Air blowers cook Viet Cong from tunnels near Saigon
U S troops north of Saigon test 1000 degree air blowers to force Viet Cong from tunnel systems in Thuan Giao jungle east of Lai Thieu using Mighty Mite portable blowers heated by a generator. The tactic, part of a broader tunnel clearing program, involves loudspeakers urging surrender before intense heat penetrates tunnels and tunnel rats can enter after cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett Lathieu
Vietnam
Saigon
Saiegon
U.S
Thuan Giao
Lad Thien
Robert Schweitzer
Chicago
Rome
Schweitzer
Lai Thieu
Viet Cong
Aganda
Indonesia
Campaign Spending by Congressmen Exceeds Allowance in 1966 Race
In the 1966 North Virginia 10th District contest Republican Joel Broyhill spent 91986 and Democrat Clive DuVal 125867 with most funds listed in exempt categories. The article notes federal limits of 5000 for House candidates and 25000 for Senate, plus loopholes and lax enforcement by the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Gray Washington
Virginia
Joel T. Broyhill
Clive DuVal
House
Senate
Brayhill
DuVal
Congress
Broyhill
Richard L. Ottinger
New York
Department of Justice
Department
Black Calcite May Yield Silver In Hidden Deposits
The World Almanac reports that black calcite once deemed worthless now shows rich silver content. Lab tests on samples from Utah Nevada Arizona and New Mexico reveal up to 1500 ounces of silver per ton, with western 1800s miners previously using the mineral as a silver ore guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Almanac
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
The Negro Community Notes and Obituaries
The column includes thoughts for the day and calendar items from April 1967. Obituaries report Annie Mae Scott of Mandeville and Lillie By Brown of Hempstead, with services at Macedonia Baptist and St Luke CME. A missing American millionaire Jim Thompson is no longer being searched for after nine days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Mae Scott
Mandeville
Arkansas
Macedonia Baptist Church
Fooley Ferry Road
Harricott Chapel
Hicks Funeral Home
Lillie
Brown
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
St. Luke Cme
O2an
St. Luke Cemestery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Jim Thompson
Thompson
Thailand
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Leonard W. Head
Bernard Allen
Larry H. Stroud
Jim Simpson
Charles W. Stewart
Nancy Allison Schee
Joseph Weatherspoon, Jr
Ralph E. Byers
Mary
Mattson
Calvin McPherson
Inez Moore
Herman Freeman
Edward Smith
Benora Box
Brenda J. Kelly
Charles W. Stuart
Lester R, Sinclair
Lucy Jefferson
Paul May
Fed Weatherspoon
Henry Chapple
Olen Gully
Doyle Burkett
Victoriano Esparfa
Charles H. Finley
Sam Smith
James L. Lambert
Dorothy Rosson
Glynn. Wilson
Boye B. Fowler
Billy B. Gordon
Earnest Grisham
Rose H. Washington
Jerry M. Trotter
Wayne G. Hatfield
Jessie Graves
Greene
Gro, & Market
James E. Carrigan
By Kate Osonn
Ester Hicks
Tryon Edwards
Cotillion Federated Club
Willie K. Mitchell
Washington
Hope Hempstead County
NAACP
Lonoke Baptist Church
Kreger
U. S
Bozo Franks
Usdar Choice Inn
Kroger
I. A
Ras Valencia Oranges
Grapetrust
Deveco
Pho
Dean
Reekb
Cot Food
Strongheart Kraft Parkey
Vom
Eatmore
Thor.re Gan
Yael Pko
Coop
Country Club
Mellorine . Ly
Ynege Cartan
Catsup
Kroger Tomato Juice
Applesauce
Bartlett Pear
Chapw Kroger Mill Bollard Sweetmilk Biscuits
Pss
Roger
Troup
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