Vann Remembered as Key U.S. Vietnam Mission Advocate
Walter's note recalls John Paul Vann as the longest serving American in Vietnam with unwavering faith in the mission. He led from the field, often atop helicopters, aiding Vietnamese troops at Kontum and Pleiku, and died when his helicopter crashed in flames.
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Kontum
Vann
Vietnam
South Vietnam
America
Indochina
West Point
Ap Bac
Armored Corps
Ly Tong Ba
Mekong Delta
Fties
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
U.S
John Paul Vann
Pleiku
Saigon
Norfolk
Four Killed as Belfast Violence Escalates This Weekend
At least four people were killed amid Belfast clashes as marchers confronted police and Protestant crowds. The weekend saw widespread barricades and street blockades using commandeered vehicles, with injuries to a policeman and gunfire in Donaghcloney. Police cited illegal marches for earlier action.
Circus Train Life and the Social Hub Car
The circus train contains tunnel cars for wagons and props livestock and flat cars. The social hub pie car seats 530 and serves three meals daily with rooms decorated by each group on tour. A cooperative tournament runs from the tour start to the final show of the season.
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Aany
M x
Kadafi says Libya Sends Arms and Volunteers to IRA
Libyan leader Muammar Kadafi claimed Libya would send arms money and volunteers to assist the Irish Republican Army against British forces in Northern Ireland. He accused Britain and the United States of various acts and vowed wider Arab action by year’s end. Ambassador walkouts followed his remarks and no evidence was offered to confirm the IRA arms claim.
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Belfast
Donaghcloney
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Beirut
Lebanon
Libya
Muammar Kadafi
United States
Britain
U.S
Tripoli
Egypt
Middle East
Peter Tripp
Kadafi
Palestine
Iran
Persian Gulf
Joseph ‘Palmer
News ‘Agency
Philippines
Wheelus Air Force Base
Foreign Office
London
Turtle protection program targets dwindling greens off Florida coast
Biologist Witham notes green turtles are heavily hunted for meat and eggs. Researchers plan to rear hatchlings to year old release to boost breeding numbers. Nesting beaches near Stuart see 70 to 150 eggs per nest but predation by birds raccoons and erosion from inlets and jetties reduce survival. Florida law now protects nests and Marine Patrol has issued over 100 fines for poaching eggs.
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Witham
Stuart
Jacksonville
Florida
Youth Scales Wall In Berlin
A 15 year old boy climbed the Berlin Wall and reached the American sector before being spotted. West Berlin police said the act occurred Saturday amid the new status accord from the Big Four powers granting West Berliners 40 annual visits to the East, without granting East Germans cross access except for urgent family matters.
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Berlin
UPD
West Berlin
Rural population of Japan falls 1.34 million in five years
A Home Affairs Ministry white paper reports Japan’s rural population declined by 1.34 million people, or 13.1 percent, from 1965 to 1970. It notes the drop continues, tracing the trend to postwar urban migration in search of better jobs.
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Tokyo
Japan
Home Affairs Ministry
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Lubbock
Avalanche
Walter
Faas
Vann Vann
Vienna
William C. Westmoreland
Varn
Douglas Ramsey
Olfce
Youth Scales
Wall
Wilkins
Lester Rumphrey
OM Ladies’ Culottes
Linke
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