Harvest Moon operation yields heavy Viet Cong losses
U S Marines report 660 enemy dead in the Harvest Moon weeklong fight as Vietnamese forces claim 57 percent of enemy casualties in their sector, totaling almost 1 200. Marine losses are light, with one company hit during a helicopter landing. 27 Marines killed in recent fighting per Pentagon tally. Additional clashes across Death Valley and surrounding areas reveal Viet Cong camps, tunnels, and stockpiles found by U S and South Vietnamese troops amid shifting battle lines.
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Hunt Chief Medic Lost in Plane
Florida searchers, aided by Civil Air Patrol in Albuquerque, sought the Lovelace Beech Travelair after bad weather grounded the 282 mile flight from Aspen to Albuquerque. Mountain peaks reach 11 000 feet complicating the rescue as ground units stand by for sightings.
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Notre Dame Students Consider Fasting for Free Speech
About 40 Notre Dame students gathered in Farley Hall as 12 abstainers planned a fast to support political freedom of speech by Catholic clergy. The university urged study of the issue and noted chapels remain open for prayer, but officials said the school does not endorse or condemn the protest.
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May Bring I Maugham Home to Die
Somerset Maugham, 91, in a Paris hospital coma after a stroke, may be moved to his Villa Mauresque on the Riviera when death appears imminent. Doctors reported slight improvement in reflexes but warned it does not promise recovery.
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Thunder and lightning hit San Pedro area causing two power pole fires
Early morning squalls dropped 0.24 inch of rain in downtown Long Beach raising the season total to 9.63 inches. Two power poles in the San Pedro and Carson area were struck and set ablaze but rain extinguished the fires before firefighters arrived. No injuries reported. Temperatures to stay cooler with highs near 60 and frosty mid 40s nights. Snow level 3000-4000 feet with Mount Baldy receiving four inches of new snow. West Covina saw 30 degrees as frost formed in the San Gabriel Valley.
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iCycle Argument Costs Youths Life in San Francisco Shooting
A man killed a South San Francisco youth after an argument over two motorcycles. Police arrested Philip Hall, 19, in connection with the homicide, identifying the victim as Kenneth Kidd, 21, during the Monday night incident.
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