Mideast War Erupts Across Amman Damascus and Tel Aviv
Amman reports two waves of strikes on city installations and the airport with smoke rising over the airfield and air raid sirens. Damascus sees three hours of raids with Israeli planes hitting outskirts as antiaircraft fire rises. Beersheba and Khan Yunis become focal points as Egyptian mortars hit settlements and Israeli armor moves toward the coast. Cairo and Tel Aviv note air raids while U.N. Security Council debates a cease fire and major powers seek neutrality.
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Jordan
Damascus
Syria
Attoke
Ganza Strip
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Negev Desert
Mediterranean
Cairo
Tel Aviv
BBC Reports Israel Won In 15 Hours
London based BBC report cites Mi chael Elkins claimingIsrael won the war in fifteen hours. The claim, not confirmed by sources, contrasts with 1956 pace, noting rapid armor and air force success in Sinai.
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London
British Broadcasting Corp
Jerusalem
BBC
Michael Elkins
Israel’s
Sinai
Stamps Build New Jersey Headquarters on Rutgers Campus
The $125,000 New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs headquarters rises on Rutgers University campus in Brunswick New Jersey. Built largely from redeemed trading stamps, the project engaged about 45,000 federation members in a drive spanning more than a year to collect stamps for the clubhouse.
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Brunswick
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Rutgers University
New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs
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Safety Head Fined In Bristol Court Drama
Edward Brown, chairman of a district road safety committee, was fined $2 after a Bristol court found he failed to drive with due care. He allegedly swerved toward the sidewalk to avoid a newspaper rack incident outside a store, telling the court he mistook a traffic signal and had parked briefly earlier.
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England
Edward Brown
Bectey
Brown
Fat-In Attitude Rally Draws 500 To Central Park
New York AP report on the first city Fat-in in Sheep Meadow. Organizer Steve Post, 23, says fat people face discrimination and urges pride. Attendees wave banners like Fat Power, burn diet books, and joke about obesity and peace.
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Meadow
Steve Post
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Post
Senate backs LBJ rail plan amid strike delay bid
Washington AP The Senate labor subcommittee approved President Johnson's plan to forbid a nationwide railroad strike until 1969, with amendments on seizure of railroads defeated. The proposal would extend the current non-strike period by 90 days, accompanied by mediation and a five member White House board to seek voluntary settlement before potential board-driven measures through January 1, 1969.
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Hospital Smoke Machine Tests Fire Drills at Sinai Baltimore
A smoke generating machine is used during fire drills at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore to simulate realism. Concealed in wastebaskets or utility areas, it fills rooms with smoke in 20 to 30 seconds and emits a burning odor to test both visual and olfactory alertness in detection systems.
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UPI
Sinai Hospital
Two Youths Killed In Crash In Clarence Suburb
Buffalo UPI report: two young men died when their car struck a utility pole in Clarence. State police identified them as Carl Buzzard, 22, and Terrance Friel, 18, both residents of Clarence.
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Minerals Found in Southern Iran Under Romanian Agreement
Romanian experts surveying southern Iran report large copper tin and lead deposits. The Iranian Ministry of Economy says Romania will explore and develop the mines under a special agreement with costs paid by sale of Iranian angil to Romania.
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Iran
Romanie
Romania
Leukemia Cure Reported For 9 Year Old Boy
A Dallas hospital official says Frankie Hayes, nine, who was reported cured of leukemia, has relapsed. Wadley Institute officials had earlier announced a remission using L Asparaginase, but later said leukemia cells reappeared in Frankie's blood. His condition is now very poor as doctors reassess treatment. The case followed earlier hopes amid military movements in the Mediterranean and the broader Arab Israeli conflict.
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Joseph Hill
Wadley Institute
Frankie
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Dallas County Medical Society
Frank Hayes
No One Wants Money Back
The Chicago Post Office holds 7.897 million dollars in Postal Savings. Postmaster Henry W. Magee says 42 000 depositors have not withdrawn their money despite notices announcing discontinuance. The agency has had no success in giving it away.
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UPI
Henry W. Magee
Mohawk Valley Counties To Receive Federal Planning Aid
Rep Samuel Stratton announced Mohawk Valley counties Fulton Herkimer Montgomery and Oneida will be eligible for federal aid for planning and economic growth under an Economic Development Administration program. The Mohawk Valley development district has its headquarters at Fonda.
