Medal of Honor for Lt Charles Williams in White House ceremony
Lt Charles Q Williams, a Special Forces officer wounded five times in a 1965 Dong Xoai battle, received the Medal of Honor from President Johnson. Williams, 32, pledged willingness to return to Vietnam as his wife Anita and their four children watched. Johnson praised Williams and veteran Brig Gen John T Kennedy for their service in a White House East Room ceremony.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Charles Q. Williams
Anita
Williams
Stanley Resor
Dong Xoai
White House
Hershey Opposes Lower Draft Age While Supporting Looser Standards
The Selective Service director told a House committee he opposes cutting the draft liability age from 26 to 24. He backs looser educational physical and minor-arrest standards to widen the manpower pool and suggested being pressed to study the issue further.
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Washington (Ap
Selective Service System
House
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Speculation Over Dodd Trip Denied
A former secretary testified she overheard two Dodd aides discuss payments to Sen. Dodd for a West Germany trip. Dodd denied the claim and urged a grand jury for perjury against Marjorie Carpenter. The remark was stricken from the record. Dodd filed libel suits against journalists.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Connecticut
Democrat
Germany
Chicago
Sen. Dodd
Nicholas Katzenbach
Marjorie Carpenter
Cago
Carpenter
West Germany
David Martin
Gerard Zeiller
John Stennis
D-Miss
Zeiller
Two Miners Die In Jaeger Rockfall In West Virginia
Two McDowell County miners William Hagerman age 49 of Jolo and Kenny Collins age 55 of Garland were crushed in a rockfall at a Betsy Ross Coal Co mine four miles west of Jaeger. A third miner Franklin Roberts 27 of Avondale was treated. five others escaped unharmed.
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McDowell County
Jaeger
William R. Hagerman
Jolo
Kenny Collins
Garland
Franklin Roosevelt Roberts
Avondale
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Betsy Ross Coal Co
Darwin Rowe
Arab King Snubbed by New York Leaders in Protest Over Jews
In New York, King Faisal faced a political snub as Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller declined to greet him after his remarks labeling Jews who support Israel as enemies of Arabs. The king arrived at LaGuardia without city or state officials present, while diplomats and UN representatives attended.
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New York
Saudi Arabia
King Fatisal
White House
John V. Lindsay
Faisal
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washington
Israel
Lindsay
la Guardia
State Department
United Nations
Middle East
Waldorf-Astoria
Mohammed
Eleven Arrested As Mississippi March Protests Clash
Eleven marchers and three whites were arrested near Canton after attempting to erect tents at a Negro school despite police orders. Hosea Williams and C C Chinn, among those detained, faced charges of assault and trespassing amid rising tension as Martin Luther King Jr and his supporters moved toward Philadelphia.
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Canton
Miss
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
C.C. Chinn
Chinn
Wiliams
King
White House
Philadelphia
Here
Jackson
Dan Russell
Reform in Indonesia Promises Southeast Asian Peace
An Indonesian reform government ends Sukarno era confrontations and seeks regional cooperation with Thailand Malaysia Singapore Indonesia and the Philippines to blunt China's influence. Observers see potential for shared economic and cultural goals while stabilizing the Viet Nam era border region.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
China
Thailand
Singapore
Philippines
Viet Nam
Sukarno
Accurate MIG Duel Ends With Sidewinder Kill
Lt. J. G. Philip Vampatella of Islip Terrace New York described a dramatic air duel over Saigon in which his Crusader was riddled with 70 holes yet he outmaneuvered and fired a sidewinder into a Red MIG 17. Lt. Eugene Chancy of Dothan Alabama credited with a probable MIG kill joined Vampatella in a four-ship chase to safety as both ran low on fuel.
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Saigon
J. G. Philip V. Vampatella
Vampatella
Eugene Chancy
Dothan
Ala
Chancy
Navy
Suspected murder of three stewardesses shocks Seattle
Lonnie Trumbull 20 died from clubbing and Lisa Wick 20 was left critically injured in an attack that also left Joyce Bowe unconscious. All three were United Air Lines stewards based in Seattle after graduating in Chicago. A blood stained wood fragment was found near the scene. Police said they had no lead on the killer as neighbors reported odd noises and a car leaving the apartment just after midnight.
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Seattle
Wash
Lonnie Trumbull
Lisa E. Wick
Joyce Bowe
United Air Lines
Portland
Ore
UAL
Miss Wick
Karl A. Wick
Stewardess
Chicago
Lonnie
Miss Bowe
Lisa
George Stoss
Terry Allman
Vashon Island
Miss Trumbull
Allman
al Trumbull
Portland Fire Department
Trumbulls
Jewell Ridge Coal Holdings Sold to Pittston Co
The Jewell Ridge Coal Co holdings at Jewell Valley in Tazewell County Virginia were sold to Pittston Co of New York in a multi million dollar deal. The sale was completed in Richmond with confirmation from Gene Hilton Jewell Ridge general manager and R W Williamson Pittston consultant. Williamson noted no personnel changes will occur.
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Jewell Ridge Coal Co
Jewell Valley
Tazewell County
Solnt
Pittston Co
New York
Richmond, Va
R. W. Williamson
Bluefield
Pittston
Gene Hilton
Tazewell
Jewell Ridge
Williamson
Hilton
Logan County
W. Va
Kentucky
Southwest Virginia
Mountain State
Senate panel approves six billion water pollution plan
The Senate Public Works Committee backed a six year, six billion water pollution control program to clean up rivers. The bill would fund sewage and waste treatment projects with a river basin plan approved by the Interior Department, sharing costs 50 percent federal, 30 percent state, 20 percent municipal. A separate bill would extend the air pollution control act with a three year, 196 million program for state abatements.
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Washington
Nations
Senate Public Works Committee
Senate
Johnson
Interior Department
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Sedrick Collins
Columbus
Ohio
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Hagerman
Fanning Funeral Home
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Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Clayton Lewis
Lawrence Rainey
Memphis
Benton
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JRTH
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South Korea
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