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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1966
Page
8
Sp 5 Wayne Murray of San Diego, a Green Beret demolition specialist, describes a 39 hour battle at Ashau near the Laotian frontier. He and 380 defenders repelled a force perhaps 3,000 strong amid wire breaches and air strikes, with casualties on both sides.
Captain Donald Sims 29 a Negro army officer home on leave was wounded by four shots fired through a plate glass window at a Bogalusa service station about 2 a.m. The bullet hit his right shoulder and lodged in his neck. his condition was listed as satisfactory. Authorities say the shooting had no racial overtones and an investigation is underway during tense civil rights activity in the city.
Police clash with rioters for a second day in Calcutta suburbs amid a leftist strike. At least seven rioters shot, with Thursday toll up to 15 dead. Left parties demand more rice rations and a police firing inquiry as army units intervene.
Washington United Press International reports President Johnson appoints Fred Burton Smith a veteran government attorney to serve as general counsel for the treasury department.
Sgt. Ernest Polite left for Vietnam after receiving the first cold war GI home loan. The 29 year old airman had his $11,000 loan rushed through in two days and moved his family to Jacksonville after closing. The loan marks the first in the country to a veteran not having served in World War II or Korea.
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