Facts And Talk Fail To Match In Viet Nam War Era
AP News analysis traces how high level visits and optimistic briefings by McNamara Taylor and others failed to match the grim trajectory in Vietnam. From 1962 to 1964 a pattern of think-tanks and Honolulu talks contrasted with mounting casualties and political upheaval amid Diem’s ouster and Kennedy’s assassination.
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James Marlow
Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
Peele
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Estaff
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
Ngo Dinh Diem
Winston Churchill
Diem
Fover
Taylor
McNamara
U.S
Hawaii
Robert Fae
Faylor
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Dallas
Neuyen Khanh
Red Frogmen
Richmond Area News: Obituary and April PTA Highlights
Mrs. B H Newton of rural Richmond died at home on April 30 after two years of illness. Survivors include husband, three daughters, five sons, grandchildren, and cousin Ruth Newton who had lived with them. Memorial service held May 3 at Bruce Mortuary Spring Hill. April PTA meeting April 28 featured rooms displays. new officers listed Audrey Wolfe president Dorothy Brock vice president Eveslyn Wharton secretary Effie Edwards treasurer Mona Neff program chair Darla Jean publicity chair. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Claron Sobba brought home from KU Medical Center April 30. Mrs Winston Wilson and daughter, returned from the Hawaiian Islands. Winston at sea, husband in U S Navy.
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Mabel Chandler
B. H. Newton
Robert Newton
Richmond
Ruth Newton
Bruce Mortuary
Spring Hill
PTC
Audrey Wolfe
Dorothy Brock
Ann Hermreck
Eveslyn Wharton
Effie Edwards
Mona Neff
Darla Jean
Claron Sobba
K.U. Medical Center
Why Worry Wrestler Scream Sparks TV Theory
In Olympia Washington troopers rushed to the Morton home after a report from Francis Morton in Albany Oregon. He said he heard a scream during a phone call that then went dead while his mother Mrs J D Morton 75 explained she was watching wrestling on TV and blamed a bad connection on two prior calls. The third call she ignored.
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Olympia
Wash
J.D. Morton
Washington
Francis
Albany
Ore
Morton
Tax Cut Windfall Scattered Widely
AP reports tax cut money altered debt behavior as take home pay rose in March. Many reduced charge accounts and single payment loans while others favored larger instalment debt or down payments on new credit. Retail gains stayed modest and savings rose slowly as Treasury bonds lagged.
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Sam Dawson
New York
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
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Haewaiian Islands
Merritt McDonald
Garnett
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U.S. Navy
Kramer
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Raney Drug Store
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Tion
Will
SURFE
Jamaice
Val. Schick
Mother's Bay
Val
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Robert
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