Allies tally over five thousand enemy killed in two weeks
UPI reports U S and Allied forces fatally wounded more than 5 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in ground fighting during the past two weeks, with 2 218 killed last week and 2 868 the week before as battles raged along the Laos Cambodia frontier and in central highlands near Dak To. American pilots flew 12 missions striking Hanoi Huai Phong and targets near the Neai Nguyan plant north of Hanoi.
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Panhandle
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Laos
Highlands
Dak To
Pleika
An Khe
Flash fiends kill 14 in Da yao province and 21 missing
Police report deadly attacks in Da yao province as 14 people die and 21 remain unaccounted for after weekend violence. Residents injured during the incidents were rushed to local clinics and authorities launched searches for the missing.
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Philippines
Manila
da Yao Oriental
Tremors Strike Sicily Prompting Mass Evacuations
Rescue teams rushed blankets to survivors as new tremors hit western Sicily after Monday’s quake. Palermo and Trapani saw little damage while Montevaga and Gibellina suffered heavy losses. Italy and allied aid poured in with ships, planes, tents, and medical supplies.
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Sicily
Palermo
Trapani
Messina
California Democrats Favor Johnson in State Poll
California voters prefer Johnson over Kennedy and McCarthy in a state poll on the Democratic nomination. The survey shows Johnson leading Kennedy and McCarthy in head to head matchups, with McCarthy trailing and don’t know responses remaining. The poll also notes California Democrats’ delegation system for the national convention and the potential influence of delegation leaders.
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McCarthy
Thomas Lynch
Johnson
California
Pet. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Samuel W. Yorty
George Wallace
Robert Kennedy
Don't Know
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
Humphrey
Vumphrey
Navy Plane Down With Crew of 12 Near Japan
A U S Navy P2A Orion with a 12 man crew disappeared while battling snow flurries near Shikoku Iland. Search efforts by Navy Marine aircraft and Japanese MS A units continued past darkness with partial crew lists released. All listed crew members were Californians from Sunnyvale Reedley San Jose Milpitas and other towns.
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Iwakuni
Japan
UPI
Shikuku
US. Navy
Young
Iwakuni Marine Corps
Hiroshima
Navy
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency
Moffett Naval Air Station
P.O
Tommy L. “Dugger
San Jose
Walter A Heinrich
Milpita
U.s.“Navy
Patrol Squadron 48
Strike Begins by Substitute Teachers in Chicago
Substitute teachers in Chicago, the nation’s second largest district, launched a strike with picket lines at four schools. About 2,500 full time substitutes joined, aiming for certification after two years of satisfactory service, with organizers predicting growth to 8,000 strikers.
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UPI
Joseph L. Carroil
Farragut High School
James Joinson
Hess Upfer
Henry Horner
Pryce
James McQuirter
Postponed Marriage for Kathe Jennifer Greet and Jim Hutton
Composer Johnny Greet and his wife announced that the marriage of their 24 year old daughter Kathe Jennifer to American actor Jim Hutton has been postponed. No reason was given and no future date has been set at this time.
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London
Johnny Greet
Kathe Jennifer
Jim Hutton
TVA Wins Big Victory Over Utilities in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a 6-4 decision by Justice Hugo L. Black, upheld TVA power supply to two small Tennessee villages and affirmed TVA’s authority under congressional power to define service regions. The ruling clarifies the 1959 Act amendment and signals future cases on TVA expansion in its core area.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky Utilities
Supreme Court
TVA
Tennessee
Hugo L. Black
Congressional
Court Ends Maritime Reds Ban
The Supreme Court ruled the government program to bar subversives from the merchant marine exceeded the Magnuson Act authority. Justice Douglas penned an 8-0 decision with Marshall not participating. The test case involved Herbert Schneider a Seattle engineer who joined the sea trade in 1964 after 15 years in other work and faced questions on past affiliations including the Communist Party.
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UPI
Supreme Court Today
Congress
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Fhurgood Marshall
Hugo L. Black
Byron R. White
John M. Harlan
Abe Fortas
Potter Stewart
Herbert Schneider
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Maine
Schneider
Coast Guard
Century Freeway Funds Freed
Transportation secretary Alan S. Boyd cleared federal financing for the Century Freeway in Los Angeles County. In a telegram to Rep. Chet Holifield he signaled favorable decisions on allotting funds though no amount was stated. California seeks about 250 million dollars to extend from LAX to the San Gabriel Freeway through Watts.
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Washington
Alan S. Boyd
Los Angeles
Chet Holifield
D-Monitebello
Boyd
California
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Holifield
Los Angeles International Airport
San Gabriel Freeway
Watts
Congress
Former Proxy Dies in Chicago at 98
Dr. William J. Davidson, 98, former president of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington from 1922 to 1932, died Sunday. He also served as chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln from 1908 to 1910.
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Chicago
William J. Davidson
Illinois “Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Four Shot In Fight By Police At Hermosa Beach
Police and two armed robbery suspects clashed after a liquor store holdup on the Pacific Coast Highway. Walter Kramer and Raymond Davis, both New Jersey residents, fled to a nearby motel where Mrs. Olive May Larkin, 66, was wounded in the hip and chest. Her husband Otis Roy Larkin, 88, also injured. Kramer wrestled with an officer during the exchange. Both suspects surrendered after a volley of shotgun fire. Kramer and Davis face robbery and assault charges. Mrs. Larkin and her husband were hospitalized in Torrance in fair condition.
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Hermosa Beach
Olive May Larkin
Paul McCuiston
Walter Kramer
Raymond Davis
New Jersey
Pacific Coast Highway
William
Berlin Jr
McCulston
Larkin
Otis Roy Larkin
Kramer
James “Worth
Torrance
Davis
Reagan rejects extending sales tax to food says no tax base broadening
President Reagan stated he would not advocate extending the sales tax to food and emphasized his weeklong study of the tax report. He announced the position as of greatest public interest while noting reservations about using student funds for counseling despite supporting loans and grants and a university fee plan.
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Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
State Central of
University of California Regents
Regents
San Francisco
Studens
Fire Claims Mother and Four Children in Detroit
DETROIT UPI A pre dawn blaze killed Gloria Randabaugh and four of her children in a two story frame house. Father Charles Randabaugh arrived home to find the home ablaze as his three surviving sons escaped. The three sons were hospitalized with burns and smoke inhalation.
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Detroit
UPI
Gloria Randabaugh
Margaret
Michele
Tony
Eric
Charles Randabaugh
Charles
James
David
Songwriter Kills Wife in Courthouse Shootout
In a courtroom incident songwriter Dilbeck fired six shots from a .22 pistol as officers walked out of a nearby case. Mrs Dilbeck, MRS KLUG, and Norberg were injured, while Sheahan sustained a scalp wound. The couple had married in Fullerton in 1958 and separated in September 196?. Mrs Dilbeck was pursuing divorce.
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Dilbeck
Fullerton
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