Navy VA-85 Veterans Return Home Praising Diane
Navy squadron VA 85 veterans flew home from Vietnam after seven months on the South China Sea front aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Diane, the digital integrated attack navigation system, helped drop 6 million pounds of bombs on Viet Cong and North Vietnamese targets, earning praise from pilots and bombadiers alike.
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Norfolk
UPS
Diane
VA-85
South China Sea
Jayne Mansfield
Navy
Buddhists Fireself Immolations Rise in Vietnam Protests
Three more Buddhists self immolated in Saigon and elsewhere in Vietnam, raising the current anti Ky government campaign to nine as banners target President Johnson over Vietnam policy. A nun, a novice monk, and another Buddhist are reported in Saigon Nha Trang and Quang Tri as demonstrations continue.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Quanh Tri
Saigon
Vien Hoa Dao
Nha Trang
Here
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Thich Thien Minh
UPI
Weather snapshot for Redlands and region
The San Bernardino Valley and Southern California expect sunny conditions today and Sunday. Inland areas will see slightly warmer temperatures with highs around 85 to 90 and low clouds near the coast during late night and early morning hours. Sunrise 5 38 a m Sunset 7 57 p m.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
San Bernardino Valley
California
Reagan Opens Campaign Swing in Southland
Ronald Reagan began a campaign foray in Southern California pledging party unity. He planned fund raising in San Marino and a rally in Santa Ana, with flying stops in Sacramento Oakland San Jose Fresno Bakersfield and San Diego before the primary. He urged support for the GOP ticket and vowed to campaign for all candidates.
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San Marino
Calif
UPD
Ronald Reagan
California
Santa Ana
Reagan
Sacramento
Oakland
San Jose
Fresno
Bakersfield
San Diego
Merced
Modesto
Search for boy continues in Nevada mountains
Hope waned as more than 20 trackers and two bloodhounds scoured the Mt. Charleston area for 6 year old Larry Jeffrey, who is hard of hearing and went missing during a mountain camping trip. Footprints were found but vanished in shale terrain after a weeklong search.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Nevada
Mt. Charleston
Larry Jeffrey
Big baby for big mother at Parkland Hospital
A 10-pound baby was born to a 502-pound mother at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. The mother arrived Wednesday night and gave birth Friday. Doctors initially doubted pregnancy. seven men helped lift her into bed and she was weighed on a grocery store scale.
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Dallas
UPI
Parkland Hospital
Siamese twins under study for possible separation
Doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto sought to determine if two day old Siamese twins joined from chest to navel could be separated without harming vital organs. The two girls, about six pounds each, were born Thursday in Guelph Ontario to Mrs Leonard McGee. Tests aim to show if they share only tissue or a vital organ.
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Toronto
UPI
Hospital For
Leonard McGee
Guelph
Ont
James Simpson
Moon Surveyor blast fails to stir lunar soil
Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory fired gas nozzles on the Surveyor spacecraft to test soil disturbance. The one second jet blast did not disturb the surface, suggesting the moon soil is firm enough to support astronauts.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Moon
Lunar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
America
Surveyor
U.S. and Korean Forces Destroy Guerrilla Band in Saigon Valley
U.S. and South Korean troops killed at least 74 guerrillas as they fled an air and artillery assault 270 miles northeast of Saigon. The Tiger Division erased about a third of the enemy force, with 70 killed and four captured out of an estimated 100. Casualties for allies were described as light as the operation continued.
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Saigon
South Korea
Tiger Division
U.S
15Th Air Cavalry
Astronauts set for Sunday morning spacewalk
Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford prepare for a 21 to 22 hour EVA aboard Gemini 9. The walk begins after breakfast at 7 10 a m EDT with Cernan using a backpack and chest box life support to maneuver and film tasks.
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United States
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Cernan
America
Moon
Globe
U.S. Open to Halting Bombings If North Vietnam De-escalates
The State Department said it would consider halting bombing of North Vietnam if the Communists show willingness to take reciprocal actions. Spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said no evidence exists that Hanoi intends to slow the war or de-escalate. The U.S. seeks indications of restraint including reductions in military infiltration and the 12 regular regiments in the South.
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UPI
State Department
Viet Nam
Department
Robert J.mccloskey
United States
McCloskey
Rusk warns NATO faces hard choices after French exit
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arriving in Brussels said NATO members must take hard decisions that affect the alliance for years. He noted the French decision to leave NATO's military structure creates difficulties but expected collective action for the common good as strategy talks begin ahead of a pivotal NATO council session.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
NATO
Rusk
NATO ‘Council
Oslo
Llewellyn E. Thompson
State Department
Finland
Norway
Helsinki
Los Angeles Social Workers Strike Amid Police Court Talks
County supervisors reject wage negotiations as 1,395 social workers strike Local 535 says action continues until demands are met. In Santa Barbara 43 of 92 social workers strike over a five percent raise granted to all county employees.
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Los Angeles
UPID
Warren M. Dorn
Dorn
Board of Supervisors
Social Workers Union
David Novogrodsky
Santa Barbara
Charles Ingram
Ingram
Social Workers Union Local 535
Kuchel Parkinson clash over GOP endorsements in California
In Sacramento Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel and state GOP chairman Gaylord Parkinson clash over pre primary endorsements. Kuchel endorses George Christopher for governor while Parkinson’s letter to Kuchel hints at Reagan support. The dispute draws in other Republicans and raises 1968 Senate concerns.
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Sacramento
UPI
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Gaylord
Parkinson
GOP
Kuchel
George Christopher
Ronald Reagan
Christopher
Reagan
Senate
John G. Veneman
Modesto
William P. Gray
California Republican League
Yorty Blames Brown for Watts Tension
Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty accused Gov. Edmund G. Brown of inflaming Watts during his campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Yorty criticized Brown for removing local control and cited riot incitement materials he said Brown allowed to continue. He planned rodeo parades and campaign stops in San Fernando, San Pedro, and Long Beach.
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Los Angeles
Yorty
Watts
Brown
President Johnson attends daughter's UT graduation as spectator
President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson attend Lynda Johnson's University of Texas commencement as quiet spectators. Lynda graduates Cum Laude with honors in arts, while George Hamilton observes from the audience and Luci plans to skip the ceremony.
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Tex
UPI
Johnson
Lynda
University of Texas
George Hamilton
Luci
White House
Washington
Lady Bird
J. C. Kellam
Johnson Television
Texas
Carolyn
Brown ramps up re election tour by airplane in California
Governor Pat Brown expands campaign with a four plane tour listing Santa Maria Lancaster Barstow Fontana Thermal and El Centro. He urges voters to back statewide school bonds and attacks Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater, labeling their platform pessimistic and against federal education aid. Brown accuses opponents of manufactured calamities while rallying steel workers and residents.
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UPI
Edmund G. Brown
California
Pat Brown
Santa Maria
Lancaster
Barstow
Fontana
Thermal
el Centro
Hollywood
Brown
Imperial
Reagan
George Christopher
Imperial County Fairgrounds
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Calif
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