South Vietnam final agonies unfold as US asks why
An American observer reflects on South Vietnam's collapse and the long, costly U.S. engagement. The piece traces early Vietnam history, Geneva accords, Diem’s overthrow, Tonkin Gulf events, and the protracted search and destroy strategy that culminated in stalemate and unanswered questions about what was gained from decades of war.
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Dave Goldberg
Associated Press
South Vietnam
Vietnam
United States
Ben Tre
U.S
Bedan
Pleiku
Hue
da Nang
Cam Ranh
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
North Vietnam
Frances Fitzgerald
Mao Tse-tung
China
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
National Liberation Front
John F. Kennedy
CIA
Maddox
Turner Joy
Gulf of Tonkin
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Lyndon B. Johnson
Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
la Drang Valley
1St Air Cav
Alry
William C. Westmoreland
Ihe
Lyndon Johnson
NLF
Ila Drang
Hamburger Hill
Khe Sanh
Concord Girds For Stampede Of Sightseers
Concord Mass readies for a three hour Bicentennial battle anniversary attracting up to 120000 people and 7500 cars. Officials plan tight traffic control medical evacuation portable toilets and helicopter and boat speed limits to manage crowds.
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Concord
Mass
North Bridge
Lexington
Town of Concord
United States
John Finigan
New Canaan man funds charter to fly 500 Vietnamese orphans
Robert Macauley of New Canaan funds a $25,000 charter for nearly 500 Vietnamese war orphans from Saigon to San Francisco aboard a Pan American 707. The flight includes 100 infant survivors from a recent crash, with doctors aboard, and adoption arrangements are set by Friends For All Children. Macauley, president of Shoeshine Boys Foundation, says more funds are needed to continue evacuations.
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New Canaan, Conn
Robert Macauley
New Canaan
Mcauley
Friends For All Children
Chief Downing’s Wounding Sparks Manhunt in New Hampshire
Boscawen Police Chief Clayton Downing was wounded when two men handcuffed him outside a home and shot his revolver. An AP report notes no arrest yet, with Atty. Gen. staff working around the clock for leads as a composite sketch of a suspect is released. The 28-year-old chief, who recently considered resignation, was treated and to be released soon.
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Boscawen
N.H
Clayton Downing
Thomas Rath
Downing
Concord Hospital
Concord
Forrest McKerley
U.S. 3
Newport bid for Kennedy museum rooted in island legacy
Rhode Island pushes to locate a John F. Kennedy Museum in Newport to honor the late president and his family. The plan taps Newport’s 1950s social scene and Hammersmith Farm links, with Lt. Gov. J Joseph Garrahy leading the effort to attract the Kennedy Corp. and secure a summer resort context on Aquidneck Island.
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Newport, RJ
Rhode Island
John F. Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Massachusetts
Jacqueline Bouvier
St. Mary’s Church
Newport
Jack
St. Mary’s
Navy
Portsmouth
Aquidneck Island
Jacqueline
Hammersmith Farm
Narragansett Bay
Jfk
White House
J. Joseph Garrahy
John F. Kennedy Corp
Navy Land
Garrahy
Philip W. Noel
New York
Stephen Smith
Kennedy
Corporation
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Mass
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Noel
Fort Adams
Boston
Shoes Trade Clash Emerges Over Tariff Cuts
Boston AP reports that U S footwear workers say tariff reductions threaten domestic industry. George Fecteau of United Shoe Workers AFL CIO testifies the trade shift could decimate jobs while pledging to defend U S markets. The three day hearing explores tariff impacts amid widespread import competition.
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Boston
U.S
U.S. International Trade Commission
George O. Fecteau
United Shoe Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Fecteau
Commission
Ford
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Jon
Quils
Farmingdale
UPI
Kennebunk
Peter Kingsley
Boulder
Colo
Macauley
Shoeshine Boys Foundation
the United Nations
Virginia Fibre, Inc
Saigon
Carrier
Corporation of New England
Haley
Metal Shop
Elm ST
Biddeford
Rath
Chief Downing
McKerley
York County
Maine
Maine Criminal Justice Academy
MMA Municipal Job Bank
Augusta
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
New
Gordon Osborne
Northern Textile Association
Elm Street
Robert E. Bedard & Sons
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