Give Refuge To Wounded GI
A wounded American soldier rests under a blanket as a relief effort unfolds. Medical teams tend to his injuries while civilians offer aid and shelter in a wartime relief scene captured by AP.
High Point Enterprise in High Point, North Carolina
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
5
Vietnamese farmer and wife shelter wounded GI in Viet Cong territory
A South Vietnamese farmer Huynh Van Biet and his wife sheltered Spec. 4 Van Snapp of Knoxville Tennessee for a night after he was wounded near Ben Luc in the Mekong Delta. Snapp crawled to the thatched house as Viet Cong fired nearby. The couple kept him safe until dawn when his unit returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huynh van Biet
Ben Luc
Mekong Delta
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Spec
van Snapp
Knoxville
Tenn
Bret
Jerry Birchfield
Roan Mountain
Vietnam
Van
Snapp
Saigon
Birchfield
How Much Democracy Can Communism Absorb?
Prague report on Czechoslovakia's social democratization shows the ruling Communist party maintaining leadership while allowing non Communist groups. Reforms loosen state controls, press freedom grows, but the party still anchors political power amid public optimism and cautions against sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
March by white leaders urged for a national anti racism march
Whitney M Young Jr of the National Urban League urged a massive white led march on Washington to demand an end to racism. He said committed whites should back a national march and demand antipoverty legislation with city hall actions, naming Henry Ford David Rockefeller and George Meany as potential leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Washington
Civil Rights Organization
Young
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
Henry Ford
David Rockefeller
George Meany
Central Prison Revamp Aims to Prevent Further Sitdown Riots
North Carolina Corrections Commissioner Lee Bounds announces steps at Central Prison to split inmates into smaller control units. New barred doors partitions and fences are installed to avoid a large concentration of inmates openly defying authority. The changes cap gatherings at 100 prisoners and are being accelerated after last week's riot that left six dead and 77 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Central Prison
Lee Bounds
Bounds
C&D Board Split Urged By Harper
Walter W. Harper former head of C&D Commerce and Industry urges breaking up the State Department of Conservation and Development into at least two agencies. He proposes a separate economic development department with a professional staff and a 12 to 18 member board led by the governor. Roy Dawkins signals opposition to a split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Walter W. Harper
C&d
Commerce and Industry
Harper
Greensboro
Romeo Guest Associates
General Assembly
Roy E. Dawkins
Monroe
Department
Wide Range Of Household Goods And Toys In Store Display
A shopper items list shows a diverse array of merchandise including folding purses rain bonnets heavy ladies dress combs hair rollers pins hair nets water bottles sewing supplies shoes laces coasters and utensils. Numerous toys and decorative pieces such as Betsy Ross dolls toy watches dolls beauty sets and plastic figure novelties are featured along with camping and hobby items.
Embassy Protests Harassment in Moscow Clash
The U S Embassy in Moscow formally protests what it calls escalating Soviet harassment of diplomats. Staff report increased pressure on military attaches and civilian diplomats, including intensified surveillance. Soviet officials even barred embassy employees from access to a U S aircraft after a Thompson return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Washington
Wheeler proposes plane shelters to cut Vietnam losses
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler testifies before senators that U S aircraft destroyed or damaged on the ground in Vietnam totaled 132 5 million, alarming figures unlikely to be matched by limited roofless barriers. He cites 94 033 million in destroyed craft and 38 5 million in repairs from 1964 to 1967, with Tet 1968 causing heavy losses and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Earle G. Wheeler
U.S
Vietnam
Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
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B. Ross Huskie
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Betsy Ross
Jumping Toy Asst
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SALT
Animal Asst
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