Marines scuffle on Hill 900 near Khe Sanh DMZ
U S Marines and Communist forces fought Tuesday near Hill 900 south of the DMZ. Casualty details were not released as air and naval strikes targeted rail yards and supply routes in North Vietnam. A Navy F8 was shot down but the pilot was rescued.
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Wires spark blackout hits four eastern states
Washington reports that two crossing high tension lines shorted like a lightning bolt when a top line sagged causing Monday’s massive power failure. The fault traced to a point between Nottingham and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, involved a 230 kilovolt line operated by Philadelphia Electric Co. and shut down Muddy Run generator after a flash over.
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Outlaw chase ends as GI posse heads home in New Mexico
In Tierra Amarilla and Santa Fe, a 500-strong U.S. force with tanks and cannons ended a range war hunt for Reies Lopez Tijerina and 15 Spanish American outlaw rebels. Governor Cargo reported a surrender offer, while state police shifted to informant-based village pursuit after raids that left two officers wounded and hostages held.
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Airman spy Boeckenhaupt gets 30 year sentence
Air Force Staff Sgt. Herbert W Boeckenhaupt was sentenced in Alexandria Virginia to 30 years in prison for conspiring to deliver U S defense secrets to Russia. He held a top secret clearance as a Pentagon radio operator and was convicted on May 25 after facing potential death penalty or life imprisonment.
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