Israeli Air and Ground Attacks Around Damascus and Galilee
United Nations reports say Israel launched air raids on Damascus at 4 a.m. and about 200 planes operated north of the Sea of Galilee. Israel invaded Syria claiming cease-fire violations while Egypt said all guns on the Suez front had fallen silent.
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Hussein
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Soviet Union
U S Navy Toll Rises Over Liberty Sinking
The Liberty torpedoing and strafing by mistake by Israeli forces left conflicting death tallies with the Navy reporting 31 dead and 75 wounded unofficially, later revised to 9 dead 22 missing and 75 wounded as authorities seek clarity. White House officials voiced grief and protest while defense sources say many missing sailors are likely dead. Israel reported gains east of the Suez Canal as Egypt accused renewed attacks, with Syrian and Iraqi actions and cease-fire dynamics shaping the broader conflict.
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Nasser resigns as president admitting disaster
Gamal Abdel Nasser announced from Cairo he will resign as head of state and appoint Vice President Zakaria Mohieddin as president in his place. He said the nation faced a grave setback but emphasized courage and swift action to pass the current phase. The UN Security Council met early amid charges of cease-fire violations by Israel and Syria.
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Zakaria Moheiddin
Nasser
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Weather Map and Local Forecast for Terre Haute Area
The US Weather Bureau reports a partly cloudy, warm, humid day with a high in the mid 80s and a 10 percent chance of rain today. Tonight will be in the 60s with a 20 percent precipitation risk, and Saturday is forecast for around 80s with a 20 percent chance of showers. River stage 3.7 ft rising.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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Graduating Dames and Girls on the Track Feature
This Sunday in the Roto highlights Graduating Dames and Girls on the Track with focus on Girl Scouts Camping activities and related events for the community.
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Girl Scouts
Moscow Arabs Demonstrate at U S Embassy
About 1000 Arab led students protested the U S Embassy in Moscow in the rain. They chanted denunciations of President Johnson and Prime Minister Wilson, waved signs, and were kept back by heavy Soviet troops and police. No rocks or bottles were thrown. Cubans and North Vietnamese joined in.
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Cairo
Farmer Charged After Shooting Teen on Farm
Kosciusko County farmer Willard Pence, 73, was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and aggravated assault after firing on two teens claimed to be siphoning gasoline from his tank. Roger Caudill, 17, wounded, remained in fair condition at IU Medical Center. Levi England, 16, faces conspiracy charges. Evidence at the scene included numerous rifle and shotgun shells. Caudill’s car bore bullet marks.
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Levi England
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Indianapolis
Early guns likely built in North Africa around 1250
Weapons experts converge on a theory that the earliest firearms emerged in North Africa circa 1250, with Arabs possibly responsible for their first construction.
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Rose Poly Institute honors graduates at Saturday ceremony
Rose Polytechnic Institute will recognize four senior electrical engineering students Dale Helms and Barry Raff both 3.93 GPAs receive Heminway Gold Medals. High honors go to Divine and Saunders. Nineteen graduates earn honors with GPAs 3.1 to 3.59. Master of Science degrees go to Allen Brown Daugherty Reeves Byrd Creekmore Overdorf. Civil degree to McLaughlin. Continued on page 3. Col. 6.
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Bloomington
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Indianapolis
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Charles Hamman Divine
South Bend
Kim David Saunders
Homewood
Timothy Leo Clark
Milton Bird
James Robert Grundy
William Alan Holmes
Columbus
Bruce Donald Mensinger
Chicago
Charles Edward Risch
John Thomas Bray
Terre Haute
George Wade Allen Jr
Gary Dean Bradham
Edgewood
David Leroy Honey
Charles Philip Morgan
Carmel
James William Kane
John David Gibson
Robert William Walden
David Guy Grove
Connersville
Kenneth Charles Kuntz
Speedway
Richard Kimmell Osburn
Marion
Gholan Ali Semsarzadeh
Tehran
Iran
Henry Arnold Webster III
Princeton
Bray predicts Vietnam war to last two to three years
UPI reports Rep. William G. Bray after a Vietnam tour said the war will drag on at least two to three years. He noted forces are holding ground, defectors rise, and informed the M16 rifle study with Armed Services Committee members will continue. Bray warned against signaling surrender to the enemy.
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Nasser
Hue Hit by Mortar Barrage for Second Time in 10 Days
Communist gunners shelled Hue again as American and South Vietnamese forces reported casualties. One American and three South Vietnamese soldiers wounded. Air operations limited by weather. 110 missions Thursday with one Phantom shot down and another damaged but landed at Da Nang after an engine fire. Hue assault seen as attempt to weaken northern government control.
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Nation's traffic deaths down in first four months of 1967
The nation shows a 2 percent drop in traffic deaths for January to April 1967 versus 1966, with April toll at 3,920 and a four month total of 14,710. A National Safety Council spokesman cautions the April decline looks better than it is, noting last April rose 19 percent from 1965. The council also revised 1966 deaths upward by 500 to 53,000.
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