Pope Paul VI in Geneva for 12 hour visit and church council talks
Pope Paul VI arrived in Geneva for a 12 hour mission to honor ILOs 50 year mark and reaffirm social justice. He met World Council of Churches leaders and led an open air Mass for about 100 000 as protests over papal primacy echoed in a Protestant city split nearly evenly between Catholics and Protestants.
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Geneva
Paul VI
International Labor Organization
World Council of Churches
Pope Paul
Italy
ILO
John Calvin
400 Viet Cong Killed As Fighting Sull Ends
A war update notes 400 Viet Cong killed as fighting subsides. 18 Americans die in related clashes. In a separate domestic item, a one percent state sales tax increase prompts public apathy with only 349 voting in a straw ballot. 347 ballots counted with 263 Disapproval and 84 Approval from various locations including Augusta Georgia.
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Augusta
Reunion scene amid war chaos in Long Beach
A tearful reunion shows RM3 Thomas Kearn embracing his wife Dee and their infant son Donald in Long Beach. AP reports heavy combat across Vietnam with 186 North Vietnamese killed in a two day battle near Da Nang and 137 in four other clashes involving U.S. forces. Marine and Saigon forces tally multiple enemy fatalities and American casualties as heavy air strikes pound enemy positions near An Hoa.
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Long Beach
Calif
Thomas K. Kearn
Dee
Donald
5Th Marine Regiment
9A Nang
U.S
Tay Mint
Saigon
da Nang
An Hoa
Despair and Determination Quote Reflected in Gus Wisdom
A quip notes despair as defeat and victory as the offspring of resolve while Gus remarks that losing the will to act can be an improvement for those not feeling themselves. The piece adds a line about people forced to eat their words finding it a suitable diet to curb talkers.
Senate quarrel over Figueres name and Douglas links
The Senate floor heated over pronunciation of Figueres as Sen Thurmond attacked Justice Douglas’s ties to the Parvin Foundation and alleged CIA backing, while Kennedy defended the Inter-American Center for Economics and Social Studies as anti communist. The exchange touched on Latin American leaders Bosch and Figueres and lingered on accusations of Marxist influence.
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Washington
Senate
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Figueres
Edward M. Kemnety
Dmass
Thurmond
Harvard
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Douglas
Jurist
Parvin Foundation
Latin America
Kennedy
Inter-American Center For Economics and Social Studies
CIA
Parvin
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
Jose Figueres
Costa Rica
Lawmakers urge Nixon to curb rate-raising banks
Rep Wright Patman head of the House Banking Committee asks President Nixon to withdraw government deposits from banks that raised their prime rate to 8 percent. He asks the Fed to cut off discount privileges and seeks antitrust action against banks accused of price-raising conspiracy.
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Nixon
U.S
Washington
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
Patman
Federal Reserve Board
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Sixth Ann Arbor Area Girl Slain In Serial Murders Case
Unidentified young woman found dead near Ann Arbor after being shot stabbed and sexually assaulted in what authorities call the sixth slaying within seven miles of the college town in seven months. Sheriff says no clear suspect yet as pattern links the victims to a single killer.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Douglas J. Harvey
University of Michigan
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Jane Louise Mixer
Michigan Law School
Muskegon
Sveral
Congress Moves Toward Withdrawal Escalation in Vietnam
Congress splits into hawks and doves over Nixon’s 25 000 troop pullback as debate grows on pace and strategy. Senate leaders Sparkman and Cooper push for broader withdrawals dependent on Hanoi response and Paris talks progress while Defense Chief Laird says reductions hinge on replacement readiness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Nixon
Alabama
Foreign Relations Committee
Hanoi
Per
Long
Paris
Two Admit Setting Fire Killing 12 in West Virginia
In Parkerburg the state fire marshal reported two people admitted starting a predawn fire that killed Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey and 10 of their 13 children. Obie Bailey escaped, while Roger Bailey 18 and Susan Bailey 15 watched from a nearby structure. Another daughter was out of state.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Emmett C. Rousch
Charles Bailey
Bailey
Obie
Roger Bailey
Susan
Go Go Girls Under Ultraviolet Lights Studied
Saul J. Harris of the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare says the HEW is studying eye irritation among go go girls working under ultraviolet lights with psychedelic effects. He spoke at the Health Physics Society meeting in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Saul J. Harris
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Harris
Health Physics Society
Israeli Patrol Attacked Near Beisan Valley Border Outpost
Israeli border guard wounded as Jordanian forces fire light arms at a patrol near Neve Ur in the Beisan Valley. Israel returned fire. Thirty mortar shells were fired from Jordan at Nahal Tsofar outpost in the Negev Desert. Israelis again fired back with no casualties or damage reported.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Neve Ur
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Nahal Tsofar
Negev
Dead Sea
Red Sea
Showers Forecast With Variable Clouds Tomorrow
Weather bulletin notes variable cloudiness with a chance of scattered showers tomorrow. No additional details provided.
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Coolidge
Pelham
Paro
Barwick
Cairo
Meigs Thom’ville
George Esper
Kearns
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
UPI
Columbus
Amanda Davis Turner
Thomasville
Jenny Lynn Andrews
Abby Ey Etert
Eesreasaee
Peeereene
Aenesges Heloise
Seneenat
Eer
Eaen
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Victory
Determination
Gus
Edmond Lebreton
D-Tex
Sparkman
John G. Tower
R-Tex
South Vietnam
Edward M. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R Laird
United States
Okinawa
Hawaii
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