Soldier Farmer Helps Rural Vietnam Delta Thrive
Capt. Frank Smith and four 9th Infantry veterans run a two acre civic ranch near Dong Tam. The site includes a farm, school, sewing room, and dispensary drawing patients from Saigon and beyond while villagers learn farming and livestock skills. The Viet Cong have placed a price on Smith’s head.
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B52s Rain 1500 Tons on A Shau Valley in Major Air Strikes
U S air power pounds the A Shau Valley near Hue with more than 1500 tons dropped in 24 hours. About 60 B52s from bases in Thailand and Guam hit truck parks storage areas and troop hubs as North Vietnamese forces may be regrouping for another Hue attack. Ground fighting continues in the Mekong Delta with 78 Viet Cong killed in a daylong battle as four Americans die and 15 are wounded.
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Johnson and Park Seek Peace Path to Korea and Vietnam
President Johnson met with South Korea's Park Hee-ley at Kaiser estate to discuss Vietnam peace talks and Korean security. They endorsed bombing curtailment and urged serious diplomacy while stressing allied resolve and mutual backing for a negotiated settlement.
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Navy finds universe likely closed and doomed to fireball
Navy researchers announce evidence from an Aerobee rocket flight that the universe is a curved closed system destined to collapse in about 10 billion years. Dr. Richard C. Henry said the findings show enough matter to produce the necessary curvature for a closed universe and eventual inward collapse.
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Pentagon Hall of Heroes Honors Medal of Honor Winners
The Pentagon will open a 36 000 Hall of Heroes to honor Medal of Honor recipients with a May 14 dedication. A 50 by 18 feet exhibit will display 3 200 plaques listing winners from Civil War to Vietnam. Telephones offer two minute recordings about the exhibit. The hall includes 2 215 Army 731 Navy 245 Marines 46 Air Force and 1 Coast Guard recipients. Mary Walker was among 911 stripped awards in 1917.
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Southwest Ohio Weather Forecast Now Includes Showers
The Southwest Ohio Miami Valley forecast calls for scattered showers or thundershowers this afternoon or tonight with a low around 50. Friday brings clouds and a chance of showers then sun in the afternoon. yesterday's high was 60 and low 52 with 1.5 inches of rainfall.
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North Viet Nam demands peace talks site and end to bombing
In Hanoi driven by Nhan Dan the North Vietnamese press urged the United States to agree immediately to Phnom Penh or Warsaw as the site for preliminary peace talks and to halt all bombing of North Vietnam. The paper denounced U S claims of willingness and blamed Johnson for delays while noting Hanoi had agreed to talks despite limited bombing.
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Papandreou defies house arrest to urge world isolation of Greece
Former Prime Minister George Papandreou defied house arrest in Athens to issue a call for international political and economic isolation of Greece's military dictatorship. He accused the regime of ending press freedom and claimed the coup aimed to block his party's electoral victory in 1967.
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Dying Trade: England Faces Thatching Shortage
In England only about 600 thatchers remain as farming changes reduce long straw and wheat reed supplies. Norfolk reed is replacing traditional materials with roofs lasting up to 60 years and offering good insulation, though at a cost about 1259 dollars for a thatched cottage roof.
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