Viet Cong Ambush Kills U S AID Official Near Da Nang
North VietNam ambushers kill Norman L. Clowers a 50 year old U S public safety adviser for five provinces near Mha Trang on the central coast America says he was delivering cement and steel to villagers In Hastings operation Marines report only light contact with the North Vietnamese division they hunt Da Nang post says 18 Viet Cong killed by artillery Tuesday night Cu Chi base in flames three Viet Nam outposts and a naval aviation cadet recipient earlier commissioned in the Navy in 1964 US planes hit targets with missiles and bombs across North Vietnam amid ongoing raids and counterattacks.
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U.s.agency For International Development (Aid
Mha Trang
South
Viet eNam
Shin
Nortmen L. Clowers
Tawcomba
Wash
Toy
Sheen
U. S
Hastings
da Nang
Tent City
Fibase
Cu Chi
Saigon
Soc ‘Trang
U.S
North Viet Nam
Azul
Vinh
Pascal
Ho Chi Minh
Pradtie
North
J Ky
News & World Report
VietNam
Nguyen van Thien
Senate
Yank Who Fled Viet Prison Continues War Tale
A continuing account describes Air Force Captain James R. Mitchell of Ogden Utah and others shot down north of the 17th Parallel. Mitchell, a 3rd decorated flier, is among a downed crew rescued after a 14 mile North Vietnamese flight. Capt. J Marvin Mayfield of Abi Jones Texas and 1st Lt. Robert Clark of Alexandria Virginia parachuted to safety and were picked up by U.S. Marine and Navy helicopters. Ky and Thien rhetoric echo in U.S. debates, with calls to destroy sanctuaries and press for decisive actions. Dengler, a newly escaped American POW, is identified as the first to escape from North Vietnam, his brother Martin remarking little.
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Dong Hoi
J Marvin Mayfield
Abi’ Jone, Tex
Robert Aflark
Alexandria
U.S. iMarine and & Navy
Viet Nam
Dengler
San Francisco City College
San Mateo Junior College
Pensacola
Mla
Naval A
Corpus Christi
Tex
Viet 'Nam
Martin
San Francisco
United States
Germany
Train Derails Injures Seven Mail Clerks in Conn
Seven cars of a New Haven Railroad combination passenger and mail train derailed at 3 am near North Haven Connecticut. Seven mail clerks were hospitalized for minor injuries. none of the passengers were hurt. The nine car train carried 32 passengers in the coach. Tracks suffered damage and other trains were delayed 20 to 30 minutes while rerouted. Eugene Schmeister of Laurelton New York admitted for observation. six others discharged. Conductor John J. Greene reported ballast in the car and brakes activating as the derailment occurred.
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North Haven
Conn
New Haven
New York City
Springfield
Mass
Here
Eugene Schmeister
Laurelton
John J. Greene
Lakewood, Nut
Viet Red Ambush Slays U S Aid Official Near Nha Trang
U S officials report Viet Cong ambush near Nha Trang killed Norman Lt. Clowers, 50, of Tacoma Washington, a public safety adviser for five central lowland provinces. Clowers was shot three times in the back of the head. Investigators say the act may not be an execution. He was the eighth aid official killed, seven Americans and one Filipino among those lost.
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Saigon
U.S
Agency
For International, Development
Nha Trang
Norman Lt
Clowers
Tacoma
Wash
Sea Fails Wide Hunt for Stilwell Planes Gone Missing
Coast Guard reports maximum search effort for a missing DC3 carrying Brig Gen Joseph Stilwell has yielded no trace. Hornet and Yorktown led a vast 120000 square mile hunt in the Pacific as 30 aircraft and 13 ships persisted amid 1200 foot visibility. Stilwell, a decorated officer, joined a flight to test instrument flying. ambush reports relate to others aboard and ground actions near Pacific Palisades. The Coast Guard notes life gear on the DC3 and ongoing rescue readiness.
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San Francisco
UPS
Coast Guard
Joseph W. Silwell
Hornet
Yorktown 1
Pacific
Duke hires first Black faculty member from Atlanta University
Samuel DuBois Cooke, a political science professor from Atlanta University, will join Duke University this fall as the first Black member of the Duke faculty. A Duke spokesman confirmed the appointment, highlighting its significance for the university’s diversity and academic leadership.
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N.C
Samuel DuBois Cooke
Atlanta University
Duke University
Duke
Des. Gor ‘Girmod
Strike Near CWA Chiefs to Huddle
President Joseph A. Beirne of the Communications Workers of America calls an emergency meeting of the 18 member executive committee as talks with Western Electric stall. Beirne flew from Washington to join the discussions that began June 28 with 22 000 Western Electric installers facing a Thursday 12 01 a m contract deadline.
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The
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Beirne
Washington, D.C
Afl-Cio Vunion
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iBeline
Patrick Morgan
Army Enters Drive to Stamp Out Plaque
Army Special Forces team moved into northern New Mexico to help health officials dust and spray to kill fleas carrying the plague. Fourteen men from Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington join the effort based in Santa Fe.
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Santa’ Fe, N.M
New Mexico
Walter Reed Army Hospital
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Czech General Dies After Heart Disease Attack
Czech general Frantisek Moravec, long a key staff figure in exile government circles, died after a heart attack. The report mentions plague concerns and fleas in small animals as a background note, with Moravec tied to wartime intelligence activity and exile operations in Northern Mexico Utah and Arizona.
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Dubonie
Frantisek Moravec
Newrakian
Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Pentagon
Johnson Uses Law to Halt Airline Strike Action
President Johnson invokes the law to stop the American Airlines strike. An executive order directs mediation and immediate negotiations as White House aides name an emergency board to study issues under the National Railway Labor Act with a 60 day window for a settlement. Morse revises his bill to halt the walkout for six months while mediators seek an agreement.
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Senate
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Tlal Transportation Services
Senate Labor Or Deneesp Committee
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Wayne Morsé Dee
Congress
Morse
Guire
White House
Bill D. Moyers
American Airlines
National Railway Labor Act
Strke
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Deadwyler Widow Seeks $3 Million From City
The widow of Leonard Deadwyler filed a $2 million claim against the city alleging negligence in the police shooting that killed her husband. She asserts the use of a service revolver by officers caused his death in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Leonard Deadwyler
Police Service
Mother and three children killed by train at crossing near Hanford
Hanford mother Paula Jeanne Camara, 29, and her children Joseph, 4, Geoffrey, 3, and James, 1, were killed Tuesday when their car was struck by a two car freight train at a blind crossing. Kings County coroner Carl Hargis said poor visibility behind a packing shed caused the accident.
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Hanford
Paula Jeanne Camara
Kings County
Carl Hargis
Hargis
Aed
Joseph
Gooffrey
James
Mor e s e nd s a nd in te re sts in emergency bill shifts
Morse argues a national emergency may justify new authority and tilts toward a congressional spending bill. A civil claim seeks damages from a fatal Park Police shooting in South Los Angeles. Mrs Deadwyler, mother of a newborn, seeks emotional shock compensation. City Council review sets 45 day window before civil action.
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Tean Deadwwyler
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