Hope High School drives funds for Viet Nam school
Hope High School in Hope Arkansas launches a three stage Thanksgiving drive to raise funds and supplies for Hac Mon school in Vietnam. The effort organized by the Student Council and Hope Hi-Lights supports desks books pencils paper blackboards and chalk for 324 students taught by seven American soldiers under Maj Charles Downs. Contributions fund wholesale purchases and shipment, with similar drives planned for February and April to aid continual needs.
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Hac Mon
Vietnam
Hope
HHS
Conselor
Earl Downs
Maj. Downs
Arkansas
America
Grady Cathey
Hope High School Ofice
Baby girl arrival announced in Hope and Saratoga social note
Local notices list several individuals admitted or discharged at Memorial in Hope and Saratoga. The Fay family announces the birth of a baby girl on Monday, with names Billy Bob White and Gordon Carney among those sharing the joyous news.
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Ronald McKamie
Hope
Loreen Stevens
Blevins
William Welsh
Racheal Butler
Cecil Sanders
Roy Phillips
Memorial
Billy Bob White
Denton Harvin
Lucy Davis
Gregory Impson
Robert Cash
John Booth
Harry Burns
Clyde Rosenbaum
Saratoga
Irma Odem
Fulton
Mrs. Gordon Carney
Witness Satisfied With Kennedy Report From Normandy Survivor
JACK DONOVAN reports Dallas witness Charles F. Brehm says he is satisfied with the Warren Commission findings on Kennedy's assassination and labels writers who dispute it as sensationalists. He recalls near- impact moments from 1963 amid details of the attack and his view of the shooter. In Bartow, Fla, search continues for missing 14-year-old Connie Weeaks with no solid clues after seven days.
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Dallas
Tex
Normandy
Warren Commission
Commission
Charles F. Brehm
John F. Kennedy
Brehm
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas School Book Depository
Joe
Main Street
Bartow
Fla
Connie Weeaks
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Combat Status in Uneasy Korean Peace
AP report describes uneasy peace along the 151 mile Korean DMZ with U.S. troops under combat status. It notes ambush training, incidents since Oct. 5, and a 1953 armistice creating a 2 1/2 mile no man’s land. About 50,000 U.S. troops patrol the zone amid cold, danger, and quiet routine duties.
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Sam Jones
U.S
Armistice Line
South Korea
No Man’s Land
Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Korea
Imjin River
Demilitarized Zone
Look Ma No Hands ACLS lands on USS America
A Navy F4 fighter lands aboard the USS America using the All-Weather Carrier Landing System ACLS. Radar and computers guide the approach, deck motion, and automatic pilot to a hands off safe touchdown amid clear seas or foul weather, aiding night operations and pilot qualification.
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America
Navy
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Atlantic Ocean
Spring Hill and Blevins Split Basketball Weekend
Spring Hill and Blevins split a three game series last weekend. The Blevins seniors won 70 to 34 while Spring Hill juniors opened 50 to 17 with Downs scoring 33. The Spring Hill senior girls won 63 to 48 led by McNeil with 30 points.
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Kennedy’s uncertain path to 1968 and beyond
AP report traces Robert F. Kennedy’s mixed standing after his brother’s assassination. It notes he leans toward supporting Johnson’s 1968 bid, rules out the vice presidency, and contemplates a 1970 Senate run, with 1972 as a distant entry option amid fluctuating popularity. It also mentions a Berkeley remark stirring criticism. A second item reports William duPont Jr Handicap to honor track founder at Delaware Park with $90,000 purse.
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Jack Bell Washington
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Dallas
New York
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Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Kennedys
Murer
Berkeley
Calif
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Wberall
Asia
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Delaware Park Racetack
William duPont
Casualties Heavy in Small Battle
U S infantrymen engaged North Vietnamese forces in two small clashes in the central highlands near Pleiku. A U S air cavalry platoon suffered heavy losses Monday with a reported overrun unit. U S air power claimed hundreds of enemy casualties as B 52s bombed a staging area. Navy reports a sailor killed and five injured when a highline rig collapsed during refueling in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Central Highlands
25Th Division
Plei Djering
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Pleas Djering
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
U.S. Navy
Philip
Gulf of Tonkin
Navasota
Navy
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