MIGS OUT IN FORCE Yank Planes Hit Haiphong Supply Lines
American warplanes intensified raids across North Vietnam focusing on Haiphong and the Hanoi rail corridor. The DMZ area saw heavy shelling while US forces reported losses, casualties, and multiple air battles as Navy, Air Force, and Marine units targeted bridges, SAM sites, and gun positions to choke North Vietnamese supply routes.
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U.S
Border Flood Forces Harlingen Evacuations Amid Rio Grande Rise
The Rio Grande flood swelled across Harlingen Texas as water climbed and Mexico reports 10 more deaths from Beulah. 8,000 to 10,000 Harlingen residents fled their homes while the Red Cross opened two more shelters. Army amphibious vehicles helped evacuate residents.
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Texas
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Arroyo Colorado
Dayton Youth Held In Stabbing Death
Dayton police detained a 19 year old after a stabbing at a Wilbur Wright High School scrimmage. Assistant coach Thomas Prinz, 21, was stabbed eight times by Willie Edward Dixon who subdued by players from the freshman team amid a fieldside confrontation with Orville Wright School’s eighth graders. Kathy Prinz watched roughly 40 spectators.
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Wilbur Wright High School
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Orville Wright School
Kathy
Tragedy at Wilbur Wright as Coach Prinz slain
Student witnesses describe a fight involving 15 year old Paul Greger and Dixon who allegedly stabbed coach Prinz after an argument on the field. Prinz died at Miami Valley Hospital from six back wounds and other injuries. Dixon, a former Wilbur Wright junior, was jailed and held for homicide investigation. Prinz had been in his first season coaching after college at the University of Dayton.
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University of Dayton
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Con Thien Duels: Artillery Clash Across Ben Hai Front
The Con Thien outpost faces heavy Soviet designed artillery north of the Ben Hai River. North Vietnam fields 75 to 125 guns 85 to 152 millimeters with 600,000 pounds of bombs dropped by U.S. air forces. Marines seek direct hits to collapse caves and tunnels used by enemy artillery and mortars may be mobile and dug into holes.
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North Vietnam
Con Thien
Ben Hai River
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Morton says Johnson brainwashed by military leaders over Vietnam policy
Republican Sen Thruston Morton charged President Johnson was brainwashed by the military and defense industry into pursuing a military Vietnam solution. He accused Johnson of brainwashing Americans during the 1964 campaign and urged a unilateral reduction of U.S. involvement to halt fighting. Senator Milton Young echoed concerns about a viable South Vietnamese government in the near term.
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Romney
South Vietnam
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