Rockets moved from Cambodia to Viet Cong in Saigon region
U S intelligence traces Viet Cong rocket supply from Cambodia into South Vietnam. Rockets 122 mm are stored near the border, carried by night sampans along Cambodian waterways into the Saigon area. Boats sunk at delivery to conceal weapons until use. Movement depends on rains and fast setups by rockets teams.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Laotian Panhandle
Cambodia
Army Materiel Command
First reports say enemy helicopters possibly downed near DMZ
U S military sources indicated helicopters sighted by radar near the eastern DMZ may have been downed by artillery and US jets. Vietnamese accounts claim six South China Sea losses and one inland crash with ammunition aboard.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Dmz
Navy
South China Sea
Hanoi
Green Beret
Creighton W. Abrams
Weather outlook for fair, mild cooling tonight
Fair and cool tonight with a low near 60. Mostly sunny Tuesday with little temperature change, highs around 80 to 86. Weather details and map on page 14.
Honest South Vietnamese general purged
Lt. Gen. Nguyen Duc Thang, 37, ousted from command as Thieu purges Ky allies. Once led the pacification effort and the 4th Corps in the Mekong Delta, he dismissed to an indefinite sick leave amid an internal reshuffle. Nguyen Van Le named his replacement.
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Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Saigon
Nguyen Duc Thang
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thang
Mekong
North Vietnam
Nguyen van le
Armed Forces
Solidarity Day march in Washington aims for large turnout
Sterling Tucker leads brief surge in organizing for Wednesday's Solidarity Day march in support of the Poor People's Campaign. Deputies say 25 000 expected with groups from labor unions religious organizations and the National Student Association pledging support. Civil rights activist James Meredith arrested during Harlem school entry protest over a teacher's dismissal.
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Washington
Sterling Tucker
Mar
Chip Wood
Tucker
Washington Urbana League
Resurrection City
National Student Association
Wood
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
James H. Meredith
Harlem
Supreme Court rules 1866 Civil Rights Law bans housing discrimination
The court held 7 to 2 that the 1866 civil rights law bars all racial discrimination in sale or rental of property, private or public, with Justice Stewart stating Congress meant exactly what it said. The decision extends the law to private action and affirms its constitutional power, while Justices Harlan and White dissented. The ruling cites Joseph Lee Jones and Barbara Jo, barred from buying a home near St Louis, as the case that test the law’s full scope.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
The
United States
Joseph Lee Jones
Barbara Jo
Paddock Woods
St. Louis
Stewart
Johnson
Dartmouth honors Buckminster Fuller with humane letters degree
Dartmouth College awarded American designer Buckminster Fuller a Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa in Hanover. President John Sloan Dickey praised Fuller as a “friend of the human future” for his geodesic dome innovation and visionary design work worldwide.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
Southern Illinois University
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
Fuller
U.S
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Carbondale
Dartmouth
John Sloan Dickey
Margaret
Court denies rail rate cuts to meet truck barge competition
The Supreme Court rules 8-1 against allowing railroads to cut freight rates below cost to beat truck and barge rivals. The decision, agreeing with the Interstate Commerce Commission, warns the out-of-pocket cost standard could spark ruinous rail competition and violate federal law and national policy. The case centered on 1965 below-cost rates by Pennsylvania and Louisville and Nashville for ingot molds from Neville Island and Pittsburgh, moving to Steelton, Kentucky.
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Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Louisville and Nashville
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
Steelton
ICC
Louisville
Former Illinois legislator James Monroe dies at 79
James O. Monroe, a four time Illinois state senator and former publisher of the Collinsville Herald, died early today at the Charles The First Nursery Home in Normandy Missouri. He was 79 and is survived by four sons and a daughter. His son Karl M. Monroe is editor of the Collinsville paper.
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Normandy
Illinois
James O. Monroe
Monroe
Collinsville, Ill
Herald
Illinois House
Karl M. Monroe
Collinsville
Divided ruling keeps jailing alcoholics for public drunkenness
The Supreme Court refused to ban jailing chronic alcoholics for public drunkenness amid a split decision. Justice Marshall noted lack of medical consensus on alcoholism as a disease and warned it would force many to sober up behind bars. Four justices dissented. Earlier circuits had made alcoholism a complete defense in such charges.
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Thurgood Marshall
Abe Fortas
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
U.S
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Supreme Court rules CATV spared from paying for televised content
The Supreme Court in a 5-1 decision sided with Fortnightly Corp. CATV operators may relay movies and cartoons without compensating rights holders. The ruling says CATV is not a performance under the 1909 copyright law, reversing United Artists suit and reshaping royalties for community antenna systems.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Earl Warren
Hugo L. Black
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Forthnightly Corp
Clarksburg
Fairmont
W. Va
William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan
Thurgood Marshall
Abe Fortas
Stewart
United Artists Television, Inc
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Steubenville
Ohio
United Artists
U.S
New York City
Fortnightly
Sorbonne Reopened as Student Occupation Ends in Paris
After a month long siege by students the Sorbonne fell to gendarmes. UNEF pledges peaceful action as authorities clear debris and classes resume within a week. Renault autoworkers eye return to work with a 10 percent raise by October 1. Premier Pompidou seeks large majority to push reforms.
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Sorbonne
France
Latin Quarter
Renault
National Students Union
UNEF
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Eisenhower Suffer Major Heart Attack at Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a major heart attack Saturday night and remains alert and in good spirits. Doctors reported stable vital signs with no recurrence of pain and no heart failure. Mrs Eisenhower John Eisenhower and Eisenhowers brothers have been kept informed. no further bulletins planned until Tuesday.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
John
Deputy Sheriff Fatally Shot in East St. Louis
Melvin Hasamear of the St. Clair County sheriff's office was killed when he arrived to help in a family dispute. Deputies booked 55 year old Otho Power in connection with the shooting.
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