Ground fighting eases in South Vietnam as raids continue
Ground fighting across South Vietnam tapered overnight though rocket and mortar attacks kept up. U S sources say about 20 Americans killed in four days with 800 to 1,000 wounded and roughly 3,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed since Tuesday. Casualties this week may reach 300, the heaviest in over two months. Probes were reported near Da Nang and Saigon, with 17 enemy killed and 13 Americans wounded in the latest skirmishes.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Phonc Long
1St Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
Police Watch Man Who Claims Tate Murder Details
Police guard a man who says he knows the killer or killers of Sharon Tate and four others. He told detectives the main target was Polish writer Woitych Frokowsky and named others with possible first hand info. The informant described as a Polish émigré reportedly invited to Tate's Brentwood home but could not attend. Sharon Tate Abi gail Folger Jay Sebring Steven Parent and Frokowsky were slain. The motive remains unclear as Polanski was in London.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Woitych Frokowsky
Los Angeles Times
Roman Polanski
Frokowsky
Abigail Folger
Jay Sebring
Steven Parent
William Garretton
Polanski
London
Operation Moves To Ottawa By ED McGRATH
Two Kansas City area glider flyers Al White and Bob Bradwell moved their aircraft to Ottawa for improved facilities and terrain. The event drew enthusiastic crowds at the airport for first flights since the transfer. White, a World War II Army Air Forces veteran with about 10,000 flight hours, describes soaring as an enduring sport, not a transportation method, with favorable local thermals. The group, including Mid America Soaring Club, uses a Piper Cub tow plane and notes glide ratios, aircraft weights, and a Schweizer factory plane from Elmira New York, plus Slingby models from England and a Navy Pratt Reed glider. Transfers from Smithville MO were coordinated through Dotson Aviation as part of the club’s move.
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ED McGrath
Kansas City
Ottawa
al White
Bob Bradwell
White
Army Air Force
Frank Lilly
P.h. White
Illinois
Texas
Colorado
Indiana
U.S
Elmira
N.Y
Mid America Soaring Club
England
Navy
Pratt Reed
Green Valley
Smithville
Dotson Aviation
Tricky Crickets Invade Town
Ottawa faces a cricket invasion as field crickets Acheta assimilis swarm downtown driving local businessmen to sweep storefronts. Agricultural agent Bozworth cites dry conditions, fall migration, and lighting as attractants while noting potential fabric damage and control options including insecticides Dieldrin Lindane Malathion or DDT and a rain aided fungus threat.
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Larry Maes
Firestone
Main Street
Marla Babcock
Ottawa
Bob Betworth
Franklin County Agricultural Extension
Bozworth
Houston To Honor Her Adopted Sons
Houston hosts a space heroes parade for Armstrong Collins and Aldrin with 60 000 guests expected. The event features Moondust Certificates bearing Apollo II portraits and displays spacecraft from Mercury Gemini and Apollo programs hauled on trailers downtown.
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Houston
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin
Manned Spacecraft Center
American Astronaut Corps
Blaiberg Improves Slightly After Readmission
Philip Blaiberg, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient, shows slight improvement after a relapse and readmission to Groote Schuur Hospital in serious condition. He slept better, was more comfortable, and showed interest in food. no further bulletins were planned today.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Weather snapshot with highs lows and precipitation
The report records a Friday high of 72 and a today low of 66, with temperatures a year ago at 85 and 75. The date’s record high is 121 in 1936 and record low 2 in 1897. 24 hour precipitation totals 0.72 inches. Hourly temps range from 67 to 71 with various readings through the day and night. Barometer stands at 29.75 inches.
Camille Threatens Florida Coast in Half Century Storm
The hurricane warning flags rose as Camille, the strongest Gulf coast threat in over 50 years, surged from the Gulf with 115 mph winds and tides of five to 10 feet. Forecasters warned of increasing intensity and an imminent landfall, with watches from Pensacola to Cedar Key and Debbie forming in the Atlantic.
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Miami
Florida Panhandle
Camille
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Wallon Beach
St. Marks
Pensacola
Fla
Cedar Key
Florida Peninsula
Debbie
Atlantic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Florida
Gulf
Grand Isle
Las
Hurricane Hunter
Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Sea
Neil Frank
Gulf Shore
Alabama
Mississippi
Biloxi
Miss
Hijacked Olympic Airways Flight Forced to Albania
A DC3 Olympic Airways plane carrying 31 aboard was diverted to Vlore Albania after being hijacked. The incident marks the second Olympic Airways hijacking and follows a prior 196.* event where a DC6 was hijacked to Cairo. Gunman George Flambourides was arrested in Cairo.
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Athens
Greece
Olympic Airways
Albania
Olympic
Aristotle Onassis
Vlore
Cairo
Jan Z
Iraklion
Crete
George Flambourides
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Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
Havana
Francis Golden
S. Cedar
Chuck's
N. Poplar
Charles Williamson
Williamson’s Salvage
Golden
Layd Construction Co
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