Marines Launch Large-Scale Assault Near Da Nang
Gen. Wallace M. Greene said Marines will fan out to defend the Da Nang air and missile base as forces hunt Viet Cong. About 10,000 Marines operate around Da Nang with a new battalion reported to be landing. US planes bomb targets along Highway 7 and at Bai Duc Thon Bridge while naval strikes hit four North Vietnamese patrol boats near Quang Khe.
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Midway
Quang Khe
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson Shuffles Sub-Cabinet Jobs in Johnson Era
President Johnson announces a major reshuffle of top sub-Cabinet posts naming eight men. New anti-trust chief Donald F. Turner and CAB chair Charles S. Murphy will lead key regulatory agencies. Alan S. Boyd moves to transportation undersecretary, and Gen. William F. McKee becomes FAA administrator.
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UPI
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Johnson
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
Donald F. Turner
Stanford University
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
William H. Orrick Jr
Anti-Trust
Alan S. Boyd
CAB
Commerce For Transportation
Navy Amphibious Squadron 7 Sets Sail From Long Beach
The 8,000 man amphibious Squadron No. 7 has put to sea for an undisclosed destination. It includes the attack transports Dischenko Bayfield Talladega and Navarro the attack cargo ship Mathew and the landing dock ships Carter Hall and Point Defiance. The squadron can transport one reinforced Marine battalion landing team.
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Long Beach
Calif
Dischenko
Bayfield
Talladega
Navarro
Mathew
Carter Hall
Point Defiance
Marine Battalion
Box Score on Crime in Phoenix
A brief crime roundup notes three grand theft incidents in Phoenix. Details list locations and times from police records, highlighting property theft cases and ongoing investigations without graphic descriptions.
Grass Sustained Stranded Pilot In Yukon Survival
U S Army sergeant Kenneth Keen of Eielson Air Force Base Alaska survived a week beside a downed plane in Yukon Territory by eating boiled grass believed to keep moose alive. He flew from a frozen river 58 miles west of Watson Lake after running out of fuel during a snowstorm. Keen lost 30 pounds but remained in good condition, supplementing grass with small portions of raisins and chocolate from survival rations.
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Wilds
Yukon Territory
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Eielson Air Force Base
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Keen
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Adams Ends 37 Years As Printer
Phoenix Gazette compositor R. Carl Adams retires after 37 years in journalism. He joined The Gazette 18 years ago and ends active work today with vacation starting tomorrow. A leaving gift of radio, signed card, and sauerkraut accompanies his final day.
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Phoenix Gazette
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Government auditors find $650,000 spent on vented military raincoats
GAO reports 1962 to 1964 costs for back vents on Army Marine and Navy raincoats rose 28 to 51 cents per garment. Air Force coats lacked vents and functioned fine. Cantle pieces pleats and back slits added about $649,877 in excess costs over two fiscal years.
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UPI
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Air Force
Missing Woman Found Slain in Belleville Area
A mushroom hunter found the nude, mutilated body of Roseann Curran, 24, of Belleville, near a creek east of the city. She had been shot through the heart, a .22 caliber bullet recovered. Curran, daughter of former sheriff William Curran, had been missing since Thursday night after being seen leaving a Belleville laundry with a young man between 11:30 p.m. and midnight.
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William Curran
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Mississippi Flood Dams Quad Cities After Levee Breach
The Mississippi River ruptured a south Quincy levee flooding 5500 acres and injuring 60 residences and plants. Upstream the Quad Cities faced a 24.7 foot crest as volunteers, Red Cross, and authorities fought to hold back floodwaters.
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Hoover Birthplace Proposed as National Historic Site
Secretary Udall said the advisory board recommended honoring Herbert Hoover by designating his birthplace in West Branch Iowa as a national historic site. Hoover was born in the frame house on August 10 1874.
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Washington
UPI
Secretary of Interior
Stewart Udall
Advisory Board On National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
Goddard tax plan assailed as unrealistic on floor
Maricopa County Republican Rep. W. P. Sherrill challenged Governor Goddard’s plan citing school district tax cuts. He argued Arizona already spends more per capita on schools than many states and urged economies and defeating bonds.
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Maricopa County
Goddard
W. P. Sherrill
Arizona
Waiting for Pentecost Power in Jerusalem
Short devotional urging patience in worship. It cites Luke 24 49 and emphasizes that the church must experience a pentecost at any cost, waiting in Jerusalem for power from on high.
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Jerusalem
Goddards Plan Nogales Visit
Governor and Mrs. Goddard will fly to Nogales on Sunday to attend the Fiesta De Mayo in Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona. They will stay Sunday night and join Monday’s festivities. The governor also plans to attend a Tuc son festival Saturday before returning to Phoenix for a barbers’ convention opening at the Adams Hotel at 10 a.m. Sunday en route to Nogales.
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Nogales
Sonora
Ariz
Goddards
Tucson
Phoenix
Adams Hotel
Dominican Rebels Fight to Control Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo fighting resumes as pro Bosch forces clash with army and civilian backers. Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin’s units appear to hold key centers while a military junta linked to Wessin is expected to be sworn in. The capital’s government is in chaos with the palace scarred and the city split between factions.
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Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Elias Wessin
Wessin
Bosch
Rafael Molina Arena
pro-Bosch
Ciudad Nueva
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