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Red Sea naval movees loom amid Middle East crisis
U S forces in the Red Sea boosted to three destroyers, with the Dyess passing Suez into the Red Sea over the weekend, joined by Fiske and Joseph P Kennedy Jr. A converted seaplane tender Valconer acts as flagship for a small Red Sea force. The carrier Intrepid may be diverted from Vietnam duty if needed. Britain reportedly has carriers Hermes near Aden and Victorious near Gibraltar.
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Suez Canal
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Aden
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Miami gangland murders prompt state action
Four gangland killings in Miami Beach prompt Gov. Claude Kirk to address the rising crime wave. Victims include John Biele, a 60 year old linked to Mafia hearings, shot after meeting detectives, and Nate Ehrenberg tied in a sack in a Florida lake. Two other bodies, unidentified, were found in Biscayne Bay and an Everglades canal.
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Claude Kirko
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Nate Ehrenberg
Bombers strike Haifa and Damascus as air raids clash
Syrian air force bombed Haifa port and refinery while Damascus Airport endured Israeli jet attacks. Witnesses reported a plane crash in the desert and heavy explosions over the city. Jordan and others claimed raids across multiple airfields with broader aerial combat ongoing.
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Land grant raid wounds two at breakaway court
In Tierra Amarilla New Mexico two officers were wounded and two hostages taken as an armed band helped 10 Spanish Americans escape a courthouse. State Police and National Guard moved in as gunmen fled into forest country near the town. Sheriff Benny Naranjo identified the raiders with Reies Lopez Tijerina’s militant land grant group seeking old Spanish land grants. One state police officer and a jailer were wounded. a deputy sheriff was beaten.
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U S Television Director Hurt In Mideast War
UPI reports American television producer director Ted Yates of NBC was seriously hurt by a mortar fragment in the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem. He was part of a five man NBC film crew in the city to cover the Middle East crisis.
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UPI
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Ted Yates
National Broadcasting Corp
NBC
Yates
Mideast
800000 Violate Law At Beach At Coney Island
New York reporters note 800000 people at Coney Island violated an 1888 law banning bathing suits except a loose one piece with coat. Police on duty reportedly did not intervene. The Coney Island Chamber of Commerce directed its legal department to draft a modern statute for brief trunks and bikinis.
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New York
VPI
Coney Island
Fears Viet Loss to Reds Politically
Washington AP Roger Hilsman former assistant secretary of state warned Sunday that the United States could lose Vietnam to communism politically even if it wins militarily. He said Kennedy meant the war was their fight and fears would push nationalism toward communism if the U.S. took over or if it withdrew. He spoke on Face the Nation amid questions about a forthcoming book.
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Roger Hilsman
United States
Vietnam
Hilsman
CBS
Flood Ravages Athens Georgia Amid Heavy rains
Athens Georgia endures its worst flood as more than 10 inches of rain push the Oconee River 22 to 25 feet above normal. Dozens of motorists are stranded when a bridge washes away and a culvert fails speak of a car swallowed by a crevice. Residents along the creek and in a trailer park secure trailers to trees to avoid drifting away. Two small dams collapse in Madison County, sweeping a vacant house and dispersing wreckage across a half mile. Injuries occur in flood related crashes, no deaths reported.
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Oconee
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Thena
Manchester Book Starts Second Run
New York AP report says William Manchester's The Death of a President sold out its first 600000 copy run in under two months. A second run of 23000 copies is planned with 18 corrections for the second printing, including revised wording about Kennedy aides at Johnson's oath in Dallas.
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Mary Gallagher
Marty. Underwood
O'Donnell
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Train in Poland Seizes Half Stop with Drunk Crew Removed
Warsaw paper Kulisky reports the Poznan Ustke express halted long at Szczecinek prompting nervous passengers to exit. Station guards then removed a completely drunk driver and his drunk assistant from the engine, shocking travelers.
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Szczecinek
New Delhi Seeks Trades Amid Shortages
The Indian capital needs more graphers, typewriter mechanics, welders, electricians and science teachers, according to the government employment agency. There are no openings for unemployed humanities teachers and engineers with college degrees.
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