VIPs Go to War Tour Shocks Saigon as Congress Visits
A wave of visiting lawmakers and governors tours Saigon and surrounding battle zones to see the war up close. VIPs don fatigues, board helicopters, and meet troops in An Khe, Da Nang, and the carrier seas while field commanders weigh where VIP access is allowed amid ongoing combat operations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Congress
da Nang
1St Infantry Division
Michigan
New Jersey
Idaho
California
Ilinois
Peoria
Joliet
Springfield
Danville
Rockford
Seymour Halpern
R.N.Y
Halpern
Lai Khe
Coffeyville minister peddles church invention spree
Rev William E Furnas of First Christian Church Coffeyville markets church innovation ideas from pew reservation cords to furniture. About 20,000 cords sold nationwide with plants in Pittsburg and New York. Furnas has 20 ideas in mind including a round folding table and kneeling bench. His hobby funds itself through wholesale sales to church publishers.
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Coffeyville
Kan
William E. Furnas
M. Furnas
First Christian Church
Virgin Islands
Canada
Hawaii
New York
Furnas
Walters
Okla
War Costs Rise as U.S. Involvement in Vietnam Grows
Washington reports that the escalating Vietnam war costs are running at about 6 billion dollars per year, roughly 16.5 million daily, with spending on economic aid and direct military support adding to the bill. Officials say exact figures are classified, but the trend is upward and a third budget supplement is anticipated.
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Washington
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
7Th Fleet
Soviet Power Shift Elevates Communist Party Forefront
Washington reports that changes at a Moscow Supreme Soviet session reinforce Leonid Brezhnev’s primacy in the Communist Party and state affairs. Mikoyan retires, Podgorny slides to ceremonial post, Shelepin’s fate unclear as observers weigh future influence and military links.
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Communist Party
Washington
Leonid I Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Anastasi
Mikoyan
Brezhnev
Niko
Li V. Podgorny
Central Committee
Podgorny
Shelepin
Carrier Back Aboard Independence Returns After Viet Nam Ops
The aircraft carrier Independence nears Norfolk after five months of combat in Southeast Asia. A middeck fire injures 11 crew, four seriously, with one Phantom II damaged. two rescued survivors are unharmed. Vice Admiral Waldemar Wendt will present the Navy unit commendation for meritorious service June 5 to November 11.
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USS
Independence
Norfolk
Viet Nam
Oceania
Air Wing 7
Adm
Waldemar Wendt
Atlantic Fleet
Navy
Paul Nitze
Wendt
Southeast Asia
United States
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Dick Kriegel
Binh Dinh Province
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Kriegel
George Romney
Ticonderoga
Texas
West Virginia
Tay Ninh
Delta
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Vatican
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Hugo
eTea
Pope
Pittsburg
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Khrushchev
Alexander N. Shelespin
Colby
Beauty
Saffron Glass CO
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Continental
Alaska
Southwestern Bell
Oceania Naval Air Station
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Arnold
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