Vietnam War Attacks Kill Dozens in South Vietnam
North Vietnamese barrages hit two Leatherneck bases in northern South Vietnam and Can Tho hospital area killing 37 civilians and wounding 203. Attacks near Hoi An, Da Nang and Ban Me Thuot cause multiple fatalities, injuries and helicopter damage amid election fears.
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South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Dmz
North
da Nang
Leatherneck
Dong He
Dong Ha
Robert D. Ohman
Can Tho
Saigon
Hoi An
Centr Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Pleiku
Eight sky divers drown as Lake Erie jump goes wrong
Eight veteran parachutists leaped into overcast, 58 mph winds above Lake Erie. Two survived, 14 remained missing as Coast Guard and military teams hunted through the night. Two bodies recovered, including Patricia Lownsbury, wife of a diver. Many lacked flotation gear and one jumper, Michael Thiem, had warned he disliked the jump.
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Huron, Ohio
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Air Force
Navy
Army
Paul Potter
Ohio
Robert Karns
Vermlion
Ohio Highway
Patricia C. Lownsbury
Akron
Alvin
Lawnsbury
Dorsie Kitchen Jr
Michael Thiem
Springfield
Robert Coy
Coy
New Drugs From The Sea Hinted By Scientist In Rhode Island
Prof. Ara Der Marderosian of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy spoke at the University of Rhode Island on drugs from the sea. He cited tetraodotoxin from puffer fish used in Japan and saxitoxin from shellfish as potential anesthetic and analgesic aids, with research at Narragansett limited to animals.
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Ara der Marderosian
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
University of Rhode Island
Pacific
University of Rhode Isiana
College of Pharmacy
Athletes Anonymous Emerges With Shoe Hiding Tactic
A new group named Athletes Anonymous offers help for runners and hikers. When a member feels the urge to hike too long, they call a contact who arrives to hide the shoes, preventing further pursuit of the trail.
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Athletes Anonymous
Vets Protest Burial Plan For Rockwell At National Cemetery
A veterans group protested the American Nazi party plan to bury George Lincoln Rockwell with full military honors in a Culpepper Virginia national cemetery. Police recovered the alleged murder weapon and Patler faces murder charges while Rockwell’s burial dispute centers on honorary standards and family wishes.
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Arlington, Va
American Nazi Party
George Lincoln Rockwell
National Cemetery
Defense Department
Rockwell
Culpepper
Washington
John C. Patter
Arlington County
Patler
Fuehrer
Party
Patter
Robert Miller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virginia
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
George “Doc” Rockwell
24 Hours Underground Shelter Test Under Civil Defense Study
Dr. John Hammes of the University of Georgia oversees a 24 hour shelter drill conducted for the federal CD program. One thousand volunteers aged six months to 80 years, white and Negro, tested shelter use and handbook training while observers watched from a one way mirror.
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John A. Hammes
University of Georgia
Hammes
James Blackburn
Athens
Susan Tager
Southeast Ohio Forecast Temps Rise To Sunny Conditions
The Southeast Ohio forecast calls for rain and cool temperatures tonight with highs around the 80s on Tuesday. A low tonight near 50 and yesterday’s high reached 70 degrees with a 54 degree low. Weekend rainfall totaled about 0.12 inches.
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Ohio
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Reds
Johnson and Coy
Heloise
Kingston, RI
U.S. Public Health Service Laboratory
Narrangansett
R.I
Prof. Marderosian
Mediterranean
ARMCO
Cincinnati
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