U.S. Air Strikes Near Hue After Ripcord Loss
Reports say B52 bombers attacked positions west of Veghel and near the A Shau valley as the 101st Airborne abandoned Ripcord after a 23 day siege with 61 Americans killed and 345 wounded. A Phantom jet was reported missing with two crewmen. In Laos and Cambodia areas, multiple battle reports noted casualties on both sides and ongoing insurgent activity.
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Military Command
101St Airborne Division
Veghel
Soh Vietnam
Pytnetid
Hue
Ripcord
Det
Genehe
Jung
Hig
Th ‘Base
A Shau
Mechel
A’sha Tl
U.s.command
Java
Laos
Ameri
South Vietnam
Rickover warns Soviets may deploy history's largest war
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover testifies before Congress that the Soviet Union could trigger history's largest war tomorrow and that the outcome may not favor the United States. He says Moscow already leads in nuclear submarines and could surpass U.S. totals by year end, urging sustained defense funding and cautioning against unilateral disarmament.
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Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
Soviet Union
Rickover
Congress
America
House
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Senate
Soviet ‘Union
LeMaistre Named Chancellor-Elect for Texas University System
Dr Charles A LeMaistre 46 was chosen as chancellor-elect of the Texas University System and will assume the role January 1 He has led health affairs for the system and previously served as associate dean at the Dallas Medical School He is described as calm and diplomatic yet capable of hard line action in his career in academia and administration
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WNL
Odessa
McCamey
Odessa’ Medical Center
McCamey Hospital
Upton County
Rankin
Medical Center Hospital
Associated ‘Press
Austin
Pregents
University of Administrator
Texas
Charles A. LeMaistre
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Mexico City
Cuph
LeMaistre
Southwestern
Dallas
Domini
Mexico
Binong
le Maistre
Sun
Sete
Santo Dolman
U.S
Lel Jong
Texas Party Roswell Plane Search Pushed
The New Mexico Civil Air Patrol pressed a search for a missing twin engine plane flying from Del Rio Texas to Ruidoso. Pilot Jerry Gates of Del Rio and passenger Mrs Betty Geyer were identified with her husband Robert aiding in the search. The last contact was Friday morning when weather information was requested from Roswell FAA.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Civil Air Patrol
del Rio
Tex
Ruidoso
John Scoggins
CAP
Jerry Gates
Storm area in Vic Center housing tight as May tornado toll rises
Residents report 58 properties in the Vic Center area affected by the May 11 tornadoes. Of 33 affected homes, 27 removed or uninhabitable, three vacant, two rented, one for sale. About 29 homeowners plan to stay. Interviews show 27 respondents: 18 support the bond issue, five oppose, four undecided. One resident, Thomas A. Niblack of 1628 9th St, backs the plan.
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Yearold Thomas A. Niblack
Lubbock
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