They Can't Get Used To It Fear Haunts U S Soldiers In Viet Hamlet
AP report from Duc Co Camp near the Cambodian border details 65 days of siege by Viet Cong. Twelve U S soldiers and Montagnard troops endure nonstop mortar and small arms fire as fear and fatigue press the defenses. Maj. Schwarzkopf praises the soldiers’ selfless courage while nurses like Lien Huong stay to help the besieged forces.
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Peter Arnett Ducco
South Viet Nam
U. S
Edward T. Richards
West New York
N.J
U.S
Richards
Duc Co
Pleiku
Cambodia
Atecenera
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
East Orange
Lien Huong
Viet Nam
South Fears Heavy Negro Vote In 66 Election
Southern Negroes are expected to vote in unprecedented numbers in the general election. Leaders urge compliance with the voting rights law and registration by hundreds, with or without federal help. In Americus, Georgia, about 1,230 Negroes have registered since the act. U.S. Attorney General Katzenbach planned to name Sumter County for federal registrars to be sent.
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Associated Press
Americus
U.S
Selma
Ala
King
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Federal registrars sent to nine counties in three states
Held back at the last minute, three Negroes were appointed deputy registrars. Federal registrars have been sent to nine counties across Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Mathias Seeks Indefinite Aid to Contaminated Dairy Farmers
In Washington AP several identical bills were introduced in the House to continue indemnity payments to dairy farmers who dump milk contaminated by pesticides. The bills would extend aid until residues of heptachlor and dieldrin are gone and milk reenters commercial markets. House sponsors include Representatives Mathias Morton and Sickles.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Frederick
Roger c. B. Morton
Carlton R. Sick
Southern Negro Voting Gains Preceding Bill Rise
Southern Negroes increased their voting strength by nearly 500 000 in the past year, a gain comparable to the five year total in eleven states. The advance comes ahead of a federal voting bill. Dr Martin Luther King Jr predicts about 900 000 more Negroes may register by August end.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Deep South
Florida
Rockville Child Killed By Truck In Maryland News
Four year old Douglas B Miller of Rockville was fatally struck Thursday on Rollins Avenue by a truck driven by Bruce B Vrary of Chevy Chase. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Millet. The incident adds to a long report on voting strength and registration among Negroes in Southern states under federal civil rights measures.
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Douglas B. Miller
Rockville
Rollins Avenue
Bruce B. Vrary
Chevy Chase
Fred Millet
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