Rain Breaks Heat for Charlie Company in Chu Lai
In Chu Lai Vietnam Charlie Company 1st Battalion 14th Infantry of the 3rd Brigade 25th Division endures days of combat and rain. The unit moves constantly with guards at landing zones and field duties. They count Christmas New Year rests and mail calls amid patrols in the highlands and coastal Binh Dinh during Operation Thayer II and Pershing.
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John Lengel
Chu Lai
Vietnam
Charlie Company
14Th Infantry
U.S. 25Th Division
4Th Division
Highlands
3Rd Brigade
Aunle
Charlie
Binh Dinh
Robert G. Eklund
Osceola
Neb
1St Corps
Eklund
Japan
China
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Cam Ranh Bay
Sattahip
Thailand
Udorn
Nakhon
Don Mang
Seventh Fleet
Strategic Air Force
Guam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Michigan
Chu Lam
Ia Drang
Germany
McNamara
McNamara Record Lorry and Vietnam Policy Critique
A letter argues McNamara drove the Vietnam war with flawed logic and misstatements. It cites the 1964 pledge of success, Bay of Pigs links, and growing casualties, urging resignation to restore trust and accountability. The piece laments a mismanaged war and warns of public truth gaps in government handling.
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Vietnam
U.S
McNamara
United States
America
Bay
Johnson
Mr. McNamara
Birds as strange family pets in Mexico City tale
A satirical account describes two parrots Mbongo and Hennessey in a Mexico City home. Hennessey improves on dog food, while Mbongo, an African grey, engages in destructive noises, eats plastic dishes, and talks little, acting as ventriloquist with booming battles from the TV.
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Mexico City
Hennessey
Mbongo
Africa
Pet Shop
Mbengo
History Highlights May 17 1967 AP briefing
Today marks May 17, 1967 the 137th day of the year with 228 remaining. Notable events include Nazi occupation of Brussels 1940 creation of Newark 1966 birth of Edward Jenner 1749 patent for a reaper 1804 Truman railway seizure 1946 and British dam raids Moehne and Eder 1943.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Connecticut
New Jersey
Newark
Edward Jenner
Richard French
John Hawkins
Congress
Moehne
Eder
Germany
Harry S. Truman
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Hong Kong
China
FBI
Pennsylvania
Book Review SHOULD FASCINATE SPACE FANS NO MAN'S WORLD
Martin Caidin's 1971 space thriller depicts a lunar base clash between American and Soviet forces. The narrative delivers technical detail and spaceflight realism, but bogs down with romance and extended political lecture. Readers seeking plausible future spacework will find the expertise engaging despite weak fiction.
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Martin Caidin
Dutton
Barkagan
Allenby
Roswell Daily Record Meaimetuan Rates in Advance
Roswell area residents receive home delivery options with rates in advance for three months six months or one year. The notice lists the Roswell territory by carrier and provides a business phone number 622 7710 for new subscriptions and inquiries.
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Roswell
Trape
Nuclear power in 1960s promises vast future energy
Fortune notes atomic energy is already reshaping the economy with over two billion dollars in nuclear plant orders in 1966 and a projected 30 000 megawatts by 1973. Breeder reactors may cut fuel costs near vanish, boosting growth while technical and funding questions unfold in a free market.
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Fortune Magazine
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Imore
Fortune
Africa
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Tactics Stir State Central Reapportionment Fight
State Chairman Harold Wolden of Albuquerque criticizes Bernalillo County Heights Democrats for pressing central committee reapportionment amid a Republican sweep in Heights. He urges compromise, notes a narrow defeat of the reapportionment proposal, and cites Bernalillo County as pivotal in 1966.
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Santa FE
Harold Wolden
Albuquerque
Central Committee
Bernalillo County Heights
Heights
Wolden
Bernalillo County
Bernalillo
Dave Cargo
Congress
Cargo
Sterling Black
Los Alamos
Sandoval
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Henry J. Taylor
Mexico
By John Abney
Book Review
Moon
United Nations
Air Force
Space Administration
Caitlin
Meaimetuan
Weer
By Fred Buckles
Legislative Audit Commission
Pera Investments
Democratic Party
Turner Branch
Branch
State Tax Commission
Southern Union Gag Co
Mountain States Telephone
General Telephone
American Telephone and Telegraph
Southern Union Gas Co
el Paso Natural Gas
Southwestern Public Service Co
Chaves
Curry, Lea
Roosevelt and
Eddy Counties
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Tax Commission
Jesse Kornegay
Hidalgo
Luna
Otero
Dona Ana
Lea
Eddy
Tommy
Channel 4
Laurel
Hardy
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