Marines Launch Major Assault on Viet Cong Positions
Marines ashore at Blue Beach One in Quang Ngai Province conduct a large amphibious operation named Double Eagle to seek out North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong units. Casualties were light. several hundred Marines landed from the 7th Fleet amid light resistance and scattered firefights with Viet Cong forces.
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Pang Ngai
South i Aieties
Quang Ngai
Saigon
Strongho
Viet Nam
U.S
Blue Beach
Qung Ngai
Air Cavalry Aims Big Victory in Viet Nam Operation
The U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile Regiment received air and ground support in a major coordinated strike against Viet Cong forces near An Th? South Vietnam. The front line push featured two companies from the 2nd Battalion 7th Regiment, noted for their Ia Drang Valley actions last November, as they expanded contact with Viet Cong units through Friday into Saturday.
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AN Thi
South Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
7Th Regiment
Ia Drang
Night city blast in Boston kills nine injures scores
The morning after a massive explosion on Boylston Street in Boston left at least nine dead and many injured. The blast and ensuing fire hit two bars a coffee shop and a ten story hotel, blowing a 60 foot section of sidewalk in front of the buildings.
Fire and rubble search for victims after Boston hotel blast
Firemen and cranes combed the Paramount Hotel ruins in Boston after a Friday night explosion and fire. At least nine people died and about 60 were injured. several more were feared missing. The blast opened a wide crater on Boylston Street near Boston Common, damaging nearby buildings and shattering windows. Authorities worked to identify the dead and determine the cause while witnesses spoke of flames from manholes and possible gas lines.
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Boston
Paramount
Myo
Ros Michael Cohen
Milton _ Albert White
Philadelphia
A. Herbert C. McBride
Rejade
John DiCicco
Plymouth Hotel
Combat Zone
Boylston Street
Diva of the silver screen who fought fame and fortune
The article profiles a glamorous actress famed for exotic roles and high-profile marriages. It notes her arrest timing during a TV rerun of White Cargo and details turbulent personal life including divorces from Fritz Mandl and Gene Markey, marriages to John Loder and others, plus a Beverly Hills mansion and financial strain.
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Algiers
Hedy Lamarr
Tondeleyo
Nicaragua
Fritz Mandl
Gene Markey
John Loder
Tony
Denise
Ernest Ted Stauffer
W. Howard
Lewis W. Bois R
Arias Nearing Early Hospital Discharge in England
Dr. Roberto Arias, Panamanian diplomat and husband of Dame Margot Fonteyn, may leave Stoke Mandeville Hospital soon after an 18 month stay for paralysis from gunshot wounds in a Panama political feud. He will continue to use a wheel chair.
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Ayesburgy
England
Roberto Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Panama
Morse Opposes Viet Nam War and Urges UN Involvement
Morse charged U S policy on Viet Nam as an undeclared war and called for full public hearings to review all aspects of policy. He attacked the 1964 resolution while urging transfer of the issue to the United Nations. Johnson cited the resolution in responding to senators asking for more talks before resuming bombing. Morse and Gruening were the only opponents to the 1964 resolution.
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Tions
U.S
Viet Nam
Morse
United Nations
Johnson
Sen
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Congress
Reimplant of Hand Gives Pennell New Pushups
Robert Pennell of Hickory has regained use of a severed left hand after a June reimplant at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. He has performed daily therapy, doing pushups and weight lifting, with weekly signs of muscle activity and improving strength though the thumb muscles remain nonfunctional. If thumb regeneration does not occur within a year, doctors may move a tendon from index to thumb.
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Winston - Salem
Robert Pennell
Hickory
United
Pennell
Goodwilles Rehabilitation Center
Nine Month Jury Trial Brings Inconvenience to Court Participants
In Chicago, nine jurors and alternates describe burdens from a nine month homicide case. Juror companies faced disrupted careers and lost vacations. some jurors lost pay, while others faced job interruptions. They reflect on the lengthy trial and its impact on families and finances.
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Ene Beet
Bernice
John Kelly
Porter Davis
Kelly
Imperial Eastman Corp
Wisconsin
Davis
Frank Klyczek
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