Hartke Asked For ITT Plane Through Beard Aide
Susan Lichtman former secretary for Dita Davis Beard testified in Washington that ITT routinely did favors for Congress members. She recalled a June of last year request from Sen. Vance Hartke for use of a company jet and noted many other requests for planes and camper vehicles were denied or delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Smith
New York Times News Service
Washington
Susan Lichtman
Dita Davis Beard
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Congress
Vance Hartke
Hartke
Boston
University of Toronto
I.T.T
White
Mr. Merriam
W. R. Merriam
Reporter Becomes Human Pincushion After Blood Drive
Linda Parham recounts volunteering for a county blood drive at Austin High School. She describes nerves before giving blood, the calm and helpful staff, and the moment of donation as she and fellow reporters participate in meeting a quota for the local Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Parham
Red Cross
Austin High School
Count Dracula
Count
Decatur
Hartselle
Bill Baxley
Sailors
Baxley
Alabama
National Health Service
Morgan County
Austin
Bell
Supreme Court
Boards of Registrars
State Soverignty Commission
Tuscaloosa
John M. Puryear
University of Alabama
Lee
Jefferson
Madison
South Vietnamese Bases Abandoned Amid Heavy North Vietnamese Attacks
North Vietnamese forces overran two bases in the far north with a possible third abandoned amid the heaviest fighting in four years. Air combat intensified as a MIG-21 was shot down and U S four engine gunships and a large rescue helicopter were lost. US jets struck targets in Laos and North Vietnam as battles raged near the DMZ and Dong Ha, with 115 NVA killed in three clashes and 17 South Vietnamese casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Saigon
North
United States
USS
North Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Central Highlands
Dong Ha
Dmz
Camp Carroll
Air Force
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
South Vietnam
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ITT
Beard
Congressional Relations
Merriam
Republican Party
Thailand
Ubon. Ratchathani
Cheom
Ksan
Penh
Phnom
Bassac
Hue
Copter
Qui Nhon
Vietnam
Miles
Speegle
Morgan
Tennessee
Frederick Olmsted
Chula Vista
Calif
Gerald R. Volley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bernie Feigner
Stephen
Virgil Jewel
Feigner
Dallas
Weaver
Earl Cloud
Georgia
Julian Butler
Steven Jewel
Jewel
Bailey
Cavender
Smith
Madison County
Calhoun Junior College
Leroy Driggers
The
Alabama Marine Police
L-103
Albert P. Brewer
James E. Mashburn
Elkmont 2
Decatur General Hospital
Southern Railway
McEntire Lane
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