Humphrey Kennedy Clash Over Viet Cong Role in South Viet Nam
Vice President Humphrey and Sen. Kennedy clashed over the Viet Cong’s potential role in South Vietnam’s government. Kennedy suggested negotiators might include Viet Cong elements, while Humphrey opposed recognizing or rewarding the group, likening it to a fox in a chicken coop.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
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Viet Nam
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Viet Cong Fire Ships Ship on Saigon River
A Viet Cong unit fired from the riverbank at the Lorinda a Panama registered freighter on the Saigon River 20 miles south of Saigon. The freighter ran aground but freed itself and reached Saigon with seven hull hits. Chinese crew wounded. general cargo aboard.
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U.S. Navy
Lorinda
Hong Kong
Cavalry Ambushes Viet Cong Near Bong Son
U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile triggered three ambushes south of Bong Son in the Viet Nam war catching the Viet Cong off guard. A Claymore mine destroyed dozens of enemy fighters followed by gunfire and grenades. no bodies were found next morning, only blood pools and tracks in ripening rice.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
James Sinclair
Camden
S.C
Henry Chew
Springfield
Ill
Chew
Viet Cong Attacks Long Qua Outpost in Binh Tuy
About 600 Viet Cong soldiers attacked the Long Qua outpost 75 miles east of Saigon, a government outpost manned by 120 militiamen. Details and casualties were not immediately available.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Binh Tuy
Long Qua
Viet Cong assault blindside 173rd Airborne near Saigon
In a Saturday operation 20 miles north of Saigon the Viet Cong attacked a U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade company from a bunker system on high ground. The clash lasted six hours with heavy American casualties and an air strike and reinforcements finally breaking the attack before dawn Sunday.
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U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S
U S
Four Die In Private Plane Crash Near Fire Island
A private single engine plane crashed into Great South Bay near Fire Island off Long Island killing four aboard. Coast Guard divers recovered the submerged craft and brought the bodies to Blue Point station. The victims were not yet identified and the plane had departed Zahrs Airport Amityville and was to return there.
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Long Island
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Coast Guard
Suffolk County
Zahrs
Amityville
Zahns
China Says Cong Wants Control of Tokyo
China says the NFL would demand exclusive representation in any South Vietnamese peace talks and coalition government, while the United States would seek NFL participation in elections and talks. The broadcast cites Kennedy Taylor Harriman and a White House spokesman, and warns Washington may use a partial NFL role as a bargaining ploy.
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UPI
China
U. S
Peking
New China News Agency
Robert F. Kennedy
Maxwell D. Taylor
W. Averell Harriman
White House
National Front For Liberation
NFL
Washington
Alks
INFL
Indonesian students eye revolt in Indonesia reported from Singapore
AP dispatch says anti Sukarno informants in Singapore report Indonesian students may join guerrilla actions to topple President Sukarno. Military forces loyal to Gen Nasution are described as developing plans to wage a guerrilla war.
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Economics to blame for Ghana's fall and unrest
Ghana nears bankruptcy after years of mismanagement and debt. The National Liberation Council cites 66 percent cost of living rise since 1963, shortages, and unemployment amid cocoa price declines impacting export earnings.
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Nkrumah
Congress To Act Upholding Johnson War Policy
Congress is set to approve an emergency 4.8 billion dollar Viet Nam funding package as part of dual authorization bills in the Senate and House. Debate centers on Johnson authority, with Morse and Gruening expected to push limits, while Fulbright seeks broader hearings on a second funding bill and related economic aid.
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Southeast Asia
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Gulf of Tonkin
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Wirtz Sees No Need for Mandatory Controls Now
Secretary W. Willard Wirtz said there is no current need for mandatory wage and price controls as voluntary restraint remains. He acknowledged resistance to the 3.2 percent wage ceiling and price-line limits but expressed faith in business and labor, while noting administration could consider new taxes. He warned guidelines are not law and violators would face administration pressure.
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W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Johnson
NBC
Meet the Press
Apollo Flight Results Under Study After Maiden Test
Space officials assess the Saturn 1B maiden flight while ESSA 2 weather satellite prepares for launch on a Delta rocket between 8 58 and 9 33 a m EST. The test fuels optimism for a crewed lunar mission by 1968 and a rapid path to a manned lunar landing within two to three years.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
United States
Troy Man Robbed of $86 in Front of Hall Hall at RPI
Troy deliveryman Carl Peterson of 554 Second Ave was robbed of 86 dollars after a man pressed a gunlike object to his neck near Hall Hall at Sage Avenue by 10 30 p m. Peterson was tied and driven to 17th Street where the assailant escaped. Det Hourigan and Det Iler investigated.
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Troy
Hall Hall
RPI
Carl Peterson
Second Ave
Peterson
Roma Pizza, Inc
River St
Sage Avenue
17Th Street
Hoosick
Hutton Streets
John Hourigan
Marvin Iler
Wagner Not Candidate for New York Governor
Former New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner says he is not seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. When asked if he would repeat his famous pledge he replied he sees no need to say it and that he is practicing law and enjoying private life.
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NEW York (Ap
Robert F. Wagner
Exmayor
Wagner
Quintuplets Born to Coal Shoveler Wife in South Africa
In East London South Africa a 41 year old wife of a coal shoveler gave birth to five premature babies three boys and two girls after an 80 minute natural delivery. All five infants were placed in incubators and doctors say they are expected to survive. The father Tafini Mtukaiese 42 earns 11.50 dollars weekly. The government is expected to offer aid to the family.
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East London
South Africa
UPI
Tafini Mtukaiese
Ketani
Indian Ocean
Quintuplets born to Gquzulu family at local hospital
Hospital superintendent Dr. Jan Steyn said all five newborns and their mother Mrs. Nogesi Gquzulu were in reasonable condition and expected to live. Weights ranged from 4 pounds 2 ounces to 5 pounds 2 ounces. If all survive it will be the sixth known quintuplet survival. Neighbors described Mtukutese as alternately laughing and weeping.
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Jan Steyn
Nogesi Gquzulu
Steyn
Mtukutese
AFL-CIO Eyes 10-Cent Compromise On Wage Fight
AFL-CIO sources privately hint at a 10 cent compromise on the federal minimum wage to ease tensions with the Johnson administration. Meany rejects begging, Wirtz signals no bargaining, while the union seeks $1.40 this year and $1.60 in 1968, down from prior demands.
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Fla
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Organized Labor
Johnson
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White House
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