4000 New Gis Arrive In Vietnam
Secretary of Defense McNamara toured battle sectors in Saigon as 4000 fresh American troops arrived, bringing the IV Division to 325000 in Vietnam. Skirmishes continued as North Vietnamese air missions claimed targets. McNamara praised Allied cooperation and mobility. He visited Qui Nhon, Da Nang, and the Oriskany, while air missions reported substantial damage to barges bridges and buildings.
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McNamara
Vietnam
Mekong
Phu Cat
U. S. First Air Cavalry
John Norton
First Air Cavalry
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Oriskany
North Vietnam
South China Sea
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Marine
Haiphong
Hanoi
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Can Tho
Kien Giang
Ivy Division
Vung Tau
Amvets to Dedicate West Branch Carillon at Hoover Library
Amvets Living Memorial carillon valued over 30000 dollars will be presented at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch this Sunday at 2 p.m. Elwood D. Porter will lay a wreath at 11 a.m. with LeMoine Pollock and Cedar Falls color guard participating. A SAC band concert from Offutt Air Base starts at 1 30 p.m. carillonneur John Klein will also perform. The event is chaired by Anthony Caserta, with Dwight D. Eisenhower as honorary chairman and Floyd Fawcett accepting for the Hoover family. National Commander A Leo Anderson leads a large Amvet delegation.
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West Branch
Amvets Living Memorial
Herbert Hoover
Elwood D. Porter
Des Moines
Iowa
Amvets
LeMoine Pollock
Waterloo
Department
Cedar Falls
John Klein
New York City
Anthony Caserta
Alliance
Ohio
Amvets National Service Foundation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Floyd Fawcett
Hoover
A. Leo Anderson
Washington, D.C
Amvet
Arlington
Switchmen End Rock Island Strike After Court Order
Switchmen from the Union of North America halted a surprise strike that shut down Rock Island lines across 14 states. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order and the union agreed to resume work within hours, with service possibly restored by the afternoon rush.
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Chicago
UPI
Switchman’s Union of North America
Rock Island
Eldon
Iowa
Louis Chisholm
Chisholm
U.S. District Court
Joseph Perry
inChicago
St. Paul
Tucumcari
N.M
Tuffy Steinbeck
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chain-Reaction Crashes Block Wisconsin Interstate
A chain of crashes on smoke shrouded Interstate 90 94 near Mauston Wisconsin killed two truck drivers Donald Terrill and Emmett Stanton. Seven ambulances treated the injured as wrecks halted traffic between Manston and Lyndon Station for about six hours with detours on Highway 12 amid ongoing nearby grass and peat fires.
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Mauston
Wis
Donald Terrill
Blue Island
Ill
Emmett Stanton
Elroy
Manston
Lyndon Station
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Missing 8-year-old in Yellowstone after months
William Johnson and his son Dennis 8 vanished in Yellowstone while seeking Dennis's cousin Marcy 7 who had wandered from camp. Rangelers and the Johnsons searched by foot horse and air for two weeks then paused. The father planned to return for another search before snow.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
UPI
William Johnson
Dennis
Johnson
Marcy
Inyokern
Calif
Park
Ken Ashley
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone River
Park Service
Ashley
Cedar Rapids
Yellowstone
Pentagon trims November draft call to thirty seven thousand six hundred
The Pentagon cut the November draft call by 6 100 to 37 600 and said 12 100 will be inducted in December the lowest since March 1965 due to higher enrollments and re enlistments The December call covers only half the month with no inductions between December 16 and January 1 1967. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was greeted in Amman by King Hussein and Jordanian leaders.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Amman
Jordan
Haile Selassie of
Ethiopia
Hussein
Two-vehicle crash injures youths. Ruth Dietz killed
Carla Mills 15 and James Herman 16 were badly hurt in a morning crash at 6th Avenue and Fifth Street NW. Mrs Ruth Dietz 73 died. Dietz car struck a telephone pole after collision and Herman car careened down O Avenue.
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Carla Mills
Eighteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
James Herman
Apache Trail NW
Dietz
Young Herman
Herman
Avenue and
Fifth Street NW
Ruth Dietz
Eighth Street NW
Flareup of Gang Warfare Shocks Chicago South Side
A flareup of gang violence in a South Side Chicago neighborhood left a police officer grazed by a sniper bullet and a 15 year old boy shot in the stomach. Police arrested more than 60 youths, seized three fire bombs, and charged many with disorderly conduct to aggravated battery. William Griffin, police commander, vowed to break the gang backbone with continued raids.
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Chicago
South Side
University of Chicago
Edward Carmody
Carmody
Billings Hospital
Walter Stewart
Stewart
William Griffin
63Rd Street
Harper Avenue
Griffin
Blackstone Rangers
Rangers
Johnson Plan Seeks 10 Percent Social Security Boost
President Johnson urged Congress to raise Social Security benefits by an average of at least 10 percent next year, totaling at least 2.2 billion dollars annually, with a minimum monthly check of 100 dollars for long-time workers. Republicans pressed for immediate action as a political clash emerged ahead of elections.
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Baltimore
Johnson
House Republicans
Washington
Congress
Rep
Byrnes
R-Wis
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Laird
Wis
Republican Conference
White House
U S officials say POWs in North Vietnam treated decently
Washington reports fragmentary evidence that captured American pilots in Hanoi prisons are not being mistreated or brainwashed. State Department sources involved in POW negotiations say they are being decently treated, though information remains limited.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
State Department
POW camps in North Vietnam seen as mystery and danger
Officials warn mistreatment claims persist with limited access to POW camps as government tallies indicate about 200 pilots believed imprisoned in North Vietnam. White House and agencies meet monthly to pursue dialogue and potential release, led by Ambassador Harriman.
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North Vietnam
U.S
White House
U.S Information Agency
Defense and
State Departments
W. Averell Harriman
Red Cross
Hollywood youngster boasts about most parents at PTA meet
A lighthearted Hollywood pupil claimed the largest turnout of parents at a PTA meeting, sparking smiles as the crowd gathered in the school hall. The moment highlighted community involvement and the youngster’s pride in family support.
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PTA
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