Hai Van Pass Train Reopens Amid War Terrors in Vietnam
The Da Nang Hue line resumes after two years of disruption with 60 miles of train service. About 1,000 passengers daily ride for 50 cents while Marines and locals observe war scars, renewed transport links, and guarded bridges along the Pass of the Clouds.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
le van Chuoi
Hai van
South China Sea
France
Hai’ van
Vietnamese National Railroad
Hue
Chaoi
U.S
Phu Bai
Langlois
Muskegon
Mich
Thua Luu
Hoa Xa
Hai van Pass
Arundel Eyes Water District Bill Filed
Arundel seeks inclusion in the Kennebunkport Wells Water District with a bill submitted to the Maine Legislature. Trustees say no major extensions are planned now but the measure would allow future water main expansion into Arundel if demand rises.
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Arundel
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport and
Wells
Maine
Water District
Pueblo destruction duties spotlighted in court inquiry
In Coronado, an admiral and a Pentagon expert debated who bears ultimate and practical responsibility for destroying sensitive material aboard ships like the USS Pueblo. Testimony showed the ship carried secret papers, and the commander’s duty to ensure adequate destruction capabilities was questioned amid the 1968 seizure.
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Coronado
Calif
Pueblo
Pentagon
John B. Williams
Chief of Naval Operations
Adm
R.R. Pratt
Agen
R Ear Adm
George Cassell
Pacific Fleet
Johnson
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Williams
Navy
Kenneth Roy Wadley
Beaverton
Ore
North Korea
Bucher
Runaway Undersea Oil Well Plugged By Workers
Officials said a runaway undersea oil well was apparently plugged after a 12 day spill that coated 300 square miles of Pacific and California shores. Union Oil workers poured cement sealant and drilled a solid plug while Coast Guard assessed damage and officials halted nearby drilling. A $1.3 billion lawsuit was filed against Union Oil Gulf and Texaco over property damage.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Pacific
California
Fritz Springman
Union Oil Co
Coast Guard
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Senate
Frida
Ventura Marina
Santa Barbara Harbor
Santa Barbara Superior Court
Union Oil Corp
Gulf of Corp
Texaco, Inc
After 20 Years It's Off To The Divorce Court
New York AP reports on rising divorces among couples in their forties and fifties after twenty years of marriage. Dr. Alfred Messer notes factors such as affluence liberal attitudes and child centered homes contributing to dissolution of long standing marriages.
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New York
Jim
Martha
PTA
Alfred A. Messer
Emory University
Dr. Messer
Messer
Remember The Torrey Canyon Remember The Torrey Canyon
London AP recalls the Torrey Canyon disaster of March 18 1967 when the 61623 ton tanker spilled 35 million gallons of crude oil and fouled 120 miles of Cornwall beaches. The wreck and cleanup became the era s costliest merchant marine incident with cargo valued at 18 million dollars and cleanup costs in Britain reaching 7.2 million.
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London
Torrey Hk
Seven Stones
England
Britain
France
Santa Barbera
Calif
Torrey Canyon
Cornwall
Golden Sands
Youths Seized At Mass Pot Party In Queens Home
Police raided a private Queens residence breaking up a mass pot party packed with 108 teens many under 16. Two loaded pistols three switchblades and heroin and marijuana were seized. One stabbing left Rufus Johnson 19 wounded. Johnson paid 50 cents to enter with his brother James 17.
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New York
Queens
Thomas Powell
Rufus Johnson
Queens General Hospital
Johnson
James
Pen
Defense Says Manslaughter Best for Sirhan Case
AP reports Sirhan Bishara Sirhan faces murder charges in the RFK killing. Grant B. Cooper, his chief attorney, argues manslaughter is the defense’s best hope and that diminished capacity could not yield a not guilty verdict. Juror selection continues with alternates to be sworn in before testimony starts.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Grant B. Cooper
Cooper
Sirhan
California
Robert F. Kennedy
Contempt Hearing Ties Ray Murder Case to Biographer
In Memphis Judge H Pres ton Battle held William Bradford Huie in contempt during a hearing on James Earl Ray’s motions. Huie, Ray’s biographer, had discussed the Ray papers and was jailed after an appeal at Shelby County grary. The judge imposed pretrial publicity limits and denied private cell visits, with Ray’s March 3 trial on King assassination set to proceed.
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Memphis, Tenn
Criminal Court
H. Preston Battle
William Bradford Hule
Hule
James Earl Ray
Battle
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Huie
Shelby County
Sheriff's Department
SCLC Launches New Thrust After King's Death
Ten months after Martin Luther King Jr. death the SCLC reorganizes trims staff and adopts a new non dramatic approach focusing on housing projects job access and education improvements. Under Ralph Abernathy the group stresses long term economic political and educational fronts with pilot school improvements in Philadelphia and broader fund raising and staff realignment.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Ralph David Abernathy
King
Abernathy
Philadelphia
Nitty Pitty
Joseph Bery
Atlanta
Lowery
Washington
wil \Abernathy
Renard Lafayette
Shaw Trial Witness Admits Being Hypnotized
New York accountant Charles J. Spiesel testified at the Shaw conspiracy trial that he attended a party hosted by Clay Shaw where Kennedy assassination was discussed. Under cross examination the defense showed Spiesel was subjected to hypnosis in 1962 63 and 64 amid suits alleging police hypnosis torture and damage claims. The case centers on Shaw alleged to have conspired with Ferrie and Oswald though Shaw denies seeing either man.
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New Orleans
Charles J. Sipesel
New York
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
F. Irvin Dymond
Spiesel
Sueh
Dymond
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
David W. Ferrier
Ferrie
Clay
Spiese
Dist Atty
Jim Garrison
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Warren Commission
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Paramus
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Windsor
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Waterbury
U.S. Marine
Hue Station
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Church of Our Lady In
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Japan
Frank L. Johnson
Hollow Side Farm
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Sclc Foundation
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