Da Nang Air Base Attacked By Viet Cong
Viet Cong shelled Da Nang air base with mortars and automatic fire early today killing one American air policeman and causing about 5 million dollars in damage. Three F102 jets were destroyed and two more damaged as 27 rounds struck within minutes near the 10,000 foot runway.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
509Th
Flying Glass
United States
North Viet Nam
da Nang City
Frederick Karch
Third Marine Division
Karch
Interest Conflict Charges Suggested In Baker Report
The Senate Rules Committee accused former aide Bobby Baker of flagrant abuse and urged possible indictment for conflict of interest statutes. The Democratic majority report rejected as imagination an alleged political payoff by former Ambassador Matthew H. McCloskey regarding the District of Columbia Stadium.
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Baker
Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Bobby Baker
Matthew H. McCloskey
District of Columbia
House Passes Housing Bill in Major Aid Plan Vote
The House approved a four year 5.3 billion housing bill by 245 to 169. President Johnson called it historic, saying rent supplements will help hundreds of thousands escape slums and spur private construction. Democrats trimmed income limits and funds, securing enough votes despite limited GOP backing.
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Washington
House
Johnson
South Viet Nam
National Guard
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Sen. Smith
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Southeast Asia
Ford
North
Leslie C. Arends
Living Cost High Going Still Higher
Prices rose again in May with the consumer price index at 109.6, up 1.7 percent from a year earlier. Food costs led the gain with meats vegetables and fruits rising, while clothing and services also edged upward. After-tax weekly earnings for a worker with three dependents averaged 96.78 dollars, up from April and a year earlier.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
West German beauty tied to Baker case described as call girl
Justice Department file describes Ellen Rometsch as an admitted call girl who knew Bobby Baker but says she had no intimate relations with him or any government officials. The document notes she socialized with Baker but never engaged with congressmen or White House associates.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Justice Department
Ellen Rometsch
Baker
Department
Kennedy Johnson campaign fund stadium inquiry report
A Republican minority on the committee blasts the stadium transaction as fraudulent and illegal, claiming the evidence shows wrongful and irregular conduct. The report signals deep dissent within the panel over the funding matter.
Militant Mothers Defy Rowdies At St Louis Park
In St Louis last week a supervised recreation program at Franz Park was suspended after youths harassed children and counselors. About 30 mothers returned with baseball bats, police increased patrols, and the city promised new equipment. A mother said patrols would continue and three girls would staff the park at all times. The incident occurred in a largely white neighborhood.
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ST. Louis
Little Franz Park
Frances Medley
Briggs Jailed Dwyer Leaves For Wyoming
Briggs has bail revoked and is jailed in Newcastle Wyoming as Dwyer heads to Wyoming to attend extradition proceedings. Briggs formerly used the alias Clayton Hollister and appeared at an extradition hearing wearing cowboy attire and a Stetson.
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Briggs
Dwyer
Wyoming
Donald Briggs
Newcastle
Wyo
Troy
Rensselaer County
Andrew Dwyer Jr
Tymhannock
Rodney Guthrie
Lusk
Clayton Hollister
Justice of the
Ted Cochran
Clay
Norman
Hollister- Briggs
Weston
Hollister
JP Cochran
Weston County
Hanoi hints at peace mission doors open
Informed sources say North Viet Nam may receive the British Commonwealth peace mission despite Hanoi denouncing it as pro American. Thousands fill the House of Commons lobbies to protest policy. A North Vietnamese official met Britain's Hanoi consul general, with London awaiting Prime Minister Wilson's next move.
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London
North
Viet Nam
British Commonwealth
Hanoi
House of Commons
William Warbey
Commonwealth
Harold Wilson
Britain
Myles Ponsonby
North Vietnamese Foreign Affairs Bureau
Saigon
Ponsonby
Wilson
Senate Hearing Hints Vietnam Policy Doubts Rise
Senator Margaret Chase Smith warned that mounting Viet Nam casualties could erode public support for Johnson's stance as more American families feel the losses.
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Senate
Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S. Deficit Cuts to 3 1/2 Billion in Fiscal Year
Treasury announced a $300 million improvement trimming the deficit to $3.5 billion for the year ending midnight. Secretary Fowler cited higher tax payments and lower spending as key factors and projected a $4.2 billion deficit for 1966. The report follows several revisions since January amid a long peacetime expansion and debate over Vietnam policy.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Johnson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
U. S
Fowler
Rockefeller Okays Changes Expanding Pool Hall Access
Gov. Rockefeller signed a bill allowing 16 and 17 year olds to patronize pool halls outside New York City starting Sept 1, reducing age barriers. The measure also affects workmen compensation and apartment security bills enacted that day, including peep-hole requirements for building entrances and related protections.
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Albany
Rockefeller
New York City
Pakistan Announces Withdrawal Of Troops
President Mohammed Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri agreed to withdraw troops along their borders after signing a cease-fire for the Rann of Kutch. Ayub called the move an act of high statesmanship and noted a second accord seen as more important than the cease-fire.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Subcontinent
Ayub
Rann of Kutch
Arabian Sea
New Delhi
Kashmir
West Pakistan
Ruark Dies in London at 49 After Short Illness
American columnist and novelist Robert Ruark died in London's Middlesex Hospital at 1 30 a m London time. He was 49 and had written extensively about Africa. A native of North Carolina he worked for Scripps Howard and United Feature Service and authored Uhuru and Something of Value later adapted for film.
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London
Robert Ruark
Middlesex Hospital
Ruark
North Carolina
Africa
London Time
Scripps-Howard
United Feature Service
Kenya
Wilmington
N. C
Southport
University of North Carolina
The
Work Projects Administration
Maggie and Snowdon to visit Bermuda in November
Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon will visit Bermuda on November 24. The princess will present new colors to the Bermuda Regiment on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. The couple return from a three week U S tour including San Francisco Los Angeles Washington and New York.
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London
Margaret
Earl of Snowdon
Beremuda
Bermuda Regiment
Elizabeth II
United States
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washington
New York
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