Bear and dog clash in the canyon near Ruidoso
A mother bear and two cubs linger near Mountainair Cabins as night falls. A small dog provokes the mother, which swipes but misses, sending the dog retreating. The tale ends with a local anecdote about Midnight the cat’s 200 mile homeward trek.
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Canyon
Ruidoso
Mountainair Cabins
Otero County
Bettie J. Moran
W.E
Buddy) Sumner
Albuquerque
Midnight
Roy Schultz
Roswell
Vaughn
Corona
War helicopters hit in Saigon rescue attempt
Brig. Gen. John F. Freund 49 was shot in the leg when Viet Cong fire hit his helicopter during a rescue of two crewmen near Saigon. Five U.S. aircraft were shot down. one was destroyed.
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Associated Press
Saigon
John F. Freund
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
U.S
Pro Castroites Hijack Airliner for Cuba
Five Fidel Castro supporters hijacked a Colombian DC4 with 71 passengers and four crew en route from Bogota to San Andres and Providencia then diverted to Havana. Cuban authorities showed six exiles captured in Florida and accused them of CIA training and plotting to kill Castro. Passengers included two U.S. citizens, and most were unharmed. the flight lasted about four and a half hours.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Florida
Castro
U.S
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Latin American Organization of Solidarity
OLAS
Cuba
Caracas
Bogota
San Andres
Providencia
Caribbean
Rafael Madero
U.S. Army
Harris Wheeler
Helga
Modesto
Calif
Panama
MI6
Wheeler
Enrique Mendez
Barranquilla
Miami
Armando Freites
Escambray
Pablo Garcia Roqueta
Alberto Laucerica Diaz
Francisco Avila Azcuy
Jose Roy Rodriguez
Placio Hernandez
Freites
Second Front
Laucerica
Honda Bay
Pinar del Rio
Black Power Advocate Urges Negroes to Arm
In New York H. Rap Brown, a Black Power advocate and SNCC chairman, urged Negroes to arm themselves against a white conspiracy of genocide as African robed youths waved palm fronds and a machete bearing guard stood by.
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New York
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Airline eyes Roswell for training center site
Representatives from a major U S airline will visit Roswell this week to evaluate flight training possibilities at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. Mayor Gail Harris said officials will compare Roswell with two other locations, ahead of Pan American Airlines planned opening later this month. The visit involves Harris and Roswell Industrial Development Corp Committee members.
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U.S
Roswell
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Gail Harris
Harris
Pan American Airlines
Plane hits deer near Pittsburgh airport
A deer was struck and killed as it ran into a landing jet at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. The flight from New York landed safely after a hydraulic line repair in its landing gear.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh
New York
Firing Across Jordan River Breaks Truce
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged fire across the Jordan River in a new ceasefire breach near the Al Lenby Bridge. Arab merchants in Jerusalem padlocked shops protesting Israeli unification, with observers claiming near total strike effectiveness.
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Jordan River
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Sea of Galilee
West Bank
Egypt
Sinai
Cairo
Khartoum
U.N
U Thant
Nils G. Gussing
Amman
Brown
Bomb kills Georgia Solicitor General in his car
In Jefferson Georgia a bomb exploded as Solicitor General Floyd Hoard left his home killing him instantly. His wife Hazel Hoard and their four children witnessed the devastation as investigators probe auto theft links amid a spike in 1964 Georgia car thefts and related crimes.
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Jackson County
Floyd Hoard
Jefferson,Ga
Jefferson, Ga
Floyd Heard
L.G. Perry
Vinson E. Williams
Jerry R. Everett
Hoard
Georgia
Vietnam Candidates Claim Campaign Trip Sabotaged
South Vietnam civilian presidential hopefuls accused the military government of sabotaging their first campaign trip to Quang Tri after adverse winds forced an unplanned landing. Some called it a conspiracy, others saw a misstep. Thieu and Ky offered no comment on the ride or planning.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
U.S
Dong Ha
Hoang Co Binh
Phan Quang Dan
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu-Ky
Thieu
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