Heavy Viet Cong counter attacks drive Marine counterstrike
In a muddy hour near Dai Nang, heavy Viet Cong forces counter-attacked U.S. Marines as they closed in on a dug-in Communist force. The battle near Qui Son intensified with Marine air strikes and artillery. Estimates of Communist casualties ran high, while Go Cong Province clashes to the south signaled a large Mekong Delta engagement. Political tensions in Da Nang rose after a Buddhist temple incident involving U.S. Marines.
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Saigon
VPS
U.S
Dai Nang
Valley Forge
Qui Son
Go Cong
Mekong Delta
da Nang
Weather Redlands Today With Variable Clouds and Warm Temps
Reading at 11 a.m. shows a high of 56 and a low of 45, with one-year-ago figures 52 and 38. Tomorrow sunrise 6 46, sunset 4 40. San Bernardino Valley forecasts variable clouds with sunshine, highs 60 to 65, tonight lows 45 to 50. Southern California expects more sun with few showers possible north coast and mountains tonight into Sunday.
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Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
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Des Moines
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Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
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Seattle
Washington
Brown to call special session on education in Watts
Governor Edmund G Brown announced plans to convene a special legislative session early next year to address educational problems in Watts and other poverty areas. He urged an administration task force to study federal state and local programs and to recommend actions for the session. He cited McCone Commission findings of low scores and a two thirds dropout rate in three high schools and urged early intervention for disadvantaged children.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Watts
State Council
The
California Teachers Association
Brown
McCone Commission
California
Los Angeles Press Club
Father shoots daughter while reenacting William Tell tale
In Santa Monica California five year old Elizabeth Marie Van Denburgh died after her father Eugene L Van Denburgh 34 fired a 22 caliber rifle at her head as she placed a tangerine on her hat in a yard. The child died at Santa Monica Hospital and the father was jailed on suspicion of murder after drinking prior to the incident.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Elizabeth Marie van Denburgh
William Tell
Elizabeth Marie
Eugene L. van Denburgh
van Denburgh
April Ann Gilbreath
Kindergartner Takes Clothes Drive Seriously
Evansville児 Indiana five year old Stephen Cain took the clothing donation drive to heart. After his teacher spoke of helping children abroad he disappeared with his own clothes to school, prompting a search by family and teachers.
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Evansville
Ind
UPI
Stephen Cain
Stephen
Road contracts awarded in Los Angeles and San Bernardino
SACRAMENTO UP I two highway contracts were issued by the State Department of Public Works. Guy F Atkinson Co of Long Beach received 7.71 million for an eight lane freeway on Route 134 from the Golden State Freeway to San Fernando Road in Los Angeles County. Triangle Construction Co Inc and H M Gross Construction Co of Riverside won 327 500 for upgrading 2.7 miles of the Bear Valley cutoff near Victorville in San Bernardino County.
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Sacramento
UPI
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
State Department of Public Works
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Long Beach
Golden State Freeway
San Fernando Road
Los Angeles County
Triangle Construction Co., Inc
H & M Gross Construction Co
Riverside
Bear Valley
Victorville
San Bernardino County
Smith defies Britain on independence in Rhodesia
Salisbury Rhodesia UPI Prime Minister Jan Smith rejects Britain's demand to abandon independence before new talks. He says Rhodesia is the de facto government and will not back down. He questions Gov Gibbs official status, notes sanctions as expected, and welcomes Britain’s military aid to Zambia to maintain order.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Jan Smith
Britain
Rhodesia
Smith
Harold Wilson
London
Jourse
UDI
Zambia
Tug takes disabled ship in tow
Plymouth reports the German tug Atlantic tows the Greek freighter Costantis after mountainous seas and gale winds nearly sank it. Atlantic, with 27 crewmen removed, heads toward Brest France as the freighter is pulled easterly and about 250 miles west of Brest in rough seas.
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England
UPI
Atlantic
Brest
France
Costantis
Here
Aird Sea Rescue Coordination Center
Brown Flies to New Zealand for Pre Inaugural Trip
Gov. Edmund G. Brown and his wife will fly from Los Angeles to New Zealand on a pre inauguration Air New Zealand flight. They will spend December 13 to 18 in New Zealand, December 19 and 20 in Hawaii, then return to California.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Los Angeles
New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Hawaii
California
Gemini 7 reaches three millionth mile in space mission
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell recount a tumble in Gemini 7 as cabin temperature drops. The Dallas Houston Space Center notes a water pressure buildup caused the chill while planning milestones include Gemini 6 rendezvous and breaking the single flight duration record.
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S. Lovell
Houston Space Center
America
Borman
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Gemini 6 Crew Rests Ahead of Historic Space Chase
Gemini 6 astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford relax at Cape Kennedy as launch crews stay ahead of schedule for the 9:54 a.m. EST liftoff. Forecasters predict good weather for the year ending mission in the double header with Gemini 7.
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Thomas Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Schirra
Stafford
Lovell
Borman
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Upi
America’s New Moonport
America
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Gemini 7
Frank Borman
James Lovell
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Shirra
Gemini
Johnson approves funds for 210 FB-111 bombers
President Johnson backs a 31.75 billion program to add 210 FB-111 long range bombers to the Air Force by 1971. First units to be ready in 1968, with full fleet in service by end of 1971. The FB-111 will replace B52 and B58 aircraft and can operate from shorter runways.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Air Force
Johnson
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert McNamara
McNamara
United States
Somerset Maugham In Coma At 91 In Nice France
Renowned author Somerset Maugham, 91, lapsed into a coma in Nice and was being rushed to a hospital within half an hour. His secretary Alan Searle said the illness had troubled him for a long time and that Maugham went into coma yesterday.
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Nice
France
UPI
Somerset Maugham
Alan Searle
Maugham
Federal study action against three acquitted in Reed death
Federal authorities in Selma consider possible charges against Elmer Cook William Stanley Hoggle and Namon ONeal Hoggle for the death of Unitarian minister James Reed of Boston. A UPI report notes the allWhite jury acquitted the men after one and a half hours of deliberation.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
James Reed
Boston
Elmer Cook
William Stanley Hoggle
Namon O'Neal Hoggle
Reed
U.S
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