Tank and Israeli Shelling Increase Near Suez Canal
Across the cease fire line at the Suez Canal both sides exchanged artillery and tank fire. Egypt claimed destruction of an Israeli launch and several rubber boats while Israel reported three Egyptian tanks knocked out. UN observer Odd Bull traveled to discuss stationing along the line. Israel moved to tap Egyptian oil wells in Sinai to meet domestic needs. The Cairo meeting among Nasser and others continued with talk of a federation and renewed conflict.
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Associated Press
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Pilots Fly 170 Missions Against North Vietnam
AP report says U S pilots flew 170 missions against North Vietnam around Hanoi Haiphong and Haiphong oil depots with one SAM misfire hitting a village southwest of Haiphong. Viet Cong overran a coastal hamlet northeast of Saigon. 11 civilians abducted and six raiders killed at Guan Co. US Skyraider down near Khe Sanh. 193rd US combat loss.
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Moonbound Surveyor 4 Beaming Great Signals
Cape Kennedy reports Surveyor 4, launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket, beaming robust signals as it heads to the moon for iron prospecting with a magnet shovel and camera. Officials praise flawless countdown and expect a Sunday 10 30 p.m. landing in Sinus Medii as the robot scout completes a 63 hour, 224 730 mile voyage.
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Cape Kennedy
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Surveyor 4
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Robert H. Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Woman offers quick tire change on Paper Mill Road
A woman changed a flat tire on Paper Mill Road while several male drivers passed by. A passerby later found an engraved wedding band near the city police station and the owner can claim it at the station.
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Paper Mill
Wanted Counter Girl Apply in Person at Cleaners
Job notice at Pingley and Carper Cleaners Ward Plaza for a counter girl position. Open Monday to Saturday until 9 30 PM. Town and Country store hours listed as Saturday 10 AM to 9 PM.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Weather Outlook for Richmond as Front Drifts Offshore
A cold front moves slowly over west central Virginia and likely drifts away from the coast by Saturday. Expect cloudy skies and light showers today with continued warm and humid conditions statewide.
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Richmond
Virginia
Americans Flown to Kinshasa After Kisangani Mutiny
Two Red Cross planes evacuated 28 Americans and Europeans from Kisangani to Kinshasa as mutinous mercenaries and Katangan troops fled. An American, Mrs. Ben Hobgood of Lexington Kentucky, reported several Europeans may have accompanied the mercenaries and that four Europeans were killed. The planes also carried 68 wounded Congo Free Army soldiers. The escape seemed to end the eight day rebellion.
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Kisangani
Congo
Ben Hobgood
Lexington, Ky
Stanleyville
Johnson seeks unity on Vietnam troop plans in White House briefing
President Johnson staged a rare White House news briefing in his private living quarters with General Westmoreland, Secretary McNamara, and General Wheeler to show admin unity on Vietnam troop needs. Westmoreland said troops needed will be supplied, while details on timing and numbers remain undecided.
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Johnson
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Robert S. McNamara
Westmoreland
U.S
White House
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Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Pentagon
Rail Unions Threaten to Strike After Warning
Washington six rail unions threaten a midnight Saturday strike despite congressional warnings to defer action. Leaders plan to meet to decide whether to heed conferees plea for delay and push for a settlement on shop craft disputes amid deadlock.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bear Feast Recipes: West Virginia Church Seeks Traditions
In Morgantown West Virginia AP reports a Fork of Cheat Baptist Church near Stewartstown plans a 192nd anniversary bear feast. members seek recipes to prepare a 275 pound sow brain and gather numerous marinating and basting methods with varying durations.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Joe Gluck
Fork-of-Cheat
Stewartstown
Here
Gluck
Talks Continue as Newport News Shipyard Strike Quiets
Federal mediators join the Newport News Shipbuilding dispute as talks resume at a downtown hotel. Police maintain guards after a violent riot left 30 arrested, a burned patrol car, and injuries, with Gov. Godwin urging restraint and promising no further violence.
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Newport News
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Mills E. Godwin J Jr
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
PSA
Godwin
Virginia
Edward Jackson
Richmond
Charles Werkheiser
Philadelphia
Newark unrest ends as guardsmen secure city streets
Violence surged in Newark with looting and gunfire leaving a 16 year old boy dead and hundreds injured. Police and 300 state troopers plus National Guard were mobilized to restore order as roving gunfire and fires rattled the slum districts.
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Arthur J. Sills
James Cantwel
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Addonizio
City Hospital
Springfield Avenue
Postal Rate Boost Clears First Hurdle in House Subcommittee
The House subcommittee approved a postal rate increase raising first class letters to six cents and air mail to ten cents. Post cards would rise to six cents surface and ten cents air mail, matching sealed letters. The measure still faces further congressional steps before enactment.
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