Raid Traps 1 000 to 2 000 Viet Cong in Delta Strike
U S planes bombed the Viet Cong headquarters in the Mekong Delta near Chuong Thien. Estimates say 1 000 to 2 000 guerrillas may be trapped or killed as air strikes open jungle clearings and destroy bunkers. Meanwhile other actions report hundreds of VC killed in coastal and central provinces and a Batangan peninsula sweep that killed 198.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong Delta
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Chuong Thien
Faas
Quang Nam
Batangan
Long Khanh
Mekong
Soc
Central Highlands
Quang Ngai
U.S. Marine Regiment
Weather highs 97 degrees as summer lingers
The weather man records 97 degrees yesterday, among the season`s high points. The Senior Citizens garden behind the War Memorial Building is described as especially beautiful this weekend and the public is invited to visit. The group will meet on
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War Memorial
Wessin Says Ouster A Win For Reds in Dominican
Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin y Wessin, 42, exiled after the Dominican Republic ouster, arrived in Miami from Panama to take a consular post. He called the ouster a victory for the Communists and said he would serve as general consul in Miami while not yet finished with the regime. His family was reported not yet in Miami.
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Wessin
Reds
Dominican
Miami
Fla
A Consular
Elias Wessin
U.S. Air Force
Panama
Dominican Republic
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Panama Canal Zone
Wessing Wessin
Miami International Airport
Alberto Arbelo
Arbelo
Wessin Y Wessin
Brickell Ave
Surprise Strike Strands Most Santa Fe Rounds
A midnight walkout by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen halted most trains on Santa Fe lines from Albuquerque to Chicago via Colorado and Texas, with segments from Wichita to Houston also affected. Company said notice was not given while unions and management discuss work rules amid a long dispute. Charles Luna, union president, noted safety issues remain unresolved. The railroad sought mediation but Luna said mediation failed to produce a settlement.
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Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
Albuquerque
Colorado
Belen
N.M
Texas
Wichita
Houston
Brotherhood of Railroad
Luna
Kosygin Appeals For Peace Over Kashmir Rift
Premier Kosygin urged India and Pakistan to halt fighting and support U Thant's cease fire plan. He stressed Kashmir directly borders Russia and warned the conflict could widen into war. Shastri reaffirmed support for U Thant, while the offer of Soviet good offices remained open.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
India
Pakistan
U.N
U Thant
Foreign Ministry
Pakiestan
Kashmir
Lal Bahadur, Shastri
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Kosygin
Shastri
Soviet Union
Leonid Zameyatin
Foreign Office
West Pakistan
New Delhi
Subcontinent
Thant
Rawalpindi
Z.A. Bhutto
London
Writer Michener suffers heart attack in Doylestown
Pulitzer Prize winning author James A. Michener suffered a heart attack on Friday and was hospitalized in Doylestown Pennsylvania. His doctor said he is in satisfactory condition and treated at a local hospital.
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Doylestown
James A. Michener
Michener
Charles Bermeister
Fires Leave Family Homeless and Berryville Warehouse Damaged
A Berryville fire destroyed most of Lloyd's Transfer warehouse and a neighboring storage shed, while a Stephens City home, the Roland Longerbeam family, suffered near-total loss. Four family members escaped, and effort focused on fire causes with aid from nearby departments.
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Stephens City
Berryville
Lloyd’s Transfer Warehouse
Army Aims to Add 11 700 New Second Lieutenants
The Army seeks 11 700 new second lieutenants to be commissioned after 23 week training. The officers will serve in infantry artillery armor and other arms as the service expands to about 1 200 000 personnel by next July 1. Officer candidate schools at Fort Benning Fort Sill will grow and new schools will open at Fort Belvoir Fort Knox and Fort Gordon.
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Washington
Army
Serve
Ft. Benning
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ft. Belvoir
Ft. Knox
Ft. Gordon
Fruit Growers Pleased as 300 Foreign Pickers Approved
Labor approves 300 West Indian workers for Virginia apple picking as growers anticipate a larger need later in the season. Charles Toan of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn. says the move relieves immediate pressure and more workers may be required by September. With extreme heat slowing harvest, the effort continues via state agencies and the Virginia Labor Camp, while Florida and other rural workers augment the current 600 to 700 domestic laborers in the orchards.
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Department of Labor
Charles Toan
Frederick County
Toan
Virginia
Willard Wirtz
America
MR. Toan
Florida
Frederick
Clarke
Shenanedoah
Loudoun
Labor Department
Wirtz
Virginia State Employment Service
Labor Dept
Vireginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Rescue Fleets Aid Betsy Flood Victims In New Orleans
President Johnson tours the storm damaged city as southern Louisiana is declared a major disaster area. Rescue craft including pirogues helicopters and Coast Guard cutters aided about 30 000 people with thousands more awaiting help as floods from Betsy recede.
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New Orleans
Johnson
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Florida
Betsy
Lg. le Blanc Jr
France
Coast Guard
New York Teachers Accept Two Year Contract
New York public school teachers, about 50,000 strong, approve a new two year contract costing the city 66 million dollars. The deal was brokered by a city mediation team and quickly backed by AFL CIO United Federation of Teachers leaders and members. The union had threatened to strike on the first day of school if no agreement was reached.
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le Blanc
National
Red Cross
New York
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Itsby & Sl
Border Areas Near Tibet Are Raided
AP reports India says Pakistani jets struck strategic airports and supply routes near Tibet including Guahati and a key Brahmaputra bridge. hundreds of Pakistani paratroopers allegedly landed. India claims battlefield gains and 12 tanks destroyed with 15 captured. Thant visits amid peace mission talks.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
Guahati
Oilerich
Assam
Red China
Brahmaputra
Panda
Northwest Frontier
Peking
Weather moves southward across state today
Richmond weather bulletin notes a moving cold front sending showers across the region while Grim's Watch Repair at 121 W Boscawen Street will be closed from September 16 to 23 for unspecified reasons.
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Richmond
Grim’s Watch Repair
W. Boscawen Street
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Roanoke
Harrisonburg
Holmes
Trang
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E. India
Roland Longerbeam
Middletown
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Jed
Longerbeam
Kern St
John A. Lloyd
Doubleday
John H. Enders Fire Company
Charles Town Fire Company
Lloyd’s Transfer
North American
van Lines
Labor
Dunkirk
Ferozepore
Y. B. Chavanh
Ferdzepore
Turkey
Iran
Central Treaty Organization
United Nations
China
Peking People’s Daily
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