Hell’s Half Acre Given Name After Bloody Fights
In Vietnam near Cu Chi the Wolfhounds of the 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry face Viet Cong snipers. Heavy fire wounds and kills several, with a medic slain while aiding a wounded sergeant. Pfc Walter Schroll recalls the chaos as they retreat under crossfire at an abandoned trench.
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Hell's Half Acre
CU Chi
Viet Nam
Hell’s
27Th Infantry
2Th Division
Walter Schroll
Jersey City
N.J
U.S
25Th Division
Hell’s Half Acre
John T. Wheeler
Saigon
Detroit GA crossing guards switch to men as women scarce
The Detroit Police Department is recruiting men for school crossing guard posts due to a shortage of women applicants. Simultaneously the Detroit Street Railways is accepting women applicants for bus driver positions because it cannot find enough male applicants.
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Detroit
Detroit Police Department
Detroit Street Railways
Pennsylvania Avenue Designated National Historic Site
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington was recently designated a National Historic Site. The recognition highlights the avenue as a landmark of national significance.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Percy Resigns Bell and Howell Post to Run for Senate
Charles H. Percy resigns from Bell and Howell after 26 years to pursue the Republican nomination for U S senator from Illinois. He will not seek re election as director or chairman. Percy joined the company as a student at the University of Chicago and became a director in 1942. He previously ran for governor in 1964 and aims to challenge Democratic Sen Paul Douglas in November.
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Charles H. Percy
Bell & Howell Co
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Can
UIS
Illinois
Peter G. Peterson
Bell & Howell Board
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University of Chicago
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