Mekong Delta Routine With War’s Harsh Edges
In the Mekong Delta the 13th Regiment ARVN and American advisors conduct a sweep south of Cai Son. Seven government troops wounded, one Viet Cong killed, one captured, with a seized enemy weapon and documents. Civilians watch as mines, booby traps, and road blocks punctuate a day of firefight and routine hardship.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Vinh Long
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Delta
Southeast Asia
ARVN
Viet Nam Army
Cai Son
Siagon
Oscar Padgett
13Th Regiment
Madisonville
Tex
Vietnamese TroopsBrace War Room With Large Maps
Vietnam War scene shows troops decorating a command post with oversized maps and dirt on wooden tripods. The brisk chatter suggests preparations and a bureaucratic tone amid tense operations.
Turncoat William C White Seeks Job in Honolulu
Hong Kong AP reports Korean War defector William C White plans to move to Honolulu in April after visiting relatives in the United States. He says a job offer exists, possibly as a Chinese English translator, but details and funding sources remain undisclosed. He and his Chinese wife and two children have limited funds and housing support in Hong Kong. The U S Consulate awaits travel arrangements from the state department.
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Hong Kong
William C. White
Honolulu
United States
White
Red China
Kansas City
China
Peking
John
Ann
U.S
On Department
Opening Day Surprises Shake MLB Start
The world champion St Louis Cardinals lost to the Chicago Cubs while the New York Yankees fell to the Minnesota Twins. Opening Day brings unusual results and fresh early-season excitement.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Minnesota Twins
Integration peaceful in Carolina as desegregation begins
South Carolina reports a peaceful first week of large scale school desegregation with about 700 Black students attending in mixed classrooms. About 2,000 more Black children expected to enroll by next week. No violence reported by state law enforcement. Two counties Hampton and Dorchester faced reported refusals at all white schools. Dorchester officials seek acceptable solutions for both communities.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
J. P. Strom
Hampton
Dorchester
W. Mann Batson
Dorchester County
St. George High School
H. J. Floyd
Red China Debate Seen At United Nations Session
At the United Nations in New York the 2 percent session of the General Assembly will open September 21 with a full scale debate on seating Red China. Cambodia leads ten communist and neutralist nations urging the issue be placed on the agenda as urgent and important. No major power joins them. This marks the 15th assembly debate on which regime should represent China in the UN. In 1963 the vote was 41 for Red China, 57 against, 12 abstentions.
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United Nations
N.Y
China
General Assembly
Cambodia
Artist Fined In Dope Party At East Hampton Farmhouse
East Hampton report says artist John Morrison twenty three faced an 18 day jail term after a summer party at a rented farmhouse with liquor and drugs drew police. Morrison was arrested in a pre-dawn raid and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after narcotics charges were withdrawn.
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East Hampton
John Morrison
Morrison
Justice of the Peace
U S In Best Space Period
A glowing 1965 summer in space coins the era as the United States showcases Gemini 4 and 5 Mariner 4 and Ranger probes. Cooper and Conrad near splashdown after an eight day mission as McDivitt White conduct spacewalks and Mars data fuels hope for lunar and planetary programs.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
White
Mariner 4
Mars
Mariner
Earth
Ranger
Moon
Venus
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Ada
Oklahoma
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Shamokin
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Donald Roberts
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Viet Nam
Col
Roberts
Richard Holbrook
Salk Center
Minn
V. C
Tom Hendricks
Clemson
S. C
Hendricks
Crickets
Frogs
U. S
Union Sanitery
Peking Peoples’ University
Foreign Press
Ohio State
Most Insurance Co
Carolina
Air Force
Johnson
Manned Orbiting Laboratories
Soviet Union
Mississippi River System
Carthage
Cincinnati
Cantrece
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