Baytonian John Bettis Promoted to Sergeant in Vietnam
Jom Douglas Bettis Jr. of Baton promoted to sergeant in the U S Marine Corps while serving in Da Nang Vietnam. A 1965 graduate of Robert E Lee High School, he enlisted Aug 31 1965 for three years and has served at Camp Hansen Okinawa Camp Pendleton and Da Nang. He is a 5th Echelon Mechanic and Maintains tanks and vehicles. He is due home for leave in November or December.
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Jom Douglas Bettis Jr
Baton
U.S. Merbes Corps
da ? Nang
Vietnam
Sgt Betts
Birs
TD. Bettis Sre
North Berkaleo
Archer
Reed
Robert EB. Lee High School
Marines
Camp Hansen
Okinawa
da Nang
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Gaytonian
Sgt
Bettis
Lynda Johnson Plans White House Wedding in December
Frances Lewre reports Lynda Bird Johnson and Marine Captain Charles S. Robb plan a White House wedding in December. Robb, from Milwaukee, met the president’s daughter in duty lines and hopes to pursue a Marine career with an upcoming Vietnam assignment. The couple, both Episcopalian, will wed in the White House with an Episcopalian minister.
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Frances Lewre Washington
White House
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles S. Robb
Texas
Johnson
LBI
Lyndz
Johnsons
Milwaukee
Wis
Lynda
Wavy Leutenant
Robb
Elony
Holywood
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Hobb
Vietnem
Fonda
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
Lbweek
James 5
Chuck
Jena
Phonenix
Ariz
Cornell University
University of Wisconsin
Breathitt urges tax sharing to curb centralization
Cov. Edward Breathitt of Kentucky told the Southern Governors Conference that over centralization threatens state power and urged a federal state tax sharing plan or strong federal tax credits. He said Vietnam makes immediate tax sharing unlikely but warned delays could threaten state finances. The four day meeting opened with talks on National Guard reform led by Defense Secretary McNamara. Adjutants general from the South met with governors behind closed doors amid vigorous discussions. three governors were absent.
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Rod Wood
Asheville
N.C
Edward Breathitt
Ket Tuchy
Southern Governors Conference
Breathitt
Kentucky
Defense
Robert McNamara
John Connally
Texas
George Wallace
Alabama
Claude Kirt
Florida
Appleton Farm at Ipswich Claimed One of Nation's Oldest
Real old homestead in Ipswich Massachusetts traces to Samuel Appleton who arrived in 1625 and farmed land since 1638. The Appleton dwelling sits on the first house site burned in 1596, now a 1000 acre family farm owned by Francis Appleton Jr., a New York lawyer.
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Ipswich
Mass
Appleton
United States
Samuel Appleton
England
Francis Appleton Jr
New York
Governor Wallace Returns to Houston for Checkup
Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace and her husband Governor George Wallace arrived at M D Anderson Hospital for a one day checkup following cancer surgery on July 10. Doctors will decide if a precautionary radiation treatment is needed to target any remaining malignant matter.
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Houston
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
M.D. Anderson
George Wallace
Texas
Montgomery
Executive House
Mobile
Thieu backs pacification plan for Vietnam war
South Vietnam’s President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu on NBC Meet the Press says heavy fighting should be handled by American troops while Vietnamese forces pacify rural areas. He also proposes Hanoi open peace talks and a possible pause in bombing if responded to, with inauguration expected around Oct 1. The U.S. ambassador sees potential for negotiations before next year’s U.S. election.
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New York
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
Thieu
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
NBC
CBS Radiotelevision
Saigon
Elsworth Bunker
Bunker
Revolutionary Development
Hami
Peety
United Nations Action
Johnnson
Nhan Dani
U.N
Houston Church May Bobt Ties
Members of the First Evangelical Church of Houston voted 12445 Sunday night to withdraw from the United Church of Christ unless the denomination strengthens its stand on conscientious objectors within one year. At its sixth annual General Synod held last June in Cincinnati the assembly urged support for individuals who refused to serve in war.
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James C. Schneider
Tear Gas Halts White Uprising In Milwaukee
Mil waukee witnesses a violent clash as tear gas drives back hundreds of whites during a South Side open housing march. Police in gas masks fire canisters after youths throw rocks and bottles. 19 arrested, 3 injured as the Negro marchers proceed on the North Side.
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Ben Hartnett
Milwauker
Wis
South Side
Pelice
South Side Business Street
North Side
Groppi
James E. Groppi
Father Groppi
Prize pranksters win big at Contra Costa County fair
In Antioch California two reporters won six prizes including first place blue ribbon for Pickles in the food canning division. They did no canning, bought cheap canned goods, rebottled into Blass jars, used fake names, entered nine classes, and admitted not tasting any exhibits.
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Antioch
Calif
Contra Costa County
Astrobug and Surveyor 5 landings hailed as space success
In Pasadena, the Biosatelite 2 astrobug craft and Surveyor 5 lunar lander reached site, defying earlier fears. Surveyor 5 touched down in the Sea of Tranquility after engineers averted a helium leak and saved the mission, while the astrobug carried plants and bees, delivering first pictures and soil tests from the moon age.
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Kalfh Dighton
Pasadena
Califap
U. S
Pacific
Space
Earth
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor Project
Howard Haglund
Public Health Service
Islope
Hawaii
Cr. Lyon
Dartmouth
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Ames Research Center
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