Vietnamese relief column reaches besieged Duc Co camp
U S military sources in Pleiku say a large Viet Namese relief force reached the besieged Duc Co special forces camp with little resistance from the Viet Cong. The two to three day push moved infantry and armor along Route 19 through heavy guerrilla ambushes, with high casualties on both sides and the airstrip still unusable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
Duc Co
Central Highlands
Qui Nhon
South China Sea
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
U.S
The
Corps
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Due Co
South
North Viet Nam
Lawrence D. Wilson
Cleveland
Ohio
Vinh
Oriskany
Xom Bang
Hanoi
Son la
Drug Store Burglary Leads to Two Arrests in Vernon County
A Minneapolis man Joseph Villella and companion Darcy Bicknell were arraigned in Vernon County Court on breaking and entering and burglary at Langhus Drug Store in Viroqua. Each held on 10 000 bond. A nearby crime spree in Richland Center and Vietnam war updates accompany the report with rates of casualties and military actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Minneapolis
Vernon County
Langhus
Joseph Thomas Villella
Darcy Bicknell
Sacramento
Calif
Richland County
Kent Houck
Martin, Gulbrandsen
Dewayne Hanson
Hanson
Fred Orum
Westby
Richland Center
Villella
Oldest Waukon resident Mrs Ralston dies at 96 in Iowa
Mrs George Ralston 96 long reputed Waukon's oldest resident died Tuesday in Waukon Iowa after four years of declining health since a hip fracture. Born Mary Douglas in 1869 she and husband George ran a farm and later a trailer court. Survived by three sons six daughters two sisters 49 grandchildren 122 great grandchildren 17 great great grandchildren. Services Thursday at Martin's Funeral Home Waukon with burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Waukon
Iowa
George Ralston
Mary Douglas
Ludlow Township
David Douglas
Ralston
John
Junction City
Ore
Earl of
David
Hawthorne
Calif
Doris) Wede
Ruth Johnson
Paul
Marie) Tomlinson
Baldwin Park
Lawrence
Florence) Brandon
Los Angeles
Carl
Eugenia) Sass
Whittier
Otto
Jessie) Stoker
Visala
Ann Welch
McGregor
Jessie Adams
Martin
McCoy Camp to Host Eight More Generals This Week
Camp McCoy Wisconsin prepares for a surge of generals with eight additional leaders joining the six already on post. Visiting this ANAC DuTra week are top U.S. Army commanders including Lt. Gen. Charles G. Dodge and Maj. Gen. Joseph Bastion Jr., among others, observing training.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
L. D. Burkhalter
103Rd Command
Norbert J. Hennen
Daniel J. Manning
322Nd
George S. Purple
John L. Boros
425Th Transportation Command
A. F. Brandstatter
300Th Military Police
Prisoner of War Command
Charles G. Dodge
5Th U.S. Army
Joseph E. Bastion, Jr
John R. Pugh
U.S. Army Corps
C. E. Hurlburt
Conarc
Kermit L. Davis
XVI U.S. Army Corps
Frank P. Williams
34Th Infantry Division
Junior F. Miller
Iowa
Congress Favors Forcing Russia To Pay U N Dues
Congress voices strong support to compel Russia and other nations to settle two year arrears in U N peace keeping assessments. Senate leader Dirksen notes fatigue with delay while Goldberg and officials discuss Article 19 and potential no vote scenarios. Russia faces about 60 million in arrears. France roughly 16 million with smaller sums for others.
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Congress
Russia
U.N
Jack Bell
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Arl
United Nations
Dirksen
United States
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
France
Congressional
U.S
Soviet Union
Goldberg
General Assembly
Committee of 33
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Conservation Bill Signed By Knowles
MADISON AP Gov War ren P Knowles signed into law a bill authorizing the Conservation Department to issue warrants for violations of navigable water rules. He also signed a measure banning garbage disposal in periodically flooded areas and a third law allowing a judge to determine a child’s county of legal residence for institutional care cost recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Conservation Department
Slack, Viroqua Jazz Pianist, Found Dead
Frederick Slack a Viroqua native and renowned jazz pianist and arranger was found dead in his Hollywood apartment by his landlady. He was 55 and his career included boogie woogie hits and work with Jimmy Dorsey Ben Pollack and the Will Bradley Ray McKinley ensemble. Born in 1910 he grew up in Viroqua where he showed early musical talent and helped shape the local band scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Frederick
Freddie) Slack
Slack
Jimmy Dorsey
Ben Pollack
Will Bradley
Ray McKinley
States study poll tax suits amid voting rights drive
Texas Virginia and Alabama officials study suits to abolish the poll tax while federal examiners begin registering Negroes under the 1965 act. The Justice Department pushes rapid court action as Texas and Virginia weigh responses and Alabama reports a $1.50 annual tax.
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Associated Press
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
Johnson
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Justice Department
Louisiana
Mississippi
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Austin
Tex
Federal District Court
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Carr
John B. Connally
U.S
Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Department
Congress
Hale
Marengo
Dallas
Lowndes
Parish
East Carroll
East Feliciana
Plaquemines
le Flore
Madison
Georgia
Americus
Sumter County
Metal Model of Moon Probe Craft Launched
Atlas-Centaur rocket carries a 2,150 pound metal model of the Surveyor toward a lunar flight path in a rehearsal for late year moon landings. The test aims to validate guidance and second stage performance and track temperatures vibrations and noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Flight Control Center
Earth
Space Agency
Lunar
Moon
Johnson signs bill to convert salt water to fresh water
President Johnson signs a measure to desalinate water with a six month report from Edmond Lebreton and outlines a broad plan. The action includes $1.05 million for reservoir expansion, a new $11 million drought program covering northeast cities, and a $4 million water resources survey from Virginia to Maine.
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LBJ
Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Johnson
East
Bexler
Virginia
Maine
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Wisconsin
McCoy
U.N. General Assembly
Knowles
Two Rivers
Freddie
Cavalleria Rusticana
Freddie Slack
Louis Searson
Canton
Miss
Greenwood
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Richmond Flowers
Cuba City
Keith Harris
Dale ‘Harris
Meservoir
Stewart Udall
New York
Philadelphia
Newark
Camden
Jersey City
Udell
Interior Department
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
White House
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