Slow Fighting Pace Marks Low Vietnam Casualties
In Saigon AP reports last week U.S. casualties in Vietnam were the lowest in 11 weeks with 101 American KIA and 999 WIA. South Vietnamese losses totaled 150 KIA and 602 WIA as Viet Cong and NVA deaths reached at least 1,846. The piece notes continued light contact, occasional mortar strikes, and talks of a two-sided Paris peace conference as Thieu rejects the Viet Cong as an equal partner and praises Lodge’s appointment as lead negotiator.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Kontum
Lai Thieu
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Viet Cong
Viet Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
National Liberation Front
Paris
Thieu
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
Ambassador Lodge
Colorado scientists debunk UFO visitors study ends
University of Colorado researchers released a 1485 page Air Force funded report finding no evidence that unidentified flying objects are visitors from space and suggesting further extensive study may not be justified. They note most sightings arise from ordinary objects and urge caution about sensational claims.
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Air Force
U.S
Colorado
Edward A. Condon
National Investigations Committee On
Unan
Imous
National Academy of Sciences
Earth
Pentagon
Blue Book
Two Negroes Arrested In K-State Turmoil
Kansas State University faced campus unrest as two Kansas City, Kansas students, Andrew Rollins and Frank Cleveland, were arrested on peace disturbance and obscenity charges. Police and county officials described ongoing incidents, with 40 highway patrol troopers deployed and a university inquiry into a sociology class disruption by six students the prior day.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Andrew Rollins
Frank Cleveland
Kansas City
Riley
John Fay
Rollins
Edward
James Tubach
Tubach
Fay
Cleveland
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Robert N. Woodson
Highway Patrol
University
Woodson
Nichols Gymnasium
James A. McCain
Eugen Lupii
Lupii
Mass Cuban escape at Guantanamo base shocks Miami crowd
An 18 year old refugee described a Monday dash by about 87 Cubans toward the Guantanamo base that ended in a brutal clash with guards and dogs. He estimated around 1,000 killed trying to cross the fence in the past year. Transported refugees totaled 80, with seven remaining at the base.
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Miami
Fla
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
U.S. Navy
Naval Base
Cuba
Washington
Navy
Huge Increases Proposed In School Aid
TOPEKA AP five education groups approve a plan to raise state aid for elementary and secondary schools by 65.8 million dollars, lifting the state’s share from 32 percent to at least 50 percent and boosting total aid from 84.2 million to 150 million. The proposal follows governor committee and legislative recommendations and uses a district based formula with enrollment, state guarantee, and local effort factors.
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Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas Association of School Administrators
Kansas State Teachers Association
State Department of Public Instruction
Public Instruction Department
Governor’s Committee On Education
State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Farm Bureau
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas Livestock Association
League of Kansas Municipalities
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K-State
Havana
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Chrislaw
Trace-Mark
Sammy Davis
United Artists
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Ottawa
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
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