Young Marine Captain Leads Crazy Water Buffaloes Bunch
In Saigon eight months into command, Marine Captain Don Bonsper leads the 2nd Battalion Vietnamese marines known as the crazy water buffaloes. He reports about 60 killed and 300 wounded since he joined, while the unit presses through rubble streets under rocket fire. Bonsper, a 1965 Naval Academy graduate from Portville New York, has spent most of his service in the field with his battalion, returning briefly from Hawaii with his wife.
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Saigon
Don Bonsper
U.S
Naval Academy
Bonsper
Port Said
Portville
N.Y
Costa Rica
Vietnam
Hawaii
Parrot George Whistles at Girls in Summer
In Little Rock, a 13 inch gray parrot with a red tail, named George, whistles at girls and greets them with a hello. George spends summers in Miss Mary Terry's yard with one wing clipped to prevent flight after being bought 14 years ago in Africa.
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Little Rock, Ark
George
Africa
Mary Terry
Five Day Forecast Notes Variable Temperatures
Forecast Tuesday through Saturday shows near normal average temperatures with normal highs 70 to 78 in the north and 76 to 81 in the south. Lows run 48 to 55 in the north and 54 to 59 in the south. Warmer Wednesday then cooler Thursday and Friday. Rain totals about .30 inch east and .15 inch west after midweek.
Poor Management Seen a Cause of the Paper Glut in Wall Street
New York AP reports Wall Street suffers a paper overload due to mismanagement and growth in stock ownership. The piece notes 24 million stockholders, rapid fund expansion, and a shift from service to sales. It cites outdated methods, the rise of performance pressures, and brokerage crises threatening bookkeeping control.
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Wall Street
New York
Exchanges
Ritual Funds
New York Stock Exchange
Cast Iron Pipe Co to Mark Products with Color Stripe
The American Cast Iron Pipe Co announces all its products will bear a red, white and blue stripe to curb imports and aid the nation’s balance of payments. President Kenneth R. Daniel disclosed the plan in Birmingham Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Cast Iron Pipe Co
Kenneth R. Daniel
Marriages Outnumber Divorces in Las Vegas 1967
In Las Vegas, marriages outnumbered divorces eight to one in 1967. Clark County clerk’s office processed 42,341 marriage applications and 5,046 divorces, reflecting one of the nation’s largest volumes for both.
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Las Vegas, Nev
Las Vegas
Clark County Clerk's Office
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Goodsye Ceose A
Fed
Ford
Plymouth
Dodge
Chevrolet
G.S.A
Cenasis
N. Main
Austin
Minn
Goodyear
Jane Anon
Queen Anne
Humaes
HOURU
Austin, Minn
Kentile
Gey
Take Command
Credi OF
America
American Industrial Bankers Assn
1St Ave
Bob Lunsford
Mgr
Cast Iron Company
E. A. Jones
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