Dayton Marine asks for pistol and ammo in Vietnam letter
A Dayton couple report their son, Marine PFC John Brannon, asks for a 38 caliber pistol as a Christmas present. He notes his M16 jams and wants the pistol to have more than racks to throw at the enemy. Brannon, in a Vietnam letter received Saturday, also requested ammunition and earlier asked for halazone purification tablets.
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Marine Pic
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South Vietnam
Brannon
R. H. Gildner
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Vietnam
Fisher introduces new daughter Joely Stevens Fisher
Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens welcomed their daughter Joely at St Joseph Hospital in Burbank. Joely, a 30 year old mother, weighed in at 9 pounds 10 ounces and arrived at 1 27 a m. Fisher learned of the birth while singing in Las Vegas and visited the hospital soon after. The couple had reportedly married secretly, with possible ceremony in San Juan Puerto Rico. Fisher’s past marriages include Debby Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor.
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Joely
Connie Stevens
Fisher
Miss Stevens
Joe Halperin
Halperin
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Puerto Rico
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St. Joseph Hospital
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Frontier Hotel
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Vegas
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Wendy and
George Burns
Cricket Blake
Los Angeles
James Stacy
California
New York
Stacy
Four Teenagers Die Of Car CO Poisoning In Cleveland Garage
Four teenagers found dead in a car parked in a Cleveland East Side garage died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Coroner to determine marijuana influence. victim Henry L. Pugh warned of plans to obtain pot the night before. Victims: Betty Ann Gagliardo 18, Charla 16, Bruce Schiavoni 18, and Pugh 19. car reported stolen Oct. 22.
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East Side
Henry L. Pugh
Pugh
Betty Ann Gagliardo
Charla
Bruce Sehiavoni
Sehravoni
Betty Gagliardo
Fivo
Elizabeth Estergall
Lynch Bares Appalling Rise in Teen Drug Use
San Francisco report by Attorney General Thomas C. Lynch warns of a sharp rise in teen drug arrests during the first half of 1967. Juvenile marijuana arrests climbed 181 percent from 1,606 to 4,527, with dangerous drug arrests up about 90 percent. Adults saw increases in marijuana and dangerous drug offenses, while heroin and narcotics arrests rose 14.8 percent. The study notes vigilance by law enforcement alongside rising underage drug activity and cites a preliminary link between marijuana offenders and later heroin involvement.
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San Francisco
Thomas C. Lynch
Lynch
Bureau of Criminal Statistics
LBJ Silent on Congress Adjourning Ahead of Thanksgiving
President Johnson offered no public signal to deter Congress from adjourning in November as major legislative items remain unresolved. The White House has been noncommittal while the Johnsons stay at the Johnson City ranch. They traveled from El Paso and Ciudad Juarez to mark the El Chamizal border issue with Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, then attended church services in Fredericksburg.
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Texas White House
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Blanket Rope Breaks Three Saw Bars at San Francisco Jail
In broad daylight three prisoners escaped from the San Francisco Hall of Justice by sawing through a barred window on the seventh floor and lowering themselves on a rope braided from blankets. Joseph Gambos, 35, of San Francisco, fled after reaching ground and is said to be the county jail’s first successful escape. Harold Godspeed, 27, of Redwood City and Donald Moss, 23, of Berkeley were injured. one escapee was knocked unconscious and another fell onto a car roof.
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Redwood City
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Nobel Prize Winners Named In 1967 Awards
Nobel prizes awarded to Hans Bethe of Cornell for physics for nuclear reactions and stellar energy. George Porter and Ronald Norrish of Britain and Manfred Eigen of Germany share chemistry prize. Bethe’s work aided sun energy production, while Porter and teammates studied ultra fast chemical reactions. Peace prize delayed. medicine laureates listed. prize amounts 62 000 dollars. Lingering note on a Munich accident: a 32 year old fell from a fifth floor apartment but was uninjured in a ground carriage incident.
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Sweden
Swedish Academy of Science
Hans A. Bethe
Cornell University
Satons George Porter
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
Manfred Eigen
Bette
Academy
Porter
Royal Institution
London
Cambridge
Eigen
Max Planck Institute of Goettingen
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Alsace
Germany
Hitler
England
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Ithaca
Miguel Angel
Oslo
Nobel Committee
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Storting
Los Alamos
Enrico Fermi
US Atomic Energy Commission
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UPI
Insult Sparks Fatal Subway Fight in Brooklyn
A dispute aboard a speeding Brooklyn IND A train ended with 29 year old Martin Gilliard, a supermarket private guard, stabbed to death after he defended his girlfriend Barbara Satchel 25 from an insulting passerby. Transit Authority officers seized Albert Davis 28 charged with murder awaiting hearing.
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New York
Brooklyn
Martin Gilliard
Barbara Satchel
INDA
Gilliard
Lafayette Avenue
Transit Authority
Albert Davis
Davis
Mrs Kennedy Sees Styles in Rome With Garrigues
Mrs John F Kennedy visited fall fashions chosen by designer Valentino in Rome and then left for lunch with Antonio Garrigues Spain's ambassador to the Vatican. The couple were seen together for a second day running amid prior romantic links, and Mrs Kennedy planned a trip to Cambodia for a holiday starting Tuesday after a three day Rome visit.
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UPI
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F. Kennedy
Antonio Garrigues
Pope Paul VI Resting After Fever Relapse Before Surgery
Pope Paul VI shows fever decline after weekend relapse and begins rest before an expected surgical operation to correct an enlarged prostate. The date of surgery remains unsettled as daily checks and prior conditions complicate the timetable.
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Pope Paul VI
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Holy Father
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Mario Fontane
Death at Colosseum Echoes Ancient Martyr Note
A young Italian businessman leapt to his death from Rome's Colosseum after leaving a suicide note declaring he wished to die where martyrs were sacrificed. Police are treating the case as a tragic self destruction with no immediate foul play indicated.
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