Letter From a Marine: Why We Fight in Vietnam
Sergeant Robert M. Faulkner of the U S Marines writes to defend U S involvement in Vietnam. He argues Americans are born free and must act to prevent the U S from facing threats on U S soil, urging readers to understand the mission and reject demonstrations. He references a Marine publications story and a photo of civilians killed in Dak Son Hamlet.
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Sea Tiger
Dak Son
United States
Vietnam
Los Angeles
New York
Texarkana Pair Plead Guilty to Bank Burglary
Two Texarkana men pleaded guilty in U S District Court to burglary and related crimes in the Planters First National Bank of Mena break in on Sept 27. Louis Ray Jones and Billy Don Thompson admitted stealing more than 14000 dollars and faced sentencing in about three weeks.
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Calif
Jones
St. Louis
Paul X, Williams
Board Names Parker as Hope Mayor in City Meeting
At a regular meeting Hope City Board of Directors elected Donal Parker as Mayor and Bill Wray as Assistant Mayor. The board accepted Street Superintendent David Peters resignation and awarded a bid for a Chase site for the Trash and Garbage Department to Young Chevrolet Company. It also authorized purchase of an aerial photo map tied to the City’s Urban Renewal Plan.
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Hope City Board of Directors
Donal Parker
Bill Wray
David Peters
Young Chevrolet Company
Fourth Transplant Patient Sits Up at Stanford
The world's fourth heart transplant patient Mike Kasperak at Stanford Medical Center sat up and dangled his legs to aid circulation. His condition remained critical but improving on day four after surgery, with prior complications and a recent transfusion and recovery of liver and kidney functions. The fifth operation occurred at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford Medical Center
Kasperak
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bulletin
Man Hit and Killed by Car in Helena Birthday Tragedy
John Shepard 78 of Helena was struck and killed by a car on Arkansas 49 while walking on his birthday. The driver, John Hogan of Hernando Mississippi, faces involuntary manslaughter charges and was released without bond.
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Helena, Ark
John Shepard
Helena
Arkansas 49
John Hogan
Hernando
Miss
Hogan
Post Office plans $15.2 million building in Little Rock
AP reports Post master Roy Sharp announced construction plans for a new $15.2 million post office in Little Rock. The facility is expected to be ready for occupancy by fall 1972.
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Little Rock
Roy Sharp
No Agreement in Hot Springs Walkout
The Arkansas General Contractors Association and Local 490 of the Hot Carriers Union failed to reach an agreement in a meeting on Tuesday over a week long strike crippling construction in a 10 county area. A further meeting is set for Friday. Wages are being sought by both sides while carpenters, not on strike, honor picket lines. The strike has halted an estimated 100 million dollars of work. A. E. King Jr. announced Friday’s meeting in Hot Springs.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas General Contractors Association
Hot Carriers Union
Hod Carriers
Carpenters
Hod
A. E. King Jr
Special Contractors Negotiating Committee
Many Indications You Are Getting Old in Name and Habit
Kansas City AP columnist Leo Marks notes traits that signal aging including family references, new nicknames from kin, bedtime habits, and memory slips. He paints humorous vignettes of aging, from children addressing parents as old, to long stairs and fading hearing, ending with a satirical line about changing cars and marriage.
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Leo Marks
Kansas City
Ian
Fifth Heart Transplant Patient Dies at Brooklyn Hospital
Louis Bock, the world's fifth heart transplant recipient, died ten hours after a smaller woman's heart was implanted at Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn. The death followed a long battle with heart disease and difficulties in maintaining blood pressure during the operation led by Dr Adrian Kantrowitz. The hospital called the effort invaluable and said lessons would guide future procedures despite the loss.
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Wey Sagenes
Eee
Associated Press
New York
Louis Bock
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Block
Adrian Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
Mills Silent on Tax Increase Hint
KenSett Ark AP U S Rep Wilbur Mills D Ark refused comment on Henry Fowlers hint that the Johnson administration might settle for a six or eight percent tax increase instead of a ten percent surcharge. Mills said his attitude remains unchanged and he will oppose any tax rise unless federal spending is cut.
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Kensett, Ark
U.S
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
Henry Fowler
Johnson
Mills
Draft Calls Likely to Be Doubled by March Inductions
Pentagon sources say the $9,000-man draft call set for March signals a trend to 40,000 plus monthly inductions in April through June. Mechanics of the replacement cycle center on rotating thousands drafted during the Southeast Asia buildup, with August replacements expected to surge as two-year tours end.
