Koreans Land 4000 Troops In South Viet Nam Conflict
South Korean Tiger Division infantry reported 92 enemy killed in five days of mountain fighting near Phu Cat. 4000 more troops from the White Horse Division landed, increasing Korean forces to 36,500 opposing the Communists. U S air strikes continued, targeting North Viet Nam supply dumps in the demilitarized zone and western DMZ. Air missions totaled 121 with planes lost and several enemy targets destroyed including barges, bridges, gun sites, and trucks.
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Miss Bonbon Mona West Crowned In Spain Contest
Mona West, 18, Swedish student, was chosen Miss Bonbon in Palma de Mallorca Spain. Judges praised her charm and awarded her a prize of her own weight in sweets, about 115 pounds or 52.5 kilograms, to bring back to Stockholm.
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UPI
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Stockholm
Peking says Washington not meeting Beijing proposals
Premier Chou Enlai and Foreign Minister Chen Yi told Liberal Democratic lawmakers in Tokyo that Communist China sought to settle differences with the United States but Washington has not met Peking's proposals. The newspapers published purported transcripts of the leaders remarks made earlier this month.
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Chen Yi
Japan
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Formosa
Chou Sai
Ford Chrysler Cut Price Hikes In Auto Skirmish
DETROIT AP Chrysler Corp followed Ford by rolling back much of a 1967 price hike to stay competitive with General Motors. Ford had first announced a nationwide average rise of about 107 per car, then reduced it by 41. Chrysler trimmed its revised 1967 prices to about 68 over 1965 base, moving to optional on exterior remote control rear view mirrors.
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General Motors
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Imperial
Britain offers landlord theft insurance for ex-convict housing
Just In Case London reports that British prison authorities, unable to find housing for released prisoners, propose insuring landlords against possible theft to encourage them to take ex convicts. The plan aims to reduce recidivism by expanding housing options for former inmates.
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London
UPI
Britain
Legality of Lobbying Probe Up to Tribunal
MADISON AP The attorney for a Milwaukee banker indicted on a bribery charge says he will ask the U S Supreme Court to decide if a grand jury investigation of lobbying in the Wisconsin Legislature was legal. The move followed the Wisconsin Supreme Court's refusal to intervene in Meister's arraignment as Judge Wilkie set trial for May 15.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Howard Meister
West Side Bank of
Edwin Wilkie
Meister
Norman Skogstad
State Supreme Court
U. S Supreme Court
Skogstad
Wilkie
U S. Supreme Court
State Supreme
Johnson Loses Battle to Shave Bill for Electricity
LEWISTON MAINE AP President Johnson saved money by turning off the White House lights but faces a 784.77 bill for a 25 minute speech in Lewiston The City Finance Board, a Democratic stronghold, voted to send the bill to the White House. Mayor Hubert L Couturier said a member of the presidential advance party requested extra lights for Johnsons Aug 20 speech at City Park. Kerr Electrical Co of Auburn submitted the bill for bandstand lights trees and power cables.
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Lewiston
Finance Board
Maine
Hubert L. Couturier
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Kerr Electrical Co
Auburn
Africa urges UN move to strip South Africa from SW Africa
At the United Nations General Assembly African and Asian diplomats pressed ahead with plans to end South Africa's control of South-West Africa despite Pretoria's warning of consequences. Delegates feared possible withdrawal or forceful resistance, while most African delegations boycotted South Africa's statement.
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DP de Valliers
Flames Destroy Airport Hangar At Stevens Point
Stevens Point AP report says four airplanes were pushed to safety as a frame hangar burned at Stevens Point Municipal Airport. Fire Chief Victor Soik estimated $30,000 in damage. Kenneth Barlow suffered minor burns and could not rescue three other planes under repair. Barlow also cited $4,000 in tools and equipment lost from a trash burner fire outside.
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Victor Soik
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Charity protest in Longview over decimated clothes to Salvation Army
A Longview woman protested to police claiming her separated husband desecrated her belongings by donating all her clothes to the Salvation Army, prompting local authorities to review the incident.
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Tex
UPD
Chanty
Salvation Arm
Vatican Group Leaves Today For Viet Nam
A Vatican mission departs for South Viet Nam to study church problems and seek peace between Buddhist majority and Catholic minority. Archbishop Sergio Pignedol leads the party as the Pope’s delegate to Canada, with the trip described as of major importance and heading to Saigon.
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Viet Nam
Sergio Pignedol
Canada
L'Osservatore Romano
Saigon
Peace Plea To Russians By President
President Johnson urged a peaceful path between the United States and the Soviet Union in Amer ika magazine marking its 10th anniversary. He said the two nations are more naturally friends than enemies and that both share a commitment to a warless world despite inevitable conflicts as great powers. He did not single out Viet Nam and offered general statements on easing tensions.
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Amerika
1S State Department
Viet Nam
Three Killed By Explosion On Oil Barge
SAN FRANCISCO AP three men died when a gasoline barge struck a rock in San Francisco Bay spilled fuel and exploded in darkness Nearly four men including two US Navy sailors were injured as they leaped into flaming water Rescue efforts widened the toll with two patrol boat crew missing and a seriously burned civilian among the injured
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Bathlehem Steel Co
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Standard Qi Co
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Bethlehem Steel Co
Guay
Johnson Erhard end talks with spaceport visit planned
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard wrap two days of talks in Washington and plan a Cape Kennedy visit to view the American Spaceport. They seek a four to five year moratorium on fulfilling Germany’s $135 billion in US military goods purchases through mid 1967, while continuing efforts on offset costs and European security.
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Moray
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Erhard Earler
Southeast Asia
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Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
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Robert 8. McNamara
the Treasury
Henry Howler
George W Ball
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Ludger Westrick
Karl Carstens
Treasury
Grand Jury Delays Quiz Of Mobsters
New York AP says a grand jury postponed questioning 13 Cosa Nostra bosses until Friday while receiving a long background briefing from law enforcement. Seven of 33 seized last week at a “Little Apalachin” gathering must return Friday and six on Monday. a bomb scare disrupted proceedings and a search found no explosives. The 13 remain free on 100 600 bail as material witnesses.
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Johnson to attend Manila conference on Vietnam war
President Johnson agreed to join a seven nation chiefs of state meeting in Manila to discuss a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Vietnam. The date after Oct 18 remains tentative with no onward Southeast Asia swing planned, per White House spokesman Bill Moyers.
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New Zealand
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Marcos
Viet Nam
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Space walk study flags need for restraints in EVA
Manned Spacecraft Center officials and spacewalking veterans warn that working outside a spacecraft is harder than expected. Tests from Gemini 11 and the Gemini 12 mission show necessary body restraints to keep position, with tasks kept simple until such aids are developed.
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Cmdr
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Gordon
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James A. Lovell Jr
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