Tonkin incident commander asserts U S ships were attacked
Captain John J. Herrick of the destroyer Maddox recounts the August 2 1964 encounter near Hon Me Island as a planned patrol that escalated after three patrol boats and a small oiler approached. He describes warning shots and subsequent gun and plane fire, ending with boats damaged or disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
John J. Herrick
Warren, Minn
Maddox
Turner Joy
United Press International
Herrick
Wayne Morse
D-Orp
U.S
Hon Me Island
Navy
Ticonderoga
Bridge site picked for new four-lane span south of Point Pleasant
Governor Hulett C. Smith announced a modern four-lane bridge to replace the decayed Silver Bridge after its collapse on December 15. The new structure will be built a quarter mile below the Ohio and Kanawha rivers confluence, with an estimated cost of 6 to 12 million dollars and 2 million already committed by ARC for piers and approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPS
Ohio
Kanawha
Hulett C. Smith
Ohio and
West Virginia Road Commissions
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
U. S. Department of Transportation
West Virginia
McCarthy Charges U S Bombing Based on Inaccurate Account
Senator Eugene J. Mc Carthy charged that the United States began bombing North Vietnam Friday night using an inaccurate official account of the Gulf of Tonkin incident. He told a Berlin audience that the administration publicly justified the raids on deception and that the public and Congress were misled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N.H
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
U.S
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
McCarthy
Berlin
Congress
Snow In Land Of Cotton Brings Winter to Deep South
United Press International reports up to five inches of snow in the Deep South as a broad low pressure area drifts over the Florida peninsula with Arctic air. The Weather Bureau issued travel warnings for icy roads across seven southeastern states from Louisiana to Georgia and the Carolinas following a winter storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
U.S. Weather Bureau
Florida Peninsula
Rockies
Southland
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida Panhandle
Carolinas
Deep South
Weather notes and local life events brief
Variable cloudiness and little temperature change with light snow flurries near Lake Erie. Norwalk highs 33 to 14 and 7 a.m. humidity 76 percent, 1 p.m. 63, 7 p.m. 78. no 24 hour precipitation. Births list three families with newborn girls. Marriage license application for Inman Purcell. Deaths listed for Rose Strader Asa Warner James Kovacs James Minardi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
Norwalk
Richard McCullough
Milan
James Siesel
New Washington
Nixon Seen Likely GOP Nominee as Romney Fades
East coast GOP leaders and moderates voice doubt about Nixon's chances but expect him to win the 1968 nomination. The piece notes Romney's weak outlook in upcoming primaries and the Miami Beach convention context. It cites a poster contest in Huron County with scholarships for top posters.
Allies Win Battle of Hue
Allied forces capture Hue after a 25 day battle with heavy U S artillery and Viet Cong resistance. South Vietnamese 1st Division breaches Imperial Palace walls while a banner is raised, signaling victory though pockets of combat remain. A bankruptcy sale at Kies Supermarket at 315 E Main St proceeds under trustee Walter Hite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kie
Kie Ellington
E. Main St
Walter Hite
Three City Residents In Area Crash In Three Car On US 250
Norwalk residents Louis Nolan 72 Constance Knoll 47 and David Welfle 16 were involved in a three car crash on US 250. Nolan pulled into Knoll path and was cited for failure to yield. Knoll escaped injury and no one else was hurt. James Fife 21 of Greenwich was cited for reckless operation after a 1 30 am crash on Boughtonville Road four miles east of Willard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
U. S. 250
Highway Patrol
Louis Nolan
Fruen
Constance Knoll
Knoll
Nolan
David Welfle
James Fife
Greenwich
Boughtonville Road
Willard
Fife
Norwalk ministers endorse open housing in Brotherhood Week push
Ten Protestant and Catholic ministers from Norwalk and nearby communities signed a resolution at a luncheon endorsing open housing. The pledge supports equal opportunities in housing, employment, education, and social welfare access, to be shared with clergy beyond Norwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Haldon Robarge
Association
Edward Rebmann
Congregational Community Church
Monroeville
Norman Litzner
Trinity Luthern Church
Daniel Carmany
The
Methodist Church
North Fairfield
Martin Donnelly
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
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Donald H. May
Washington
Tonkin
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
Frederick Palmer
Billy R. Inman
Naomi K. Purcell
Rose M. Strader
Berlinville
Asa Cooper Warner
Milan Ave
James Kovacs
Findley
James A. Minardi
Lima
Nixon
Gop
Doris Rubinow
John Borgia
Julius Mihali
Larry Hilson
Pleasant Street
Huron County
Automobile Club
Washington D.C
Richard M. Nixon
National Committee
Miami Beach
George Romney
Michigan
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
California
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Hue
South Vietnam
Forbidden City
Imperial City
Perfume River
Cent
UPI Telephoto
Ward Thomas
T.G. Whitney
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
John Laudick
Dennis Schroeder
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Paul Bailey
First Methodist Church
Council of
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Robarge
Naomi Drake
Salvation Army
Mr. Bailey
Fr. Donnelly
Brotherhood Week
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