Miss Hollywood and Miss San Fernando Valley named
Christie Lightbiurn and Leamme Fulkner were chosen Miss Hollywood and Miss San Fernando Valley, to compete for Miss California at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on August 15. Laura Lee Gravatte won Junior Miss California, a Temple City 17 year old.
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Christie Lightbiurn
North Hollywood
Hollywood
Leamme Fulkner
Sylmar
San Fernando Valley
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Laura Lee Gravatte
Temple City
Miami Beach
Don Rickles
Wile
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Laos Meo force seizes Plain of Jars control
Meo tribesmen aided by U.S. trained commandos have seized near full control of the Plain of Jars in eastern Laos, with reports of artillery bases on hilltops and Thai troops assisting. U.S. air support including B 52s targets North Vietnamese supply routes as tropical storm Kim disrupts operations. In Northern Ireland, Catholic retaliation fueled rioting, bombings, and casualties following Protestant victory celebrations at the 168 Battle of the Boyne.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Plain of Jars
Laos
Vientiane
Vang Pao
Xiengkheang
North Vietnam
Indochina
Kim
South Vietnam
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
North Vietnamese attack kills civilians in Laos village
North Vietnamese troops killed 51 villagers, many women and children, in a village north of the Plain of Jars. Meo forces, aided by U.S. CIA training, entered Phou Bia area as part of a Laos operation to retake the plain. charred bodies and burnt homes were found at the refugee site.
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Saigon
UPI
Plain of Jars
Laos
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Vientiane
Phou Bia
Bell in new offer to avert walkout
Washington reports the Bell telephone system will sweeten its contract to keep about half a million workers from striking Wednesday morning. Details hinge on formal presentation to union bargaining teams today, with AFL CIO leader Beirne noting only a slight raw money gap but major split on how funds are distributed. A broader labor clash looms across telegraph, rail, and postal unions, risks snarling national communications if no agreement is reached by this afternoon.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System Today
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications ‘Workers of America
Leter
Beirne
Beirme
America
United Telegraph Workers
Aflcio
New York
Belgium ready to hold POWs in Vietnam peace talks
In Brussels a Foreign Ministry spokesman stated Belgium would be prepared to hold American and North Vietnamese prisoners of war during any negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam conflict. He said this was Helpium's official stand in support of the Communist side’s Paris peace plan, and Belgium would participate if all parties were willing.
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Brussels
Belgium
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Helpium
Paris
Belzium
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