Surviving Forces Pulled From Ashan Camp
Helicopters found two more American Special Forces troopers and four Nung tribal soldiers Saturday among survivors of the Ashan camp battle in Da Nang. Total recovered reaches 157 as Marines identify five crewmen rescued Friday. Names include Lt. Col. Charles A. House, 1st Lt. Joseph Weiss, Sgt. Schuyler Puckett, Sgt. George Mayne, and Sgt. Robert E. Leathan.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ashan
Charles A. House
Santa Ana
Calif
Joseph Weiss
Hutchinson
Kansas
Schuyler Puckett
Orange
George Mayne
Havelock
N.C
Robert E. Leathan
Jacksonville
Weekend Rain Forecast With Mild Temperatures
The Weather Bureau predicts a wet weekend with showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures will remain mild, with overnight lows around 50 and Sunday highs in the low 60s under cloudy skies across the region.
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Weather Bureau
Jungle Cong Hidden By Overcast In Saigon Area
Saigon and northern Viet Nam operations slowed by dense jungle cover and overcast skies. Marines and allied units failed to rout Viet Cong from fortified areas after two weeks of bombardment. Navy and Air Force strikes on the north limited to radar aided drops with no clear damage assessment. Three barges loaded with 350 tons of ammunition exploded near Saigon, all three sank with no casualties, fire possibly caused by a barge blaze or Viet Cong sabotage.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Draft Call For April Is 21 700 Men
The Defense Department reports April draft call at 21 700 men the lowest since last August. All April quotas go to the Army while Navy Marine Corps and Air Force meet needs via voluntary enlistment. March call was 22 400 men.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Department
Bill Bailey Finally Goes Home
SINGAPORE AP Bill Bailey the Iowa born expatriate linked with the song Please Come Home was buried today Bailey 80 year old operator of Singapore's Cocoanut Grove night club died Thursday He claimed the legend Was written about him and his reply I like it here sums up why he never planned to return He left Maxwell Iowa in 1929 after many varied jobs and finally settled in Singapore where his club became a social landmark It was bombed during the Japanese invasion and he was interned reopening Cocoanut Grove on Christmas Day 1945
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Singapore
Bill Bailey
Bailey
Cocoanut Grove
Hughie Canon
Far
Maxwell
Iowa
United States
Australia
Astronauts Face Foot Health Question From Space
A playful take on space life wonders if astronauts suffer football like conditions in microgravity, joking about foot health and footwear during long missions.
Middies And ’Boro In Tourney Games
In Cincinnati area finals, the Middletown Middies meet Hamilton Garfield Griffins at 8:30 PM in the University of Cincinnati Armory Fieldhouse for Oxford District class AA. Springboro faces Batavia at 7:30 PM at Courter Tech High School for Cincinnati class A district. Ohio college teams idle as Dayton loses to Kentucky and Cincinnati drops to Texas Western.
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Middletown Middies
Hamilton Garfield's Griffins
University of Cincinnati Armory
Oxford
Springboro
Batavia
Courter Tech High School
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dayton
Kentucky
Texas Western
Tip In Ends Kentucky Run Against Dayton Flyers
Thad Ja racz of Kentucky scored a late tip in as Dayton Flyers defended a region game. Notable Dayton players Henry Finkel 15 points Grinder Torain 13 Rudy Waterman 22 and Don May 21 watched the decisive shot.
Judy Has Hundreds Wishing Her Well
Judy Lynn Funsch, a 5 year old from Flint, underwent a six hour heart operation at University of Michigan Hospital to remove a blockage in a pulmonary vein and close an open birth valve. Doctors discovered she has no pulmonary vein connecting her left lung to her heart. The hospital said her condition remained fair and she was holding her own, with outcome still uncertain for days.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Judy Lynn Funsch
University of Michigan Hospital
Judy
Clarence Funsch
Flint
Million-Dollar Trade Secret Plot Broken for DuPont
FBI says plot with international overtones sought to sell secret formulas worth millions to DuPont. Two men, Wilbur J. Pierce and Earl Bush, arrested. charges include mail fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property. Data allegedly shared from Goodrich and Montecatini. meeting hinted at in Philadelphia.
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Wilmington, del
FBI
DuPont Co
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington Chemical
B. F. Goodlunch Corp
Akron
Ohio
Montecatini Corp
Milan
Italy
Montecatini
DuPont
Goodrich l
Wilmington
Cleveland
Wilbur J. C. Pierce
U.S. District Court
Earl Bush
Pierce
Bush
B. F., Goodrich
Lorain
Goodrich
Avon Lake
Philadelphia International
Indonesian army chief takes control in political crisis
Lt. Gen. Suharto, named by Sukarno as supreme political chief, vows to prevent Indonesia from drifting left or right amid student demonstrations and a government radio broadcast. Subandrio reportedly dismissed. Sukarno remains figurehead per Singapore sources. Nasution allies bolster Suharto status as troops mass in Jakarta. Two student groups pledge support for Suharto as mass unrest continues.
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Singapore
Suharto
Sukarno
Indonesia
Subandrio
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Jakarta
Iday
U. S
Marshall Green
American Broadcasting Co
Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Education
Kami
Kapi
Soft-Spoken Suharto Rises in Indonesian Crisis
In Kuala Lumpur AP reports Lt Gen Suharto, calm under pressure, has consolidated control of Indonesia’s military after aiding the crackdown on the Communist coup attempt. Named army commander after Yani’s death, he remains key in suppressing communism while navigating Sukarno’s cabinet reshuffle and student protests.
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Kualo Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
Suharto
Kostrad
Army Strategic Command
Achmad Yani
Abdul Haris Nasution
Armed Forces
Nasution
Halim
Army Man Shot In Bogalusa
Police and FBI hunted a gunman who shot and wounded Capt. Donald R. Sims a home on leave in Bogalusa Louisiana. A $2,500 reward for information led to a conviction, plus a $1,000 reward from the United Klans of America. Sims, 29, was hit in the shoulder and hospitalized in New Orleans with a satisfactory condition. Defense Secretary McNamara said the attack shocked the nation.
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Bogalusa
FBI
Donald R. Sims
Sun
Jack Helm
The
United Klan
Sims
Viet Nam
New Orleans
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Needs Underestimated by Congressmen
Three Republican House Appropriations Committee members say the Johnson administration underestimates defense needs in 1966 and 1967 budgets. In a joint statement on the $13.1 billion emergency bill, Reps. Lipscomb Laird and Minshall warn more funding will be needed later to cover deficiencies amid Viet Nam. They urge clear forward planning beyond immediate budgetary concerns.
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House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Glenard P. Lipscomb
California
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
William E. Min
Shall
Ohio
Viet Nam
Executive Branch
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