New Canal Could Be Dug By Atomic Bomb
Washington AP AEC sources say underground nuclear explosions up to 10 megatons could excavate a new canal route. Four routes under study Panama Colombia Nicaragua Costa Rica border routes narrowed to two jungle paths with Panama and Colombia as main options. Most debris expected to fall back into the crater.
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AP U
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
AEC
Nevada
Panama
Panama Canal
Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama Canal Co
Army Corps of Engineers
San Miguel Bay
Pacific
Caladonia Bay
Caribbean
Humbolt Bay
Gulf of Darien
James Meredith Ends Mississippi Vigil Without Victory
James H Meredith completes a 165 mile march through Mississippi on Independence Day saying the effort shows fear remains in the black community. He notes no crowds greeted him in Canton and plans to widen activism before the August 8 primary while returning to New York by car.
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James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Court House Square
Meredith
United States
Liberty Street
Hernando
U.S. 51
Jackson
New York
Marines At Disadvantage In Vietnam's Bloodiest Ground Battle
Saigon dispatch reports the DMZ region below the border as Vietnam's bloodiest battleground with about 1,000 Marines killed and 7,000 wounded this year amid ambushes and heavy fighting. Con Thien's outpost and four allied positions form a Leathersneck Square as North Vietnamese forces bait and strike, killing 58 Marines and wounding 170 in a major ambush before pulling back to deep bunkers.
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Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Vietnam
3Rd Marine Amphibious Force
South Vietnam
Con Thien
Leatherneck Square
Con Thien Sune
U.S
Romney Visits MIRROR LAKE NH for Talks and Golf
Michigan Governor George W Romney arrives for a four day visit at a friend's summer estate near Mirror Lake New Hampshire to hold political discussions with New England Republicans. He plans an early morning golf round with host J Willard Marriott and, en route in Boston, says he has not decided on entering the New Hampshire primary but would prefer not to face Massachusetts Governor Volpe, who may pursue a regional favorite son strategy.
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N.H
Michigan
George W. Romney
New England
Romney
J. Willard Mariott
Washington, D.C
Boston
New Hampshire
Naion
Massachusetts
John A. Wolbe
Volpe
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