Allied forces hit Vietcong amid helicopter crash toll near Saigon
Nineteen American and sixteen Thai soldiers were killed in five helicopter crashes around Saigon as allied forces pressed a drive against Viet Cong threats. A major crash east of Saigon killed twelve U.S. crew and sixteen Thai passengers. A 12 hour battle followed as U.S. infantry clashed with entrenched Viet Cong, yielding 46 enemy bodies and 19 weapons. B52 bombers then targeted suspected Viet Cong camps 43 to 48 miles east northeast of Saigon.
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U.S
Nha Be
American Broadcasting Co
Jim Deckard
Shreveport
Deckard
Saigion
NATO backs West Berlin as tensions with East Germany rise
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Reykjavik condemn renewed East German pressure on West Berlin and reaffirm resolve to keep access routes open. The pledge, part of a broader Western position, aims to deter further Berlin crises and support East West detente amid talks on arms cuts and Czechoslovakia.
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Iceland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
NATO
Mid- Atlantic
Europe
Berlin
Denmark
Norway
North Atlantic Alliance
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
Johnson pushes federal gun registration and licensing plan
President Johnson asked Congress to require national registration of every firearm and a license for each gun owner where states lack federal standards. He aims to avoid delaying a rifle and shotgun sales bill while Senate action remains uncertain as Gun Control advocates rally support led by Col John H Glenn Jr and Emergency Committee for Gun Control.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee
John H. Glenn Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Emergency Committee For Gun Control
Humphrey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ohio Pen riot prompts Guards inside as cause sought
Columbus officials search for missing keys and possible weapons after a devastating riot and fire at the Ohio Penitentiary. The blaze damaged nine buildings and injured 30 or more as 150 guardsmen and 800 troops stood by at Ft. Hayes amid up to 100 inmates involved.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio Highway Patrol
Maury C. Koblentz
Ernest Maxwell
Maxwell
John McElroy
James A. Rhodes
Ft. Hayes
Demolition of Resurrection City Begins in Washington
Government workers tear down the Poor People’s Campaign shantytown near the Lincoln Memorial while police and guards patrol the capital. A mule train carrying supplies moves toward SCLC headquarters as 400 plus workers dismantle the site and store belongings of those arrested for remaining on federal land.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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U Streets
SCLC
Lincoln Memorial
D. C
Walter E. Washington
Weather Outlook With Showers Into Tonight
Variable clouds this afternoon with a period or two of showers or thundershowers likely tonight. Lows from the upper 60s to mid 70s. Wednesday showers ending with a high in the low 80s.
Perry Williamson name new Democratic chairmen
Perry and Williamson counties reorganized with new Democratic chairmen. Williamson County elected William Humphrey for chairman against Anthony Castellano. Harold Powers named secretary. Donald Beltz treasurer. Omer Sanders vice chairman. Perry County chose John Rednour as chairman. other officers James Woolsey vice chairman Carl Peradotta secretary Ben Rusiewski treasurer. Republicans re elected Steve Rees chairman in Perry. Jackson County voters re elected Ray Chancey and Ray Doerr for the party posts. Williamson GOP re elected James W. Sanders chairman. other officers re appointed. Franklin County precincts re elected chairmen. Democrats Bennie Cherry re elected. Republicans Noble Smothers and others named to top posts.
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Franklin
William Humphrey
Herrin
Anthony Castellano
Marion
Williamson County
Democratic Party
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East Side
Harold Powers
Hurst
Leroy Linck
Omer Sanders
Carterville
Andy Viverito
Sanders
Ethel Fallon
Pauline Miller
Carl Miller
Humphrey
State Highway Department
Castellano
Miller
Teamsters Union
William Harris
Rednour
Sidney Keene
du Quoin
James Woolsey
Carl Peradotta
Pinckneyville
Ben Rusiewski
Tamaroa
Perry County
Roger Knapp
J. Howard Hewall
E.W. “Barney” West
John Hudson
Robert Phipps
John Rednour
Bert Rednour
Cutler
Steve Rees
Les Daulby
Victor Ritter
Tony Zelasko
Ralph Dunn
Arthur Pursell
Ted McDaniel
Cora Sams
Murphysboro
Ray Chancey
Ray Doerr
Vergennes
Chancey
Jackson County
Democratic Central Committee
Hubert Goforth
Doerr
John Travelstead Jr
Carbondale
Carl Todd
Grand Tower
George Maksin
Dowell
Paul Stearns
Walter King
Robert Brooks
Richard Richman
Margaret Stauber
Ruby Hall
Vickie Shult
Delmar Ward
Susan Casey
Robert Harrell
Kenneth Buzbee
Harry Kilby
John Travelstead
Charles McCann
Robert C. Maloney
GOP
Republican Party
Robert Connell
Lawrence Smothers
Earl Jent
Johnston City
Barney Boren
Homer Askew
Grover Haynes
Comsuiussishers
Reoei Faith
Bobby Joe Hale
Harold Farner
James Wilson
Kenneth Powless
Jack Hampton
Clyde Mitchell
Jack Hill
Young Republicans Club
Maureen Johnston
Women’s Organization
Kenneth Hammond
Gerald Choate
Eva Crain
Garland Rodgers
Tom Arnold
Pittsburg
Ann Brown
Creal Springs
Dee Rodd
Delmer Mitchell
L. C. Cavaness
Franklin County
Central Committee
Ted Kozer
Royalton
Republican Central Committee
Bennie Cherry
Zeigler
Noble Smothers
Thompsonville
Ernie Sullivan
Benton
NAACP vote blocks militants bid at Atlantic City convention
The NAACP national convention in Atlantic City enters its second day with moderates in control after delegates rejected a request by the Young Turks militants. The defeated resolution, led by Fred Crockett, proposed five internal committees to address black survival, economic power, and cultural pride amid anti crime bills and police arming concerns.
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Atlantic City
N.J
National Convention
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fred Crockett
NAACP
Illinois
National Committee
Crockett
Soviets bar embassy aide in airport clash
Soviet officials blocked the acting head of the American Embassy from meeting U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson at the airport amid a third round of airport troubles between Washington and Moscow. Emory Swank and other embassy staff were held at the gate while Mrs Thompson and a few others greeted the returning ambassador.
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U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
United States
Soviet Union
Thompson
Tro Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Emory C. Swank
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