Night attack repelled in northern South Vietnam
South Vietnamese forces beat back a dawn assault by more than 100 North Vietnamese attackers eight miles west of Fire Base O'Reilly. They reported 38 enemy killed and one prisoner captured along with three heavy weapons, seven rifles, and 300 blocks of TNT. Heavy rains limited other action, while U S bombers conducted raids on the Laotian side of the border.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
O'Reilly
Youth In A Fix Shown At Sunset Church
A 30 minute sound and color film titled Youth In A Fix will be shown at the Pentecostal Church of God at Sunset and Albuquerque at 7 30 p m today. The film depicts teenage drug use and moral decline with confidential interviews and scenes of heroin injection. Rev Johnie Harper invites the public to attend.
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Pentecostal Church of God Church
Sunset
Albuquerque
Johnie Harper
Roswellite Receives LSU Degree in Environmental Design
Patricia Harris of Roswell received a bachelor's degree at LSU during commencement exercises. She earned her degree in the School of Environmental Design. Mayor Lovatt canceled plans for a November 11 Independence Day celebration in Salisbury marking Rhodesia's fifth anniversary due to an inadequate response.
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Patricia Harris
Roswell
Louisiana State University
LSU
School of Environmental Design
Salisbury
John Lovatt
Rhodesia
Britain
Buildings Ready as Roswell District Plans New School Year
Roswell Independent School District expects 10,974 students for the fall with most of 437 classroom teachers hired, and a slight rise in total teachers. Vacancies arose when wives of transferred men resigned, but replacements are being sought. Pupil-teacher ratios are projected at 23 to 1 for grades 1-3 and 27 to 1 for grades 4-12.
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Roswell Independent
Bruce (Cox
Roswell
Cox
Hawaii historians urge policing of commercial helicopter flights
Hawaiian historians pressed a state Senate committee to curb private helicopter tours into remote islands to deter temple site looting. Thelma Hadley of the Kauai Historical Society said access via air boosts vandalism and urged tighter policing. Experts noted high bounties for artifacts attract poachers and called for public education on Hawaii’s temple sites.
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Thelma Hadley
The
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Kaual
Hadley
State Senate
William KK. Kikuchi
University of Arizona
Honolulu
Bishop Museum
Kikuch
Kikuchi
Hawaii
Navy struggles to recruit black officers despite MORE effort
AP reports the Navy has fewer than 1 percent of its 80 000 officers as Negroes with 539 above ensign. Lt Commander Toney and Lt Commander Patridge lead MORE and Minority Affairs to expand recruitment, but image, exams, pay, and corporate competition slow progress.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington (Ap
Navy Officer Corps
Navy
Robert J. Toney
Toney
Melvin Patridge
Army
Air Force
Marines
Defense Department
More Toney
Patridge
Pentagon
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Prairie View
Texas
Capitol Hill
Navy Academy
Annapolis
Benefits of Drugs Underestimated
VA heart specialist Edward Freis reports new five year VA study across 16 hospitals showing daily anti hypertension drugs significantly cut death and prevent serious complications in mild and moderate hypertension. The study of 380 male patients urges broader use of available drugs for fixed hypertension with diastolic 105+ despite intermittent resting reductions.
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Edward Freis
Freis
Washington, DC, VA
United States
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