Marines Endure Heat and Hard March Toward Hill 424
A Marine unit faces extreme heat and exhausting terrain as they push along a mud slick trail toward Hill 424. Soldiers describe blistering sun, salt fatigue, and dehydration with medical evacuees already noted in Echo Company amid brutal jungle conditions and a river crossing that adds weight to already soaked packs. The march hinges on endurance as they gain the summit, brace for another punishing day, and press toward home.
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Demilitarized Zone
United States
4Th Marine Regiment
Hill
Echo Company
Vietnam
Lang Con Village
Hill 424
Marines Trek Through Killer Grass At Khe Sanh Valley
Army reporters describe Marines marching toward Hill 424 through elephant grass six miles from Khe Sanh base. Packs weighed about 80 pounds with seven days of supplies as Leathernecks push under a blistering sun. The dense eight to nine foot grass chafes and can slice exposed skin, risking jungle rot for exposed hands.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Khe Sanh Valley
Vietnam
Hill 424
Khe Sanh
Han nibble wins feature at Lincoln Downs in 1 26 1 5
Lincoln Rhode Island AP says Han nibable won the feature race at Lincoln Downs by two lengths over Jester's Belle, covering seven furlongs in 1:26 1 5. The result notes the track and time from the Wednesday program.
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Lincoln, R.I
Hannibale
Jester
Lincoln Downs
IRS Extends Amnesty Registration for Unconventional Weapons
The IRS keeps 200 alcohol and tobacco tax division offices open six days a week through Dec 1 to allow registration of unconventional weapons under the new gun control law. Commissioner Cohen says no prior-crime action can use amnesty-registered information. Conventional weapons need not be registered.
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Associated Press Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon S. Cohen
Cohen
Virus presence in hepatitis patients prompts study finding
A new study found the virus in 20 percent of 125 hepatitis patients, a rate far higher than previously reported in normal individuals. Deputy Police Chief Davis criticized 1968 crime proposals as impractical, urging higher pay for officers and broader police powers, while stressing self-discipline. In Dallas, Seth Wilson and his wife were jolted by a road-grading machine rolling into their home, injuring her leg and damaging the pickup. no fire occurred as the grader stalled after rupturing a gas line.
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United States
Los Angeles
Edward Davis
Dodge City
Dallas
Tex
Seth Wilson
Sheriff's
Wilson
Labor alliance challenge from union leaders
AOCIO source says the AFL CIO can no longer claim sole leadership of American labor and cites the three million union member figure, commenting on the alliance between the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers Union.
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Afl-Cio
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International
Teamsters
United Auto Workers Union
Milwaukee council weighs Christmas tree plan in 1968
Milwaukee aldermen balk at a 165 foot tree costing about 165000 dollars with 850 evergreen sections on a wood frame and a 1050 dollar electrical connection fee. They referred the proposal back to committee amid debate over the traditional display.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Alderman Questions Christmas Food Aid Funding
Alderman Orville E. Pitts questioned allocating money for hungry relief at Christmas noting wiser uses for funds and asking what kind of gram should be fed the hungry during the season.
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Orville E. Pitts
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