Two Bombers Lost in Jungle Raid Over South Vietnam
Air Force B52s debut in combat pounded a Viet Cong jungle stronghold near Da Nang with 27 B52 bombers joining 12. The mission left two bombers lost in a collision, seven airmen missing, and four survivors rescued at sea amid heavy fighting with Viet Cong forces.
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Jungle
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
South China Sea
Air Force
Manila
Strategic Air Command
Guam
U S Launches Mightiest Rocket Ever To Be Fired
Cape Kennedy Fla AP Titan 3C triple rocket scored maiden flight success reaching orbit 115 miles high with a 21000 pound dummy satellite as forerunner of future manned and unmanned military space vehicles. Two boosters and central Titan segments logged data on timing thrust and ignition for a space station program planned for 1967 or 1968.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Space
Flight Control Center
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
OAS Arranging With Rebels For Release of 2 Americans
Two U S paratroopers Pfc Larry Leed and Spec 4 Donald Jones captured by Dominican rebels were reported to be released soon after discussions with the OAS The rebels leader Col Francisco Caamano said prisoners would be exchanged and the peace force was told of 30 civilian detainees held by the force amid renewed fighting that killed four paratroopers and wounded dozens.
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da Nang
U.S
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Larry Leed
Conestoga
Donald Jones
Pomona
Calif
Inter- American Peace Force
Francisco Caamano Deno
Telmo Vargas
Ecuador
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Vargas
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Johnson
Washington
Strive to Send Viet Nam Peace Group to Peking
The 21 Commonwealth nations agree to send a five man peace mission led by Harold Wilson to Washington Moscow Saigon Hanoi and Peking to seek Viet Nam peace. Kwame Nkrumah Abuaker Balewa Eric Williams and Dudley Senanayake join the effort and Johnson pledges full cooperation. If Peking or Hanoi reject the mission, world opinion will bear the responsibility. The group will act quickly and speak only for the Commonwealth.
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Harold Wilson
Washington
Moscow
Saigon
Hanoi
Johnson
Commonwealth
Patrick Gordon Walker
Wilson
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Nigeria
Western Hemisphere
Eric Williams
Trinidad
Tobagzo
Asia
Dudley Senanayake
Ceylon
Salinger Weds French Writer in Paris Ceremony
Former White House press secretary Pierre Salinger marries Nicole Gillmann 26, a Paris magazine writer. It is his third marriage at age 40 after meeting her last October during his U S Senate campaign and following a recent divorce from Nancy in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Paris
White House
Pierre Salinger
Nicole Helen Gillmann
Salinger
United States
California
U.S. Senate
Miss Gillmann
Nancy
Hot Springs
Ark
Space Twins and Humphrey Fly to Paris for Air Show
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and NASA astronauts Edward White and James McDivitt arrived in Paris aboard Air Force One to attend the International Air Show. They planned a meeting with Charles de Gaulle amid Viet Nam and NATO talks, while Soviet reminders and politics overshadowed the event.
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Space Twins
Paris
Humphrey
de Gaulle
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Todeew
Charles de Gaulle
Edward White
James McDivitt
Washington
Johnson
America
Atlantic
Hum
Phrey
Elysee Palace
John F. Kennedy
Dominican Republic
North Atlantic Alliance
Andrews Air Base
Air Force One
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Charles W. Mathews
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
White House
Texas
NASA
State Department
Lynda Johnson Inducted Into Apache Tribe
Lynda Bird Johnson, 21, daughter of the President, was inducted as an honorary member of the White Mountain Apache tribe in Cibeque Arizona. Tribal officials read an adoption resolution as an Apache chant echoed while the celebration included feasting, singing, and dancing. The ceremony featured a burden basket, a squaw dress, and jewelry presented to Miss Johnson, the first president’s family member to visit the reservation.
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Cibeque
Ariz
Lynda Bird Johnson
White Mountain
Miss Johnson
Excise Tax Cut Measure Awaits LB's Signature
Washington AP reports the major excise tax cut bill sits on President Johnsons desk awaiting signature. It phases out most federal sales taxes and lowers auto, household, and gift item taxes with further reductions by 1969.
