Paratroopers Land as 101st Brigade Arrives in Vietnam
Paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division begin landing at Cam Ranh Bay as U S bombers strike Viet Cong positions near Saigon. The 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts jungle searches with no U S casualties reported. Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor greets the troops before leaving Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
Normandy
Bastogne
101St
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S
Strategic Air Command
South
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Hanoi
France
Maxwell D. Taylor
Living Costs Rise on Food Prices in June
The Labor Department reports a five tenths of one percent rise in consumer costs for June driven by a 2 percent jump in food prices. The April May June quarter shows a one percent increase, with meat and poultry as the main factors. The index stands at 110.1, meaning items costing 10 in the base period cost 11.01 in June.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Defense Dept Likely To Seek 300000 Troop Increase
The Defense Department likely will ask Congress to boost regular forces by 300000 or more as a gradual buildup via heavier draft calls and volunteer recruitment. President Johnson prefers a slow long haul buildup with reservists and Guardsmen kept in reserve.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
Army
South Viet Nam
United States
Pentagon
Navy
Air Force
Marines
M-60 Pact Renewal Possible Amid Strong First Half
Maremont Corp reports a possible renewal of the federal contract with Saco-Lowell New England Division for M-60 machine guns at the Sac plant. First half income set a new record with sales up 13 percent. Textile machinery demand grows as automated mills expand. Overseas sales rise significantly as production proceeds.
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Saco-Lowell
New England
Maremont Corp
Sac
Arnold H. Maremont
Diversified Company
Maremont
Viet Nam
Clinton
N.C
Rescue Of Downed Pilot From Viet Nam Mission
U S Navy pilot Lt Grant Townsend 27 of West Palm Beach Florida parachuted into North Vietnam after an explosion. He hid among tall grass as enemy forces closed in while Skyraiders and fighters strafed the area. A Da Nang helicopter hoisted him to safety after Townsend signaled his location with a flare.
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Saigon
U.S
Delta
North Viet Nam
Peter Arnett
Viet Nam
Grant R. Townsend
West Palm Beach
Fla
U.S. Navy
Townsend
Elephant Grass
The
Midway
Navy Skyraider
Skyraiders
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
Walter Turk
New York
Turk
Refusal To Allow Stickney Will Upheld
Maine Supreme Court upheld a probate judge’s ruling disallowing Dr. Laura Stickney’s 1960 will signed during hospitalization after a shock. The will favored her adopted son Richard over her adopted daughter Joan Cleary. the 1961 estate was valued above 225000 dollars. The court noted the May signing appeared influenced and unnatural given prior family relations.
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Portland
Saco
Maine Supreme Court
Laura B. Stickney
Theophilus Fitanides
York County
High Court
Stickney
Trust Hospital
Biddeford
Richard
Joan Cleary
Reed Named Chairman
MINNEAPOLIS The National Governors Conference elected Maine Republican John H. Reed as its new chairman in a cross party vote of 22 to 20.
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Minneapolis
National Governors Conference
Maine
John H. Reed
Mars Appears More Like The Moon Than The Earth
Washington AP scientists briefing the White House on 18 unpublished Mariner 4 photos report Mars may host more than 10 000 craters and resemble the Moon more than Earth. Leighton of JPL says the crater count could exceed 10 000 if the area is typical, affecting views on solar system origins and Earth's history. The study notes no oceans and water, making life prospects less promising, though primitive life cannot be ruled out. President Johnson comments reflect relief at limited signs of life.
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Washington
Mars
Moon
Earth
Space Agency
White House
Mariner 4
William Leighton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
Mariner
Leighton
Solar System
Johnson
East Germany Plans Sunken Berlin Wall
Refugee soldiers report East Germany intends a sunken border around West Berlin by 1970 with a nine foot cement wall inside a wide trench and camouflaged fencing. West Berlin police Capt. Heinz Hackbarth notes visible sections already taking shape and describes patrol routes and surveillance in the trench.
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West Berlin
Zehlendorf
Hackbarth
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