Maddox ordered troopers to shoot during King march
A just-published Maddox biography claims Governor Maddox ordered state troopers to shoot marchers who tried to enter the Georgia Capitol during Dr. King's funeral procession, a remark he says he used as a precaution and denies threatening to deploy forces to protect his Pickrick store.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Capitol
Maddox
Atlanta
Pickrick
King
Galphin
Ivan Allen Jr
Westmoreland's Brother-In-Law Killed in Vietnam Flight
Lt Col Frederick Van Deusen, brother in law of Gen William Westmoreland, was shot down over the Mekong Delta near Saigon. The 37 year old helicopter commander died in a crash after a Viet Cong attack during an infantry sweep. Three survived. four others were missing and presumed dead, leaving a widow and three children in Fayetteville North Carolina.
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Saigon
Frederick van Deusen
U.S. Army
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong Delta
van Deusen
Westmoreland
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Katherine
Fayetteville, N.C
Delta
Vai Co River
Bombers Escape Two North Vietnamese Antiaircraft Missiles
U S Air Force B52 bombers dodged two enemy antiaircraft missiles during raids on North Vietnam's panhandle. None of the eight engine bombers were hit as the campaign intensified with 28 raids aimed at artillery sites and storage in the DMZ area. Allied ground forces uncovered multiple ammunition caches while U S Marines and South Vietnamese units reported casualties and engagements near Khe Sanh and Gio Linh. The DMZ frontier saw renewed shelling and a rare Fourth of July restricted celebration in Saigon with security alerts in place.
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Saigon
U. S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U. S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
Dmz
Bs2s
U.S
1St Division
Dau Teng
Marine
Khe Sanh
Gio Linh
101St Air Cavalry Division
Ellsworth Bunker
Three beer bottles spotted at kid's drink stand in Atlanta
In Atlanta a customer advised three young children selling cups of soda for two cents to return the beers to their mother's refrigerator after noticing three bottles of beer among the stand's stock.
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Atlanta, Ga
Bridge collapses at Longview fireworks display
A wooden footbridge crowded with spectators during a July 4 fireworks show collapsed into Lake Sacajawea in Longview Washington. As many as 200 may have been on the structure but all survived. Ambulances rushed 89 people to two hospitals, with seven at St John’s Hospital including two with broken legs. Eyewitnesses recalled screams as the bridge buckled and fell, while bystanders pulled victims from the water. The bridge had prior rot and had been closed then reopened after repairs. Authorities noted quick shore rescues likely saved lives.
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Sacajewea
St. John’s Hospital
Jaycees
John Martin
Don Gregory
Cowlitz County
Kenneth Dahl
Truth of Jeremiah Courage and Unpopular Speech
A Sunday school discussion traces how truth, though costly, must be spoken. It uses Falstaffs death and Jeremiahs prophecies to show fear and prejudice hinder truth telling yet insist that repentance and justice matter beyond popularity.
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Falstaff
Mistress Quickly
God
John Betjeman
Kay Baxter
Jeremiah
Babylon
Jesus
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