Viet Nam graft thrives as PX Alley bust nears end
The AP reports Saigon’s PX Alley glitters with luxury goods and rations, while a wide black market pumps pilfered items from docks to streets. A crackdown yields fines, but vendors resume trading as officials warn of Nov 18 clearance and higher penalties. Da Nang also hosts a ration shop under a mocking sign.
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Post Exchange
Navy
Vietnamese Economic Ministry
Mississippi
Saigon
2Nd Precinct
Redemptorist Church
Agency For International Development
Juspao—Jois
U.S. Public Affairs Office
U.S
Associated Press
United States
da Nang
Marine Corps Honors School at Harlingen Ceremony
The Marine Military Academy in Harlingen Texas received colors as the first junior Marine Corps officer training unit. Gen Wallace Green Jr will present in a ceremony attended by Gen H M Smith once a famed World War II leader.
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Harlingen
Tex
Marine Corps
Wallace Green Jr
Marine Military Academy
Leathernecks
H.M. “Howlin
Mad” Usmith
Today In History highlights from November fifteenth
On this date in 1777 the Articles of Confederation were passed by the Continental Congress and went into effect in 1781. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Columbia River mouth. In 1920 the League of Nations held its first session in Geneva. In 1942 Admirals Halsey defeated a Japanese attempt to retake Guadalcanal. Five years ago satellites launched from Cape Canaveral. One year ago the Supreme Court ruled on Communist registration under the Subversive Control Act.
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Continental Congress
Lewis and Clark
Columbia River
Pacific Ocean
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Solomon Islands
Adm
William Halsey
Guadalcanal
Nine
Arab League Nations
Beirut
Lebanon
Britain
France
Associated Press
Egypt
Cape Canaveral, Fla
Supreme Court
Warwick Plans $6.3 Million School Building Program
Warwick school officials plan a $6.3 million building program after bonds for the project were approved.
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Warwick, R.L
Warwick
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