Ha Noi Bridge Struck as US Bombers Hit City
U S fighter bombers destroyed Hanoi's Ha Noi Daumer bridge center span into the Red River, severing a key rail and road link 1.7 miles from the city center. Thunderchiefs and Phantoms scored multiple direct hits near the capital's power plant as raids expanded toward Gia Lam and surrounding targets.
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Amercian
China
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Sheenvat
Gia Lam Municipal Airpark
Gia Lam
Nigeria Civil War Escalates With Midwest Seizure
Hundreds of Americans and Britons evacuated to Lagos after Midwest rebels seized the region, with new air raids on Kaduna and Lagos. Eastern region commander Lt Odumegwu Ojukwu declared independence as the conflict widens beyond the Midwest, with federal troops planning retakes. The Biafran air force operates limited aircraft amid growing violence and a Lagos press call for total war.
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Midwest
Peace Corps
Eastern Region
Nigeria
Kaduna
Niger River
Anwa
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Republic of Biafra
Hisfra
Cibesman
Victor Banjo
Benin
Biafran
24 Man Crew Quits Fire Stricken Ship at Sea
Honolulu reports a 24 man Japanese crew abandoned the vessel Shoichi Maru after an engine boom fire 20 miles northwest of Wake Island. Merchant ships diverted to aid, with the freighter Edgar Luckenbach and an Air Force rescue plane en route to scene. Coast Guard in Honolulu initiated search and rescue and coordinated help from nearby vessels.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Edgar F .Luckenbach
Coast Guard
Air Force
Guam
Coast Guard Rescue Center
930 Pan
Hst
New York
Statin
British miniskirt invasion to Moscow fashion shows
UPI reports a $34,000 September venture by 45 British makers to stage 12 fashion shows at Lenin Palace of Sport in Moscow. If all seats sell, 120100 Soviets will view miniskirts and other styles, with taped British pop music. Douglas Lewis of the Clothing Export Council says skirts will vary greatly but sales target is just above the knee. This move marks a major push into the Soviet consumer market.
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UPI
Mosco
Moscow
Lenin Palace of Sport
Douglas Lewis
The
Clothing Export Council
Lewis
Soviet Union
Hearing Scheduled for H. Rap Brown in Virginia
In Richmond Virginia authorities set August 23 for an extradition hearing for H Rap Brown a Black Power advocate wanted in Maryland on inciting to riot and arson charges He is chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and was arrested in late July in Alexandria on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution He was released on 10000 bond pending a September 13 hearing in Alexandria Maryland accuses him of inciting to riot and the burning of a school and other buildings in Cambridge
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Virginia
Toda
H. Rap Brown
Black Power Advocata
Maryland
Martha Bell Conway
Commonwealth
State Capitol
Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Alexandria
Cambridge
Big Search for Killers of Sisters continues on case
Detectives and crime lab experts cast footprints and fire tracks near the bodies but Lt. Hamilton says no substantial lead. He notes possible links to two Altadena sex crimes involving a neighbor of the Barili family, including a Jan 26 murder in a closet and a Feb 17, 1965 kidnapping and assault of a child. The sheriff adds a 50‑man task force and plainclothes officers are aiding the homicide squad to coordinate the investigation.
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Altadena
Carnal Ganchey
Barili
Sheriff's Department
Gning
Chinese Reds Fire on British Chinese Reds Fire on British
British and Chinese forces engaged along the border as tear gas and wooden projectiles repelled Red Guards and soldiers. Chinese troops then fired machine guns into British territory while British troops limited themselves to nonlethal measures. Reports say martial law was declared in Canton with clashes between Red Guards and steel workers. Tass reported a Mongolian embassy assault by Red Guards and soldiers in Peking with the embassy surrounded and its car burned.
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Red Guard
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Liu Shao-chi
China
Moscow
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Mongolia
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BD. Tsevegmid
Chiang Kaishek
Handcuffs Earn Dad A Birth View
Police officer Richard Couser attempted to witness the birth of his daughter at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose by handcuffing himself to his wife after hospital staff denied his request. After a brief stalemate, the hospital supplied a surgical gown and allowed him to be present. The mother and a 7 pound 15 ounce daughter were reported in good shape.
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San Jose
Richard Couser
Good Samaritan Hospital
Couser
Perelia
Taking Solid Food at Hospital for Eisenhower
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has progressed in his gastrointestinal upset and was allowed to eat some solid food. Walter Reed General Hospital reports he spent another restful night and that his diet has been liberalized, though specifics of the menu and return date to Gettysburg remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Dwight
Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Gettysburg
Oil Slick Closes English Beachside Holiday Week
A dark, foul smelling oil spill slicked seven miles of England’s southern Channel coast. Beaches were deserted as residents and tourists fled the pollution, with officials tracing the odor to oil pumped from an unidentified tanker.
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England
Channel
Three Americans among dead in Danish train crash
At Odense Denmark three Americans from Ohio and eight Danes died when a passenger train rear ended another halted on a bridge. Identified Americans were Joseph Nemesh Mary Jane Nemesh and Alexander Kilbourne Young. Two more Americans were injured including Lynn Northwood and Gladys Schuman. Rescue faced diesel spill hazards and crane lifting due to the overpass location.
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Denmerk
Ohio
Denmark
Joseph Nemesh
Mary Jane
Cleveland
Alexander Kilbourne Young
Dayon
Republican County Committee
Howard Young
U.S
Copenhagen
Funen
Gladys Schuman
New York City
Lynn Northwood
Dayton
Young
Miss Northwood
Miami Ohio University
Forrestal Heads Home for Major Refitting
The fire damaged American supercarrier Forrestal steamed out of Subic Bay en route to Norfolk Virginia for a major refitting.
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Subic Bay
The
Philippines
Nasser Aide Predicts War With Israel
President Gamal Abdel Nasser's closest confidant said renewed war with Israel is virtually inevitable. King Hussein warned Jordan would fight again unless Old Jerusalem is returned. Yugoslav President Tito met in Cairo with Nasser to push a peace formula for the Middle East.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Hussein
Jordan
Old Jerusalem
Tito
Cairo
Nasser
Middle East
Editor Heikal Sees No Miracle Ending to Conflict
Mohammed Hassarein Heikal editor of Al Ahram warned in a signed editorial that only a miracle could avert a return to fighting, expressing doubt that the present era permits such a miracle. The remark reflected growing caution about prospects for peace on the crisis page of the Cairo semiofficial newspaper.
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Mohammed — Hassarein Heikal
Cairo
al Ahram
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