Rangers hold Dong Xoai against Viet Cong assault
Vietnamese Ranger Battalion 52 with two American advisers fought off an estimated 1,500 Viet Cong around Dong Xoai 60 miles north of Saigon. Helicopter lifts, air strikes, napalm, and near-constant artillery aided a stubborn defense as the post changed hands, civilians fled, and refugees poured from jungle after heavy combat and casualties.
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Faas Dong Xoai
South Viet Nam
52Nd Vietnamese
Saigon
Helcopter
U.S. Tell
J.g
Frank Peterlin
Oglesby
Dong Xuai
Dong Xoai
Viet Cong
Ranger
U.S
Etl
Mesmeadarree
Free Model Wisp Ear Cordless Hearing Aid Trial
Elmsford New York special report describes Sonotone Corporation’s tiny Wisp Ear cordless hearing aid designed to be worn entirely in the ear. A limited number of plastic replicas are offered free for private examination with no cost or obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmsford
N.Y
Sontone Corporation
House of Hearing Songtone of Lubbock
Louise Bills of 18 Broadway Lubbock seeks a free replica of a Smallest Sonotone hearing aid after 18 years of use. The ad notes mer and fame and offers PO-34 Lavation for over 18 years.
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House OF Hearing Songtone
Lubbock
Louise Bills
Mer
Broadway
Fame
Fire kills two as hero cop saves a dozen at Victoria Hotel
In Plainfield New Jersey a pre-dawn blaze gutted the 90 year old Victoria Hotel killing two residents and possibly a third. Patrolman Robert Miller crawled through flames to rescue twelve occupants before collapsing with his clothes aflame. Michael Petti age 45 was found dead in a bathtub with his brother Marceline Petti at the scene. One other victim identified only as Merrola remained missing. The fire’s cause was not determined and neighbors reported blown fuses in the structure.
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Victoria Hotel
Michael Petti
Marceline Petii
Merrola
Robert Miller
Boy Can Play Ball Again
Terry Nalley six years old born without a left wrist and hand got a special wire and felt artificial hand that fits a baseball glove. After a mislaid hand and glove were found by mail the child tried on the new limb and headed to the diamond smiling and ready to play.
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Clathe
Kan
Terry Nalley
Terry
Kansas City
Neal Nalley
Civil Service
Olathe Naval Air Station
Post Office
Kanaas City
Kansas City Star
Baseball Diamond
Air India flight passengers warned after smallpox suspicion
All 39 passengers aboard an Air India flight from New Delhi via Moscow to London were urged to seek immediate medical advice after a boy on the plane was suspected of having smallpox. The boy was isolated in Leeds.
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London
Air India
New Delhi
Moscow
Ministry of Health
Leeds
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vHeny Deta
Helicop
Horst Faas
War
Viet Nam
Jouie Bilis
Plainfield, N.J
UPD
The
Victoria
Schwinn
Bert Bernstein
Culver Hill
Lubbock, Inc
Merchants Group
Frank Junell
Franklin Grant
Gordon Anderson
Lennis Baker
John Halsey
Junell
Reuben Lambert
John Mallory
Roger Powers
Lubbuck Avalanche-Journal
Joreins
Lubbock Avelanche-journal
Sth
Aenue J. Lubbock
Texas
Sun
Mars
Lakbock
Tex
Womble Olds
19Th St
Carl F. Page
M.D
Association of
John W. Ellis Jr
34Th St
Dr. Page
Lubbock, Texas
Dr. Ellis
Ave
DAN Norman Bicycle Shop
South Street
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