Marines Push Heavy Fight in Binh Son Scan
Foxtrot Company of the 2nd Marine Regiment conducts a routine sweep at Binh Son inQuang Nam Province. The battle stretches 20 hours across three Marine battalions with 41 to 46 American dead reported and 92 wounded. seven helicopters hit and two downed.
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2Nd Marine Regiment
U.S
da Nang
Pfc
Richard L. Bratton
Mike Company
Mike
5Th Marine Regiment
1St Marines
Foxtrot Company
Thousands Mourn Konrad Adenauer in Bonn
Thousands of mourners filed past Konrad Adenauer’s coffin as West Germans honored their first chancellor. The four day funeral events included a state lying in state, a Cologne Cathedral Mass, and a Rhine burial. U S President Johnson and leaders like De Gaulle and Wilson planned attendance and talks with Kiesinger.
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Konrad Adenauer
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Charles de Gaulle
Harold Wilson
Adenauer
Palais Schaumburg
West Germany
Rheensdorf
Prane
Art Georg Niesinger
Diplomatic Corps
Josef Cardinal Frings
Rhine
Rheendorf
de Gaulle
Heinrich Luebke
Kiesinger
Johnson Leaves For Born Rites
President Johnson will fly to Germany Sunday to attend the funeral of former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He will join Western leaders for services at Bonn and Cologne and return to Washington midweek. Johnson may meet with German officials and attend a lunch hosted by West Germany’s Chancellor Kiesinger. He plans to stay at the U.S. Embassy residence during the visit.
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Konrad Adenauer
U.S
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger
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France
de Gaulle
Heinrich Luebke
West Germany
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Bonn
Adenauer
Cologne
Luebke
George C. McGhee
Westmoreland reviews cadets at West Point before AP address
Gen. William Westmoreland, head of U.S. forces in Vietnam, reviewed two cadet regiments at the U.S. Military Academy and turned over a Viet Cong machine gun to the West Point museum. Cadets Hale Costanza Cates and Labouliere received the weapon as part of a Vietnam display. Westmoreland planned informal weekend visits before his AP interview in New York.
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U.S. Military Academy
Vietnam
Associated Press
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USS
Jack EB. Wood
Johnstown
Thomas Impellittiere
Cold Spring
Academy
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Cedar Falls
David R.H. Hale
Salisbury
Charles Costanza
San Benito
Handicraft Guild Elects Officers at 37th Session
O J Mattis of Gatlinburg Tennessee was re elected president of the Southern Highland Handicraft guild as the eight state group closed its 37th annual session at Fontana Village North Carolina. Officers named include Margaret Bolton of St. Paul Virginia as vice president and Rude Osolnik of Berea Kentucky as treasurer Sam Dunlap of Knoxville Tennessee as secretary. News directors were Dunlap and Miss Bolton with Eric Picker of Penland North Carolina. The guild counts about 600 members from North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Georgia Alabama Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia.
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Gatlinburg
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Penland
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After 5 Tries Hotel Burns Down in Blairsville
A Blairsville Ga hotel, the town's sole lodging, burned to the ground after a sequence of five fires in 24 hours. Police Chief Doc Metcalf said six residents had evacuated after the previous small fires, and no one was inside during the final blaze.
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