Planes Hit Haiphong Oil Depots Amid Vietnam War Protests
North Vietnam denounces U S raids on Haiphong and Hanoi oil depots and the demilitarized zone. The Hanoi broadcast blames U S aggression and vows retaliation as U S aircraft resume raids near the 17th Parallel, while regulars clash with U S troops in the central highlands.
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Haiphong
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North
South
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Polio Immunization Drive Aims at Saigon Children
Ottawa reports Canada launches a program to immunize 165000 Saigon children against polio using an oral vaccine funded by a million dollar medical aid allotment administered by the South Vietnamese Health Ministry.
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Ottawa
Whitman Killings End In Tower Shooting Tragedy
The Texas mass shooting by Charles Whitman ends after a one hour battle atop the University of Texas tower. Police report he killed 16 people, wounded many, including students and visitors, and died by police fire. His mother and wife were found dead in separate apartments.
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Ramiro Martinez
George McCoy
Allen Crum
Martinez
Whitman
McCoy
Whitmn
Marty Ransom
Whitman’s Marine Record Shows Court Martial and Discharge
Whitman served in the Marines from 1959 to 1964 and was honorably discharged. In November 1963 he was demoted from corporal to private and sentenced to 30 days hard labor at Camp Lejeune for gun possession and other infractions. He pleaded guilty to possessing a .25 pistol aboard the USS Raleigh and in barracks, plus ammunition, and loaning money at interest, while denying a threat charge he was also found guilty of.
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Whitman
Camp le. Jeune
N.C
Pentagon
Raleigh
Camp le- Jeune Barracks
Jacksonville
Fla
Activ
Parris Island
S.C
Camp LeJeune
Wilson says Johnson seeks unconditional Viet peace talks
London AP report notes Prime Minister Harold Wilson told Parliament that President Johnson expressed the continuing U S desire for unconditional talks in Vietnam. Wilson described wide talks with Johnson in Washington on the Viet Nam war and broader international issues including Kosygin conversations and UK economic concerns.
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Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
Haiphong
U.S
United States
London
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Wilson
Washington
House of Commons
White House
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
United Kingdom
Kuwait Sets General Elections for Second National Assembly
Kuwait announces general elections for the second National Assembly since 1961 for next January. The 50 member body will finish its term in December. All Kuwaiti citizens over 21 may vote.
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Kuwait
Notes reveal Whitman planned killings and mental strain
A series of notes and statements describe Lee Harvey Whitman plotting violence against his wife and mother amid severe headaches and possible depression. Dr. Maurice Heatly of the University of Texas reported Whitman told him he planned to go to a tower with a deer rifle and shoot people.
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Whitman
Needville
C. A. Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Charlie
Brackenridge
Crum
FBI
Texas
Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Miles
University of Texas
Maurice Dean Heatly
Compromise Sought On Strike Legislation Debate
Dirksen outlined competing ideas on ending the strike with Congress or the President sharing power. Johnson favors legislative action, not sole authority. Morse proposes congressional rule for six months, while others seek executive orders or timelines. The issue is tangled in election-year politics and labor power.
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
Dirksen
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-Law
Katzenbach
Long
Counterfeit Plate Found At Prison Shop
McAlester Oklahoma AP A plate for making counterfeit money was seized at the state penitentiary prison shop. The print shop supervisor Harold L. Nall 35 was arrested on a federal charge of peddling counterfeit bills. Uncut sheets of paper with imprints and the plate were seized. Nall was released after posting a $1,000 bond.
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State Penitentiary
State Crime Bureau
Lars Goerke
Harold L. Nall
Goerke
Nall
Seminole
U.S
Lloyd Henry
Shawnee
Spirits Consumption Near 1946 Pace
Washington reports per capita U S consumption of wine and liquor in 1965 was the second highest since Repeal. Only in 1946 did the average person drink 1.65 gallons of distilled spirits, higher than 1964’s 1.51 gallons.
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Washington
U.S
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Norma Barger
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
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Edith Coleman
Scotia
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Pierce Fenner & Smith
Peter H. Dominick
R-Coro
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Westinghouse
Model
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River ST
AAA
Troy Auto Club
Hendrick Hudson Hotel
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