16 Nov 1967
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1967
Page
1
Near the center of Haiphong U S planes bombed Haiphong Shipyard No 2 on the Tran Bac river close to the docks, first time in the war. Skyhawks from carrier Coral Sea attacked at noon while ground fighting in Vietnam showed American casualties and Vietcong losses rising.
In Saigon three Viet Cong terrorists convicted by the 3rd corps Special Military Court face execution at Chi Hoa prison before dawn Friday. Officials in the United States express unhappiness, noting past reprisals against American prisoners.
In Manila's off year elections President Ferdinand Marcos and the Nacionalista party led in six of eight Senate contests with more than half counted. Ex Governor Benigno Aquino led Liberal vote totals as Magnolia Antonio, an independent, rode sympathy to likely election. Liberals won Manila’s mayoral race with Antonio Villegas defeating Marcos ally Pablo Ocampa by about 50 000.
New York stock market resumes rally with the Dow Jones up about five points. Raytheon IBM Xerox and Westinghouse led gains while American Airlines Eastern Air Lines and Chrysler posted modest advances. George D. Roper led volume with 74,800 shares traded. American Telephone recovered slightly on dividend news.
Washington AP report says Prime Minister Eisaku Sato departs with a promise the United States will return the Bonin Islands including Iwo Jima within a year. Johnson and Sato limit Okinawa talks to an advisory committee while preserving U S bases.
A 24 year old man paralyzed from the neck for three years sat up and stood with aid, then walked with help after a dramatic Toronto demonstration of a new spinal cord operation. The technique to join a wavering spinal cord was developed by Dr. Gordon Murray of Toronto.
Warren Report critic Josial Thompson, a Yale graduate and Haverford professor, argues three gunmen fired at President Kennedy from a building and a fence line, challenging the Warren Commission verdict that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. He bases his case on frame by frame film analysis and witness testimony, while noting his conclusions do not prove a conspiracy. Gov. Connally disputes a fourth shot, but Thompson maintains there were four shots and calls for further examination four years after the assassination.
Denver AP report on Colorado State University food service workers who faced a service examination to judge S-feel2 competence and reach salad tables. Harry C. Reese alleges white workers received inadequate testing when brought under the merit system, prompting disclosure by the Civil Service Em states Association.
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