Neither Side Holds Upper Hand in DMZ Fight Faces Uncertain Peace
From Dong Ha, Vietnam, reports say the DMZ fighting between American forces and North Vietnamese troops remains deadlocked. Analysts say the DMZ is a bargaining chip in Paris peace talks, with both sides sustaining heavy casualties and replacements flowing in as the pace of battle dwarfs earlier months.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Dong HA
Vietnam
Des Fuilitarize
Paris
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Northvietnam
Dmz
North Vietnam
Linton Indiana faces Vietnam war under quiet sun
In Linton Greene County Indiana residents show mixed awareness and apathy toward Vietnam. Three dozen local sons serve abroad while many citizens feel the war is distant and confusing. Local figures note rising cable TV interest as daily life proceeds amid war coverage.
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Linton
Ind
Citizens National Bank
Main Street
Hamilton Drug Store
G. C. Murphy
Indiana
Vietnam
Ethel Harmon
Fred Coulter
Paul Brachmeyer
Curt Moody
Harry Mullis
Orvil Majors
Marlin Lux
Hubert Gates
Ray Lund
Greene County
Roosevelt Hotel
Elmer Fisk
Fisk
Atty, Post Linton
The
Daily Citizen
Warren Oaken
Bill Hosford
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Johnson
Art Linkletter
Miss Arkansas Poultry Princess Crowned At Hot Springs
In Hot Springs the state pageant crowned Donna Sue Gerety as Miss Arkansas Poultry Princess with Charlene Prickett and Nancy Lee Selig as runners up. The ceremony also noted Donnta as Miss Congeniality, reflecting a community view on national issues echoing in Linton Indiana days earlier.
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Hot Springs
Charlene Prickett
K. W. Prickett
Batesville
Donna Sue Gerety
John B. Gerety
Hazen
Nancy Lee Selig
Leo Gregray Selig
Conway
Donnta
Eisenhower Suffers Mild Heart Attack Again
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remained in stable, comfortable condition at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a mild heart attack Saturday night. Doctors cautioned no change in his status, with Mrs. Eisenhower at his side and plans to delay his June return to Gettysburg, as doctors assess his recovery from the April 29 infarction.
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Walter Reed
Palm Desert
Calif
Eisenhower
Sunirday
Gettysburg
Hota
Air Force Plan
Johntson
Antiwar sentiment grows in small Indiana town after soldier's death
LINTON Indiana residents react to Ricky Richards burial amid mixed views on Vietnam. A town memorializes the wounded and dead with flags at half staff and a parade as relatives cope with a wife expecting a child. Some oppose the war while defending duty to serve, underscoring a wary patriotism in this close knit community.
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Linton
Ind
NEA
Ricky Richards
Defense Department
Vietnam
Truitt
India
Richard
U.S
Young Richards
Stars and Stripes
Lebanon
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Elgan
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