Shortage of bombs limits Viet Cong air war in South Vietnam
Pentagon reports Viet Nam civil disorder, notably at Da Nang, has disrupted bomb distribution and reduced bombing sorties from about 500 to 300 daily. South Vietnamese ground operations declining and longshoremen strikes delay shipments, with ports overloaded. U.S. seeks crash restock and new port projects like Cam Ranh to meet demand.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
da Nang
Military Assistance Command
Viet Nam
Arthur Sylvester
Defense Secretary
Sylvester
Saigon
North Viet Nam
U. S
Air Force
Marine
Navy
Mass soft coal strike grips five states and worsens supply
About 40,000 miners in Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Illinois walked out in a wage dispute. Miners disrupted four U S Steel coal mines while regional UMW officials question Peabody terms and fear a broader pattern contract affecting 60 000 more workers. Police mobilized in Harlan County Kentucky to maintain peace as talks resumed in Washington.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
Harlan County
U. S. Steel Corp
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Peabody Coal Co
St. Louis
Eletricians
Peabody
Masontown
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Prediction of U S crime drop tied to poverty fight
Myrl E. Alexander head of the Bureau of Prisons says crime may fall in five years if society addresses poverty disease and ignorance. He notes federal prisoners have median age 30, low education, high unemployability, and emotional issues, urging focus on individual offenders.
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Washington
UPI
Myrl E. Alexander
Bureau of Prisons
Alexander
Des Moines Man Shot and Neighbor Recovers from GUN Incident
A 22-year-old Des Moines man, Harold S. Hickman, was shot in the neck with a 20 gauge shotgun and is in fair condition at Broadlawns Hospital. Newell Brown reported possible gasoline siphoning, fired two shots from his shotgun, detained Herbert White, 18, until police arrived. White questioned, Hickman guarded in hospital, Brown released.
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Des Moines
UPI
Broadlawns Hospital
Harold S. Hickman
Hickman
Newell Brown
Herbert White
Greek tanker defies embargo docks at Beira for Rhodesia
Beira Mozambique two Greek tankers clashed with a British embargo as Ionna V docked at pier seven to unload oil for Rhodesia while Sonna V remained offshore. A naval boarding party turned away Manuela after intercepting another oil shipment. UN backed force used to enforce the embargo amid Rhodesian crisis. The report notes US policy parallels in war era fuel blockades.
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Mozambique
UPI
Rhodesia
Pier Seven
United Nations
Manuela
Durban
South Africa
U.N. Security Council
New York
Britain
Buddhists Threaten Ky as Troops Move to Saigon
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky secretly redeployed loyal army units into Saigon amid Buddhist protests aimed at toppling his government and ending military rule in South Vietnam. The Buddhists accused the United States of backing dictatorial regimes and urged President Johnson to withdraw support, while Ky vowed to tighten his resistance as the 7th Division and other regiments were moved into the capital.
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Saigon
UPS
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
United States
Washington
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
National Assembly
7Th Division
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lodge
U S Green Berets Repel Viet Cong Attack Near Saigon
U S Green Berets and Vietnamese troops repelled a Viet Cong assault on a Special Forces camp 50 miles west of Saigon killing 191 enemy fighters. Air raids and jet strikes supported the defense as 240,000 Americans were in Viet Nam with 60,000 sailors off the 7th fleet. A separate rescue saved five Green Berets trapped by guerrillas along the Song Buon River near Da Nang.
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UPI
U.S
Green Berets
U. S
Viet Nam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Air Force
Navy
Song Buon River
da Nang
Tommy L. Brown
Fortiville
Ind
William F. Austin
Morristown
N.J
Large fire at Allied Gas and Chemical Co devastates plant
In Oskaloosa Iowa an early Sunday blaze at Allied Gas and Chemical Co caused an estimated 200000 to 300000 dollars in damage. Seven communities sent fire crews as explosions were feared from tanks and bottles while a New Sharon firefighter sustained burns. Fire officials said a propane line broke near tanks and water supply hindered efforts, with the plant likely to stay burning until vapor burned off.
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Oskaloosa
Lowell
Mahaska County
Henry Hackett
Willard Ellis
Ellis
Dubuque Woman Stabbed Three Times in Car
Irene Pleine, 23, told authorities she was in a parked car near the East Dubuque cemetery when a man attacked her at about 4 am Monday. She was stabbed in the throat with a ball point pen, then fled to a nearby East Dubuque home to call for help and was listed in fair condition.
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Dubuque, Iowa
UPI
Dubuque
Irene Pleine
East Dubuque
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with occasional rain tonight and east and north Tuesday. Continued cool with a low in the 30s tonight and a high in the 40s Tuesday. Outlook for Wednesday calls for continued cloudiness and cool conditions.
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Iowa
Weekend stall is heavy Three killed in Iowa accident
Three people died and three were injured in a multi-vehicle crash near Cedar Rapids at the junction of Iowa Highways 218 and 84. Victims include Fred Hauser and Mildred Hauser of Grimes and John David Sheppard of Cedar Rapids. Pospishel, driving from Iowa City, was reported in critical condition. Others treated at University Hospitals and Mercy Hospital. A separate Iowa City area crash killed Carol Ann Miller, 24, and injured several others.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fred Hauser
Grimes
Mildred
John David Sheppard
Ted Posphishel
Iowa City
Hauser
Sheppard
Pospishel
University Hospitals
Judith Corma
David Gerner
Graver
Robert Kinz
Elkader
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