MacNamara says at least 25000 more troops needed
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara says he is not sure how many more U S troops must be sent to Vietnam but top military officers privately say at least 25000 are required to regain momentum. McNamara just returned from Vietnam and told President Johnson more Americans must be dispatched. Westmoreland arrives from Columbia after his mother's funeral and says added troops would put greater pressure on the enemy.
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Columbia
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Australia
New Zealand
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Humble Operator Kusbeth Retires After Thirty-One Years
Humble worker Leon Kulbeth retires July 1 after more than 31 years with Humble Oil and Refining Company. Born in Buffalo and raised in Hill County, he joined Humble in Houston, transferred to Utilities, and plans a vegetable garden, fishing, and hunting in retirement with wife Hattie and two sons Kenneth of Baytown and Curtis of Houston.
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Houston Pipe Department
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Hill County
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Curtis Kulbeth
Houston
Military planners weigh adding divisions in Vietnam war
A published briefing outlines options for increasing U S manpower in Vietnam up to five divisions or about 200 000 troops with the most likely total two divisions 75 000. It notes training capacity for 90 000 in 12 months and discusses regional deployments including Kontum Province and the Mekong Delta amid uncertain war duration.
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South Vietnam
Vietnam
Highlands
Service Plaza Planned By Humble On Turnpike
Humble Refining Co plans a 15 million service plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The 36 acre site about 62 miles west of Harrisburg will use a total energy system with on site diesel powered generation and waste heat recovery for heating or cooling, cutting operating costs.
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Humble On and
Refining Co
Pennsylvania
El Dorado film review stars John Wayne and Mitchum
Henry Holcomb reviews El Dorado noting John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in a western that blends action with humor. The piece praises acting and camera work while warning of light handling of violence and a few sensational moments.
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John Wayne
Charlene Holt
Robert Mitcham
Robert Mitchum
el Dorado
Midway Point
Mississippi
Wayne
Welch Parole Approved by Federal Board
Washington AP report states the Federal Parole Board granted parole effective July 25 to former Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Earl Welch. He is imprisoned at Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution for income tax evasion, with a three year sentence begun February 14, 1967, following a June parole hearing.
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Federal Parole Board
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Earl Welch
Federal Correctional Institution
Seagowile
Tex
Welch
Seagoville
Belli Sees New Simmons Light
In San Antonio AP report lawyer Melvin Belli flies to Monterrey to reveal a claimed breakthrough in the case of Dykes Askew Simmons Jr. Fort Worth man jailed since 1959 for murder in the Monterrey slayings of three children. He says Mexican system offers help unseen by Simmons and that this marks the start of efforts to win his release.
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Melvin
Belli
Monterrey
Dykes Askew Simmons I Jr
Fort Worth
Simmons
Dexter Mayfield Retires After Long Public Service
Dexter O Mayfield retires July 3 as a supervisor in the Maintenance and Construction Division after starting in 1937. Born in Dora Alabama and raised in Bessemer he worked for an oil company in Port Arthur Sunburst Montana and an iron works in Houston before joining Hum lite He serves as land trustee on the High lands Little League board and is active in the Sampson Masonic Lodge He and his wife Essa enjoy yardwork and azaleas at their Highlands home. Martin Van Buren born 1782 was the first president born under the US flag.
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