Hanoi Area Plants Hit Saigon in Major Bombing Burst
U S war planes bombed Thai Weaven Steelworks 36 miles north of Hanoi amid a weather break marking a third strike in eight days. Vietnam war updates describe Viet Cong regimental attacks near the Cambodian border and heavy fighting as Johnson contemplates escalation at Guam. Reports from Moscow and Peking note fears of a major war expansion while U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders meet.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
Hanoi
Johnson
Guam
UPI
Junction City
Moscow
Peking
Nguyen Coa Ky
William C. Westmoreland
Henry Cabot Lodge
Communist Party
Pravda
Haiphong
Haiphong Harbor
Thailand
North Vietnam
Ho Thi Minh
Mu Gia Pass
Hospital Ban Sought On Dr Hoffeld
Three Niceville residents circulated petitions last weekend protesting a ban against use of County Hospital facilities by Dr. George D. Hoffeld of Valparaiso. They aim for 1000 signatures and reported nearly 800 by Saturday. petitions will be turned over to Dr. Hoffeld. Hoffeld, who came to Valparaiso last November from Century, was denied county hospital privileges and Okaloosa County Medical Society membership. He took over the practice of Dr. A G Williams, who moved to Alabama, sharing offices with Dr. Howard A. Parker who announced a move to Shalimar. Fires last December damaged the offices and were ruled arson. Mrs. Grant Campbell said she was Hoffeld’s patient and called him “the best doctor” she had.
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Niceville
George D. Hoffeld
Valparaiso
Burl Spencer
Main St
Grant Campbell
Elm St
Ovie V. Courtney
McKinney St
Hoffeld
Century
Okaloosa County
Military Junta Approves Viet Constitution Text
Saigon reports the South Vietnamese military junta and Cabinet approved the draft constitution drafted by the Constituent Assembly and will not propose amendments. It sets a six month timetable to elect a president and a 12 month window for a two house Assembly, with an interim parliamentary body until presidential elections.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Constituent Assembly
Nguyen Co Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Guam
Johnson
U.S
Neuyen van Thieuw
Neuyen Cao Ky
Armed Forces Council
Vietnam
Thieu
Assembly
Phaa Khe Suu
Man Shot Woman Jailed in Fort Walton Beach
Louis Fee 48 of 38 Germany Drive Fort Walton Beach is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder after an early Sunday morning fracas. Mary F. Ross 50 of Windham Drive is jailed on aggravated assault charged by Sgt. Erwin Carr and Julius McKinnon. Bond set at 500 dollars. Carr says they had previous dating ties but recent disagreements. Fee reportedly visited Ross Saturday night. after arguments, she says he grabbed a pistol from under a pillow and was shot in the ensuing fight.
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Louis Fee
Germany Drive
Fort Walton Beach
Mary F. Ross
Windham Drive
Erwin Carr
Julius McKinnon
Carr
Fee
Talks to start on possible Soviet Malaysian ties
TUALA LUMPUR Malaysia officials from the Soviet Union and Malaysia prepared to begin talks on Monday about establishing diplomatic relations. A Soviet trade mission arrived for a 10 day visit.
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Tuala Lumpur
Malaysia
UPT
Okaloosa Students Excel in Weekend Science Fair
Okaloosa County high and junior high students excelled at the Northwest Florida Science Fair at Pensacola Junior College. Choctawhatchee High’s Vicki Brown won a grand prize scholarship to Pensacola Junior College for her exhibit on population growth impacts. Kingsley Click of Choctawhatchee earned a second grand prize for a chemistry exhibit and earned two society awards. Marcia Timmel of Pryor Junior High won junior math. Several students from Northwood, Choctaw, Meigs, and Pryor claimed seconds.
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Okaloosa
Okaloosa County
Florida
Pensacola Junior College
Vicki Brown
Choctawhatchee High School
Kingsley Click
Choctawhatchee
Click
Miss Brown
Brown
American Society of Quality Control
Marcia Timmel
Pryor Junior High School
Northwood, Choctaw, Meigs and
Pryor
Playground Daily News
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Chemical Society
Mary Esther Man Dies In One Car Accident
Alton Edward Broxson 25 of Mary Esther died in a Sunday one car crash in Santa Rosa County. Joseph H. Ogllesby 27 of Fort Walton Beach was hospitalized with minor injuries. Road location was a county dirt stretch near Camp Navarre. Troopers investigated and reported severe damage and a torn left door. Broxson was son of John and former Mary Esther residents now in Holly.
