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Viet Nam Escalation Tops AP Yearend Survey 1965
AP member outlets name Viet Nam escalation the top news story of 1965. The piece reviews Johnson's policy shift and air campaigns, troop increases from 25,000 to 155,000, mass protests, riots in Watts, and other major events including space milestones and the Selma march.
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Mary Campbell
Viet Nam
Los Angeles
LBJ
Selma
Winston Churchill
Pope Paul VI
New York
India
Pakistan
U. S
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Pleiku
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
South Viet Nam
Alties
University of
Michigan
San Francisco
ROTC
Washington
Justice Department
Watts Distret
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Federal Power Commission
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Bird
Europe
North America
Mariner 4
Mars
Ala
Montgomery
James Reed
Boston
Alabama National Guard
Viola Liuzzo
Dominican Republic
Donald Reid Cabral
Organization of American States
OAS
Hector Garcia-Godey
Sir Winston Churchill
London
Churchill
Hall of Kings
Palace of Westminster
Blaydon
Spanish Harlem
United Nations
St. Patricks Cathedral
Holy Family Church
U Thant
Yankee Stadium
Kashmir