North Vietnamese Unit Attacks Leatherneck Base Near DMZ
U S Marines repelled a 500 man North Vietnamese assault on a Leatherneck base near the DMZ. The battle near Con Thien involved heavy artillery and rocket fire, tear gas, and smoke grenades. US casualties included 21 Marines killed and 20 wounded by helicopter evacuation, as pilots flew 154 missions in the northern air war against MIG fields.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Leatherneck
Dmz
Con Thien
Con
Thien
Sothers
The
Red
South Vietnam
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Palace Ballroom at Old Orchard Beach Opened 43 Years Ago
On June 28, 1924 the Palace Ballroom in Old Orchard Beach opened with a 13,000 square foot floor for 1,000 couples and a crystal chandelier. Built by Charles and Sarah Usen it was billed as fireproof and earthquake proof. Town memories recall Duke Ellington and Glen Miller performances, seaside promenades, and a bellwether era ending as the building is torn down. The Palace block was purchased in 1917, following a 1907 fire that replaced Seashore House Hotel with the Palace site.
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Old Orchard Beach
Alfred E. Smith
Madison Square Garden
Palace
Scotty Holmes
Gertrude Mansfield
Shanley
N.Y.C
Legion Night
Charles
Sarah Usen
Charlie Usen
Mary Manduca
Johnnie Walker
Biddeford
Old Orchard Street
the Palace
Herbert Trafton
Duke Ellington
Dorsey Boys
Glen Miller
Paul Whiteman
Rudy Vallee
Paul Sicard
Joe Havey
Sicard
Charles Usen
Frank Staples
Seashore House
Trafton
World War of Words Heats Up in Congress Over Vietnam Policy
In a vigorous exchange, Secretary of State Rusk defends Vietnam policy amid criticism from House leaders and Senator Fulbright. U S Navy bombers strike Haiphong shipyards as ground forces pursue Viet Cong along the South China Sea. Ernesto Che Guevara is reported dead in Bolivia, while UAW strikes at Ford show fragile progress in contract talks. South Vietnam leader Thieu says he will seek peace with Ho Chi Minh but warns of continued defense if aggression persists.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Congress
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
China
United States
House
John W. McCormack
Democratic Party
John Bailey
McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
North Vietnam
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
U.S. Army
South Vietnam
South China Sea
Ernesto Che Guevara
Latin America
Guevara
Alfredo Ovando Candia
U.S. State Department
Nguyen van Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
Thieu
East Village Hippies Exorcising Pentagon
A New York AP report describes East Village activists performing a ritual exorcism of the Pentagon ahead of a Washington peace rally. About 200 demonstrators participated as Ed Sanders led masked ritualists in green paint and cornmeal circles around a cardboard Pentagon model.
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New York
Pentagon
East Village
Washington
Defense Department
Village Theater
Ed Sanders
Mars
States Raise Taxes Across Districts in Busy Legislative Year
An Associated Press survey shows most states boosted old taxes rather than create new revenues. California approved a record 1 billion tax program touching income, sales, cigarette, liquor, banks and inheritance taxes, with 115 million for property relief. Michigan, Nebraska, and others added or expanded income taxes with varying rates. sales taxes rose in nine states. gasoline taxes ranged from 5 to 11 cents per gallon.
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North Carolina
Associated Press
California
Michigan
Nebraska
State Board of Equalization
Alaska
Delaware
Montana
New Hampshire
Oregon
Vermont
Iowa
Alabama
Maine
New Jersey
Texas
Washington
Hawaii
Marines Repel North Vietnamese Attack Near DMZ
A Marine battalion repels an assault by about 500 North Vietnamese forces near the demilitarized zone, with 23 Leathernecks reported killed. Other items note Sen Russell questioning Johnson on Haiphong bombing and Rostow denying Eisenhower-era security clearance rejections.
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Demilitarized Zone
Richard B. Russell
Johnson
Haiphong
Washington
Walt W. Rostow
Eisenhower
House
National
Ford
United Auto Workers
Last Chance Creek
Mormon Couple Survives Six Days in Utah Desert Ordeal
Elderly Ira Lloyd and his wife, both Mormons, survived six days without food in Last Chance Canyon, drinking brackish creek water and praying continually. A rescue plane evacuated them to Salt Lake City, found after a plan to travel the Red Rock Desert ended in a washout and rough canyon conditions.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Last Chance Canyon
Ira Lloyd
Lloyd
Red Rock Desert
Symphony To Perform In Saco Monday
The Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Vermel will perform for a Saco area youth concert Monday Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. in the Thornton Academy Linnell gymnasium. Students from Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach will attend under sponsorship by West Point Pepperell Maremont Ces the J G Deering Co and the Maine Arts Commission.
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Saco
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra
Paul Vermel
Thornton Academy Linnell Gymnasium
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
West Point-Pepperell
Maremont Ces
J.G. Deering Co
Maine Arts Commission
Kenneth Johnson
Thomas Moore
Gilbert D. Harrison Jr
Andre Cloutier
Thomas Haley
Pauline Thivierge
Thomas Morrison
Richard Dupres
John Koster
George Angis
Paul Reay
Edgar Cote
Thomas Dawson
Andre Dallaire
John Roberts
Ruth McDonough
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United Auto Workers Union
Fidel Castro
York County Fish and Game Goodwins Mills
WRR Gen
Fea, Corp
St. Joseph Parish Hall
Birch St. School
South Street
Norman O. Racine
William J. Conway
Harold Stevens
John Kimball
Kanab
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kaiparowits
Biddeford High School
Air Force
Gary Johnston
Joann Busse
John Bergeron
Miss Busse
Symphony
Old Orchard
Clement P. Wigft
C. Russell Durant Realtor
Biddeford-Saco Journal
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