Allied Victory Talk From Westmoreland Amid Vietnam War Pressures
General Westmoreland told South Korean troops in Saigon that allied forces have made strides toward military victory over two years of fighting. Mortar and artillery barrages around Con Thien killed 47 Marines and wounded 633 in two weeks. B52 strikes hit Red gun positions as U.S. air operations continued amid monsoon weather. Col. Robin Olds left Vietnam after achieving MIG kills to assume a cadet post at the Air Force Academy.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
South Korea
South Vietnam
Con Thien
Leatherneck
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Navy
Goodby
Robin Olds
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Skydiver John Wasik Dies in Personal Crisis Crash
Skydiver John Wasik died after stepping from a plane at 3200 feet in a suicide jump amid grief over his wife Rickie Wasik who perished on her second jump when her parachute tangled. Wasik had carried a funeral contract and planned to be buried beside his wife in a silver casket.
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Rockledge
Fila
John Wasik
Wasik
Green Air Park
Rickie
Small Boy Alone Clue Into Family Death Tragedy
Michael Berg Jr. the sole survivor of a Los Angeles family deaths case, recalled faintly that mummy hit daddy and daddy hit mummy. He was found in a canyon four days after the killings, with a broken leg and dehydration, while authorities probe murder suicide or triple murder at the LA area home.
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Azusa
Calif
Daddy
Mummy
Michael Berg Jr
Los Angeles
Michael Berg
Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Glendora Community Hospital
Michael
Five Year Car Guarantees Outpace Pedestrian Coverage
The article notes growing use of five year warranties on cars, longer than typical allowances for the average pedestrian. It highlights expanding guarantees as a selling point for new vehicles.
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Ted Thomas
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Thomas
Big Four Fete Slim For Peace Talks
Minaie wast. Rusk Gromyko Brown and French Foreign Minister Mau rice Couve de Murville will be
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Minaie Wast. Rusk
Gromyko
Brown
Maurice Couve de Murville
U Thant hosts dinner as Eban opens UN debate on Middle East
U Thant hosts a private dinner with guests including Abba Eban as he prepares to speak in the UN General Assembly general policy debate. Arab ministers press for withdrawal of Israeli forces from Egypt, Jordan and Syria while Israel seeks linkage to peace talks. Goldberg says the US will push for a Geneva conference to end Vietnam fighting, hoping Soviet support may appear. Gromyko stayed silent on resuming Geneva talks with Britain for Vietnam negotiations.
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U.N
U Thant
Thant
Eban
U.N. General Assembly
Knartoum
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Israel
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
CBS Radio-Tv
United States
Vietnam
Gromyko
General Assembly
Goldberg
Soviet Union
Britain
Millionaire Minnie Mangum Dies After Embezzlement Scandal
Minnie Mangum a Portsmouth Virginia spinster and Sunday school teacher who embezzled nearly three million dollars and served prison time died at 71. She collapsed after illness at church and died en route to Portsmouth Hospital. parolee previously served nine years of a twenty year sentence.
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Portsmouth
Minnie Mangum
Lillian V. Eure
Minnie
Rio Grande Rages Unchecked in Beulah Floods
Harlingen and five South Texas towns faced rising floodwaters as Hurricane Beulah unleashed record crests on the Arroyo Colorado and Nueces River. The Rio Grande broke the dam near Mercedes, forcing mass evacuations while officials warned days of lingering flooding and 44 total deaths nationwide.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande
Beulah
South Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Arroyo Colorado
Mercedes
la Feria
Rio Hondo
Lozano
Here
Nueces
Corpus Christi
Caribbean
Yucatan Peninsula
Texas
Mexico
Boundary and Water Commission
Moore
John Connally
Austin
Kenedy
Three Rivers
Rockport
Linton
Refugio
Frio
Atascosa
Orca
Army
Coast Guard
Rio Grande Valley
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Dmz
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Tam Ky
Quang Tin Province
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Sen. Wasik
Pearl S. Leech
Melbourne
Daily Times
Goodin
Terry Alford
Elizabeth
David
Rusk
League OF Women
Aene Ann Landers
Grwels
Dr. Crane
Eeseee Heloise
Seeman
Minnie Is
Commonwealth Savings and Loan Association
Norfolk
Virginia
State Farm For
Goochland County
State Parole Board
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