Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance From a Sailor on the Pier
Sandy Saunders recalls the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor from the CINCPAC boathouse pier as planes, bombs, and the Arizona explode. The Arizona Memorial now stands over the rusting hull, a focal point for visitors and a museum project seeking $6 million by 1976.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Nea
Sandy Saunders
Sandy
Seaman Saunders
Cincpac
Commander In Chief, Pacific
Oahu
Utah
Manchuria
Arizona
Ford Island
Battleship Row
Ansil N
Sandy) Saunders
Bosun
Naval Station Automotive
Park Harbor Yacht Club
Kamehameha Highway
Hawaii
Branch 46
The
Fleet Reserve Association
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Intelligence underestimated enemy strength in Vietnam 1967
Secret 1967 memo circulated to Westmoreland and Helms shows self defense forces counted in enemy totals. CIA analyst Sam Adams says Johnson learned of underestimation by about 300000 troops and speculates he ordered denial to avoid embarrassment. The memo notes SD forces could raise overall enemy strength to about 431 thousand.
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New York
UPI
Vietnam
Lyndon J
Sam Adams
CIA
Johnson
William Westmoreland
Richard Helms
Adams
Harper's Magazine
U.S
United States
Paul McCloskey
R-Calif
Helms
Rain and drought battle in Florida Everglades and Michigan floods
Rain briefly dampened Everglades fires near the park but fails to end Florida drought as two days of weather bring mixed relief. In Michigan, renewed storms threaten recovering flood areas and raise concerns of fresh damage, with disaster declarations sought for 13 counties and federal aid possible.
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United Press International
Michigan
Florida
Everglades
Florida Division of Forestry
Everglades National Park
Glades
William G. Milliken
Milliken
Ford
Lansing
Mich
James Holcomb
Lansing Emergency Service
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Mexico City Hit by Strong Early Morning Quake
A strong tremor struck Mexico City at 5 18 a m according to Mexico's Meteorological Office. It registered around 5 on the Richter scale with no reports of damage or casualties.
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Terry Anderson
Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Pioneer who helped launch Atlas and Mercury to retire
The article profiles B. G. MacNabb a space program pioneer who in 1955 helped manage General Dynamics Atlas missile development at Cape Canaveral and later directed Atlas Mercury launches including John Glenn's 1962 flight. Now GE market development manager in Philadelphia he focuses on oil water separation and environmental cleanup.
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B. G. MacNabb
America
Soviet Union
MacNabb
General Dynamics-Astronautics
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlas
John Glenn
Pentagon
General Electric
Philadelphia
Aerospace
Carnegie Steel Corp
Glenn
Globe
The
Cape
Quake Shakes Puget Sound Felt Across Region
A quake centered near Seattle shook Puget Sound and was felt by residents in Olympia, Auburn, Puyallup, and West Seattle, with echoes reported across the region.
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Puget Sound
Seattle, Wash
UPS
Seattle
Olympia Area
Auburn
Puyallup
West Seattle
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By Murray Olderman
Srisona
Waii
Platte College
Rose Ann Dash
Columbus, Nebraska
Pioneer
Cocoa Beach
Atlantic
Navy
Polaris
OBRM
Banana River
Lincoln, Neb
Barnett
Sen
Dennis
Rasmussen
Scotia
Donald Dworak
Columbus
Dworak
Jantzen
Tooleys
United
Methodist Church
27Th Ave
14Th St
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