Egypt alerts Suez force after Dayan warning
Egyptian armed forces along the Suez Canal front were ordered on maximum alert after Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned that a new war in the Middle East may be imminent. Cairo officials said Prime Minister Mahmoud Fawzi met with his cabinet to discuss the military situation amid crisis from a Friday bazooka attack on an Israeli chartered oil tanker near Bab el Mandeb.
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Suez Canal Front
Moshe Dayan
Middle East
Cairo
Egyptian Middle East News Agency
MENA
Mahmoud Fawzi
Red Sea
Israel
Bab el Mandeb
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Israel Radio
Tiran Strait
Egypt
Jerusalem
Dayan
House votes to drop F-14 funds from defense bill
The House Armed Services Committee withdrew support for the Navy F-14 jet, urging removal of 806 million dollars from the defense appropriations bill. Chairman Hebert said the project could be revived if Navy restudies favor the fighter, with Deputy Defense Secretary Packard to supervise.
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Washington
UPI
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Committee
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Marines face four hour mortar barrage near DMZ
North Vietnamese forces launched a four hour mortar volley against South Vietnamese marines airlifted into the area to stop them. Five marines were killed and 15 wounded in the attack Monday as ARVN had just ended a two month campaign near the A Shau Valley. U.S. helicopters brought in two battalions to a landing zone east of the abandoned Khe Sanh base, supported by B52 bombardment targeting suspected communist concentrations.
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API
South Vietnam
Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
ARVN
A Shau
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Khe Sanh
Honecker urges West Berlin decision for Big Four pact
East German leader Erich Honecker called on West Germany to renounce Berlin claims to enable a Big Four agreement easing tensions in Berlin. He spoke at the East German Communist party convention while North Vietnamese forces mass near the DMZ and U.S. casualty figures remained light after mortar exchanges. Thailand-based B52s dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on bunkers and infiltrations over three days.
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UPI
Erich Honecker
Communist Party
West Germany
West Berlin
Laos
Dmz
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South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Cuban court fines American adventurers for trespass
Five Americans including a 17 year old and four yachtsmen were fined 20000 each by Cuban courts for violating Cuban territorial waters by landing illegally in Cuba. Names include Fritz Sprandel Dr Bernard Bender Alan Bender Michael Bender and Joseph McGuire. State Dept had no comment on possible release or action.
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Havana Radio
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State Department
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Mexico
Bernard Bender
Canoga Park
Calif
Alan
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