Lin Piao and Viet Nam: A Lessons From Yenan
Washington correspondent Ray Cromley outlines Lin Piao's wartime theories from Yenan and explores how a renewed emphasis on protracted guerrilla warfare could steer Vietnam strategy. He notes Lin's preference for strategic retreats, deception, and widening foreign overextension to force U.S. military pullbacks.
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Africa
Latin America
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New Jersey chase ends in arrest of mass shooter suspect
A gunman identified as Arthur Davis killed five and wounded two in New Haven before fleeing. State police captured him on the New Jersey Turnpike after a high speed chase near New Brunswick. Davis, about 25, had a prior record and was arrested on a speeding charge, with unclear injuries.
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Arthur Davis
New Jersey Turnpike
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New Brunswick
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Questions and Answers From The Ring Register Column
A compendium of reader questions and official replies covering hours for whiskey sales, bird control, water quality, acting awards, burial sites, fish anatomy, telephone line schedules, Jamestown Exposition dates, all-time home run leaders, and Hawaii population. Answers cite local officials and historical references.
Napalm Air Strikes Hit U S Infantry Near Phu Lai
UPI reports two U S Air Force jets inadvertently dropped napalm on an advancing battalion from the Army 1st Infantry Division near Phu Lai, killing at least 70 Viet Cong and wounding more than 20 American soldiers during a two day battle. Maj Gen William E Depuy called the incident an error of about 50 yards at 200 miles per hour.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Phu Lai
Walter Harrison
Taylor, Tex
Leon Daniel
William E. Depuy
Mekong Delta
Faith Strikes Caribbean Resorts As Hurricane Faith Moves North
Hurricane Faith lashed Caribbean resorts with 90 mph winds and 50 mile radius gusts. The storm, the season’s sixth tropical system, shifted toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, threatening St. Maarten Anguilla and the Leeward Islands with heavy rain and high tides. Authorities warned residents and visitors as Faith tracked west-northwest at about 18 mph, remaining about 75 miles north of San Juan by early evening.
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Weather Fair And Cloudy Beckley And Vicinity
Fair to partly cloudy this afternoon and Saturday with a high near 72 today and mid 70s Saturday. Low tonight around 52. Airport conditions show 68 high and 49 low in the last 24 hours. Greenbrier River at NS with a light wind. lake levels normal. new gauge at Hinton 2.3 ft. Five day WV forecast calls for above normal temps 79-55 north and 83-61 south with little rain and a near end of period shower chance.
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Blocked final passage of defense bill over reservist plan
Upset over a Senate crafted provision for selective use of reservists in Vietnam, the House blocked final passage of a $58 billion defense appropriations bill. The House rejected the plan 378 to 3, signaling resistance to authorizing active duty calls in an election year. A conference committee may be needed to resolve the clash between chambers.
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Johnson
House-Senate
Senate
House
Power Co Buys WV Coal Mine for Long Term Supply
Carolina Power and Light Co signs a 20 year contract to buy the entire output of a new West Virginia bituminous coal mine. President Shearon Harris says the deal exceeds 100 million dollars in coal and backs the Roxboro generating plant. Mine to produce 7000 tons daily, employing about 215 miners near Burnt Camp Boone County. Eastern Associated Coal Corp developing the mine. First deliveries due by November 1967.
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Raleigh, N. C
UPI
Carolina Power and Light Co
West Virginia
Pesident Shearon Harris
Harris
CPIL
Roxboro
Appalachian
Burnt Camp
Boone County
W. Va
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Lynda Bird Johnson Explores Magazine Career Again
Lynda Bird Johnson spent an exploratory hour with Town and Country editor Anthony Mazzola, signaling no rush to leave unemployment. Meanwhile Senator Byrd announced preliminary operations planned for the second half of October by parts of the Project Gasoline pilot plant at Gresap, Marshall County.
