U N Assembly Set for Emergency Session on Israel War
United Nations officials expect an emergency General Assembly session to open this weekend to debate a Soviet request denouncing Israel for continued occupation of Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian territory seized in last week’s conflict. Thant will convene after 62 member majority approval. Kosygin potential attendance noted.
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U.N. General Assembly
Israel
U Thant
U.N
Security Council
Thant
Marines Tide of Battle Rises Around Da Nang
U S Marines fight Communist forces south of Da Nang in two engagements as tempo of war increases after a two month lull. A battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment clashes with an undetermined enemy force near Leathernneck, while elements of the 7th Marine Regiment engage about 60 Viet Cong 14 miles southwest of Da Nang with 15 reported killed. In the Mekong delta a large Communist battalion suffers heavy losses in a joint U S helicopter strike and artillery assault, 211 killed and 17 captured. Six Americans die and 12 are wounded in jungle fighting north of Saigon as the lull ends.
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Saigon
U. S
da Nang
5Th Marine Regiment
Red Po
Weather Map Forecast Terre Haute Illinois Indiana
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts for Terre Haute and vicinity mostly sunny hot and humid today with a slight chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. High in the low 90s. Tonight fair and hot with thundershower chances. Friday sunny and hot with continued thundershower chances. Temperatures today around 95 at 2 p m and 75 at 9 a m. Illinois similar with highs 88 to 93 and lows 68 to 73. Winds from 12 to 20 mph today and 6 to 12 mph tonight. River stage 4.2 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Two Bodies Recovered In Clay County
Two Terre Haute residents were found dead in Clay County Indiana. Ralph Nieft 15 was recovered from Dietz Lake by State Police diver Robert Stewart. Pearly Lee Gaines 70 was found in a field near Cory. The coroner ruled Nieft's death an accidental drowning.
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Brazil
Ind
Terre Haute
Clay County
Ralph Nieft
Dietz Lake
Robert Stewart
Pearly Lee Gaines
S. 13
Cory
Young Nieft
Kenneth Nieft
Thompson St
Phillip Slack Jr
Stewart
Slack
Kennedy widow tours Ireland with Kennedy kin eyes on hometowns
Mrs. John F. Kennedy arrives in Shannon with Caroline and John Jr to tour Ireland in a bus with glass windows. Foreign Minister Frank Aiken says thousands want to see her as they plan a 85 mile ride to Waterford to visit Woodstown House near Dunganstown, ancestral home of Patrick Kennedy.
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Shannon
Ireland
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Caroline
John
Frank Aiken
Rhode Island First to Send Troops in Lincoln Call
Rhode Island became the initial state to mobilize troops when Lincoln asked for volunteers at the Civil War start in 1861. Federal orders spurred local enlistments as the state joined the nationwide wartime effort.
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Rhode Island
Lincoln
Mayor predicts city will gain Tumpane site soon
Mayor Ralph Tucker forecast Friday that the city will acquire 285 acres of the former Tumpane property on N Fruitridge Ave to develop as an industrial park within 30 to 60 days. He and Harold Miles of the Economic Development Commission expect GSA approval of a 575000 bid, down from 650000, with land to be available before Jan 1 1968.
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Ralph Tucker
Tumpane
N. Fruitridge Ave
Harold Miles
Local Economic Development Commission
General Service Administration
Washington
GSA
Tucker
Civic Leader A N Levin Dies Thursday
Terre Haute civic leader and business man A N Levin died of a heart attack at 7 10 a m Thursday at his home 2260 Ohio Blvd He was rushed to Union Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival Levin helped advance Union Hospital's building program and expansion plans and served on the hospital board from 1939 becoming president from 1959 to 1965 He remained active on board projects after resigning as president He is survived by his brother Mayer S Levin
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Terre Haute
A. N. Levin
Ohio Blvd
Union Hospital
Mayer S
Mariner 5 Locks onto Canopus on Venus Flight
NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory report Mariner 5 latched onto Canopus after launch from Cape Kennedy. The 540 pound craft aims a 4600 mile approach to Venus with a midcourse correction planned by October 19. Soviet Venus 4 meanwhile embarks on a four month mission.
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Pasadena
Calif
Canopus
Mariner 5
Venus
Space
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Earth
California
Soviet Union
Moscow
Dmitry Y. Martynov
Sternberg Institute of Astronomy
Pravda
Poplar Street Crossing Reopens At C&EI Rail Line
The Poplar Street crossing at the C&EI railroad line near Terre Haute reopens after repairs begun June 5. Officials say closures lasted a week, with the project finishing ahead of the two week estimate as main and switching lines received new ties and ballast and blacktop paving was laid.
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Poplar St
C&ei
Terre Haute
The Country Parson Reflects on Standing Firm
A reflecting column quotes The Country Parson praising steadfast stance against ideas he dislikes and criticizing intolerant critics who disagree with his views. The piece emphasizes personal conviction and social judgment in public discourse.
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