Viet Cong Flee Before U S Troops and Viet Irregulars
In War Zone C near Tay Ninh province a combined U S Army company and about 240 Vietnamese irregulars repelled a Communist force with Viet Cong fleeing the jungle action reported as light Allied casualties. U S air and artillery support and ongoing operations across South and North Vietnam are noted with ongoing casualty tallies and subsequent page continuation.
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Phu Cat
South
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Green Beret
Tay Ninh
Tay Ninh City
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Binh Dinh
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
Viet Nams
Arrest in Fatal Syracuse Beating
In Syracuse, Willie White, 35, died from head wounds after a beating. Ernest Taylor, 40, was charged with first degree manslaughter following police statements and the victim’s death at St Joseph's Hospital. Mrs Mary Polk, mother of three, reported the struggle and alerted authorities.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Willie White
Mary Polk
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ernest Taylor
Syracuse Public Safety
Taylor
White
Bing warns Met strike could darken new opera house
General Manager Rudolph Bing accuses Met orchestra members of grave irre sponsibility and jeopardizing the company. He calls the musicians diggers and warns the glittering new house could be plunged in darkness if a strike proceeds.
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Bing
NEW York
Rudolph Bing
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Metropolitan
Trucker Rescues Four From Wreck Seconds Before Train Hits
A truck driver James Martin 32 rescued four travelers from a wrecked car seconds before a train struck near Plymouth Indiana on Thanksgiving Day. Martin said he merely did his share, recalling seeing a license plate reflection and a bleeding passenger while pulling them to safety.
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Granville
Ohio
George
James Martin
U.S. 30
Plymouth
Ind
Ohio Trucking Association
Martin
British envoy hails Soviet talks as useful
British Foreign Secretary George Brown called his three day visit to Moscow highly useful. He said talks with Premier Kosygin and Foreign Minister Gromyko were frank and friendly and that close cooperation emerged on Viet Nam and nuclear weapon control. Details were not released.
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Moscow
George Brown
London
Viet Nam
Brown
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kosygin
Gromyko
Gunman Kills Man In Watts Nightspot
A unidentified gunman opened fire in a Watts bar late Thursday night killing 24 year old Jimmy Gidden and injuring Fletcher Harris, who was taken to General Hospital. Police questioned witnesses to locate the suspect.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Jimmy Gidden
Fletcher Harris
General Hospital
U.S. Holiday Traffic Deaths Surpass 200
The AP reports 212 highway fatalities from the Thanksgiving long weekend, including 46 youths under 18, over 102 hours ending Sunday midnight. Last year’s holiday toll hit 615, while nine months of 1966 show 38,190 deaths, a 10 percent rise.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
State holiday traffic toll rises with 16 dead
AP reports New York State highway fatalities climbed to 16 during the Thanksgiving travel period. Incidents include a fiery city crash killing two men and a woman, another in Buffalo, and a Watertown area crash injuring a 15 year old married girl. Weather forecast calls for cloudy skies and mild temps.
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N. Y
New York State
New York City
Buffalo
Watertown
U.S
U.S. Weather Bureau
Clara Hutchins
Carthage
Lewis County
New York Central
Associated Press
Toy Shortages Hit Christmas Demand Across U.S.
Major toy makers warn about labor, material, and price shortages. Parker Brothers reports orders totaling 17.5 million with only 16.5 million possible to ship. Labor tightness, mold shortages, and rising costs curtail production while demand remains high.
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New York
Santa
Robert B.M. Barton
Parker Brothers, Inc
Salem
Mass
Smog Alert Looms Over New York City
New York City faces a potential first-stage smog alert as the Metropolitan area remains under a heavy veil of pollution. Officials cite high sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide levels with a forecasted relief from wind and possible rain, urging residents to reduce fuel use and staying indoors for health reasons.
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New York
Air Pollution Control Board
Thomas Glenn
Interstate Sanitation Commission
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic
Austin N. Heller
Graf
Philadelphia
Boston
Heller
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Bottle-Throwing Missouri Brawl Injures 13 at Show
A riot at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium after a rock show left 13 injured including eight civilians and five officers. Twenty-seven adults were arrested as chaos erupted over a disputed dance contest prize of 150 dollars after James Brown performance.
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Kansas City, Mo
C.M. Kelley
Municipal Auditorium
James Brown
Mr. Dynamite
Don Kaser
Government Aims to Build Negro Neighborhood Jobs
Washington AP The Commerce Department will tie federal grants and loans for industrial expansion to hiring and training local hard core unemployed in Negro neighborhoods and reservation communities. Ross D. Davis said the program seeks more change for the money by reducing persistent unemployment and increasing local jobs.
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Washington
Oakland
Calif
Commerce Department
Ross D. Davis
Commerce For Economic Development
Davis
Economic Development Administration
Wth
Tractor Hood String Strangles 12-Year-Old Boy
A 12 year old boy Kenneth H Kne chel died after his hood string became tangled in a tractor power train on his father's farm in Mifflinburg Pennsylvania Police said the incident occurred Thursday The accident underscores dangers of loose clothing around machinery.
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Mifflinburg
Kenneth H. Knechel
Jewels worth 170000 stolen from Hotel Pierre
Argentine woman Flora Coumandaros reported jewelry valued at 170000 missing from a black bag in her suite at the Hotel Pierre on Fifth Avenue and 61st Street. Police said she found 23 pieces missing at 11 am Wednesday and detectives found no sign of forced entry.
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New York
Pierre
Fifth Avenue
Peters couple marks 70 years of marriage
Utica residents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Peters observed their 70th wedding anniversary. He is 96 and she is 92, having married in 1896 in Chatham Mass. She recalled meeting her husband in a church as a good start to a lifelong partnership.
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Utica
N.Y
Herbert A. Peters
Peters
Chatham
Mass
Art Lovers Rally Worldwide to Aid Flooded Florence
Florence, Italy sees a global art lovers surge with aid from 35 lands. Banks and beatniks join connoisseurs to pour cash and supplies, fund volunteer hours, and salvage damaged art and libraries. Officials estimate over 30 million dollars and 20 years needed for restoration.
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Florence
Italy
Ugo Procacci
John F. Kennedy
New York
State Department
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James J. Walsh
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Jerome M. Fryer
Toy Manufacturers of
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Israel
Red China
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
ADN
East Germany
Ivan Batshvarov
Slovakia
Hungary
Hungarian Air Transport Co
CTK
William L. Ryan
Inside
General Political Department
Red Guards
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Jerusalem
Jordan
Arab Legion
Ramallah
Palestine
Nadim Zaru
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Zara
Hebron
Palestine Liberation Organization
Nasser
Missouri
Art Lovers Round World Rally
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