Peace Ship voyage to stop World War I remembered
Fifty years ago Henry Ford sailed 90 idealists on the Oscar II to try to halt World War I. The Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation aimed to mediate peace in Stockholm. Survivors recall the stunt amid Viet Nam protests, noting no direct comparison to today’s demonstrations.
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United States
Henry Ford
New York
Europe
U.S
Viet Nam
Ford Peace Mission
Ford
Stockholm
Sweden
America
New York Tribune
New York World
Louis Lochner
Associated Press
Fair Haven
N.J
Lochner
United Nations
Earl W. Tucker
Syracuse
N.Y
Tucker
Liam H. Draper Jr
Rosika Schwimmer
David Starr Jordan
Madame Schwimmer
Thomas Alva Edison
Hoboken
Edison
S. Mc
Elmer Davis
Oscar II
Atlantic
Christiania
Norway
Detroit
Copenhagen
Holland
Hague
Permanent Council of Mediation
Denmark
Switzerland
Countdown Begins on Gemini 7 Launch at Cape Kennedy
The Gemini 7 mission starts with a 2:30 p.m. launch under overcast skies as Frank Borman and James Lovell prepare for a 14 day flight. Technicians loaded 215000 pounds of fuel into the Titan 2 before a scheduled liftoff and rendezvous with Gemini 6 crews in a high stake test of endurance and coordination in space.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Frank Jene
James A. Lovell
Space Agency
Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
U.S
Charles A. Berry
Gemini
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Christopher Kraft
Speecraft
Kraft
Jack Albert
Titan 2
Schirra
Stafford
World War II? Viet Nam antiwar shift shocks U S audience
U S soldiers George Smith and Claude McClure, captured in 1963, announced they would campaign to pull U S troops from Viet Nam, saying the Viet Cong are the people. They appeared in neutral Cambodia amid antiwar reactions from U S groups and officials.
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Associated Press
Viet Nam
United States
Cambodia
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude D. McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
Viet Cong
Students For A Democratic Society
Sanford Gottlieb
The
Committee For
Saigon
U.S
Metropole
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
North Vietnamese Regiments Reach Near Saigon Record Strength
North Vietnamese forces have reached a record strength in South Vietnam with nine regular regiments present and four positioned within 60 miles of Saigon. Intelligence estimates place at about 20,000 troops in northern units, with Viet Cong totaling around 232,000 guerrillas. Infiltration continues at roughly a regiment per month, set to rise to 4,500 monthly.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Central Highlands
Cambodia
Oronted
Meee Twat
South China Sea
Quang Ngai City
Mekong Delta
Seippe
Navy
U.S. Navy
Guam
High School Girl Lists College Ratings
A student tells a peer she wrote to 16 colleges and notes one campus has 1 479 boys and 215 girls in attendance according to the feature.
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WRR
Fea. Corp
Ski Tips To Start Monday In Biddeford-Saco Journal
Ski Tips by Stein Eriksen offers a complete course in skiing fundamentals. The feature covers terms like Traverse Fall Line Mogul and Stem Christies and promises invaluable instruction starting Monday in the Biddeford Saco Journal sports section.
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Stein” Eriksen
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Eleven Dead In Cong Raid At Metropole Saigon
Viet Cong attackers blasted the Metropole Hotel in Saigon killing 13 and wounding many as a truck bomb detonated. U.S. and Vietnamese forces reported strong counterattacks with ongoing fighting near Quang Ngai and in the Mekong Delta.
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Cong
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Metropole
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S. Navy
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Dee Moore
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Olavi Rinne
Ronald Poisson
Johnson
Smith and
McClure
Kenneth M. Roraback
Isaac Camacho
el Paso
Tex
Smith and McClure
Red Viet
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Long Khanh
Western Auto Store
Main Street
Saco
Bert's Corner
H. W. Thompson Inc
Alfred Street
Biddeford
William Seippel
Maine
Saco River
St. Andre’s
Pool Road
Oniddohs
Svwisiay
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