Marines in Daring Hue Raid Continues Fight
Marines and Navy crews push ashore at Hue as they attack the citadel held by Communists. Reports say U S forces killed hundreds of guerrillas near Saigon while pilots hit a tank near Khe Sanh and a Viet Cong stronghold in Hue imposed heavy civilian casualties.
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Thompson
Antomese Kings
Khe San
North Vietnam
Saigon
Leathernecks
Hine
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Khe Saith
U.S
Mekong
Delta
Hue
Conmumunists
Hanoi
Senators Meet for Five Seconds in Lincoln Day Session
The Senate held a five second token session with the chamber adjourned to noon Wednesday after the opening bell. The House followed with a brief noon gathering as Congress observes a Lincoln Day holiday through Wednesday, a limit on recesses without a joint resolution.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Long Beach Captain Leads Charge in Viet Cong Hamlet
Capt. Jeffrey I. Dalis of Long Beach California led Delta Company 3d Battalion 7th Infantry in a search near Saigon for Viet Cong in a hamlet. Fire intensified and Lt Col John Gibler ordered continued fighting as Dalis urged his men forward. Casualties mounted, villagers fled, and a hidden bunker yielded the clash resuming amid heavy coordinated fire from both sides.
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Saigon
Jeffrey I. Dalis
Long Beach
Calif
Frederick D. Wallake
Kave
Dalia
Delta Company
3D Battalion
7Th Infantry
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Wallace
Wallake
Vietnam
Phutha Racetrack
John Bergman
South Bend
Ind
Racetrack
John Gibler
AWOL Marine Shot Dead After Car Chase
In East Los Angeles deputies said two AWOL Marines fled a stolen car during a high speed chase. Pvt Roland E. DeWitt 18 from Pacific Missouri was fatally shot after lunging at a deputy. Pvt James Spencer Sinkhorn 17 from Centerview Missouri was captured and turned over to juvenile authorities. Deputy shooting ended the chase at the wreck.
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Los Angeles
Roland E. DeWitt
Pacific
DeWitt
James Spencer Sinkhorn
Centerview
Dawitt
Sinkhorn
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Boycott Follows S C Riots Demands for Racial Balance
More than 800 residents of Orangeburg's Negro community met at Trinity Methodist Church and endorsed a boycott until officials meet demands. They seek restitution for three dead and 50 injured, Negro appointments in County and City jobs, equitable police representation, dismantling the dual school system, full integration, and busing for racial balance.
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Orangebore
Trinity Methodist Church
Orangeburg County
Stanford's Head Tells of Crisis in Higher Education
Stanford president retiring Wallace Sterling warned at the 35th Stanford Conference in Los Angeles that the nation must coordinate its education objectives. He cited uncoordinated federal agencies and programs and warned that neglect could waste human capital while noting rising higher education funding and enrollment projections.
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Stanford University
Los Angeles
Wallace Sterling
Stanford
Post
The
Treasury
Sterling
Office of Education
Starling
Two Los Alamitos Fliers Killed In Bridge Crash
A tanker driver amid fog described witnessing a jet fuel inferno after a plane struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The upper deck was closed for hours, causing a 5,000-car backlog as Navy divers searched for two missing airmen. Debris with Navy markings lay near Coast Guard craft on the water.
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San Francisco
S of
Coast Guard
Jet Crash Driver Leaps to Death From Bay Bridge
A California man, John C. Morgan, 20, a Stanford student, leaped from a Bay Bridge railing after a Navy plane crash caused a two hour traffic jam. Rescue efforts were hampered by strong currents. no body was found. Morgan, a political science senior, was visiting his brother at UC Berkeley and had been accepted to George Washington Law School.
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Oakland
Calif
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
California, Highway Patrol
Harold Norton
Norton
John C. Morgan
Stanford University
Morgan
Berkeley
Coast Guard
G. F. Morgan
Park Avenue
New York
Séth
University of California At Berkeley
George Washington Law School
Washington, DC
Bomb Loaded Truck Crashes Killing Driver in Ellis Kansas
A truck carrying 500 pound bombs veered off Interstate 70, crossed a ditch and 600 feet into a field then into a dry creek. None of the 60 bombs detonated but several broke loose and one pierced the cab, killing driver Bruce C. Bosworth, 37, of Moore Oklahoma. A Ft. Riley demolition team was called to deal with the bombs.
Fire Kills 18 in Hong Kong Tenement Blaze
A five story tenement fire in Hong Kong today killed at least 18 persons and injured eight others. Fire crews battled the blaze as residents fled the building, with efforts continuing to count missing residents and secure the scene.
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Hong Kong
Groppi Fined 500 On Resisting Arrest In Milwaukee
Milwaukees white priest Rev James E Groppi received 500 fine and two years probation after being convicted of resisting arrest during an August protest against mayor Henry Maier attempts to ban demonstrations. Judge F Ryan Duffy Jr withheld six month jail term but warned re arrest during probation would trigger imprisonment. Groppi criticized the system as racist and vowed to continue demonstrations despite the Lincoln birthday remarks and Eagles Club ties to the judge.
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Milwaukee
Wis
James E Groppi
F. Ryan Duffy Jr
Groppi
House of Terraction
Henry Maier
Procla
Eagles Club
Duffy
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mills Enters Race for Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Councilman Billy G. Mills of Los Angeles announces candidacy for the Second District Board of Supervisors challenging incumbent Kenneth Hahn. Mills cites 16 years of ineffective leadership, touts tax relief, interagency cooperation, and programs to meet socio economic needs of Culver City Carson Inglewood Torrance Lawndale Hawthorne and surrounding areas. He was first elected to the city council in 1963 and re elected in 1967 by a record plurality.
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Billy G. Mills
Los Angeles
Hie
Board of Supervisors
Kenneth Hahn
Mills
Hay
Culver City
Carson
Inglewood
Tdrrance
Lawndale
Hawthorne
Athens
Willow Brook
Baldwin Hills
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L.B
Joseph B. Treaster
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Daita
West Point
AWOL
Salem, Va
Walter J. Biggs
Biggs
Ladies Home Journal
Woman’s Home Companion
Cosmopolitan
Good Howeekeeping
S.C
Los Alamitos
Ronald Terry
el Sobrante
Terry
Bruce’ Turnbull
Hahn
Winstead
Pine Ave
Lakewood
RCA Victor
Motorola
Automalec
Les Copiere Coles
RCA
MuVista Color TV
Ian Ae
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