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Washington
Johnson
John Q
Nixon urges resistance in Vietnam era near Sioux Falls
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon told reporters in Sioux Falls that with Vietnam risks, this is perhaps the best time and place to resist the Communists. He warned delaying could embolden Moscow and China’s nuclear rise.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Richard M. Nixon
Viet Nam
China
Washington driver training uncovers license gaps for state workers
In Olympia a state employee driver training program found 160 workers lacked valid Washington licenses and one used a spouse’s. Governor Dan Evans ordered department heads to fix the issue to avoid embarrassment.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Dan Evans
Johnson and Cabinet To Review Peace Proposals
President Johnson and his Cabinet plan to review diplomatic peace proposals for Vietnam. The discussion includes a five nation peace mission proposed by British Commonwealth prime ministers. Johnson cited no negotiations with the Viet Cong and affirmed broad wartime authority while condemning Dominican cease-fire violations.
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Johnson
Cabinet
Washington
Viet Nam
Floods Worsen in Colorado with Flood Crest Hits Pueblo
Colorado endures worst June storms in years as floods surge across rivers and creeks. At least five dead including a 13 year old girl. a plane crash victim. two flood related heart attacks. Pueblo bears a 15 foot crest near the Fountain River as dams burst and U S Highway 40 is closed. Federal and state agencies plan relief with Red Cross tallying damage to 1,350 families and hundreds of homes and trailers damaged or destroyed.
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Denver
Colorado
Loveland
Fountain River
Pueblo
Agate
Roy McVicker
D-Coro
Johnson
Red Cross
East German Armed Copter Flies Over U S Sector in Berlin
An East German armed helicopter with 12.7 mm machine gun insignia flew over the U S Army quartermaster compound and McNair Barracks in West Berlin. The craft violated four power pacts before retreating into East Germany as a U S helicopter shadowed it.
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Berlin
U.S. Army
McNair Barracks
U.S. Army Combat Infantry Brigade
U.S
West Berlin
East Germany
Floods Hit Eastern New Mexico After Heavy Rain
Eastern New Mexico endured lakes and swollen streams as 3 to 8 inches of rain drenched the eastern slopes of the southern Rockies. In Raton area a fatal traffic crash occurred in the downpour as Cimarron River flooded Springer, blocking seven highways and stranding buses, cars and a Santa Fe Railway train. Authorities cautioned that casualties might rise until communications were restored.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Santa Fe
Roswell
Denver
Raton
Springer
Cimarron
Santa Fe Railway
Grand Canyon
Pleasant Upstate New York Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
Extended forecasts from the Weather Bureau for Upstate New York predict continued dry spell through Monday with pleasant daytime temperatures and cool nights. Temperatures rise to the 70s, near 80 by Sunday, followed by a shower chance Tuesday into Wednesday. nights in the upper 40s to 60s later in the period.
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Albany
N.Y
U.S. Weather Bureau
New York
American restaurant destroyed by fire at Lake George
An early morning blaze leveled a two story Americana Restaurant just south of Lake George at Route 9 and 9N where workers slept on the second floor escaped unharmed. Estimated loss runs to about 200000 dollars with no injuries.
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U.S
Lake George
N.Y
Americana Restaurant
IRS Agent Sues IRS for Income Tax Refund
Bernard L. Jaffe, an Internal Revenue agent in Miami, sues the IRS for a refund of 837 dollars for 1960 to 1963 costs tied to night law classes at the University of Miami. He says the refund is due on 3600 dollars deducted for study costs.
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Miami, Fla
Bernard L. Jaffe
Internal Revenue Agent
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
University of Miami
Jaffe
Burned airman found inside flaming car near Lockport
The burned body of Airman Patrick T. Doherty, 24, of the 462st Air Base Group stationed at Niagara Falls AFB, was found Thursday in a blazing car in Pendleton, about 10 miles west of Lockport. Identification was made by dental records.
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Lockport
N.Y
Niagara Falls Air Force Base
Pendleton
Here
Niagara County
Patrick T. Doherty
462St Air Base
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