Corregidor reconquest recalled on 20th anniversary
AP veteran James M. Hutcheson recalls the 1945 parachute and landing craft descent that retook Corregidor. Gen. MacArthur announced victory days later as U S forces faced heavy combat and Japanese cave defenses on Malinta Hill.
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James M. Hutcheson
Associated Press
Corregidor
Walla Walla
Walla Walla, Wash
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Tokyo
Wainwright
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Jonathan Wainwright
Malinta Hill
William C. Chase
Bataan
503Rd Parachute Regiment
Navy
24Th Division
Malinta
Midisland
Iwo Jima
Philippines
Air War in Vietnam Marks Shift to Gulf-Style Tactics
The United States has begun air raids on North Vietnam as a strategic shift to counter Viet Cong ground strength. Officials acknowledge limited hope of protecting bases and warn a full escalation could draw in China, with the plan aiming to pressure Hanoi to curb Viet Cong operations. Major installations rely on Vietnamese depth defenses, while large American ground troops are not yet committed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Pleiku
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
China
Washington
South
John L. Throckmorton
Thomas B. Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Bien Hao
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Mao Tzi-tung
Where's Ipanema The neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
AP reports Ipanema is a beach section of Rio de Janeiro Brazil known from the song The Girl from Ipanema. The reference marks the famous district associated with music and coastal life in Brazil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Ipanema
Perry Man Sues Quarry Over Rock Damage in Shawnee
Howard H. Williams of Perry files a $6,050 damages suit in Shawnee County District Court against N. R. Hamm Quarry Inc. He claims frequent explosions from nearby quarrying pepper his land with rock slabs and boulders. He seeks 150 for fence damage 850 for land cleanup 50 for lost livestock sales and 5,000 in punitive damages.
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A. Perry
Shawnee County
Howard H. Williams
N. R. Hamm Quarry Inc
Perry
Williams
Hair Clipper Sales Soar At Atlanta Department Store
The nations section buyer says hair clipper sales jumped 500 percent in two years due to higher barbershop prices. A store executive’s wife trims her four sons and sometimes cuts her husband’s hair as well.
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Atlanta
American scene spans carwash strike jail church and Utah liquor debate
Across Los Angeles a Communist led AMWU protests carwash owners who refuse union contact. In Mansfield a prisoner builds a paper church from cigarette wrappers. In Utah a bill to sell miniature liquor bottles faces church opposition and business support as lawmakers seek modern controls.
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Los Angeles
Utah
Arizona
Mike Laski
UCLA
AMWU
Laski
U.S. Communist Party
Mansfield
Ohio
Robert Jones Jr
Jones
Mt. Hermon
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon Church
Manhattan Prof to Talk on Human Color Vision
Dr. Harry Helson a psychology professor from Kansas State University will address Sigma Xi at Kansas University. The meeting is in Summerfield Hall room 411 and will cover Human Color Vision with both old and new phenomena examined.
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Harry Helson
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Sigsma Xi
Kansas University
Summerfield Hall
Helson
341st Eiffel Tower suicide claimed by French tragedy
A 38-year-old father of four leaped from a beam near the first floor stairway, becoming the 341st self-inflicted death on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The incident adds to the tower's long history of suicide attempts and raises questions about safety measures for visitors.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
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