Terrorists shell Saigon holiday
SAIGON—(UPI)—Viet Cong terrorists believed guided by a Communist fifth column in Saigon shelled the center of the city for the first time today in an apparent effort to disrupt the National Day parade and wipe out the U.S. and Vietnamese high commands.
Thirteen persons were killed, including an American officer, and 37 others were wounded, including five Americans—three servicemen and two civilians. The Viet Cong also mined a U.S. Navy minesweeper 11 miles from Saigon in the Saigon River, killing or wounding the six men aboard.
THREE OF THE 25 high explosive shells fired from a river island a mile away hit within 50 yards of the reviewing stand where Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu, and Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the U.S. military commander, had seats.
The shells blew a hole in the roof of the Roman Catholic Cathedral immediately behind the reviewing stand on John F. Kennedy Square; exploded on the roof and in the playground of a nearby Catholic school where normally 5000 children are at play, blew a gaping hole in the wall of a building housing an American firm and hit the Graill Hospital.
The two barrages disrupted the parade briefly but failed to create the wholesale panic and chaos the Communists had intended.
In addition to the shelling, Viet Cong terrorists exploded a fused
SAN FRANCISCO — (UPI)— In the Haight-Ashbury district, San Francisco's new bohemia, bearded and long-hair residents wore way-out Halloween costumes—suits and ties for the men and hose and heels for the gals.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation agents described the case as a "major" espionage incident.
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The FBI disclosed only a few details in the case and would not say whether money had changed hands.
LOS ANGELES —(UPI)— Air Force Staff Sgt. Herbert William Boeckenhaupt, 23, who had access to top Pentagon communications secrets, was arraigned yesterday on charges he conspired to commit espionage with a Russian diplomat.
artillery shell in a crowded market place, inflicting heavy casualties. It also was disclosed they mined a bus near Saigon yesterday, killing four more persons.
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SEOUL —(UPI)— President Johnson visited American troops in the heavily fortified area facing Communist Korea today and told them the United States was stopping aggression in Viet Nam and might have to stop it elsewhere in Asia because "we would rather do it out there than in Honolulu."
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