Base under rocket and mortar barrage near Saigon
US and allied forces fought a heavy 200 round rocket and mortar attack on a base northwest of Saigon. US HQ claimed at least 27 enemy killed, with estimates of 7,800 Viet Cong slain over nine days as the Communist command shifted to costlier but fewer attacks. Air support and B52 strikes followed.
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Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Rawlins
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Dong Ha
Cua Viet
Con Thien
North Vietnam
Tam Ky
da Nang
Chu Lai
Americal Division
2Nd Airborne Brigade
Hue
Chicago Police Attack on Newsmen At Yippie Riot
Four newsmen were hospitalized as police beat reporters covering clashes between police and Yippie demonstrators near Lincoln Park in Chicago. The incident followed weeks of reported police actions against journalists, with at least 17 witnesses or reporters saying officers struck press personnel.
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Lincoln Park
Youth International Party
Steven Northup
Washington Post
John Linstead
Chicago Daily News
John Evans
NBC
Kansas Delegates Freed to Vote for Others at Demo Convention
Delegates from Kansas were released to back a candidate other than Hubert Humphrey after the Democratic convention endorsed abolishing the unit rule. Gov. Robert Docking and state Chairman Norbert Dreising led the move, predicting 5 to 7 Kansans might switch to McCarthy Kennedy McGovern or Kennedy. An AP poll showed Humphrey 2 votes McCarthy 2 Kennedy 1 and 6 uncommitted.
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Kansas
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Robert Docking
Norbert Dreising
Hays
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Dreising
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Associated Press
McCarthy
Kennedy
Beloit teen killed in Kansas 14 crash
Beloit. Wade C. Clark 18 died in a collision between his car and a truck on Kansas 14 at the south edge of Beloit Monday. Local authorities investigated the fatal crash.
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Kan
Wade C. Clark
Kansas 14
Fatal Shot Ends Life Of Kent Edmonds In McLouth
Kent Edmonds, 20, of McLouth, was accidentally shot to death Monday when a .22 rifle in the back seat of his car fired as he reached for it. The bullet struck him in the heart.
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Mclouth
Kan
Kent Edmonds
Edmonds
Manhattan man charged in fatal club shooting
Westmoreland Kan AP James Dorsey of Manhattan has been charged with assault with intent to kill in the fatal shooting of Thomas Quinn 40 of St George Kan County Atty John Lang said the case was under investigation and the charge could change Quinn died Sunday after a shooting at the Golden Lady night club east of Manhattan Robert Whitney a Ft Riley soldier was also shot and reported in good condition Lang said they do not yet know what happened
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Kan
James Dorsey
Manhattan
Thomas Quinn
St. George
John Lang
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Golden Lady
Ft. Riley
Robert Whitney
Ft. Riley Hospital
Lang
Kansas Statehouse would house only governor and legislature
Preliminary space utilization study for the Capitol Area Planning Commission by a California firm recommends limiting Kansas Statehouse to the governor's suite and the Legislature. The building currently houses at least eight state departments and their relations divisions.
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Legislature
Kansas Statehouse
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Capitol Area Planning Commission
California
Guard Duty for Kansas 69th Brigade at Fort Carson
Kansas members of the 69th Infantry Brigade will be on definite duty at Fort Carson Colorado as part of the 5th Infantry Division. Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell said the Kansas National Guard unit, activated in May, will replace the division’s 1st Brigade which was sent to Vietnam in early August.
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Kansas
69Th Infantry
Ft. Carlson
Colo
5Th Infantry Division
Joe Nickell
Kansas National Guard
Infantry
Vietnam
Nickell
GI Bill Enrollment in Kansas Falls to 5680 This Fall
About 5 680 military veterans will be enrolled in Kansas this fall in education and training under the GI Bill the Veterans Administration Center in Wichita estimated Monday. About 3 600 are expected to be enrolled in colleges with the remainder in schools below the college level.
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Kansas
Veterans Administration Center
Demonstrators Clash With Police In Chicago Park Riot
More than 3,000 protesters clashed with 600 police in Lincoln Park and streets across Chicago during a Vietnam War rally. Tear gas fired, 29 demonstrators and two reporters hospitalized, 67 arrests, and police warned news crews to leave as demonstrations spread toward downtown and hotel district.
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North Side
Democratic National Convention
Peace Movement
Yippies
Youth International Party
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Lakefront
Old Town
Conrad Hilton
Democratic Party
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Stokes
Kansas Republicans Push Taxpayer Relief in 1968 Platform
Topeka Kansas Republicans outlined a property taxpayer friendly plank for 1968. A subcommittee backed an accelerated highway program with no burden on property owners and proposed returning a share of user revenues to local subdivisions for taxpayer relief.
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Kansas
Humphrey Gains Florida Support After Smathers Endorsement
AP dispatch reports Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey surpassing 900 on first ballot strength as Florida voters shift after Sen. George A. Smathers endorses Humphrey and withdraws as a favorite son candidate ahead of the Wednesday night ballot.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Associated Press
Florida
George A. Smathers
Smathers
Humphrey
Omaha Wins Region Title
WILLISTON ND AP Jim Haller pitched a three hit game with 14 strikeouts to lead Omaha Nebraska to a 2 0 win over St Paul Minnesota in the Region 6 A Legion Baseball Tournament title game Monday night.
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N.D
Jim Haller
Omaha
Neb
St. Paul
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