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Bob Horton
Milbary Witter Washington
Pantegon
Cupa
Army
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
U.S
Pentagon Hias
Ibee
Questons
Selective Service
Aleways
Vietnam
Kontum
Laula Black
Two Trustees Escape Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas
Two trusties fled Cummins Prison Farm after dark Tuesday night climbing a fence and escaping on foot. Huron C. Darby Jr., 43, from Lite Rock, was serving seven years for assault with intent to kill in Franklin County. Doyle Brooks Driskill, 28, serving seven years for burglary and grand larceny from Faulkner County.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Huron C. Darby Jr
Lite Rock
Franklin County
Doyle Brooks Delskill
Faulkener
Darby
Driskill
Fee
Vietnam Reds Aim to Undermine Saigon Confidence
Report cites North Vietnamese strategy to erode rural faith in Saigon and punish allied troops. It notes new offensives along central coast and border areas, including Hau Nghia and Tuy Phuoc, and a spike in local battalion activity after 1967.
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Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Saigon
Vietnam
Sale Gan
Dak To
Loc Ninh
Hau Nghia
Mornaing
Tuy Phuoc
Qui Nhon
Hie
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
U.S
Rotary Club plans 50th anniversary events in Hope
Hope Rotary Club eyes its February 10 50th anniversary with Judge Ed McFardin drafting club history and Rotary Ladies Night set for February 4. Also on tap a Country Music Jamboree January 13 featuring multiple bands at Patings School Auditorium plus a note on Christmas donations to Arkansas Mental Hospital and a Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration for Floyd and Margie Manganel.
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The
Hope Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Ed McFardln
Little Rock
Rotary
Patings School
Audkurium
Beavers
Magnolia
Stamps
Shine Etorm
Waldo
Persuaders
Hope
Floyd Manganel
Oper House
Suglay
Fan
Shower Springs
Induction Oath Refused by Yale Student Dubose
Glen Dubose, 19, a Yale medical school trainee, refused three times to take the U S Army Induction Oath at the Connecticut induction center as about 40 demonstrators gathered. He said he would wait for the FBI before acting further after spending most of last year in Canada to avoid the draft. Navy Cmdr William Sheeton labeled him delinquent for avoiding conscription.
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Hamilet
Dak Son
Song Be
FBI
Glen Dubose
Oratory Teshnician
Yale Medical School
Hladet
Armed Forces
Dubose
Canada
Tis Draft Board
Connecticut
Navy
William Sheeton
Dutose
Reds Hit and Run Attacks Continue in Vietnam War
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assaults near Kontum and Saigon target U S helicopters and airfields while Allied forces counter attack. U S casualty reports vary with several helicopters damaged and enemy losses significant though some attacks repelled in heavy fighting.
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Robert D. Gilman
Saigon
North
Asmall
Wourder
U.S
10Th Army Avision Company
Kontum Ti
Tighkinda
Sanm
Kote
Mekong
Associated Press
George Esper
Cu Chi
Commmunists
Reis
Employment Continues to Rise in 1967 Year End
Washington AP reports December employment set a record high 74.4 million at work while unemployment fell to 3.7 percent of the civilian labor force, finishing 1967 with a 3.9 percent average. Assistant Labor Statistics official Harriet Goldstein cites ongoing strength, noting federal pay raises and minimum wage hike from 1.40 to 1.60 per hour starting Feb 1 as factors boosting demand and job growth into 1968.
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Washington
Asst
Harett Goldstein
The
Buridy
Goldstein
Arkansans Injured in Tex Bus Crash. Driver Killed
Three Arkansans were among seven people injured when a bus skidded on ice and crashed ten miles north of Henderson Texas on Texas 43. The driver was killed. Injured were Mrs. Della Warren 64 of Sears ey Norman Deason of Fort Smith and Mrs. Gallie Low of Augusta.
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Robert M. Faulkner
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3Rd Marine Division
REIN
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Parker
U.S. Marine Publication
Phuod Long
Fiungie
Ve Vengeance
Hal Boyle
Sargent Shriver
Maryland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ational
Vick Kirschke
Adam Clinton- Powell
Watts
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Europe
Star
William B. Osborn
Floyd Osborn
el Dorado
Jimmy Griffin
Flere
James Cohty
A. S. Wis
George W. Jackson
M.D
Arkansas Mental Hospital
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Umir Gan
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