Private Slicer Won't Fight But Is A Hero At Khe Sanh
Pvt. Jonathan M. Spicer of Miami Florida, a Marine corporal, defied peers by choosing aid duties amid the siege at Khe Sanh. Friends recall his quiet demeanor and reluctance to fire, yet his courage in tending wounded earned respect.
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Slicer
Khe Sanh
Jonathan M. Spicer
Miami
Fla
Shabun
Spicer
Cpl
Daniel Sullivan
Boston
Mass
Vietnam
Anse
Bey
Ness
Edward Feldman
Forest Hills
N.Y
Mrs Kennedy Visits Ancient Mayan Temples
Mrs Kennedy toured Yucatan sites in Mexico during a weeklong visit with 500 miles west of Palenque noted for the Mayan temples. President Johnson's elder daughter Lynda Bird and husband Capt. Charles F. couple vacation aboard a private yacht of former President Miguel Alemán.
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Mrs. Kennedy
Palenque
Mexico
Jenque
Kennedy
Cambodia
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Charles F
Miguel Aleman
Robb
Vietnam
Yucatan Peninsula
Well Gilpatrick
Chavez Ends 25 Day Fast With RFK Present
Cesar Chavez ended a 25 day fast in Delano California with thousands of followers and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in attendance at a mass of thanksgiving. Chavez broke the fast and took solid food for the first time since February 14 as Kennedy offered the symbolic bread piece to honor nonviolence in the Delano grape strike.
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Chavez
RFK
Delano, Calif
Cesar Chavez
Robert F. Kennedy
D.N.Y
Delano
Kennedy
Delano City Park
White Man On Trial In Negro's Murder
A white man faces trial in a murder case in Hattiesburg Mississippi involving a Black victim. The proceedings occur in a circuit court with Judge presiding. Laurel resident Billy Roy Pitts, 24, is another defendant linked to the incident. The case themes involve controversial race tensions and political figures in the era.
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Billy Roy Pitts
Laurel
Traffic Death Toll Reaches Twenty Four Across Several Counties
A two car crash near Warsaw kills James Jefferson Barden 78 of Warsaw and Helen G Melton 52 of ville. Other dead include Minnie Phillips unknown location Sandy Wall 8 Rockingham Fred Rivenbark 35 Burgaw and Kay Rogers both of Raleigh. Additional victims include Luther Lanier 57 Wilmington Grover Lindsay 76 New London and Mrs Edward Herlik 24 High Point.
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Helen G. Melton
Ville
James Jefferson Barden
Winfred Rivenbark
Burgaw
Sandy Louise Wall
Rockingham
Frank Junior Williams
Candor
D. P. Barton
Willie J. Jones
Spring Hope
Shirley Butler
Kay Rogers
Raleigh
Kenneth Ae
Sheorge Chapman
Casar
Luther James Lanier
Wilmington
Grover Cleveland Lindsay
New London
Stanly County
Edward Herlik
High Point
Allis-Chalmers Plans New Plant Near Columbia
Allis-Chalmers announced a multi-million dollar facility to be built near Columbia to manufacture, among other products, an all-terrain vehicle named the Terra Tiger. Construction will start in April on a 130000 square foot plant on a 70 acre site 12 miles west of Columbia in Lexington County at the I-20 and SC-6 junction.
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Columbia
Allis- Chalmers
Lexington County
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