French skydiver recalls first combat jump in War Zone C
A 22-year-old French amateur skydiver describes her first combat parachute jump with U.S. paratroopers in Vietnam. She details boarding a C130, exiting into a windless dawn, and landing in a drained rice paddy as hundreds of chutes blossom above. She joins Bravo Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and faces an initiation for wings at base camp.
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U.S
War Zone C
Catherine Leroy
Associated Press
Vietnam
Paris
Bravo Company
503Rd Infantry
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Saigon
Carrier Captain Sees No Early Vietnam Victory
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Coral Sea returned from 109 days of air attacks on North Vietnam with Captain Frank W. Ault saying the war began and may end by political decisions. He noted the enemy shows no sign of weakening and questioned whether victory is a military outcome, saying it depends on decisions higher up.
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San Francisco
Coral Sea
North Vietnam
Frank W. Ault
Ault
Post Office Seeks 30 Percent Rise in Bulk Mail Rates
The Post Office Department plans to ask Congress for a third class mail rate hike of about 30 percent or more to make bulk mail pay its own way. The move targets direct mail ads, which account for over 80 percent of third class mail, with critics calling it junk mail. In 1966 third class mail cost $1.04 billion to process but generated $681.6 million in revenue, leaving taxpayers to cover 35 percent of processing costs.
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Post Office Department
Congress
Sis
Washington
Iereas
Senate approves resolution on University of Bridgeport
The State Senate concurred with the House in adopting a resolution congratulating the University of Bridgeport on its 40th anniversary. Sen. Frederick Pope Jr. and Sen. J Edward Caldwell praised the university for expanding education in the state since its origin from the Junior College of Connecticut in 1927.
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Hartford
State Senate
House
University of Bridgeport
Frederick Pope Jr
Fairfield
J. Edward Caldwell
Bridgeport
University
Junior College of
Connecticut
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