Hamburger Hill battle debated by veterans and officials
In November 1967 American troops suffered heavy losses trying to take Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley. General Zais defends the operation as gallant but strategically minor while Sen. Kennedy criticizes it as senseless and Scully recalls near-fatal courage amid intense firefights and artillery.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Vietnam
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Laos
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Zais
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Hue
Apollo Photos Show No Landing Obstacles
Apollo 10 imagery from the moon shows no immediate landing obstacles. Geologist Dr. John Dietrich notes new details on lunar ridges, craters, and far side highlands overshadowing the Sea of Tranquility site.
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Space Agency
John Dietrich
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Rilles
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Dietrich
Sea of Tranquillity
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Space Center
Moon
San Fernando High School student disturbance prompts police action
San Fernando High School faced a second campus disturbance in eight days as about 200 students clashed with police on the athletic field. Officers cleared the area, 60 arrests or dispersals reportedly occurred, and classes were canceled until the afternoon. Principal Maurice Ives led efforts to quell the unrest amid a racially mixed student body and prior cafeteria fighting incident.
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Lifting Body Scores Firsts in Flight Test at Edwards
The HL-10 lifting body prototype made a seven minute flight at Edwards AFB guided by John A. Manke. It reached 825 miles per hour and 64 500 feet after drop from a B 52 at 45 000 feet over Rosamond. Previous HL 10 records were 54 000 feet and 725 mph.
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U.S. Space Agency
Rosamond
Yorty Wins Los Angeles Race Amid White Conservative Shift
With 2,884 of 2,890 precincts reporting Yorty led Bradley 447,030 to 392,379 as whites shift to conservatism while blacks make up 15 to 20 percent of registered voters. Conservatives win school board seats amid campus militancy. Bradley supporters file protest over a candidate card distribu tion urging votes on hole No 3 to favor Yorty.
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Bradley
State Attorney General’s Office
Poly High Riot Echoes Racial Tensions On Campus
Police and teachers faced a volatile scene as a printed hate bulletin circulated on campus. About 200 black students gathered after a melee that sent five white students to hospitals. Alfred Jones urged calm and organized a meeting at a park.
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Squeaky) Jones
Poly High
California State College At
Long Beach
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Martin Luther King Jr. Park
St. Mary’s
Memorial Hospitals
Michael Dabrushman
John Nichols
Clair Rea
Reginald Galles
Memorial
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Michael B. Lane
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