Viet Nam guerillas strike Tam Ky compound
Communist guerrillas slipped into Tam Ky and attacked the American military compound and government headquarters with hand grenades and small arms. No American casualties were reported and Vietnamese losses were described as light. The attack was a swift thrust into the town housing the Vietnamese army's 2nd Infantry Division headquarters. A separate report from Pittsfield, Massachusetts noted two charred bodies found in a burned car in Balance Rock State Park, identified as Walter Fulton Jr. and a woman, with death by carbon monoxide inhalation and burns.
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Saigon
UPS
Tam Ky
Pittsfield
Mass
UPD
Balance Rock State Park
Walter Fulton Jr
Mill St
Fulton
Veterans Administration
Albany
N.Y
Quant Tin
da Nang
U.S
Grant Sharp
Pacific
Viet Nam
Sharp
Army
1St Cavalry
Ia Drang River
Hanoi
Chu Pong Mountain
Ia Drang Valley
Weather Clears For Gemini 7 Blastoff This Saturday
Weathermen gave Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell a tentative go ahead for Saturdays launch. The five hour medical checkup proceeded with no problems as meteorologists predicted satisfactory conditions at Cape Kennedy and in the Atlantic landing area.
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Cape Kennedy
APS
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Space
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Brooklyn Junkyard Clean Up Talks Prompt Action
Brooklyn selectmen focused on the Hutchinson auto junkyard after a promise to screen and move junk cars from Branch Street view. Hutchinson, licensed for 1965, will be given a month to show substantial progress, with a follow up inspection. The board also reviewed a second draft charter for consolidating the town, villages, and fire district into a single government with the Unified Study Committee.
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Bennington
Selectmen
Hutchinson
Richard van Santvoord
van Santvoord
Inside Editorial On Highway Funds At Session
An Inside editorial discusses reports that highway improvement funds for the area may not be sought at the 1965 legislature session. County Agent John Page says farm surpluses can feed the starving. Manchester selectmen set personnel policies. A former news executive says the war in Viet Nam can be won.
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John Page
Page
Manchester Selectmen
Viet Nam
Hoff to Cut Western Vermont Highway Plan
Gov Hoff may slash a $25 million western Vermont highway upgrade after a Rutland meeting with the Regional Highway Council. Administration sources say he might seek $2 million to plan reconstruction, reducing routes 7 and 4 work and easing Route 9 efforts, amid post election GOP gains.
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Gov
Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Rutland
Commandant Links GIs to Brainwashing Claims
Gen. Wallace M. Greene says two U S soldiers freed from Viet Cong captivity show signs of Communist indoctrination. Sgt. George E. Smith and Spec. 5 Claude D. McClure praised their captors and expressed antiwar views after two years in confinement. Greene and SANE oppose perceived brainwashing while noting ongoing indoctrination efforts.
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Washington
UPI
Marine Corps
U.S
Viet Nam
Wallace M. Greene
George E. Smith
Chester
W. Va
Claude D. McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cambodia
United States
Sanford Gottlieb
Committee For A Sane
SANE
Gottlieb
Greene
Collins
Smith and McClure
Merrill Loses One Million In State Fund Row
Forests and Parks Commissioner Merrill faces a $1 million loss as Attorney General Connarn rules the Inter Agency Committee on Natural Resources must decide the federal match and recipient agency under Public Law 88 578. The split committee battles priorities between revenue producing projects and conservation.
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Forests and Parks
Mererill
Richard Macomber
Macomber
Johnson taps Hyland to lead U.S. 7th Fleet
President Johnson to decide on Viet Nam countermeasures after McNamara and Rusk brief. Rear Adm John J Hyland, 53, named commander of the U S 7th Fleet backing ground troops and launching air raids in the South China Sea, promoted to vice admiral and due to report this weekend.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
McNamara
Dean Rusk
Lbj Ranch
Southeast Asia
U.S
John J. Hyland
U.S. 7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Hyland
Hero Sim
Navy
Daley Set To Speak At Bennington Post Office Dedication
Lt Gov John J Daley will address the outdoor dedication of Benningtons Elm Street post office on Saturday at 11 am The ceremony includes a house tour and is attended by Postmaster General representative Donald Dowd Village President Salvatore Santarcangelo and other local leaders A flag flown over post office HQ will be presented by Daley to Postmaster Stanley Pekalski
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Gov. Daley
John J. Daley
Bennington
New Elm Street
Daley
Post Office
Lawrence O’brien
Donald J. Dowd
Boston
National Post Office
Stanley Pekalski
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Francis B. Flanagan
Melvin McGaughey
Bennington Veterans Council
Greater Bennington Association
Santarcangelo
Richard van Santvoord
Leroy Marsden
Walter Lapham
George M. Fienberg
William Hoisington
Joseph McDonough
Peter Donavan
Rockefeller says NY sales tax not popular though needed
Governor Nelson Rockefeller acknowledged at a Albany news conference that many dislike the state sales tax but argued it funds state services. He warned new tax receipts data would not be ready until mid December and floated no firm education aid increase for 1966-67. He urged a joint federal state local fight on narcotics addiction and denied preferring state owned liquor stores while noting more private stores. He will not push to raise the drinking age, though he may sign such a bill if passed.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson Rockefeller
New York State
Rockefeller
State Liquor Authority
Sstate
Guided Missile Destroyer Ends Long Test with Mixed Crew
The Claude V. Ricketts, a 4500 ton guided missile destroyer, completed a year long demonstration of a NATO mix nation crew operating a seaborne nuclear force. The ship carried 335 crew from six countries including the United States Britain West Germany Italy Greece and the Netherlands with Turkey withdrawing mid project. The test covered 50000 miles of steaming and involved U S Navy Cmdr Thomas E Fortson receiving the Unit Commendation.
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Norfolk
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
NATO
Nitze
U.S. Navy
Thomas E. Fortson
U.S. Navy Unit Commendation
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Greece
Netherlands
Turkey
Washington
U.S._ State Department
U.S. Defense
Mediterranean
U.S. 2Nd Fleet
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Miami
Brooklyn
Branch Street
Everett LeBlanc
Tee
Prince Charles
Macbeth
Gordonstown School
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Vermont
Claude D.mcclure
Merrill
Phnom Penh
Cambodian Information Ministry
Viet Cong
McClure
Smith
Sgt
LBJ
7Th Fleet
Rocky
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