Matadors Sent to South Vietnam From Fort Bragg Training
New York Herald Tribune reports several hundred American soldiers flew secretly from Fort Bragg to South Vietnam after training at the Army Special Warfare School. The first Matadors in the MATA program will teach villagers self protection and work with the South Vietnamese Army at battalion level, drawing extra pay and avoiding combat unless fired upon.
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South Viet Nam
Ft. Bragg
N.C
The
New York Herald Tribune
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Herald Tribune
South
Viet Nam
Seven Americans Arrested On Cuban Coast In Oriented Province
Cuban authorities detained seven North American citizens described as frogmen on the northern coast of Oriente Province. A Havana communique said they were picked up at 5 a.m. Thursday and were being investigated for their presence. Speculation in Miami tied them to a treasure hunt aboard the 45 foot Pisces, missing since leaving Florida for Jamaica with six men including skipper Gordon S. Patton and Fred Dixon Jr. of Washington DC. Dixon was listed as Ocean City Maryland resident.
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George Arfeld
Havana
Oriente
Miami
Pompano Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Pisces
Jamaica
Coast Guard Search and Rescue
Gordon S. Patton
Cuba
Oriente Province
Dominican Republic
Bahamas
Patton
Caribbean
Florida
Fred Dixon Jr
Washington, D.C
Washington
Dixon
Ocean City
Liaison Dispute Settled Between U S and Soviet Commands
In Potsdam East Germany United States General Bruce Clarke and Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev met and agreed to restore normal movement for both liaison missions. The accord follows a March 20 shooting incident and ends no immediate changes to tensions in West Berlin. Clarke retires April 30 and sought the meeting to prevent further deterioration of U S Soviet relations.
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Europe
Konev
East Germany
Potsdam
Pollice
U.S
Clarke
Frankfurt
West Germany
Secretary Hodges Urges Welcome for Foreign Visitors
At a Charlotte travel meeting Luther Hodges urged a cordial reception to attract foreign travelers, noting 600,000 visitors vs 1.6 million Americans traveling abroad and a $1.1 billion tourism deficit. He praised doubling Europe arrivals to boost U S income and friendships. Governors Combs Bryant Harrison Sanford attended as speakers emphasized the economic and diplomatic value of tourism.
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Hodges
Bert Combs
Kentucky
Farm Bryant
Florida
Albertis S. Harrison
Virginia
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Wait Gilmore
Southern Pines
United States Travel Service
Robert W. Hemphill
D-S.c
Ben Butterfield
The
Travel Service
C. P. Austin
Centaur Launch Delayed by Weather at Cape Canaveral
Weather conditions forced at least a 24 hour postponement of the Centaur high energy rocket launch. Heavy cloud cover and strong winds halted the initial flight tests aimed at a brief 15 minute trajectory to check systems. The Centaur promises 40 percent more thrust with a liquid hydrogen second stage and will lift large satellites or payloads to the Moon, Mars and Venus once operational.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Centaur
Moon
Mars
Venus
Glenn Glenn for ham sandwiches sparks space diet talk
John H. Glenn Jr. urged ham sandwiches for future spacemen arguing against restricting space travelers to fruit foods. NASA released detailed results from his triple Earth orbit to a 1000 scientist audience, calling the mission an unqualified success and a milestone in manned space exploration.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
National
Aero
Nautics and Space Administration
Earth
The
Space Agency
Glenn clears health doubts after space flight ordeal
Space agency medical chiefs confirm John Glenn’s health stayed normal before during and after his orbital mission. The only injuries were minor scrapes from escaping the capsule hatch and a jolt when the craft hit the destroyer Noa. He lost five ounces in flight with dehydration cited as a key factor.
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Glenn
Space Agency
Noa
Senate Approves U.N. Aid Bonds for Kennedy Plan
The Senate approved 70 to 22 a measure enabling a $100 million U.N. aid package. Kennedy may lend on his terms or back U.N. bonds at 2 percent over 25 years, with a match requirement for loans above $25 million by other U.N. members. Senator Sparkman notes over $52 million already pledged.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Senate
Kennedy
United Nations
House
U.N
U.S
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Rome paper rewrites Fisher Taylor split casting
Telasera claims Richard Burton is a decoy in the Fisher Taylor rift while Elizabeth Taylor supposedly loves director Joseph Mankiewicz, who calls himself the real lover and says the affair is a cover story. Burton is described as a useful idiot in the tabloid rendition.
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Rome
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Miss Taylor
Cleopatra
Telasera
Liz
Joseph Mankiewicz
Mankiewicz
Burton
Moonship model unveiled by North American Aviation
A three man moonship mockup for the Apollo capsule is shown at North American Aviation in Downey California. The cabin supports two week stays in shirtsleeve atmosphere with an airlock and three crew members including pilot co pilot and an engineer. NASA officials stress crew judgment as key and note manned lunar orbit by 1967 or 1968 and first US moon landing in the late 1960s.
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America
North American Aviation
Downey
Calif
Space and Information Systems Division
J. W. Small
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
United States
Glenn Could Have Given Self Anti-Pain Shots
Biomedical experts reported that astronaut John H. Glenn Jr could have self administered pain relief through his space suit using automatic self injectors stored in his survival kit. The study noted the injectors would pierce the suit fabric into the skin releasing medication and that tests showed only a minor leak in the suit.
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Glenn
Vern Haugland
NASA
U.S. soldiers receive anti red training for prisoner handling
Generals testifying before a Senate subcommittee say all Army personnel now receive indoctrination on Communist tactics to prevent prisoner collaboration seen during the Korean War. The testimony follows Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker’s controversial charges of anti‑Communist censorship and his run for Texas governor.
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Washington
U.S
Barksdale Hamlett
Alva R. Fitch
Senate Armed Services
Edwin A. Walker
Germany
Walker
Dean Rusk
Walt Whitman Rostow
Kennedy
Texas
Three Mt. Blanc Tunnel Workers Die In Snowslides
Snow slides kill at least three miners near Courmayeur in the Mt. Blanc tunnel project. Rescuers recover bodies and rescue six others as crews press on with the 7.2 mile tunnel linking Courmayeur and Chamonix. Meanwhile a parallel Alpine tunnel near completion marks a separate feat under a blizzard warning.
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Mt. Blanc
Nature
Courmayeur
Army to Disband 824 Small Guard Reserve Units
The Army plans to disband about 824 small Guard and Reserve units nationwide as part of a 58,000 man manpower reduction. The cuts target units as small as two men and aim to a nationwide, even distribution, with an attrition component and a broader reorganization into eight brigades of roughly 4,000 personnel each.
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Washington
Are You For Real A Look At The Real Person Inside
Ann Landers explains that being a true person means showing consistency between inner desires and outward behavior. She contrasts phony fronts with real selves, noting society pressures imperfectly shape us. The article urges self knowledge to maintain integrity across all relationships.
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