Pentagon Study Maps Re equip South Viet Army for War Burden
Pentagon authorities study American plans to modernize the South Vietnamese army to take on a larger share of the war burden. The program envisions 225,000 M16 rifles, machine guns, helicopters, and new ground vehicles by 1969 to bolster leadership and self reliance, with Westmoreland aiming for token U.S. troop withdrawal by late 1969.
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Washington
Pentagon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
United States
Westmoreland
U.S. Com
Ertilery
Vietnam
Gold rush grows as Pound devalue sparks demand
In London the gold market enters a third day of heavy buying with a record turnover expected as the pound's devaluation intensifies dollar protection. US and partners in the gold pool supply metal, while fears for the dollar rise as France hints at resuming dollar for gold exchanges and possible exits from the pool.
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London
United States
International Gold Pool
Britain
London Stock Exchange
Financial Times
Paris
Zurich
U.S
Ft. Knox
France
Charles de Gaulle
Belgium
Italy
Brussels
Rome
de Gaulle
Holiday Highway Deaths Run Behind Last Year
The 102 hour Thanksgiving period saw 748 fatalities last year, with this year’s early toll at 567 by Sunday midnight. Weather caused slippery highways in 15 states and the worst crash involved four 18 year olds near Tell City Indiana. Sailor William G. Foster 20, wounded in Vietnam, died en route to his naval hospital in Pensacola Florida.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
National Safety Council
Tell City
Ind
William G. Foster
Vietnam
Pensacola
Fla
Four U S Planes Downed In North Vietnam Raids
Washington reports concern over Cambodian port Sihanoukville as possible arms conduit for Viet Minh. In Saigon battles 11 killed, 63 wounded as U S infantry clash with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces near Da Nang and in Que Son Valley. air war adds a MIG kill and four American planes lost.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Red China
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Sihanoukville
Gulf of Siam
Haiphong Harbor
Union
China
Highould
United States
Sihanouk
Saigon
Que Son Valley
Hanoi
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Lat Air Cavalry Division
Que Son
da Nang
1St Infantry Division
Accused Slayer Released in Ohio Slaying Case
Warren Ohio AP James Jackson charged with manslaughter and assault to rob in cafe owner Harold Napolet death was released from jail yesterday. Prosecutor Da vid F McLain told Judge George Buchwalter the state lacked sufficient evidence for a conviction.
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Warren, Ohio
James Jackson
Harold Napolet
Jackson
David F. McLain
George Buchwalter
Army Made Mistake Soldier Son Returns Alive to Tearful Reunion
In Elizabethton Tennessee the mother Blanche Guinn faced a mistaken burial when Pfc John W Glinn 23 returned alive from Vietnam to a crowd of 350 at Tri City Airport. Army officials said another soldier Quinn W Tichenor of Louisville was buried in his place after misidentification. Guinn’s family attended a belated Thanksgiving dinner after the emotional homecoming.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Pfe
John W. Glinn
Vietnam
Tri- City
Blanche Guinn
James H. Quillen
R-Tenn
Army
Guinn
Kentucky
Pfc
Quinn W. Tichenor
Louisville
Seattle
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Tichenor
Ft. Polk
Mountainside
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
John
Quinn W. Ticheior
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pair Fined $100 Each On Game Charge
Corry police arrested two men for spotting deer while in possession of a firearm in the Carter Hill area. David A. Lindstrom, 28, of Corry and Duane Irwin, 22, of North Center street were fined $100 each and released after Game Warden Elmer Simpson filed the charge.
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Corry
Paiva
Richard Deutsch
Harold Eberhardt
Carter Hill
David A. Lindstrom
Duane Irwin
North Center Street
Elmer Simpson
Bizarre Auto Mishap Claims Sharon Driver
An 82 year old Samuel H. Morasca of Sharon died after being pinned under the left front wheel of a 1965 car near Tidioute. Police say the accident happened between midnight and 6 am when Morasca could not move the car over a steep hill and leaned out the door to back it down.
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Warren
Sharon
Tidioute
Warren General Hospital
Samuel H. Morasca
Morasca
Golomb Family Welcomes Triplet Children for Thanksgiving
In Wilkes-Barre Pa Mrs Edmund Golomb Jr and her husband welcomed triplets John James and Jennifer boosting their family from five to eight with two older boys ages 11 and 12 and a girl 6.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Edmund Golomb Jr
Bedwick
Golomb
John
James
Jennifer
Golomba
CHEER-Backed On the Job Training for Special Ed Students
CHEER announces a pilot program in the Corry area linking the high school special education department with workplace practice. Three students are enrolled, with transportation provided, as CHEER collaborates with the Pennsylvania State Employment Service Rehabilitation Bureau to guide them into lifelong employment. A local attorney proceeds to incorporate CHEER as a non profit, and Overcomers bowling for handicapped members opens with 30 youths under Trooper Jane Evanko.
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Corry Area
Commercial Department
CHEER
The
Overcomers
Tarbell
Jane Evanko
Corry
Aero-Flow Plans Major Acquisition of Aubrey
At a New York City meeting Aero-Flow confirmed it would own about 96.68 percent of Aubrey after the merger. Aubrey manufactures kitchen range hoods ventilating equipment and bifold steel doors and would have added six cents per share to Aero earnings in 1986 if owned then.
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New York City
Aero-Flow By- Aero-Flow
Aero-Corry
Henry M. Margolis
Aero-Flow
Aubrey
Aero- Flow
Margolis
Aero
Phone recording labels Kennedy traitor seeks to smear
An anonymous recording aired in Washington accuses Senator Kennedy of treason for backing liberal and revolutionary groups and praising Communist enemies in Vietnam. The voice targets CORE and King, calling Kennedy a backer of violence. Kennedy and his staff dismiss the broadcast as false and ridiculous.
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Washington
Tin Luther King
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
The
Voice
Kennedy
Johnson
Vietnam
Frank Mankiewicz
Mankiewicz
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