Viet Cong Blows Up Bridge and Air War Rages
Viet Cong saboteurs blown the center spans of the Phu Cuong Bridge near Saigon, with traffic to shift to a pontoon bridge by Thursday. U S helicopters shot down over Monday and Tuesday. total U S helicopter losses reach 914. Air strikes hit a large ammunition dump near Dak To. Marines and ranger units report multiple clashes across the country as Thieu delays peace talks amid a tense political backdrop in Saigon.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
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Viet+ ham
U.S
Strogmen
Phu
Cuong
S Saigon
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Navy
U.S. 4Th Division
Central Highlands
Dak To
Mekong Delta
da Nang
Salspun
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Aimer
Ican
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Richard An
Nixon
Thieu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Geing
North Vietnam
Bheen
NLF
Salion
United States
Tran van Huong
South Vietnam
Vidal
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Arkansas Weather Station Report Highlights Colder Turn
Weather data from Arkansas station shows 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday with a high of 61 and a low of 39. Forecast cloudy skies and a cooling trend with scattered showers and a few thundershowers mainly in the eastern portion. Tonight's low expected in the mid 30s to upper 40s across regions.
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Associated Press
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Winnipeg
Fulbright survives Arkansas primary amid campaign attacks
Senator Fulbright, now seventh in Senate seniority, faced a tough GOP style challenge from Bernard with Jim Johnson and others also in the race. Bernard drew funds from H. L. Hunt while Fulbright defended his views on communism and Vietnam, promising a bombing halt with conditions.
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Bernard F
Ree
Jim Johnson
Hanoi
Senate
Sen
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Bennam
Earle
Bernard
Senate Foreign Relations
Fort Smith
Greater
Long
U.S
North Vietnam
Jahnson
Obituary: Gerald E Hamm of Camden Dies in Mine Explosion
Gerald E Booth Hamm 28 of Camden dies in a mine explosion that sank the Navy LST Westchester County on the My Tho River in the Mekong Delta near Saigon. 16 Americans and one South Vietnamese killed, 19 sailors and three soldiers injured. Hamm, son of Mrs. Maxine Booth Moore of Camden and Gerald Hamm of Nacogdoches Texas, a 1963 Camden High School graduate, attended Southern State. He is survived by his grandfather RC Phelps of McGehee. mother a former Hope resident. Body returned to Camden for burial.
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G.E. Hamm
Gerald E. Booth Hamm
Camden
Noy
Navy Lst
Westchester County
LST
My Tho River
Mekong Delta
Saigon
U.S
Maxine Booth Moore
Camilen
Geerald Hammer
Naco
Wallace Is Winner in Arkansas Vote Historic party shift dominates ballots
Arkansas voters swung to George C. Wallace's American Independent banner in a presidential election, with Wallace leading Humphrey and Nixon in early returns. The ballot also featured amendments on county judges, a dairy commission, party registration, and workmen's compensation, reflecting a wide set of state ballot issues. The returns show Wallace carrying Arkansas’s six electoral votes as precincts report, while congressional races in the 1st and 3rd Districts outline contest dynamics and candidate positions.
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Fulbright
Bernard
H. L. Hunt
Texas
Hunt
Texan
Arden
Jim Johnson
Johnson
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
Arkansas
Wallace
Foster Johnson
Little Rock
Bobby K. Hayes
Calico Rock
Hayes
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
John L. McClellan
House of Representatives
Alexander
Newcom
Hammerschmidt
Croxton
E. C
Gathings
Washington
West Memphis
Osceola
GOP
Jack D. Files
Srinkley
Newcomb
KAIT
Jonesboro
Harrisson
Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission
General Assembly
Dairy Commission
Afl-Cio
Peace Talks Delay Threatens End of Bombing
AP Special Correspondent John M. Hightower reports President Johnson’s plan to halt bombing and expand Paris peace talks faced possible collapse as South Vietnam withdrew its agreement. Thieu demanded direct talks with North Vietnam and NLFR participation, a stance Johnson rejected. Washington, urged by Abrams and ambassadors, prepared a final review before a possible end to the bombing.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nguyen van Thieu
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Saigon
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
NLF
U.S
Gen. Creighton, W. Abrams Jr
White House
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