Medals honor Vietnam dad at Monmouth ceremony
At Fort Monmouth New Jersey on a Tuesday a ceremony awarded medals to Staff Sgt Frank E Lyons whose son Thomas Patrick Lyons accepted them. Lyons died after clearing a bunker booby traps in Vietnam after an 18 year career. General Latts commended Lyons for outstanding devotion to duty and courage.
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FT. Monmouth, NJ
Thomas Patrick Lyons
Frank E. Lyons
Viet Nam
William B. Latts
Ft. Mon
Lyon
Margie
Laura
Nancy
Thomas
Frank Lyons
Vietnamese Politician Tran Van Van Killed In Saigon Shooting
In Saigon, Tran Van Van, a wealthy Parke educated landowner and Constituent Assembly member, was assassinated while close to Premier Ky's office. A second rider was captured nearby. Vo Van En confessed to participating as a Viet Cong killer. The event intensifies tensions between southern loyalists and northern refugees in the government amid ongoing air strikes and naval actions around North Vietnam.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Constituent Assembly
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Viet Nam
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States Fall Short of Federal Highway Safety Standards
Washington AP reports no state meets all federal highway safety standards with more to come. Compliance with nine initial standards varies. only three states require motorcycle helmets. By Feb 2 states must send proposed standards and by end of 1968 implement a government approved safety program or risk loss of funds and 10 percent of road building proposals.
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National Highway Safety Agency
States vary in driver education across districts
The Inside cration notes all states have school districts with driver ed programs. About 13,000 public high schools or 70 percent of the nation offer driver education. Roughly 1.5 million students, about half the eligible total, are enrolled. Neither the agency nor the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators says any state requires alcohol tests on bodies of all drivers killed in single vehicle crashes or adult pedestrians.
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American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Pearl Harbor Remembered On 25th Anniversary Across Nation
States and cities marked the Pearl Harbor anniversary with observances in churches schools and on highways. Veterans groups urged silence as Gov. Rockefeller ordered state buildings lowered to half staff and Admiral Kimmel defended his role amid long standing blame for the 1941 attack.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Husband E. Kimmel
America
Eleanor House
Library of Congress
Washington
Frank D. Roosevelt
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Loras College
Dubuque
Iowa
Aloys
Loras
Carlsbad
N.M
Kimmel
Groton
Comm
Pacific
Japan
Weather in Middletown Sees Mild Rainy Pattern Continues
Cloudy and breezy conditions persist with mild temperatures and occasional showers tonight. Tomorrow's high in the lower 60s, with a warm spell extending into next week and rainfall near an inch over the weekend. Yesterday's high 55 and overnight 53. Middletown reported 21 inches of rain before 8 this morning. 11 am temperature 58.
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Middletown
McNamara says U.S. misjudged Soviet ICBMs by mid 1968
Secretary McNamara told reporters in Texas that U.S. intelligence underestimated the number of Soviet ocean-spanning missiles likely in place by mid 1968, while U.S. estimates of deployed long-range missiles remain “remarkably accurate.” He noted no basic impact on U.S. offensive needs and cited increased Soviet ICBM activity over the past year.
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Robert S. McNamara
U.S
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Moscow
McNamara
Johnson
Texas
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Pentagon
United States
Chrysler to Idle Hundreds as Auto Industry Cuts Continue
Detroit AP reports Chrysler Corp will lay off several hundred workers early next year, following GM's 8.3 percent production cut this week. Ford and AMC have no immediate layoffs but are exploring cost cuts as industry output for December likely drops about 70,000 units versus last year.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
American Motors
Chrysler
Boston Gangsters Kill 36th In Greater Boston
In Revere Massachusetts Joseph Chico Amico 27 of Boston was killed by a volley of armor piercing rifle bullets as his car was struck by two passing vehicles. Driver James Kerns 28 was charged as an accessory after the fact.
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Mass
Joseph (Chico) Amico
Boston
Greater
Amico
James Kerns
Kerns
Massachusetts General Hospital
Man with a rip in coat and vest line
A humorous quip notes a man with a torn coat and many pockets should choose between marriage or discipline, reflecting a light social joke from a vintage column.
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