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Anthony Mazzola
Town and Country
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Gresap
Marshall County
Senator Murphy undergoes surgery amid cancer test
Sen George Murphy tested today and awaits lab results on tissue removed from his vocal cords. The 64 year old senator had a two hour operation Thursday. At Harpers Ferry National Historical Park a interpretative training center will be built, announced by National Park Service director George B Hartzog who spoke at a triple anniversary celebration in Harpers Ferry.
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George Murphy
R.calif
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Park Service
George B. Hartzog
Hartzog
Harpers Ferry
Beach water jellyfish cleanup plan approved
A house merchant marine subcommittee backed a 2.25 million federal state program to remove jellyfish from coastal beaches. Sea nettles and the Portuguese man of war are noted for painful stings. Spokesmen for major fuel carrying pipelines urged the Senate Commerce Committee to criminalize tapping overland pipe systems.
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Merchant Marine
Senate Commerce Committee
Movement of transportation department halted by rescuer wrangle
The House wrangled over military reservists delaying a cabinet level department of transportation bill. Speaker McCormack announced the measure would be carried over to Monday. Police search continues for a thief or thieves who took 20000 dollars from the Penn Vernon Federal Credit Union in Nutter Fort.
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Department of Transportation
John W. McCormack
Penn Vernon Federal Credit Union
Nutter Fort
Man and Elderly Mother Shot Near Lewisburg
In Greenbrier County, Billy G. Bobbitt, 51, and his mother Elizabeth Bobbitt, 75, were found wounded in their Williamsburg home around 3:30 p.m. Thursday and listed in critical condition at Greenbrier Valley Hospital. Billy was shot in the chest while Elizabeth suffered chest and arm wounds from a shotgun blast. police said they could not yet learn details due to their condition.
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Elizabeth Bobbitt
Russia Should Help End War Says Johnson
President Johnson urged Russia to share a stake in peace in Southeast Asia to lessen nuclear war risk. He spoke at Idaho Arco’s National Nuclear Reactor Center during a West tour, stressing peaceful understanding between the United States and Russia, two major powers. A photo from Hanoi area raid linked Major James H. Kassler of Indianapolis to a mission from a Thai base.
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Here
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Russia
James H. Kassler
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North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Thailand
Space Officials Press On With Apollo Plans
CAPE KENNEDY NASA officials pressed ahead with plans to orbit three astronauts in December aboard an identical moonship. A fully equipped Apollo spacecraft completed a 700 mile high test, splashdown in the Pacific, and was recovered by the Hornet. NASA said the craft showed less scorching than the prior test and met its objectives, with a final launch decision for Grissom White and Chaffee expected in October or November.
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George E. Mueller
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Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Titan Explodes After Launch
A Titan 3D rocket carrying eight military communications satellites exploded 80 seconds after lift off from Cape Kennedy. The triple-barreled booster burst into pink flame and smoke, raining debris into the Atlantic about 10 miles offshore as the Air Force cited a self-destruction.
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Air Force
Cong Disguised As Ally Kills Six Vietnamese
Six Viet Cong terrorists, camouflaged as South Vietnamese soldiers, attacked a Saigon police station, killing three policemen and three marines, as campaigning for Sept 11 elections intensified. The raid underscored a surge in Communist terror with bombings and village arsons increasing refugee numbers. US authorities ordered tighter security and an earlier curfew for Americans.
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Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
U.S
Reds Fight Hard Amid Casualties Says McNamara
Defense Secretary McNamara at a White House briefing said despite heavy casualties and low morale the Communists appear to be rededicated to fighting in Vietnam. He cited higher infiltration, a renewed high level of conduct, and a dramatic drop in Communist petroleum supplies from U S bombing, with Allies killing about 1 000 per week compared with 100 Americans and 200 South Vietnamese.
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Washington
UPI
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Viet Nam
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Thurday
Dean Rusk
White House
Johnson
Rusk
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Hanoi
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South
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Commun
Miner David Shaffer Fatally Injured in Cheat Lake Mine
A mine accident near Cheat Lake fatally injured David Shaffer, 64, of Tyrone. He worked for Walls Mining Co in a small local mine.
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UPI
Cheat Lake
David Shaffer
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