Eyes of the Wounded Stare in Viet Nam War Flight
Veteran reporter Marvin Klemow recounts a South Viet Nam tour focusing on wounded soldiers seen through a haunting gaze. He describes medics and troops aiding stretchers on C-130s, the etched silence aboard, and the stark presence of injury amid deployment to Qui Nhon Pleiku and An Khe.
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Boeing Helicopter News
Vertol Division
South Viet Nam
Daily Times
Viet Nam
Qui Noming
Philadelphia
Wil-Nhon
Seejliam Eddy
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Philadeil-l
Pleiku
An Khe
Qui ~ Nhon
Seerae Lane
Shelton's Contempt Trial Delayed to September 12
Washington AP reports federal judge delayed the contempt of Congress trial of Ku Klux Klan leader Robert M. Shelton until September 12 after his attorney said the case would take one to two weeks to try. Shelton faces fines and potential jail time if convicted, and the case is seen as a test for six other Klan readers cited by the HUAC.
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Shelton
Uamerican Activities Committee
Klan Investigation Subcommittee
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Youth Executed in China for Knife Attack on Foreigners
Tokyo AP reports that a 20 year old Chinese youth Yang Kuo ching was executed by a firing squad in Beijing after being convicted of injuring two foreigners described as friendly. He allegedly broke into a Peking store on April 29 using a kitchen knife to wound journalist Bakari Traore of Mali and the wife of Bruno Mahlow, first secretary of the East German Embassy, according to New China News Agency.
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Tokyo
New China
Yang Kuoching
Peking
Bakari Traore
Mali
Bruno Mahlow
Ten Nations Discuss Trade Conference In Seoul
Ambassadors from ten Far Eastern nations met in Seoul to lay groundwork for a conference that could create a customs union and an agricultural bank. Delegations proposed plans to submit to foreign ministers, with South Korea and nine others including South Vietnam, Nationalist China, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, and Laos as observer.
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Seoul
South Korea
South Viet Nam
China
Thailand
Japan
Philippines
Malaysia
Australia
New Zealand
Laos
Ruby Sanity Hearing Set In Oswald Killing Case
Dallas AP reports the sanity hearing for Jack Ruby, charged with killing Lee Harvey Oswald, begins with jury selection this week. Defense teams seek delays but Judge Holland indicates no postponements. If found sane, Ruby’s appeal proceeds. if insane, commitment to a state hospital.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Phil Burleson
Joe Tonnhill
Jasper
Texas Court
Criminal Appeals
Holland
Court of Criminal Appeals
High Court
Ousted Russians Seen Voting At Soviet Election
Moscow report notes Khrushchev and Molotov voting in the ceremonial parliamentary ballot. Khrushchev, 72, said he was ill but recovering as he praised Kosygin’s replacement. Molotov, 76, smiled with his wife at another polling station, saying he spends time working and writing. Brezhnev poised for a seat as the one party rule resumes.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
V.M. Molotov
Khrushchev
Alexei N.kosygin
Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Khrushchevy
Arrow Murder Charged to Man
New York AP report says Waslone Georges, 59, was charged with homicide for shooting Florence Tolliver, 53, in the hip with a three foot arrow from a 45 pound pull bow. Police offered no motive.
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New York
Waslone Georges
Florence Tolliver
Georges
Union Official Edward Walker Sought by Authorities
Philadelphia AP report says Edward F. Walker, 63, former recording secretary of Teamsters Local 107, is sought on a probation violation. A federal warrant was issued for Walker after his perjury convictions last year, tied to an interstate racketeering probe.
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Philadelphia
Edward F. Walker
Teamsters Local 107
Walker
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