Rescued Pilot Survives North Vietnamese Range
Lt. Grant R. Townsend a 27 year old U S Navy pilot from West Palm Beach Fla said he thought his chances were bad as he hid in elephant grass fifty yards from a fire. North Vietnamese soldiers had made four attempts while U S Skyraiders strafed and rocket fired. Townsend parachuted into enemy territory after his A4 Skyhawk was damaged and waited as rescue helicopters arrived.
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Peter Arnett
Viet Nam
Grant R. Townsend
West Palm Beach
Fla
U. S. Navy
Townsend
Elephant
The
Midway
da Nang
South
U. S. Air Force
Walter Turk
New York
Turk
North Viet Nam
Mars Crater Images Hint At Moon Like Surface
Latest Mariner 4 photos show Mars may host up to 10 000 craters and resemble the moon more than Earth. Dr William Leighton of JPL Pasadena discusses 70 craters observed and the implication for Mars history and possible life.
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Washington
Mars
Moon
Earth
Mariner 4
William Leighton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner
Leighton
Men Ready to Deploy as Air Mobile Division Activates
At Ft Benning Georgia officers and enlisted men of the Air Mobile Division say they are glad the waiting is over and ready to go. Captain James Danielson and Pvt Carl Hammac express readiness and curiosity about their first deployment in the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile). The division is officially formed July 1 though components already tested as the 11th Air Assault Division at Ft Benning.
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FT. Benning
Air Mobile Division
Crow
Conan
Presidentohnson
James D. Danielson
Viet Nam
Pvt
Carl Hammac
Mobile
Ala
8Th Cavalry
1St Cavalry Division
Air Mobile
11Th Air Assault Division
Johnson unveils plan to raise U S forces in Viet Nam
President Johnson announced a major troop increase to 125 000 and doubling draft calls to 35 000 monthly with a helicopter borne division to Vietnam. Pentagon sources expect gradual growth of at least 300 000 more troops via draft and recruitment. He urged renewed international efforts through the United Nations for peace.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
White House
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S
Imanher
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
U. S
Oakland
Calif
LeRoy L. Eltinge
James Timothy
New Orleans
Man Dies From Shot as Civil Rights Vigil Protests Rage
A 21 year old white man Andy Whatley was shot by a passing car during a civil rights vigil at the Sumter County Courthouse in Americus Georgia. Police arrested two African American suspects Eddie Will Lamar and Charlie Lee Hopkins both of Americus. Whatley died at a Albany hospital after being wounded near a service station shortly after midnight. Demonstrators halted their vigil after learning of the death.
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Americus, Ga
Sumter County
Eddie Will Lamar
Charlie Lee Hopkins
Americus
Andy Whatley
Albany
Learn- Whatley
Itnesses
Paratroopers Arrive as Bombers Hit Viet Cong Positions
101st Airborne landings at Cam Ranh Bay begin as 500 tons of bombs fall 35 miles southeast of Saigon. 173rd Brigade joins search with few U.S. casualties reported. Air strike north of Hanoi targets two surface to air sites. one RF101 shot down. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor returns, replaced by Henry Cabot Lodge.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
Normandy
Bastogne
101St
Cam Ranh Bay
U. S
Strategic Air Command
173Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S
Hanoi
France
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Viet Nam
Cam Ranh
Mekong
LeRoy Eltinge
Food cost jump pushes June CPI to 110.1
Sharp rise in living costs due to higher food prices, led by meat and poultry, lifted the consumer price index to 110.1 in June. The April to June quarter shows a 1 percent gain, the largest since 1957, though officials say it does not indicate a future trend.
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Washington
Labor Department
Asst
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Swedish quintuplets birth linked to hormone treatment
A Falun General Hospital statement said a Swedish mother born quintuplets after hormone therapy. two of the five babies died before noon, two girls and one boy surviving in oxygen tents. The five were born 11 weeks premature. the mother previously had children but was infertile. A NZ Auckland case and earlier Australia reports are noted, with experts warning of variable hormone dosages and risks.
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Falun
Sweden
Falun General Hospital
Samuel Lawson
Auckland
New Zealand
Carl-Axel Gemzell
Uppsala
Gemzell
Sydney
Australia
Sun
Lawson
Melbourne
The
Reds Plan Sunken Wall Along West Berlin Border
West Berlin police describe a proposed border modification by the Reds involving a sunken nine foot concrete wall in a 500 yard wide cleared strip. An arch wire fence would stand where wire and the wall now exist, with a road for patrols on the eastern side and a second fence beyond.
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West Berlin
Zehlendorf
Hackbarth
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Man
Lana
Henry Cabot Lodge
Thomas
Sydney Sun
National Women’s Hospital
Reds
Heinz Hackbarth
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