Americans claim major victory in Mekong Delta clash
UPI reports that American infantry killed at least 204 Viet Cong and captured 57 in a three day battle in the muddy delta 45 miles south of Saigon. US losses were 15 killed and 125 wounded as helicopters rescued a downed pilot.
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UPI
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U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
U.S
Albert S&s. Munsch
Chandler
Ariz
Dennis Davis
Palm Springs
Calif
Munsch
Leatherneck
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Hanoi
Lang Lau
Expansion of War Feared Thant Says Hanoi Volunteers Plan
United Nations Secretary General Thant said reports indicate North Vietnam and sympathizers may send volunteer air crews and engineers for Hanoi’s air force. He noted possible involvement of China and other friendly states, and urged a limited U.S. bombing pause to avert a broader Asian conflict.
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U. N. General Assembly
U Thant
Vietnam
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Thant
U. S
North Vietnam
United Nations N.Y
Hanoi
Kunming
China
Soviet Union
United States
Johnson backs thin antimissile system amid possible talks with Russians
President Johnson reportedly approved early steps to build a thin antimissile defense, with talks to avoid deployment possible. The plan could be halted or limited if a Russian accord is reached. Estimated cost spans 3 to 10 billion dollars, with thickened defense potentially reaching 30 to 40 billion.
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API
Johnson
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
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Congress
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Rusk
U.S
Good Reading Inside Good News for Hay Fever Victims
News brief notes feature advice for hay fever sufferers with a lead item on page 12-A and related health tips. A separate segment highlights parental duties in sex information guidance on page 4-B. Peggy Kelley contributes On Campus on page 6-B.
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Peggy Kelley
Adeline Moore
Margaret Dana
Chess
Farm
Golden Page
Society Grafton
Abraham
Hundred News
Mirror of Your Mind
Woman's
Sue Cecil
Preston Buckwheat Festival Special Section Preview
Coming next Sunday the Preston Buckwheat Festival presents a special section with 22 best comics over 8 pages and a Family Weekly edition spanning 24 pages.
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Preston
Family Weekly
First Fire Echoes: Family Warmth Returns
A newspaper note reflects on the season’s first fire and the muted second blaze when the damper is opened. Families cherish the cozy ritual as autumn settles in, contrasting the vivid memory of the inaugural flame with the routine routine.
Soviet airliner tug of war ends with rescue on Heathrow steps
Police at Heathrow thwarted a Soviet airliner crew attempting to force a sick or sedated Russian student onto a TU104 bound for Moscow. Detectives and airport officers wrestled the man from the plane amid a tense confrontation as the embassy sought clearance. He was hospitalized after the incident, with conflicting notes on asylum and his condition.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Moscow
Heathrow
U S Moves Toward Relaxing Arms Embargo for Israel
Washington privately assures Israel the embargo on American arms shipments will loosen to permit fall delivery of two Israeli Air Force bomber squadrons. A symbolically small arm shipment to an Arab state is planned, while Jordan faces postponement of F-104 deliveries due to air force readiness. The move follows debates over Export-Import Bank loans and reflects domestic politics, not a shift in policy aimed at restraint amid Soviet arms to Arab states.
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United States
Israel
Mideast
Jordan
U.S
U.S. Navy
Vietnam
State Department
Middle East
Senate
United Arab Republic
Syria
Iraq
Doria Hurricane Hits East Coast Killing One Missing Five
Hurricane Doria slammed the U S eastern coast with 75 mph winds sweeping from Virginia to New Jersey. One woman drowned and several others feared dead as at least five people are missing after boats capsized and coastal flooding worsened in North Carolina resorts including Kitty Hawk.
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Virginia
Beulah
Cozumel
Chloe
Halifax
Nova Scotia
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UPI
Donia
North Carolina
Kitty Hawk
United States
U.S
New Jersey
Albemarle Sound
Wright Brothers
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Cape May
N.J
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Weather Bureau
Elizabeth
Sea
Military Pilot Shortage At 12,503 Across Services
A government summary shows 12,503 pilot vacancies across the Air Force Navy Marine Corps and Army. Resignations surged since 1964 with Navy and Air Force losses driven by deployments and family separations. Vietnam is not cited as a direct cause though war demands stress.
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Air Force
Navy
Sen
John Stennis Dmiss
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
Stennis Committee
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Army
Air Reserve
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