Crusade to Go to War Never Got Off Ground
David Stucki a 21 year old San Francisco computer operator posed as a soldier to join Viet Nam but avoided combat by swapping uniforms with a real GI in San Francisco. He sailed to Saigon and reached an engineer battalion before being discovered and sent home. Authorities work to contact his father as his employer expresses disbelief.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
David Stucki
San Francisco
Stucki
Viet Nam
Golden Gate
Travis Air Force Base
Pfe
U.S
Virgil Stucki
Lafayette
Calif
Stu
Cki
Toland Waal
University of California’s Medical Center
Waal
Foreigners Flock to U S but Not in Record Numbers
U S Travel Service reports 379 66 foreigners visited the United States in the first five months, up 143 percent from 1965, while Americans travel abroad totaled 2.62 million last year and are rising. Passport issuance for overseas travel rose 14.3 percent in early 1966. Americans spent 3.1 billion abroad, while foreigners spent 1.4 billion in the United States, creating a travel deficit projected near 2 billion this year.
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Washington
United States
U.S
US Travel Service
Commerce Department
John T. Connor
Department
State Department
Mexico
Canada
U N Report Highlights Waste in Rice Production
A UN FAO study shows global rice labor is inefficient with Japan leading per acre output while parts of Africa lag. It urges shift from deep submerged farming to shallow irrigation and direct seeding, noting Korea and the United States show lower labor needs. The report ties productivity to adoption of mechanization and updated practices. Dr Lauren tius O. Underdahl named ADA president.
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Rome
United Nations
Japan
Southeast Asia
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Korea
United States
U.N
Nationalist China Opposes Bridges to Peking
Formosa editorials denounce any American effort to bridge to Communist China as appeasement. They urge US support without combat troops for Chiang Kai-shek’s forces and call for destruction of nuclear installations on the mainland. Rusk visits Taipei en route to Japan and Korea.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Free World
U.S
Dean Rusk
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Chiang
Cheng Hsin Daily News
United Daily News
Asia
Peking
Shin Sheng Daily News
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Army
Austin
2Nd Ave. NW
Special Agent
Minnesota
By James M. Long
Diabestes Assn. Head
Chicago
Laurentius O. Underdahl
University of Minnesota
American Diabetes Association
By Spencer Moosa
Rusk
South Korea
China Daily News
The
Kuomintang
Minn
Herald
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Motors Corporation
John Schirmang
Austin Auto Company
Third Ave
Harry
Stratford
Selig
Sis
Kroehler
Sise
Daystrom
King Koil Hollywood
Schweiger
Paramount Theater
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