Covering Vietnam War News Is Biggest Story of World
Veteran AP reporter describes perilous Saigon desk life and frontline reporting in Vietnam. From curfews and shelling to risked lives of photographers Rick Marron and Dang Van Phuoc, the newsroom operates like a battalion post with few comforts. The constant toiling amid danger fuels dedication to the era’s defining story.
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Vietnam
Associated Press
Rick Merron
U.S
Hue
Dang van Phuoc
Saigon
Battle Station
John T. Wheeler
Seattle Area County to vote on 819.2 million improvement plan
King County voters face approval of a broad Forward Thrust package totaling 819.2 million dollars for parks stadium transit flood control sewers and housing projects. The plan aims to fund a county wide network with federal matching funds over 12 to 17 years amid debate over rapid transit and stadium subsidies. Voter turnout thresholds and county participation are outlined with support and criticism noted.
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Seattle
Seattle, Wash
King County
James Ellis
Metro
Ellis
Lake Washington
Puget Sound
Twin Girls Named 1988 National Easter Seal Children
Lisa and Lori Yauch, four year old identical twins from Detroit, have been named 1988 National Easter Seal Children. They will join Dinah Shore at the White House to launch the Easter Seal campaign, presenting the first seal sheet to President Johnson. The girls suffer spastic paraplegia and have progressed with physical therapy at the Detroit Easter Seal Society. Their father is an engineer at GM and their mother notes distinct personalities: Lisa is talkative and bold while Lori is quieter. Both enjoy dressing up and wearing pretty frocks.
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Chicago
Lisa
Lori Yauch
Sumner G. Whittier
National
Detroit
Dinah Shore
White House
Johnson
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Park Avenue
Easter Seal Society
Gail Yauch
Lori
Lisa Yauch
AT&T Executive Elected to Board of Rem-Arms
Alexander L. Stott of Fairfield longtime AT&T executive and Harvard graduate has been elected to the board of Remington Arms Company Inc. He built a career at AT&T from 1929 including roles in treasury and comptroller. Stott has served as director of Northwestern Bell and active in multiple professional groups. He and wife Margaret have a daughter and two grandchildren.
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Alexander L. Stott
Catamount Road
Fairfield
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Remington Arms Company, Inc
Boston
Mass
Harvard University
Stott
At&t
Comptroller's
Long Lines Division
Joll J
U.S. Navy
Treasury Department
Northwester Bell Telephone Company
Omaha
Neb
195 Broadway Corporation
New York City
Committee of Economic Development
Financial Executives Institute
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Telephone Pioneers of America
Harvard Club
Country Club of
Margaret
Remington Arms Reports 1967 Sales Rise and Dividends
Remington Arms Company announced 1967 sales of 128.036 million dollars, up from 122.232 million in 1966. Net income for 1967 was 13.335 million dollars, or 1.76 dollars per common share, versus 12.206 million and 1.61 per share in 1986. The board declared a quarterly preferred dividend of 1.124 dollars and an interim common dividend of 1.714 dollars per share, payable March 15 to stockholders of record March 1.
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Remington Arms Company, Inc
Remington Arms
Italian Festival Week Proclaimed by Bridgeport Mayor
Mayor Hugh C. Curran proclaims February 12 through 18 as Italian Festival Week in Bridgeport to honor the Italian American community. The Italian Community Center of Greater Bridgeport will hold its Gran Carnevale on February 18 and 19 at Holy Trinity Social Hall to raise funds for a planned building on Park Avenue. Events include an adults masquerade ball and a Sunday parade with prizes, offering a Miss Gran Carnevale title and savings bonds for top winners. Joseph Monaco leads the general committee with ICC members assisting.
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Hugh C. Curran
Greater Bridgeport
Park Avenue
Bridgeport
ICC
Carnevale
Holy Trinity
Scofield Avenue
Gran Carnevale
Curran
Connecticut
S Vinning
The
Joseph Monaco
ICC Organization
Lioness Attacks Exotic Dancer in Houston Area
Gloria J. Bondurant, 20, was bitten and scratched by a neighbor's lioness while handling it near Galveston County Memorial Hospital area. She required sutures for leg wounds and was sent home to recuperate. The incident occurred as she played with the animal, which she had been feeding and shot birds nearby with a .22 rifle.
Homeowning Motives Highlight Family and Privacy
A United States Savings and Loan league survey finds that buyers seek a better home environment for children, greater privacy, more space, and meeting the wife’s wish for a house, with economics playing a minor role in the decision.
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United States Savings and Loan League
Marines Dig In At Khe Sanh For Expected Push
At Khe Sanh Vietnam Marines brace for a major North Vietnamese assault. Col David Lownds reports the enemy will strike when ready as defense lines tighten under bombardment. Marines count nearly 700 enemy casualties while limiting bunkers and awaiting the push.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
David Lownds
Plantation
Fla
U.S. 26Th Marine Regiment
Lownds
David Willis
Pickensville
Ala
L.T
Edward Castagna
Bayonne
N.J
Castagna
Khe Sanhr
Alabama Cops Hold Pair For Murders in 2 States
A Georgia mechanic Ben Brown and his teen girlfriend Faye Dawson were jailed in Autauga County after extradition from Mississippi. They face murder charges in Montgomery Alabama and Summerville Georgia for a shooting spree that killed 16 year old Connie Willingham in Summerville and left two Boyd family members dead or wounded in Montgomery. Authorities say the pair met the Boyd family, fired without warning, and fled. The suspects, held without bond, were arrested following a roadblock in Macon Mississippi. No arraignment date set.
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Prattville
Ala
Georgia
Autaufa County
Mississippi
Phillip Wood
Ben Brown
Faye Dawson
Alabama
Montgomery
Meridian
Miss
Macon
Harry A. Boyd
Harry Neal Boyd
Wood
Brown
Boyds
My County
LaFayette
Connie Willingham
Summerville
Lasswell Named First Lo Ford Chair at Yale
Yale appoints Harald D Lasswell as the first Ford Foundation chair in law and social science. Brewster lauds his impact on social science and law. Lasswell, previously Edward J Phelps professor at Yale, takes effect immediately.
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Lasswell
Lo Ford
Yale
New Haven
Harald D. Lasswell
Yale Law School
Ford Foundation
Kingman Brewster Jr
Leffect
Edward J. Phelps
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Robert Tuckman
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Little Egypt
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Board of Rem-Arms
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Highway 45
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