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Mary Esther Man
Alton Edward Broxson
Rt. 1
Mary Esther
Santa Rosa County
Joseph H. Ogllesby
Race Track Road
Fort Walton Beach
Camp Navarre
Broxson
Oglesby
C. Turlington
R. Dixon
Pensacola
Florida Highway Patrol
Turlington
John Broxson
Holly
Niceville Man Killed In Wreck
Ansel Clinton Punk Tullis 31 of Spencer Place Niceville died Saturday afternoon four miles south of Montgomery Alabama in a two car crash on U S Highway 331. Driver Jack A Gurley of Fort Walton Beach was hospitalized with chest injuries. Both men worked for Fort Walton Beach Moving and Storage Co on their way to Tennessee. Funeral services scheduled at 2 p m from Black Creek Church Freeport with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by parents Alger and so on Tullis and a brother Eldon Tullis.
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Daily News
Niceville
Ansel Clinton
Punk
Tullis
Spencer Place
Montgomery
Ala
Jack A. Gurley
Race Track Road
Fort Walton Beach
Gurley
Black Creek
Freeport
Alger Tullis
Eldon Tullis
Wind blasted fires destroy forest land in Var district
Winds whipped through the Var district on Saturday fueling fires that scorched about 1,480 acres of forest on the French Riviera. The blaze disrupted areas near Draguignan and prompted fire crews to battle the flames.
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Draguignan
France
UPI
Var
French Riviera
Top Level Talks On War Begin In Guam Meeting
President Johnson arrived in Guam for a two day conference with military and diplomatic aides to map the war effort in Vietnam and discuss pacification plans with South Vietnamese leaders. He noted the burden on Saigon and announced new U.S. representatives to coordinate efforts. Continuous rain briefed the opening moments as Ky and Thieu arrived and salutes were fired.
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Guam
Air Force
Johnson
Western Pacific
White House
Jandare
Vietnam
Washington
U.S
Honolulu
Lyndon
Dolly
U.S. Air Force
Ngueyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Joint Service
Navy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
CBS
Arkansas Democrat
South Vietnam
Issues
ABC
Humphrey
Fullbright
Senate
Mike Mansfield
United States
Garrison Wins First Test In JFK Plot Trial
In New Orleans, DA Ing Garrison gains a preliminary ruling to move Clay Shaw to trial for conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. Unusual witnesses include a former addict and a time tunnel recall, with Russo testifying about a party where Shaw Ferrie and Oswald plotted.
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Garrison
JFK
New Orleans
Ing Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Pri
Perry Raymond Russo
David W. Ferrie
Shaw, Ferrie
Lee Harvey Oswald
Fulbright Sees Escalation in Conflict Over Policy
Senator J William Fulbright warned that the Johnson administration appears unwilling to seek a compromise on the mounting conflict. He spoke in Washington stating that steps toward escalation risk widening the dispute and reducing chances for settlement.
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Washington
UPI
J. William Fulbright
Johnson Administration
Palmer May Get Big Vietnam Job
Lt Gen Bruce Palmer, then commanding general of the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, is linked to a Vietnam assignment as press dispatches place him in Guam with President Johnson. Speculation cites Palmer possibly succeeding Westmoreland, while Palmer’s ties to Maj. Gen. Sibert and Destin connections are noted amid Guam talks and the broader Vietnam debate.
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Bruce Palmer
Okaloosa Island
Vietnam
Palmer
18Th Airborne Corps
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
President Johnson
Guam
Drew Pearson
Washington
William Westmoreland
Pearson
Dominican Republic
Peerson
Johnson
Inlaw
Frank C. Sibert
U.S.A
Pelican Drive
Sibert
Fort Benning
Destin
General Palmer
Kathyrn
Weest Point
Virginia
Ladybird Johnson Leaves for Week in Virgin Islands
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson departs from Friendship Airport near Baltimore aboard a commercial jetliner for a Caribbean vacation at Caneel Bay St John s Island while President Johnson attends Vietnam strategy conferences on Guam. The trip is kept secret by the White House.
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Wasitington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virgin Islands
Guam
Pacific
Friendship Airport
Baltimore
Caribbean
Laurance S. Rockefeller
Caneel Bay
St. John’s Island
White House
Five-county district could save money on lawmakers
A Fort Walton Beach Board of Realtors report suggests a new ninecounty senatorial district elects three senators from Tallahassee, cutting legislative mileage. A Crestview hitchhiker, arrested for public drunkenness, wired funds, hired a lawyer, paid fines, and left with $15 after sobering up. Local police were amazed.
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Fort Walton Beach
Crestview
Emreles
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