Truce Near as U S Faces Big Red Push
Westmoreland warned the Viet Cong may try a major initiative before the truce. Marines reported 38 Viet Cong killed south of the DMZ, raising total to 275 in three days of northern Vietnam fighting. Air raids hit infiltration routes and troop concentrations around Saigon Tay Ninh and Dong Ha amid limited strikes against North Vietnam due to weather.
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Mordand
Lommunists
Westmoreland
Dmz
South Vietnam
Itl
Binh Duong
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Dong Ha
North Vietnam
U.S
Panhandle
26Th Marines
Sighwey 1
Hue
Signal Oil May Aid Douglas Co Finances
Signal Oil may provide up to 100 million dollars in new financing for Douglas Aircraft to avert merger or sale. Douglas, facing a 17 million loss in the third quarter, seeks funds from Signal and banks to cover production delays, supply problems, and labor shortages while maintaining independence.
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Signal Oil
Douglas Co
New York
Signal
Douglas
Marine With Bomb Threat From L A
Mrs Guadalupe Escalera described the moment Marine Raymond Escalera was notified of a severe throat wound from a grenade in Da Nang Vietnam. A live M79 rifle grenade pierced his face and lodged under the jaw. Navy doctor Lt Cmdr James Chandler removed the device and reported Raymond a remediable boy. The family faces long recovery as his wife and infant son wait.
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Raymond Escelera
Los Angeles
Naval Hospital
da Nang
Escalera
Guadalupe
Raul
Navy
LL Cmdr
James Chandler
Tas Angeles
U.S. Marine Corps
Guadalupe Escalera
Marine
Raymiondfhar
Escatera
Vietnam
Cass
Mire
Marla
San Franc
Raymond
Relf-Jessee
Chandler
Paul
O'Brien Hit in Viet Sea-Land Duel Near Dan Hoi
The destroyer O'Brien was hit in a sea land duel with North Vietnamese guns about 15 miles north of Dan Hoi near the DMZ in the Gulf of Tonkin. The ship steamed offshore in international waters and headed for repairs. Casualties were helicoptered to the carrier Bennington, with full hospital facilities aboard.
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L.B
O'Brien
Dan Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
The
Gulf of Tonkin
ALS
O’brien
Bennington
Shere
Cholera Death Toll Reported Across East Pakistan
In East Pakistan cholera has claimed 300 lives across nine districts over the past weeks. The health department confirmed the epidemic's reach but could not provide precise local death counts. Meanwhile a Pasadena case involves a separate incident with unrelated details in a fragmented note.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Pakistan
Pasadena
Mess
Helen Esposito
Inan Kolentik
Auto Firm Merger Rumored Involving American Motors
DETROIT AP Rumors persisted that American Motors Corp facing auto sales struggles might seek a merger with Litton Industries Inc Beverly Hills. AMCs top executives offered only no comment while Litton denied talks citing no foundation to merger claims. AMC had posted a net loss of 12 million for 1966 and used almost all of a 79 million loan from 24 banks. Evans and Abernathy were ill during the inquiry, with the firm previously aiming to diversify beyond autos and home appliances.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
American Motors
Iwans
Evans
Seven Firemen Rescued From Rubble After Collapse
Charles Moerdler praised the rescue as a miracle as 72 firefighters perished in last October’s Madison Square collapse. Crews freed seven trapped men from a sagging five story structure, with dramatic scenes of pleas for help and a ceremonial stretcher evacuation watched by 100 firefighters and police.
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P. Jablonski
Aline
Madison Square
J&teatest
Tephead
Shim
Three Jailed in $1 Million Bank Fraud Case
In July 1965 Orange County Grand Jury indicted two POLICE inspectors and six others on charges tied to a scheme using Associated Investments and a dairy firm to siphon more than $40,000, possibly up to $1 million, from Rockview Milk Farms and related banks through check-kiting. A new indictment targets losses to the dairy, the Orange Empire National Bank, and Grocker Citizens National Bank among others.
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Orange County
Ong Wien Kener
Wusnacom
Highland Ave
Janta Aga
Rockview Milk Farms
Downey
Intla
Associated Investments, Ltd
Dairy Aa Financial
Orange County Superior Court
William L.mur
Ray
Orange Empire National Bank
Anaheim
Grocker Citizens National Bank
Harbor Blvd
Fullerton
Bank of Santa Ana
17Th St
Ex-Teacher Protests Six Jury Nominees
Frances Smith a retired Santa Ana teacher protested the Orange County grand jury nominations. She questioned conflicts of interest involving James Berkshire Dr Demetrios Stylianou W B Hellis Deborah Cohen James B Stoddard and Marjorie Gamble. Judge McMillan will pare 34 noms to 25 30 before the final drawing for jurors.
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Santa Ana
Gambte
Nomi-County
Orange County
Frances Smith
Superior Court
Byron K. McMillan
Smith
James Berkshire
Newport Beach
McMillan
Berkshire
Miss Smith
Stylianou
Hellis
Irvine Co
Santa Fe seeks fare hikes for rail and bus routes
SAN FRANCISCO Santa Fe Railway Co asked the Public Utilities Commission for permission to raise passenger fares on the Los Angeles to San Francisco line and to set bus fares between Bakersfield and Los Angeles at levels comparable with Southern Pacific.
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San Francisco
Santa Fe Railway Co
Public Utilities Commission
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Co
Santa Fe Transportation Co
Bakersfield
Deficit Projection for Los Angeles Budget by Mayor Yorty
Los Angeles mayor Samuel W. Yorty warned of a near twelve million dollar deficit in the coming municipal budget. He projected 1967 68 voter income at 350.2 million with expenditures about 362 million.
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Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
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Tae O'Brien
T. 4. McGlauhtin
Dostroyer
7Th Fleet
Adm
A. 8
Goodfellow Jr
Long Beach
Maddox
Auto Firm
Litton Industres, Inc
Beverly Hills
Ray Abernethy
Litton
American Motors Stork
Charles Moerdler
6Th
Dreas
Bank Sands Safe
Cohen
Granda
Hearing Aid Center
Broadway
Omly Socextra
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Ol Dooley
Santa Fe
L.A
Yorty
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Westinghouse
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