Unarmed U S Officer Dies in South Vietnam Ambush
An unarmed American officer, Capt. Richard Morgan Rees of Kent, Ohio, was killed and four soldiers wounded when about 30 Communist troops ambushed U S helicopters near Saigon while searching for GI remains. Four others, including Lt. Ben C. Elfrink and Spec. 4 Randall J. Nash, were seriously or slightly wounded as 12 South Vietnamese crew and airmen accompanied the mission. The incident marked the first American casualties reported at the Joint Casualty Resolution Center in connection with the search for missing in Indochina.
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Saigon
U.S
Richard Morgan Rees
Kent
Ohio
Pentagon
Ben C. Elfrink
Clifford H. Elfrink
Isabel
Randall J. Nash
Amarillo
Tex
James Nash
Herman C. Ballard
Don R. Ballard
Columbus
Ronnie L. Watson
Rossalind Watson
Fort Pierce
Fla
Joint
Army
Richard Laritz
St. Paul, Minn
Energy picture offers hope amid U S oil shift and reforms
The article notes U S oil firms turning to western shale, Alaska pipeline plans, stronger coal to liquid fuel R D, and cleaner emissions. It cites a coal to oil path, renewed solar and geothermal research, and home energy upgrades. It highlights cooler indoor comfort and the push to conserve fuel through smaller cars, car pools, and public transit. The piece stresses energy self sufficiency as a national goal and sees potential blessing if winters pass with manageable hardship.
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U. S
West
Western Hemisphere
Alaska
U.S. Naval
Philadelphia
U. S S
Youth Acquired of Rape Charges Acquitted in Virginia Case
An 18-year-old James City County youth was acquitted of rape and sodomy after a 16-year-old patient at Eastern State Hospital testified she voluntarily engaged in sexual acts. The girl said she accepted a ride on Nov. 3 with Herman Byrd and a companion, and had sex with both men in a remote area. Byrd was among nine men charged. other cases await hearings Feb. 7 in Williamsburg. In Missouri, Lester B. Dill noted Jesse James was attracted to free admission at Mera mee Caverns, answering a tourist question.
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Williamsburg
James City County
Eastern State Hospital
Circuit Court
Herman Byrd
Byrd
Williamsburg-James City County General District Court
Alexander Stephens as Confederate Vice President
The World Almanac notes Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia served as vice president of the Confederacy while previously opposing secession and many of Jefferson Davis policies. It highlights Stephens’ opposition to granting wartime powers and habeas corpus suspension to permit imprisonment.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Confederacy
Stephens
Jefferson Davis
World Almanac
Mobil Agrees To Supply Charleston Truck Stop Diesel Fuel
Mobil Oil Co has agreed to comply with a preliminary injunction ordering delivery of 360000 gallons of diesel to James Yates’s Charleston truck stop. Judge Dennis R. Knapp set daily supply at 20100 gallons and levied 100000 in fines after Mobil refused to honor the temporary restraining order.
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Charleston
W.va
Mobil Oil Co
U.S
Dennis R. Knapp
James Yates
Mobil
Yates
Federal Office of Petroleum Allocation
Knapp
Paul Bowles
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Sylvania
T.V. Simmons
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EdIth Flagg
Martha Manning
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