Trading And Scrounging Of Weapons In Viet Nam War
A fragmentary account describes brisk trading and scrounging of weapons and equipment in Vietnam era conflicts. It notes exchanges involving M60 machine guns 60mm mortars and various small arms between American and Vietnamese units amid jungle combat, with speed and supply concerns shaping barter. The text mentions officers and advisors observing unorthodox armament mixes and illicit transfers, reflecting tension between regulations and battlefield needs.
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Viet Nam
John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nam
Vietnam
U.S
Blistering Heat Grips Nation's Southern Half
The Associated Press reports six days of extreme heat across the southern United States with 118 deaths in the St Louis area. Cooler air approaches the north but severe storms loom for Idaho through Nebraska. Tornado watches issued for Idaho and Montana as tropical storm Celia remains distant.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Weather Bureau
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorad
South Dakota
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Mansfield
Ohio
Panama City
Fla
Tallahassee
Fort Walton Beach
Stampede
Wash
Synthetic Fiber Plant Announced For Henderson
Anderson South Carolina AP says Dow Badische plans a multi million dollar synthetic fiber plant in Anderson to produce nylon 6 and polyester. The Dow Badische subsidiary will employ about 1000 when open in 1968. About 700 acres near U S 29 purchased for construction. Gov. McNair and local leaders praise the decision as boosting employment and economic growth.
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Henderson Anderson, S.C
Anderson
Don Badische Ca
Robert E. McNair
Anderson County
J. T. Faubion
Dow Tlans
Badische Co
Dow
Badische
South Car
Alina
Iting
U.S
Dow Badische
Dow Chemical Co
Nary
Bass
Zee N.V
Ain
Coordi
Faubion Nated
South Carolina
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Battle of bulging file cabinet pits Pittsburgh
AP reports Rockwell Manufacturing faced a records retention dilemma. to control mountains of paperwork spanning 350 forms the firm issued a new forms system that standardizes transfer retention and destruction. now the company keeps only six percent of its records versus sixty eight percent fifteen years ago.
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Pittsburgh
Rockwell Manufacturing Company
South Carolina Helicopter Pilot Killed Near Hinton
A South Carolina helicopter pilot, John Huss, about 25, of Myrtle Beach, was killed when his Inland Airlines helicopter crashed while spraying along a Virginia Electric Power right of way three miles east of Hinton. He was found after the crash at about 3 p.m. Authorities said the cause was not immediately determined.
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Hinton
W. Va
South Carolina
John Huss
Alyttle Beach
8. C
Inland Airlines
Huss
Virginia
Electtric Power
Here
Manpower Training Grants Approved for Three Virginia Localities
Federal officials approved Manpower Development and Training Act projects in Culpeper Gate City and Norfolk. Norfolk will train 110 as horticultural and landscape specialists and nurses aides at 146131 dollars. Gate City will train 50 as clerk stenographers costing 78681 dollars. Culpeper will train 45 as combination welders under a 56677 dollar grant.
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Richmond
Culpeper
Gate City
Norfolk
Grenada Desegregation Drive Marred By Parade Clashes
About 200 Black residents marched to Grenada Mississippi to guard the Confederate statue and rallied in front of the courthouse square as eight Black guards faced by a hostile crowd. The SCLC led the civil rights push with a library desegregation and voter registration drive, while locals argued over permit and authority.
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Grenada
Mississippi
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Grady Carroll
Courthouse Square
Hosea Williams
U.S
Williams
Claude Clayton
San
Ers
Mandals
Cuthan
J. C. Hathorn
Martin Luther King Jr
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