 for driving too slow in Columbus Ohio on Wednesday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Robert Speed
Huntington
N.Y
Defection of Hungarian diplomat shocks U.S. capital
Janos Radvanyi the Hungarian chargé d affaires in Washington defected to the United States seeking permanent refuge. State Department officials declined to reveal his motives or location, saying only that he sent a letter of resignation and asked for asylum for his wife and son. He had long served in the foreign service and held a key post in Budapest before coming to Washington.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Janos Radvenyi
Robert J McCloskey
Radvanyi
U.S
America
McCloskey
Rarvanyi
District of Columbia
Hungary
Radvanyis
Northwest
Foreign Service
Ankara
Paris
Berne
Damascus
Budapest
East Europe
Health Board Grants Abortion To 12 Year Old Girl
In Denver doctors at Denver General Hospital approved the first abortion under Colorado's new law for a mentally retarded 12-year-old girl. The medical panel said continuing the pregnancy would seriously impair her mental health.
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Denver, Colo
Denver Department of Health and Hospitals
Denver General Hospital
Denver
Colorado
Death of East Troy Boy Boosts Road Toll
The six year old Wade T Kadlec of East Troy was fatally struck while playing near Town Line Road. The Wisconsin highway death toll rose to 298 for 1967, near the 300 mark from the previous year. A separate Wisconsin milk truck crash on the Stevenson Expressway left driver Daniel Holder brand of Edgerton killed.
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East Troy
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wade T. Kadlec
Thomas Kadlec
Rt. 1
Town Line Road
Chicago
Daniel Holderbrand
Edgerton
Wisconsin Assembly backs 1968 merger of WCD and water program
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 74 to 25 to merge the Conservation Department with the water pollution control program by mid 1968, reversing the Senate compromise and sending the bill back to the Senate for acceptance. Assemblyman Robert Huber framed the move as abrupt and warned delays could derail the merger. The department opposed deadlines and feared a drawn out process, with continued Senate opposition noted.
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Madison
State Assembly
Conservation Department
Senate
Kellett
Assembly
Robert Huber
D-West Allis
Resource Development Department
Natural Resources Board
Huber
John Beale
The
Senate to Vote On Safety Bill in Wisconsin Push
Madison AP Republicans reach a closed door agreement to add five troopers this year raising the state patrol to 350 by 1969 as Gov Knowles pushes a broad highway safety package. Debates over auto insurance regulation stall part of the bill while lawmakers vote on separate measures and plan a possible night session.
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Dempsey
Leonard
State Patrol
Knowles
Senate
Israeli Steps to Counter Egyptian Troop Move
Israel announces it has taken suitable steps to counter Egyptian troop movements into the Sinai Peninsula amid rising tensions. Israelis remain calm as Syria and the United Arab Republic stage border moves, with regional allies pledging support and U.N. peacekeepers debated in Cairo.
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Sinai Peninsula
Syria
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Yemen
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Jordan
George Hakim
United Nations
Iraq
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