Oshkosh Brings New Community Service Center Site
Groundbreaking at 10 30 a m marks start of Oshkosh Community Service Center on 201 Ceape Ave a 283 050 project The Hooper Building at 1090 Algoma Blvd will be vacated July 31 for the Fine Arts Building at UW Oshkosh Daughters of the Hooper donors Miss Hooper and Mrs Kellett present. Construction by Precour Co expected to finish early next year United Fund office and some agencies to set up temporary HQ at Hotel Raulf starting July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Helen Hooper
William Kellett
Edward S. Hooper
Hooper
Algoma Blvd
Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh
Miss Hooper
Kellett
Edward Rudoy
Corporation and Building Committee
David Leach
Board of
Visiting Nurses Association
Precour Construction Co
United Fund Office
Raulf
Community Center
Oshkosh Community Service Center
Ceape Ave
Edward Rudey
Oshkosh Community Center Corp
William Manske
Oshkosh Common Council
Charles Fiss
Northwestern
Saigon War Actions Hit Ben Thuy Plant and Executions Reported
U S navy warplanes and ships attacked the Ben Thuy thermal power plant near Saigon, the first simultaneous air and sea strike on a major North Vietnamese facility. Viet Cong militants abducted and executed five men and a woman on Highway 13 near Binh Thieu, declaring them spies as part of retaliation amid ongoing conflict. Seven Marines were reported wounded while allied forces pursued further operations in the region.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Ben Thuy
Song Ca
Winh
Panhandle
Vinn
Constellation
Flakates
U.S.S. Saint Paul
Barmeyam
Ble
Binh Thieu
Highway 13
North Vietnam
Big Ben Thuy
Panhanile
Coe
An 1&Man
Leatherneck
De Gaulle endorses Quebec separatist slogan in Montreal
In Montreal Charles de Gaulle praised the free Quebec refrain to a cheering crowd at City Hall. Prime Minister Pearson sought a translation amid concern while Ottawa considered how to respond to the remark seen as backing separatism in Quebec.
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Montreal
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Quebec
de Gaulle
France
Lester Pearson
Ottawa
Pearson
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Quebec City
Francis
Delayed Postcard Foretells Death In Maine
A Boy Scout mailed a card from Boston to Thorndike Maine over 52 years ago. The card addressed to Edgar Farwell arrived 11 days ago after both sender and recipient had died years earlier. The postmark shows July 12 1947 from Portland Maine, leaving officials puzzled by the long delay.
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Thorndike, Maine
Boston
Mass
Thorndike
Maine
Edgar Farwell
Portland, Maine
Portland
Mao Regime Near Collapse Sparks Civil War Fears
Reports from Taipe and London say the Red Army district of Wuhan is on the brink of revolt against Mao Tse-tung. Wuhan, a major industrial hub with about 25 million people, formed from Hanyang Wuchang and Hankow in 1950. Peking Radio cites a serious situation as tensions rise across central China.
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Hong Kong
UPC
Red Army
Wuhan
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tum
Taipe
London
Wuhen
China
Hanyang
Wuchang
Hankow
Peking Radio
Oshkoshian Is Victim Of Vietnam War
Mrs. James R. Fischer of Oshkosh learns her husband Army Sgt. James R. Fischer has died from metal fragment wounds received in combat in Vietnam. Born April 26 195, he was a 1965 Oshkosh High School graduate, married Sept. 28 1965, and entered service in December 1965. Survivors include his wife Linda a daughter Sherry Lynn his mother and seven brothers.
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James R. Fischer
E. Parkway Ave
Oshkosh
Army
Vietnam
Fischer
Oshkosh High School
Linda
Sherry Lynn
Marilyn Fischer
Bill
Paul
Steven
Kenneth
Michael
Dwight Douglas Scott
Federal Troops Slamm Ed Detroit Rioters (Note: adjusted to fit rules)
Federal troops moved into Detroit to clamp down on rioting after President Johnson ordered action. The 1,800 paratroopers joined 7,000 police and National Guardsmen to restore order as casualties and property damage mounted and a city curfew remained in place.
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Detroit
Johnson
Vietnam
Cyrus Vance
Defense Department
George Romney
Vance
Jerome Cavanagh
Romney
Cavanagh
Uaion
Auto
Ohio
101St
82Nd Airborne
John Throckmorton
Johnson orders federal troops after Detroit riots
President Johnson announced he would send federal troops to Detroit with the greatest regret after Michigan Governor Romney requested aid. He urged Americans to help restore law and order as political debate rose over the move and its implications for race relations and national politics.
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Washington
Johnson
Detroit
Michigan
George Tomney
Capitol Hill
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Riots Spark Federal Action Across Several Cities
The Associated Press reports Detroit riots prompted President Johnson to send federal troops after two days of violence that left 23 dead and over 1 million in property damage. Additional outbreaks occurred in New York, Cambridge Maryland, Rochester New York, Pontiac Michigan, and other cities nationwide with multiple fatalities and numerous injuries.
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Johnson
White House
Detroit
Ramsey Clark
Robert McNamera
Associated Press
Washington
New York
Harlem
Cambridge
H Rapp Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Rochester
N.Y
Pontiac
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Grand Rapids
Flint
Houston
Lake Michigan Canoe Tragedy Claims Four Teens
Four Norris Foundation boys aged 16 to 17 drown while canoeing on Lake Michigan near Sheboygan amid 25 mph winds and five foot waves. Two counselors, James Trainor and Gary Howley, escaped to aid others as Coast Guard launched searches at 6:30 am. Four bodies recovered. two missing presumed drowned.
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Sheboygan
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Russell Lindicum
Madison
Bruce Weallstair
Darrell Lauer
Donald Weldon
Milwaukee
Milo Burr
Wade Hanson
Franklin
Norris Foundation
Big Bend
Wis
James Trainor
Gary Howley
Terry Andrae State Park
Howley
Tramor
Pope Paul VI Arrives in Turkey for Middle East Peace Mission
Pope Paul VI lands in Istanbul on a two day visit to discuss peace in the Middle East and Christian unity. He meets Turkish officials and is expected to press for mediation between Israel and the Arabs amid a region-wide earthquake aftermath.
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Istanbul
Paul VI
Turkey
Middle East
Jerusalem
Ceydet Sunday
Paul
Israel
Constantine 1 i
Anatolia
Athenagoras
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James KR. Fischer
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Contigeet
Obi
LBJ
United States
GOP Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard B. Russell
DB Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Richard M. Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Flance
Civil Air Patrol
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