Air Force saves Navy flier after three day Vietnam rescue
The United States mounted its largest Vietnam rescue, flying 181 sorties to reach Lt. Kenney D. Fields of Jacksonville Florida after his A7 Corsair crashed amid heavy antiaircraft fire. Despite losses, the operation succeeded with Fields later rescued after days of peril.
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Kenney D. Fields
Jacksonville
Fla
Fields
North Vietnamese
Mu Gia Pass
17Th Parallel
North Vietnam
Rescue mission unfolds amid jungle maze of fire
Maj. Dale Oderman of Springfield Oregon, a Vietnam veteran, and his crew battled heat and enemy fire as three air deployments failed to recover their downed helicopter. After dawn, Fields and aides pressed on with rescue radios, enduring heavy flak while Maj. Lewis Yuhas from Charleroi, Pennsylvania, piloted the first daylight attempt.
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Maj
Dale Oderman
Springfield
Ore
North Vietnam
Fields
Lewis Yuhas
Charleroi
Wisconsin Democrats Vote Against Crime Bill in House
Representatives Robert Kastenmeier and Henry Reuss were among 17 congressmen in Wisconsin, opposing the anti crime bill on Thursday. The second part of the item mentions Fields lifting a person to safety after a dropped cable incident lasting 39 hours, with no clear connection to the vote.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Kastenmeier
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
Fields
Rescue radio signal and wounded veteran remark
A rescuer sent a signal on his radio after reaching the scene with only a slight flesh wound from either exploding bombs or ammunition. Fields expressed pride in everyone involved, saying he could not express the feeling.
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Fields
Two in Line To Succeed Sen Kennedy in 1968
Albany speculation swirls around Gov Rockefeller naming a Kennedy successor. Names Keating and Reid appear as potential choices to fill the remaining term ending Dec 31, 1970, with a full six-year seat to be elected in 1970.
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N.Y
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Ogden R Reid
Nelsor A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Rockefeller
Capitol
Leslie Sloate
Keating
Kennedy
Court of Appeals
Reid
Westchester County
New York Herald Tribune
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