Battle for Binh Gia Reveals Devastating Viet Cong Victory
Government troops suffered a disastrous defeat at Binh Gia as Viet Cong overran the town, with heavy American and Vietnamese casualties. Helicopters evacuated dead and wounded while Marines and Rangers recovered bodies, marking one of the war’s largest recent battles and raising U.S. casualty totals.
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Binh Gia
Henri Hart
South Viet Nam
UPI
Saigon
Atte
U.S
San Jor
Calif
Roy G. Axbill
Hayward
Franklin D. Porter
Columbiana
Ohio
Theodore A. Winawiteh
Pittsburgh
No Crisis Motif Persists in Saigon Power Struggle
UPI reports in Saigon that Vietnames leaders show little interest in restoring the High National Council as the United States presses for a Lee day plan. Premier Tran Van Huong appears unconcerned, viewing the issue as a feud between Taylor and General Nguyen Khanh, not a national crisis.
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Saigon
UPI
United States
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. Alexis Johnson
Tran van Huong
Huong
High National Council
Iti
Thermy
Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Phan Khac Sun
Hish Naional Council
King Calls Campaign to Win Negro Voting Rights in Alabama
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr urged a statewide drive to register Black voters in Alabama and warned of a march on ballot boxes if the campaign fails. He spoke at Brown Chapel A.M.E. church and said protestors must be prepared to go to jail. He linked voting rights to justice and criticized segregationist barriers at universities.
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Rex Thomas Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
King
State House
Congress
United decision urged for South Viet Nam action talks
Senator Dirksen called for early White House talks with Johnson and leaders from both parties to forge a united decision on whether to fight or withdraw from South Viet Nam. He warned the United States' standing in the Orient would fall and China could gain in Asia if no consensus is reached. He urged a conference table with military and intelligence authorities to lay out the facts. Intervening pastor named interim at First Baptist Church Seagraves.
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UPI
Congress
Everett
M. Dirksen
Dent Johnson
Johnson
White House
UPL
United States
Orient
China
Aenasianelle
Dirksen
Terim
Seagraves
A. C. Hardin
First Baptist Church
Cisco
Hardin
Post
Tahoka
Sundown
Lamesa
First
Baptist Church
Denver City
Bovit
Monohans
Bradley details Monty fear during Normandy trap failure
Gen. Omar N. Bradley recalls Bernard Montgomery as “so darned scared” for not closing the Falaise Gap in 1944. The remark reopened a long debate on responsibility for German escapes, with Bradley recounting planning and the Aug. 21 closure and noting Eisenhower’s push.
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Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tve
Monty
Bradley
Europe
Normandy
Watch Company
Falaise Gap
U.S. Military Academy
The
7Th Army
Montgomery
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Industrial Tours Planned In City
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce subcommittee of the Industrial Development Committee schedules a 10 a.m. tour Tuesday at Hancock Manufacturing Co on Phunview Highway. About 25 people will visit facilities of the earthmoving equipment maker. Rob Brummal chairs the subcommittee and says the tours raise chamber awareness of local manufacturers and strengthen ties with industry.
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Lubbock
Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Brummal
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