Peace Talks Start. Peck's Men Press On In Mekong Delta
Capt Mike Peck leads 100 Americans through mucky paddy fields along the Bao Ba River in the Mekong Delta searching for guerrillas. Despite Paris peace talks starting, soldiers endure heat, thirst, and hard forced marches as they remain focused on the conflict.
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Vietnam
Paris
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Mekong
Bao Ba
Peck
Milford
Ohio
Miss La Crosse Finishes 3rd In Greek Pageant
Marilyn Kay Brahmsteadt Miss La Crosse Miss Okto berfest placed second runner-up in the Rose of Sigma Tau contest. She is a La Crosse State sophomore and daughter of Frederick H Brahmsteadt Wisconsin Rapids, nominated by Beta Kappa chapter. Georgia Miller of Oshkosh State University won Miss Oshkosh and was first runner-up in Miss Wisconsin.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Valentino’s funeral drew vast crowds in 1926 era tribute
Rudolph Valentino, the popular screen idol, inspired an immense funeral procession in 1926. His birth name is listed as Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi Di Valentina d Anton guolla.
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Rudolph Valentino
Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina
d’Antonguolla
Drug trial challenges thalidomide link in Germany
In Alsdorf near Aachen seven Chemie Gruenenthal officials and scientists defend against negligence and bodily injury charges. They argue no casual link between thalidomide and malformed babies or adult nervous disorders can be established with current medical knowledge. The firm sold thalidomide from 1957 to 1961.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Erich Schmidt-Leichner
Aachen
Chemie Gruenenthal
Spirits Sag At Soggy Poor Camp In Washington
Residents of Resurrection City endured rain and mud as health concerns rose. Demonstrations continued with Abernathy planning a meeting with a House Senate committee, while Jesse Jackson’s group pressed for welfare funding outside Wilbur Mills' apartment.
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Resurrection City
Ralph David Abernathy
Poor People’s Campaign
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Jesse Jackson
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House Ways and Means Committee
George Wiley
Welfare Rights Organization
Mills
Resurrection ‘City
Lincoln Memorial
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