Cong Uses Gas Grenades In Attack On U S Patrol
A U S first infantry division patrol was attacked with Viet Cong gas grenades five miles northeast of Suoi Dau in War Zone C. The clash followed heavy fighting in Tay Ninh Province with U S casualties rising. A French wharf collapse at Cam Ranh Bay killed possibly 20 Vietnamese and injured about 100.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Suoi Dau
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Tay Ninh
U.S
South Viet Nam
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Cam Ranh Bay
Johnson
U. S
Gemini 12 Mission Clears Friday Launch Window
Cape Kennedy reports Gemini 12 gains final approval to launch on Friday. Lovell and Aldrin prepare for a six minute burn, plus a four hour flight plan including a two hour space walk and space stands. The mission ends the Gemini program ahead of Apollo 1967 plans.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Atlas
Lovell
Aldrin
Kiesinger Named CDU Candidate to Succeed Erhard
In Bonn the Christian Democratic Union chose Kurt Georg Kiesinger to head the federal government as chancellor candidate on the final ballot 137 votes to 81 for Gerhard Schroeder and 26 for Rainer Barzel. He must win a Bundestag majority amid thin CDU support and concerns over his Nazi links.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Christian Democratic Party
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Baden- Wuerttemberg
Ludwig Erhard
Kiesinger
Gerhard Schroeder
Rainer Barzel
Bundestag
Christian Democrats
Kiesmeer
Hesse
National Democrats
Plan Atlantic Flight to Observe Eclipse
Five planeloads of U S scientists prepare flights over the South Atlantic to study a total solar eclipse Saturday. In a Wednesday dress rehearsal three converted C135 cargo jets joined planes from Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre as flying laboratories to measure radiation polarization brightness infrared and corona intensity during the brief event.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.S
South Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Name questions hover over Mount Angel council race
Truman Kennedy finished last in a five candidate field for Mount Angel City Council under the AP report from Mount Angel Oregon. Kennedy trailed ahead of only one peer as voters weighed the council lineup in the local contest.
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Mount Angel
Ore
Truman Kennedy
Topless Waitresses Face Court Action in New York
In New York City two waitresses Ruby Diamond and Mary Rooney appeared topless at the Crystal Room on the East Side. Police issued summonses for violation of cabaret laws and the club faced criminal court action. The club reported business doubled that night.
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New York
New York City
Ruby Diamond
Mary Rooney
Crystal Room
Home-Base Setbacks Hit RFK and Humphrey in Losses
Robert F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey endured home base losses as Democratic strength weakened on election day. Johnson faced similar trouble with congressional shifts beginning January on Capitol Hill, signaling peril for Great Society aims.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Election Day
Johnson
Humphrey
Sen. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Congress
House of Representatives
Kennedy
Lackawanna Plans Discontinuation Of Phoebe Snow Train
The Erie Lackawanna Railroad wins ICC approval to discontinue trains 21 and 22 between Hoboken and Binghamton and to end the Phoebe Snow passenger service from Hoboken to Chicago via several states. No exact date set pending further ICC study. the line will retain one Hoboken to Chicago service.
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Interstate Commer Commission
Phoebe Snow
Hoboken
Chicago
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
ICC
William White
Buffalo
N.Y
Lackawanna
Erie
Hudson River
New York City
Left handed killer linked to Marilyn Sheppard slaying witness says
Cleveland AP recounts defense testimony in the Sheppard trial with Paul Leland Kirk arguing the 1954 murder was committed by a left handed attacker. He described a baseball swing arc and noted a blood spatter he questioned. A former bakery truck driver testified of seeing Marilyn with a man in 1953 and hearing the phrase Dont let Sam see this.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Leland Kirk
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
Kirk
Marilyn Sheppard
Sam
Jack Krakaw
Byers
Ohio
Krakaw
Sheppard House
Bay Village
F. Lee Bailey
Krakan
Truck Driver Crushed to Death in Queens Crash
In Queens a tractor trailer jackknifed on South Conduit Drive in Ozone Park and crushed the driver Ernest Johnson 22 of South Ozone Park after being thrown from the cab. The vehicle struck two parked cars as emergency crews responded.
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New York
Queens
South Conduit Drive
Ozone Park
Ernest Johnson
130Th St
South Ozone Park
Baby Safe After Stolen Car Scare In London
A thief stole Suzanne Cope's car with her month-old baby asleep in a crib behind the driver. Three hours later, after police alerts and TV notices, the car was found abandoned six miles away with the infant unharmed.
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London
Suzanne Cope
Liberal Leaders Hold Swing in New York Convention
Liberals could control the New York State Constitutional Convention as three Liberal leaders and cross endorsements by Democrats boost 13 of 15 delegate-at-large seats. GOP leads include 88 district delegates to 81 for Democrats, with nine NYC district seats still unreported. Results suggest a tighter balance shaping Johnson's era policy battles.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
GOP
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
J. Lee Rankin
Alex Rose
David Dubinsky
Donald S. Harrington
Johnson
Congress
Herbert Hoover
House
Texas
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Florida
California
Ronald Reagan
Claude Kirk Jr
John G. Tower
Waggoner Carr
John Connally
GOP 68 election gains boost hopes and court fight in Georgia
Georgia voters failed to produce a majority winner for governor with Maddox Callaway and Arnall in a tight race. ACLU filed suit challenging legislative apportionment with a Friday hearing set. Separately in Washington the GOP celebrates Senate gains by Percy Hatfield Baker Bak er and Griffin, signaling a youth surge for 1968 campaigns.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Lester G. Maddox
Howard Callaway
Carl Sanders
Ellis Arnall
Maddox
Callaway
Arnall
General Assembly
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Carl E. Sanders
Sanders
Rider completes 300 mile horseback trip to Phoenix
Woodrow Dixon, 54, arrives in Phoenix after a seven day journey covering 300 miles from Luna New Mexico on horseback. He is visiting his son Robert and said the omens guided his ride and he simply rode.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Woodrow Dixon
Luna
N.M
Dixon
Robert
Phoenix
McNamara backs lottery draft in Harvard interview
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara says a national lottery would fix flaws in the draft system. He tells the Harvard Crimson the current method drafts the oldest first and creates life planning uncertainty, proposing every 19 year old be in a lottery with deferred names reentered after deferment.
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San Antonio
Tex
Robert S. McNamara
LBJ
Johnson
Washington
McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Texas White House
Viet Nam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
Joseph A. Califano Jr
George Christian
Fowler
Tokyo
Asian Development Bank
Schultze
Christian
Califano
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Crimson
Reagan surrounds himself with mixed political aides
Lt Governor Reagan builds a diverse team for his January power shift with Robert Finch as key political pro. Batagglia Bataglia leads as executive secretary while Rubel heads a screening task force. Roberts and Associates, long-time advisers, shaped the successful 1966 campaign strategy.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
California
Robert Finch
Reagan
Sen
George Murphy
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Finch
Kuchel
A.C. Rubel
Oil Company
William Roberts
Spencer-Roberts and Associates
Roberts
Brown
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