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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1967
Page
1
New York AP report notes art collecting by industrialists blends love of art with business, inviting swindlers. The latest alleged scam centers on paintings bought by Algur H Meadows of Dallas, Texas, a noted industrialist.
A vintage hobby article details a homemade Who Is It game using a sliding panel in a tailored box frame to reveal a hidden face. The setup guides players to identify a movie star image as the panel moves from position to position. Tomorrow teases a feature on the booming high art market and swindler risks.
Phu An Vietnam AP report details a Marine battalion sweep below the DMZ that met a dug-in North Vietnamese force. Close combat with automatic fire and grenades left 5 Marines dead and 18 wounded on Saturday, with 25 NVA bodies later counted. fighting continued Sunday as Marines pressed the area and suffered more casualties including a helicopter resupply hit.
In the tense battle a Marine mortar position was overrun and killed its crew. Marines retreated under mortar fire while helicopters evacuated casualties. Six dead and 49 wounded were loaded onto five tanks for relocation to a new landing zone. A tropical rain drenched the retreat as medical helicopters moved in. survivors dug in for another night.
On May 16 dates include 1860 Chicago hosted the first important Republican National Convention, 1770 Marie Antoinette’s marriage, 1775 Massachusetts adopted its first state constitution, and 1935 Soviet Czechoslovakia pact. Other items note 1943 Berlin factory raids and Wake Island raids, plus naval advances and regional troop movements.
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