Carpenter Earns Silver Star For Viet Nam Heroics
In five days of brutal combat near Kontum South Viet Nam Captain William C Carpenter of the 101st Airborne earns the Silver Star for saving his unit by calling a napalm strike on their position The action came as Gen Westmoreland praised the Screaming Eagles and Carpenter's wife Toni expressed pride from Central Valley New York.
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U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Westmoreland
101St
Viet Nam
Carpenter
Iron
Walter J. Sabalauski
Palm Bay
Fla
Kontum
Toni Carpenter
Central Valley, N.Y
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Bill Carpenter
Army
Lonesome End
Dak
Fire kills two women in Muskegon apartments
A cigarette reportedly started a $100000 blaze in a small business complex near downtown Muskegon. Two women died in their apartments as flames swept the area.
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Muskegon
US Pilot Knocks Out MIG in Haiphong Hanoi Battle
In a clash northwest of Haiphong and northeast of Hanoi, Cmdr. Hal L. Marr of Roseburg Oregon destroyed the 13th MIG using a heat seeking Sidewinder after engaging four F8 Crusaders against four MIGs. Marr damaged the enemy wing as ammo ran out and returned to base. Separate aerial losses occurred as a B57 Canberra and an F4C Phantom were shot down or missing near Dong Hoi and Mu Gia Pass, with 25 North Vietnamese casualties reported by 101st Airborne units in the central highlands.
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Hal L. Marr
Roseburg
Ore
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Dong Hoi
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Viet Nam
USS
101St Airborne Division
Five Die in Flaming Four Car Crash Near Berrien Springs
Five people died and five were injured in a fiery four car crash on U.S. 31 near Berrien Springs Saturday night. The fatal victims include John LaRue Jr 25 and his wife Grace 26 their son Ronald Herron 6 Alfred Selmon 18 of Fireford West Virginia and Joy Kiczenski 14 of Niles. A seventeen year old passenger Mark Gillette of Niles controlled the initiating vehicle and three others were hurt.
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Berrien Springs
U.S. 31
Berrien County
Mark Gillette
Niles
Gillette
John LaRue Jr
LaRue
Grace
Ronald Herron
Alfred F. Selmon
Fireford
W. Va
Joy Kiczenski
Donald Kimbell
Big Bend
Susan Halle
Painting Hospital
South Bend
Memorial Hospital
Ind
Christine Stafford
Gerald Vandergriff
Miss Stafford
Vandergriff
Secretary Tries to Spell Quit After Criticism
A lighthearted joke item shows a secretary telling the office manager she has taken all criticism of her work and asking how to spell quit. The punchline hinges on the manager’s reaction to the confession.
Rioting erupts in North Side Puerto Rican neighborhood
Violent clashes erupted after a police shooting in a largely Puerto Rican area of Chicago. More than 1,000 rioters attacked police, overturned and damaged squad cars, looted shops, and sparked fires. At least two dozen injured and over 30 jailed by midnight as crowds faced police and civil authorities.
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Chicago
North Side
Thomas Munyon
At Least 100 Killed In Bombay Train Crash
AP reports a Bombay suburb collision left at least 100 dead and 120 injured as two suburban trains packed with commuters rammed during the 7 am rush hour. Five hours in, 52 bodies counted and 106 injured. Rail service disrupted citywide.
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India
Matunga Station
Victoria Station
Sweden Refuses U S Request for Arms Viet Nam Policy
Stockholm sources say Sweden has rejected U S requests to buy arms and ammunition for Viet Nam. Officials deny an official embargo, noting Sweden forbids arms sales to nations involved in conflicts. Pentagon says it does not purchase arms from Sweden. An embargo reportedly targets Communist and Arab nations and other listed states.
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Sweden
United States
Viet Nam
Harvard
John Galbraith
U.S
India
Providence
R. L
Washington
Gunnar Lange
Pentagon
Israel
Spain
Portugal
South Africa
Cooler Wet Weather Forecast For the Area
A cooler spell is ahead with cloudy skies and likely showers this afternoon and tonight. Lows will dip to the 50s, Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and a high in the upper 60s, and Wednesday looks far partly cloudy and cool. Local temperatures: 58 to 68 degrees in the past 24 hours. Colvin's Accutron owners enjoy near perfect time.
