Viet Cong Ambushes Near Saigon Mark 10th Geneva Anniversary
Viet Cong guerrillas staged two ambushes near Chunong Thien Province south of Saigon injuring and possibly killing many government soldiers and warding one American who was evacuated. U S Navy's 7th Fleet explores increased support as clashes widen in South Viet Nam. Meanwhile Washington notes a DC ice cream cone law revision favoring small packs ending a 1921 ban.
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Saigon
Viet
Vi Thanh
Quao
Vinh Cheo
Chuong Thien
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
South Viet Nam
Adm
Roy L. Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Johnson
Deail
South China Sea
World Leaders and Scranton Holidaying in Style
Gov William Scranton and family arrive at Old Forge New York seeking seclusion at Adirondack League Club to escape campaign heat. Prime Minister Shastri plans Cabinet return after a mild heart attack and rests at home. Mrs Sargent Shriver visits Copenhagen to study welfare for the disabled, while U Thant meets French leaders in Paris for talks with De Gaulle and Couve de Murville.
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Old Forge
N.Y
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Adirondack
Scranton
Adirondack League Club
New Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Paris
U Thant
United Nations
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Harlem Riot Sparks Arrests in Demonstrations
Harlem clashes ended with one Negro arrested as protests continued in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant. About 100 CORE members demonstrated calmly, then a crowd of 300 to 400 formed, bottles flew and windows were smashed before police dispersed the group. no looting was reported.
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Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
CORE
Cambridge Elects Negro President to City Council
Charles Cornish, Cambridge Maryland's long-serving council member, was elected the first Black council president as the five member body reorganized after an intensely racially charged municipal election. He won 3-2 amid opposition from allies of vigorous civil rights action.
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Cambridge, Md
Charles Cornish
Cambridge
Cornish
Leon Majors
Cecil Websster
H. M. St. Clair
Gloria Richardson
Maryland
Richardson
Cambridge “Nonviolent Action Committee
Tom
Campridge
Indicted suspects in Winchester double slaying arraigned
Two men Luther Durham Jr and Otho Howard were indicted by the Frederick County Circuit Court on July 20 1964 for the murders of Mrs Snow and Mrs Hoover. Howard was held for questioning and transfer to local jail as investigators seek the murder weapon and motive.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Howard
Woolf
Culpeper
State Ponte Relatry
Howard taken to jail after stabbing case linked to Hoover family
Howard, escorted by Sgt Woolf and a trooper, was brought to the jail to await arraignment for the stab slayings of Mrs Waltrie Naomi Hoover and her mother Mrs E M Snow. The Hoovers were murdered in the Hoover house near Double Toll Gate eighteen months ago.
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Massie
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Alon
Bill Grants Portsmouth Police for Naval Hospital Patrol
The Senate passed a bill allowing Portsmouth Virginia to provide police protection for the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth and sent it to the House for concurrence. The Navy had warned it lacks enough personnel to police the hospital area. The Judiciary Committee recommended approval, noting the city is willing and that it is logical for it to assume the duty.
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Washington
Portsmouth
Naval Hospital
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Navy
Military pay bill outlines boosted salaries for officers and enlisted
The measure sets an effective date of the first day after enactment and proposes a 2.5 percent basic pay rise for all with over two years in service, with 8.5 percent for young officers under two years. About 44,601 officers fall in that category. Monthly changes vary from $18.78 to $49.30, while new recruits under two years gain nothing immediate. A general’s monthly pay is listed as $1,970.
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House
Senate
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Double Toll Gate
White House
District of Columbia
W. M. Hamwi
St. Louis
Harlem
Thomas Gilligan
Gilligan
James Powell
Shastri
Copenhagen
Sargent Shriver
President Kennedy
U.S. Peace Corps
President Johnson
Cambridge City Council
Arthur Parker
Himrom
Winchester Evening Star
Mondey
Naomi Hoover
Hooever
Sgt
F.L. Woolf
Sgt. Woolf
Bill
New York
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