War Prisoners Exchanged on Allenby Bridge Between Israel and Jordan
Israel handed over 426 prisoners to Jordan in exchange for two Israeli Air Force captains. The captives included 17 officers and various soldiers, some wounded, with the exchange concluding after 11 days of talks between Israel, Jordan, and the International Red Cross.
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Allenby Bridge
Jordan
Israel
International Red Cross
Serge Nassy
Iraq
Nessy
Jerusalem
Amman
FDA Approves 78 Drugs in Last Year
FDA head Dr. James Goddard told President Johnson that 78 new drugs were approved in the past 12 months including a fertility enhancer, pain relievers, two cholesterol reducers, and a gout treatment. He said 130 drugs were rejected for incomplete information.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
James Goddard
FDA
Johnson
FTC bans 10 toy makers over deceptive packaging
The Federal Trade Commission barred ten toy manufacturers from using oversized containers that mislead buyers. The agency urged all toy firms to adhere to honest packaging as the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act takes effect this Saturday.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Egypt Bars U S Ships From All Ports
Cairo reports Egypt has barred United States, British and West German vessels from all ports. Ships en route must divert to Genoa, Singapore or Western Europe for cargo reloads. Al Ahram says diplomatic missions in the Suez Canal Zone will close and reopen only after Israel withdraws troops.
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Cairo
U. S
al Gumhuriya
Genoa
Singapore
al Ahram
Egypt
U. N
Suez Canal Zone
Israel
Canal Zone
North Korean Officer Captured Near Chinawa
A North Korean army officer on a guerrilla mission was captured Monday by a South Korean police squad near Chinawa about 110 miles south of Seoul. The CIA identified the officer as 2nd Lt. Chu Chul-seo, one of several guerrillas pursued in the mountains.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chinawa
South
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Chu Chul-séo
Truck Crash Blocks I 85 North of Lavonia
Two northbound lanes of I 85 near Lavonia were nearly blocked after a collision involving a semi-trailer loaded with cotton and a tractor trailer carrying dressed chickens. Driver Phillip Lovell of Tennessee was seriously injured and taken to Anderson Memorial Hospital in South Carolina as both trucks overturned and spilled loads across all four lanes.
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Lavonia
Here
Phillip Lovell
Tennessee
Anderson, S. C. Memorial Hospital
Fear Grips Sierra Vista After Two Slayings
In Sierra Vista Arizona two blonde girls vanish and are found dead on Fort Huachuca property. Cindy Clelland, daughter of an Army sergeant, was found stabbed nude on a firing range. Jenelle Haines, daughter of a lieutenant colonel, was found with a crushed skull near an Officers Club pond. The FBI investigates a federal case while residents blame the Army or a hidden killer.
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Cindy Clelland
Sierra Vista
Ft. Huachuca
Desert Army
Strategic Communications Command
Jenelle
Haines
City Manager George D. Adkins Resigns After 18 Years
George D. Adkins, city manager since 1968, resigned effective August 28 to take a similar post in Ft. Pierce, Florida. He will start July 6 aided by 28% vacation days, and he thanked the commission and city for a pleasant tenure.
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Adkins
Ft. Pierce
Fla
U S Aid Official Said Executed By Viet Cong
A U S mission stated Gustav C Hertz 48 chief of the public administration division in Saigon for the U S Agency for International Development was executed by the Viet Cong in a reprisal. The broadcast implied Hertz suffered the same fate as Sgt Kenneth Roraback executed Sept 26, 1965. Hertz was captured Feb 3, 1965 after leaving Saigon on a motorbike.
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Saigon
U. S
Gustav C. Hertz
Public Administration
U.S. Agency For International Development
Leesburg, Va
U.S
Gustav Hertz
Kenneth Roraback
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Hertz
Hanoi
Herts
Vietnam
Bombs Hit North Vietnam Oil Dump Near Hanoi
Photo released by the U S Navy shows a column of smoke rising from an oil storage dump at Bac Giang after a bombing raid from planes based on the carrier Hancock. The target about 44 miles northwest of Hanoi was described as destroyed. U S officials say raids may be yielding diminishing returns relative to the cost in lives and planes.
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North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Kep
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Seid
Red China
Hainan Island
South China Sea
Bac Giang
U.S
U.S. Navy
Train Crash Near Defuniak Springs Injures 13
A Louisville and Nashville Gulf Wind passenger train derailed on a curve eight miles east of Defuniak Springs Florida injuring 13. Attendants at Walton County Hospital reported no serious injuries with two passengers released after first aid. The train comprising two engines and four cars was moving about 45 mph when all but one car left the tracks.
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Defuniae Springs
Fla
Louisville and Nashville
Gulf Wind
Florida Panhandle
Walton County Hospital
Highway Patrol
Valle
Kennedy autopsy pathologist says Kennedy shot from behind
New York AP reports Capt James J Humes chief pathologist at Bethesda NSY asserts autopsy X rays and photos prove Kennedy was shot from behind after re examining photos in a CBS interview CBS says its own Warren Commission aligned investigation found no second gunman no hard evidence of a second assassin and discusses the single bullet theory CBS notes possible third shot missed Kennedy and Connally earlier than the Commission concluded
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New York
John F. Kennedy
James J. Humes
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Kennedy
Lee Havey Oswald
Warren Commission
Connally
Georgia to mobilize 1000 patrols for July Fourth weekend
Col. R H Burson announced over 1000 state, county and federal officers will patrol Georgia highways for 102 hours from Friday to Monday. Spotters will aid enforcement, four to six private planes will spot violations, and radar checks will be widespread. Early 1960s traffic fatalities rose to 740 year to date.
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Atlanta, Ga
R. H. Burson
Georgia
Burson
Department of Public Safety
Trol
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
State Revenue Department
Game and Fish Department
GBI
United States Panama Reach Canal Agreements
The United States and Panama announce a package granting Panama sovereignty over the Canal Zone and a potential new sea level route through Panama. It includes Panama's say in administration of any U S canal, a higher annuity, and legal control of the canal area subject to Senate and Panamanian ratification.
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Ben F. Meyer
Washington
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
U.S. Canal
Canal
Daniel Flood
D-Pa
Senor K. Sullivan
Justice Department completes Dodd probe and reviews Senate censure material
The Justice Department finished its own inquiry into Sen. Thomas J. Dodd and is now examining materials the Senate used in its 1967 censure of the Connecticut Democrat, officials said.
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Justice Department
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
Connecticut
Merger of Methodists and EUB Churches Likely
Dayton AP reports the proposed union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren into a single body of about 11 million members appears virtually guaranteed. Ohio Sandusky EUB Conference voted 166 to 120 in favor, with national totals around 23,751 to 4,138 in support.
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Dayton, Ohio
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren
EUB
United Methodist Church
Ohio
Sandusky Eub
St. Marys
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