Green Mechanics See Action With Viet Nam Marines
Three U S Marine mechanics who had not fired a weapon in Vietnam found themselves six feet from danger as a Viet Cong force attacked Marble Mountain base. They reported eight Viet Cong killed and three wounded after firing about 70 rounds while isolated in a foxhole. Mortimer Brule and O Shannon survived unhurt. all are veterans of Marine basic infantry training and had arrived in Vietnam in late September or May.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Marble Mountain
Rochester
N.Y
Mortimer
Brule
Lance
Leonard L. O’shannon
Portland
Ore
O’shannon
Marine Basic
Lewis W. Walt
Chu Lai
Walt
Teachers Convene as NMEA Seeks Local Tax Powers
Albuquerque AP The New Mexico Education Association opens its 1965 convention with the afternoon assembly featuring Sen. Gale W. McGee as keynote. The council seeks state funds for a quality instructional program and local tax authority for education plus amendments to cut council size and adjust representation.
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Albuquerque
General Assembly
New Mexico Education Association
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Nmea Council
NMEA
Boards of Education
Cuban boat exodus halted by Cuban govt order
In Key West Cuba ordered a midnight stop to the small boat exodus of refugees as hundreds sail for Florida despite bad weather. A Coast Guard spokesman said they are on their way.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Florida
Coast Guard
Johnson plans dual Gemini launches to reach orbit
President Johnson disclosed a plan to place two spacecraft in orbit simultaneously, with Gemini 7 to launch first followed by Gemini 6 ten days later. Each craft would carry two astronauts, aiming for in formation flight and a two day plus fourteen day mission, to recover time after a prior Atlas Agena failure.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Johnson
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bill D. Moyers
Soviet Union
Here
Dean Rusk
LBJ
Washington
United States
Ludwig Erhard
Grand Dragon Loses His Tongue Before U S House Panel
Washington AP report on the House Un American Activities Committee hearing with South Carolina Klan leader Robert E. Scoggin refusing to confirm identity or spellings. Panel cites violent training by Klansmen and considers units like Unit No 100 and The Black Shirts.
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Washington
Congressional Brothers
the Underground
Robert E. Scoggin
Scoggin
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Scoggins
Donald T. Appell
Spartanburg
S.C
Cyclops
21 Club
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Black Shirts
Chessmen
Arthur Robert Nix
Joe R. Pool
D - Tex
Nix
Appell
Grand Dragon
Don Cothran
Florida
Klavern
Spartanburg Sportsmen’s Club
Forgetful Librarian Seeks Lost Invitations
Albuquerque details show Donald Roberts a UNM fine arts librarian overseeing the EthnoMusicology Society convention from November 11 to 14. About 700 invitations mailed October 11 were thought lost until a box in a storeroom revealed 500 unmailed invites.
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Albuquerque
Donald Roberts
Roberts
University of New Mexico
Post Office
Dick Pino
Governor's Day at NMMI Promises Cadet Pageantry
Governor Jack Campbell visits New Mexico Military Institute for Governor's Day events Saturday. Cadets polish barracks and prepare for an escorted campus inspection, Honor Guard review, cadet corps briefing, lunch in Bates Hall, and a screening of Men of Tomorrow. A Connor Junior College vs Broncos game closes the day with a governor speech after the match.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Jack Campbell
Hagerman and Saunders Barracks
Cadet Corps
Sam Agee
NMMI
Connors Junior College
Broncos
Municipal Stadium
Corps of Cadets
Gov. Campbell
Xo. Lennon
T. L. Gardner
Elmer C. Blaha
Wyatt
Marines Hunt Viet Cong After Covert Attacks
U S Marine patrols searched near Da Nang and Chu Lai after Viet Cong mortar and death by own action squad attacks destroyed 19 helicopters and two bombers, damaged 21 more, and left Marines with light casualties while claiming 39 guerrillas killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Chu Lai
Viet Nam
Marble Mountain
County clerk offers free bridal pack with marriage licenses
The Chaves County Clerk Dorothy Herring provides a complimentary bridal pack of detergent shampoo and other samples with each marriage license sold, supplied at no cost by an advertising firm.
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Dorothy Herring
Chaves
Gravel influx underpins Roswell Federal Building project
Four story Federal Building in Roswell, costing 1.4 million, advances with 6 percent complete. 900 loads of gravel arrive for a six foot excavation at Fifth and Richardson as 20 workers form walls. Rountree Company installs HVAC and plumbing at 287000. Gamblin Electric handles wiring at 159000. 396 tons of steel have arrived. the structure will use about 3500 cubic yards of concrete.
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Fifth and
Richardson
Roswell
Bill Brown
Hugh Rowland and Associates
Brown
Rountree Company
Lubbock
Texas
Gamblin Electric Company of
Albuquerque
McGee warns against repressing Vietnam protestors in New Mexico
Sen Gale McGee warns against repressive measures toward students and demonstrators opposing U.S. policy in Vietnam. Speaking at the New Mexico Education Association annual convention, he says some protesters may be Communists but many are exercising traditional American rights to dissent.
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Albuquerque
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
U.S
Viet Nam
Sen. McGee
General Assembly of the New Mexico Education Association
Roswell Hobbs in Fund Race
Roswell United Fund aims for a $187,620 goal to beat Hobbs in a fundraising drive. Jim Clark, Chaves County Fund chairman, taunts Leon Harmon in a telegram promising the winning county will enjoy the best steak dinner Hobbs can offer.
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Roswell
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Eugene Mortimer
Las Vegas
N.M
Lawrence Brule
Leon Hill
Amarillo, Tex
Bureau of Reclamation Office
Pecos Valley
Johnson City
Bates Hall
St. Louis
UPI
Marine
Hobbs
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