Peace Corps Pig Lift Sparks Hearing Controversy
A U S Peace Corps debate centers on a volunteer in Brazil who lifted a pig in a controversial manner. Rep. Gross questions the technique while Trostle defends the act as safe and consensual.
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Washington
Peace Corps
Brazil
Gores
Ronald Lye
Nickerson
Trostle
Apter 1
Latin America
Gross
Grams
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Johnson frames path to peace talks with North Vietnam
President Johnson pursues peace talks with North Viet Nam amid a political climate of 1966 elections and congressional tension. He weighs the bombings as pressure for a settlement while two Italian professors report a peace feeler from Ho Chi Minh. The episode reflects Johnson's drive to shape events and avert a prolonged war.
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Viet Nam
Congress
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
North
State Department
U.S
Haiphong
Hanoi
Inmate testimony targets Stewart in Langdon murder
Four Arizona inmates testified that Ervin Stewart framed a fellow convict for the 1963 killing of Jane Langdon, daughter of Judge Langdon. Ben Hitchcock, Vernon Mahan, John Garvey, Charles Monks and William Langely gave accounts linking Stewart to the crime and referencing alleged plots to mislead the trial.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ervin Stewart
Texas
Arizona State
Stewart
Denver
Vernon Mahan
Hitchcock
Miss Langdon
Mahan
John Garvey
Charles Monks
William Langely
Franklin Campbell
Fort Worth
National Guard airlift ends gifts to Viet Nam troops
Operation Christmas Star completed 66 flights by air guard crews from 16 states delivering 492 tons of goods to U S service members in Viet Nam. The last flights landed at Tan Son Nhut as Brig Gen John Gifford and Maj Don Follis led volunteers in the distribution.
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Saigon
National Guard
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Fort Worth
Tex
Defense Department
Tan Son Nhut
John Gifford
Nashville, Tenn
118Th Air Transport Wing
Tennessee Air National Guard
Don Follis
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Volunteer Air Guard
Gifford
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Corps’ Monthly
Intermountain
Great Lakes
Mid Atlantic
Florida
Central Plains
Missisippi Valley
UPI
Peth
Ben Hitchcock
Texas Christian University
Neys
Dacron
Fortres
Avril
King — Edward
America
Credit Life
Commercial Credit Plan
Commercial Credit Corporation
N. Jackson Street
Odessa, Texas
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