Negroes Resume Mississippi Push
Teams of Negroes fan out from the Meredith march to register Negro workers in cotton fields near Enid and Grenada Mississippi. Dr Martin Luther King Jr rejoined briefly in a push toward Jackson by June 26 with a crowd that may rival last year’s Selma Montgomery march. Armstead Phipps died on the march and King attended his funeral in Marks, as civil rights groups held supportive events for the Meredith march anniversary and Medgar Evers death commemoration.
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Enid, Miss
Charles Horwitz
Mississippi Freedom’ Democratic Party
U.S. 51
Grenada
Enid
Oakland
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackson
Alabama
Selma
Montgomery
King
Marks
Armstead Phipps
Meredith
Medgar W. Evers
Michigan Emerges as Leading Site for 350 Million Smasher
AN ARBOR AP Michigan officials cite solid foundation for a one mile diameter accelerator ring and underground water for cooling at Northfield Township. Gov Romney and UM officials host four Atomic Energy Commission reps as several states compete. final site decision for the two billion electron volt accelerator expected in weeks.
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University of Michigan
Jeffrey Norman
Norman
Northfield Township
George Romney
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Wisconsin
California
Illinois
New York
AEC
James Ramey
VanderJagt Is Candidate For U S Congress
Lansing Senator Guy VanderJagt of Cadillac filed today as a candidate for U S Congress from the ninth district. He submitted 2999 signatures across 11 counties including Benzie Grand Traverse Lake Leelanau Manistee Mason Muskegon Newaygo Oceana Ottawa and Wexford.
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Lansing
Guy Vander Jagt
Cadillac
Congress
Vander Jagt
Benzie
Grand Traverse
Lake
Leelanau
Manistee
Mason
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oceana
Ottawa
Wexford
Forest blaze near Santa Barbara draws 1500 firefighters
About 1,500 fire fighters battled a 20,000 acre brush and pine fire in Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara threatening condor habitat. Wind from the east complicated efforts as Indian crews joined Californians, air tankers and helicopters were deployed, and a weekend plane crash killed two airmen at Vandenberg.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Los Padres National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Ray Dalton
Arizona
New Mexico
Inferno
Forest Service
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Two Custer Men Arrested in Scottville Car Theft Case
Two Custer men were arrested after a car stolen from Ludington was found in Scottville early Sunday. Jacob Micko, 29, was charged with driving while intoxicated. Jerome Fitch, 29, faced drunken and disorderly charges. Micko ordered to pay 118 dollars and clear jail, Fitch 21.20 or 15 days. Ludington police plan to charge Fitch with unlawfully driving away an automobile.
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Custer
Scottville
Ludington
Lorna Moran
S. James St
East Foster Street
Jacob Micko
Moran
Jerome Fitch
Fitch
Boy Drowns After Dock Jump Marine City
Twelve year old Howard Smith of Marine City drowned Saturday when he jumped from a dock. His body was recovered.
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Marine City
Howard Smith
Humphrey Urges Youth to Challenge the Compact Majority
Vice President Hubert Humphrey spoke at Michigan State University commencement before nearly 30,000 including 3,487 graduates. He urged graduates to speak out and oppose the compact majority, praising servicemen as peacemakers and noting the pickets outside Spartan Stadium chanting End the war in Viet Nam.
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East Lansing
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Michigan State University
Henrik Ibsen
Viet Nam
Spartan Stadium
Rain and Wind Hit Middle West Regions
A severe thunderstorm watch covered eastern Kansas and west central Missouri as Alma torn from a tropical storm spilled rain up the coast to New England. From the Great Lakes fringe to the Southern Plains wet weather and gusty winds prevailed while Kansas City reported five inches of rain flooding the Little Blue and Blue rivers and forcing evacuations.
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Missouri
Alma
New England
Great Lakes
Plains
Kansas City
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