General Presents Medal To GI Hero In Viet Nam
General Westmoreland pins the Silver Star on Capt. William C. Carpenter of the 101st Airborne after he ordered a napalm strike to save his unit in the central highlands. The action earned Carpenter interim Medal of Honor consideration as North Vietnamese forces pressed the engagement. Westmoreland praised the troops’ courage and the 101st’s motto Always the Best as they held their line against a larger enemy force.
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William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Bill Carpenter
Lonesome End
Saigon
West Point
William C. Carpenter
South Viet Nam
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Westmoreland
Screaming Eagles
101St
Carpenter
502Nd
Laos
Negroes Continue Mississippi March
Teams of Negroes fan out from the Meredith march to push voter registration among field workers in Mississippi. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr rejoined briefly and predicted the march may rival the Selma to Montgomery pilgrimage. Armstead Phipps died of a heart attack on the march, as Civil rights groups held support rallies commemorating Medgar Evers's death anniversary.
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Charles Horwitz
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
U.S. 51
Grenada
Enid
Oakland
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackson
Alabama
Selma
Montgomery
King
Marks
Armstead Phipps
Meredith
Medgar W. Evers
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress Roll Call Votes Solons Listed
Washington report lists Louisiana members voting on recent roll calls. Senate rejected amendment on Lausche to extend divestiture period for bank holding firms. Cotton amendment to restrict FDA packaging authority also failed. House passed bills to bolster international studies funding and raise public debt limit with key votes by Boggs Edwards and Long Passman Waggonner. Morrison Willis not voting.
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Washington
Louisiana
Congress
Senate
Lausche
Ohio
duPont Estate and
Financial General Corp
Ellender
Long
R-N.h
House
Boggs
Edwards
Hebert
Passman
Waggon
Morrison
Wills
Mother Says Abandonment Not Intended
Gretna Louisiana AP report says Faye Thompson 31, jailed on criminal neglect charges for leaving daughters Virginia five and Theresa four with Mrs Francis Roberts in Avondale three weeks ago. She claims she did not mean to abandon them and says her husband William Thompson Jr. 40 had just returned to Hammond before she left. She added she was too startled to contact Mrs Roberts.
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Gretna
Faye Thompson
Virginia
Theresa
Francis Roberts
Avondale
William Thompson Jr
Hammond
Frightened Woman Delays Police Report. Alabama Plans Aid
Frightened to notify the police and lacking funds for transportation, Mrs. Thompson delayed reporting a incident. Her parents in Alabama promised to send money for her and the children to return home.
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Roberts
Group Battles Two Federal Dams in Grand Canyon Fight
Sierra Club, led by vice president Dr. Edgar Wayburn, vows to press its campaign against the Marble Gorge and Bridge Canyon dams despite an IRS warning that the group could lose its tax exempt status. IRS district director Joseph M. Cullen warned of loss of exemption after the club ran full page ads in major newspapers. Wayburn said the club would continue the fight whether or not tax status is revoked.
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Berkeley
Calif
Sierra Club
Grand Canyon
Internal Revenue Service
Edgar Wayburn
Joseph M. Cullen
IRS
William I. Siri
Marble Gorge
Bridge Canyon
New York Times
Washington Post
Wayburn
Pipeline Worker Killed In Crash
A 65 year old pipeline worker, Jess M. Young of Norphlet, Ark., was killed in a one car crash near El Dorado. James Murphy, 49, the driver, lost control and crashed into a utility pole on Ark Highway 335. Murphy was reported in satisfactory condition at the scene.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Jess M. Young
Norphlet
Here
Union County Sheriff's
James Murphy
Ark. Hwy
Murphy
Washington garbage crisis hits political world and suburbs
A six day lapse in trash service sparks a nationwide odor problem as 280 Montgomery County workers walk out over pay. Washington area leaders alert residents, with Mrs. Moss and Sen. McGee among those vocal about the smell. Volunteers, students and teens mobilize to haul refuse to incinerators while private crews resume service.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congress
Maryland
Montgomery County
Suburban Sanitary Commission
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Bethesda Md
McGee
Susan MacGregor
Clark MacGregor
R-Minn
Bethesda
Jaynie Miller
Jack Miller
Funeral services for Mr. Young in Arkansas area
In a Warner Brown Hospital report the condition of isfactory is noted. Funeral arrangements for Mr. Young are incomplete under the direction of Young's Mortuary. Survivors include his stepfather A C Roberts of Lufkin Texas two sons Roy Odell Young of Texas and Stanley E Young of Arkinda Arkansas and a sister Mrs Leona Haslam Norphlet.
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Warner Brown Hospital
Young
A. C. Roberts
Lufkin
Tex
Roy Odell Young
Texas
Stanley E. Young
Arkinda
Ark
Leona Haslam
Norphlet
Area Guardsmen Head To Two Week Summer Camp
National guard officials said about 175 area guardsmen will move out Friday night to spend two weeks at the National Guard Summer Camp at Fort Chaffee Arkansas. The Monroe guardsmen will bivouac at Bernice and Camp Robinson before arriving at Fort Chaffee Sunday morning. About 2,300 Louisiana Guards men from across the state will attend the two week session.
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National Guard
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Monroe
Bernice
Camp Robinson
Louisiana
State
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Paris
Marine Ministry
Chamber of Deputies
Eiffeld
Mississippi
Enid, Miss
West Monroe
H. J. Eyre
Bud Burma
Gibson’s
Louisville
Ta SC Ae Ee
Discount Center
Bert Hatten
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