Viet Cong Bombards Saigon as Westmoreland Returns
Saigon endured its heaviest five week bombardment with 16 rockets killing 25 civilians and wounding 43 as 100-pound rockets hit central districts. U.S. forces reported heavy clashes along the DMZ and in Cholon with multiple casualties, while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses mounted in three days of fighting.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
U.S. Navy
South Korea
Vietnam
Westmoreland’s
Cholon
Gia Dinh
U.S
Con Thien
Dmz
Rescue of Navy Lieutenant Ends 39-Hour Vietnam Mission
A three day rescue in North Vietnam saved Lt. Kenney D. Fields of Jacksonville Florida after his A7 Corsair was hit and he parachuted into a heavily defended area. Jets Skyraiders and Jolly Green Giant helicopters combed hostile terrain as Fields moved to a safe extraction and was hoisted out by a recovery chopper.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Eisey
Air Force
No Vietnam
Navy
Kenny D. Fields
South Vietnam
George McArthur
Associated Press
DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Kenney D. Fields
Jacksonville
Fla
Fields
Ma Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
17Th Parallel
America
William P
Chicago
Ill
Dale Oderman
Springfield
Ore
Maj
Lewis Yuhas
Leroi
Churches Back Poor People's Campaign With Donations Aid
The Poor People's Campaign led by SCLC draws strongest church support including white and Black congregations. Donations meet expenses unevenly as estimates place the encampment costs around 84,000 dollars with 2,200 on site and 2,000 relocated to churches due to mud and cold.
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Jack Miller
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
Resurrection City
Ralph David Abernathy
SCLC
Atlanta
Abernathy
Andrew Young
Lincoln Memorial
Humboldt National Forest Acreage in Nevada Noted
The Humboldt National Forest in northeast Nevada spans 2,512,250 acres, highlighting its vast expanse and regional outdoor resources.
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Humboldt National Forest
Nevada
Dimes Hidden in West Avenue Firm Platform Recovered
FBI and Suffolk County recovered more than 304000 in newly minted dimes hidden in a false-bottom platform at West Avenue Iswear Corp in Patchogue after a $500000 shipment hijack from a Railway Express truck on May 29. Charles Curiale of Brookhaven was arrested on possession of stolen interstate goods and faces up to 10 years in prison and a $5000 fine if convicted.
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Patchogue
N.Y
Railway Express Agency
FBI
Suffolk County
Olice
West Avenue
Iswear Corp
Long Island
New Yorkity
Charles Curiale
Curiale
U.S
Hudson Bay Co Rebuilds Nonsuch Ship in Devon Yard
In a small Devon river yard workmen rebuild the Nonsuch to mark Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary. The 53 foot replica uses 17th century techniques with handsewn flax sails and trenails in oak planks. The ship will be completed this autumn and sail to the Thames aboard a freighter.
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Appledore
England
Devon
America
Northwest Passage
Hudson’s Bay Company
Portsmouth
Wintars
South Sea
Nonsuch
Zaacharigh Gillam
Lord Amory
Canada
Torridge
Thames
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Lila
Vie
Blondie
Archie
MR. Andrews
Steve Canyon
Fred
Steve
Col. Canyon
Daddy Warbucks
Buz Sawyer
Chum
Gogo
MR. Abernathy
Snuffy Snif
Julie Jones
Beetle Bailey
Fuzz
Sam
Rev. Young
Individa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hudson Bay Co
Olg
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