Lonesome End Awarded Silver Star in Dak To
West Point captain William C. Carpenter received the Silver Star from Gen. William C. Westmoreland for heroic napalm action that saved his 1st Battalion unit in South Viet Nam. The 29-year-old officer, once a gridiron star, led a bold strike that prevented a wipeout by North Vietnamese forces.
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Dak To
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Viet Nam
West Point
Lonesome End
William C. Carpenter
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Westmoreland
101St
Carpenter
502Nd
Laos
Army Town Wives At Ft Benning Wait For Their Husbands
Army wives in Columbus Georgia face Viet Nam as a central fact of life at Ft Benning. They cope with frequent moves and post housing while balancing finances and child needs amid deployments and news of war. Rents have eased since last August improving their situation.
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Ft. Benning
Joan Cook
New York Times
Columbus
Viet Nam
Georgia
California
United States 1St Cavalry Division
Airmobile
Police Battle Mob After Youth Shot in Chicago Puerto Rican Neighborhood
Violent street clashes erupted on the North Side after a officer shot a Puerto Rican youth who allegedly brandished a gun. Mob over 1000 damaged police vehicles, threw rocks and bottles, and looting occurred. Injuries and arrests reported as officers fought to disperse the crowds.
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Chicago
Thomas Munyon
Cruz Arcelis
Juan Melan
Melan
Damen
Division
Evergreen Ave
Damen Ave
Fire College grads Bill Whiting and Bob Yost at UI Urbana
Marion firemen Bill Whiting and Bob Yost graduated Sunday from the University of Illinois Fire College in Urbana. The four day course covered new equipment and techniques, water use with limits, pumping operations, and how to test equipment.
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Marion
Bill Whiting
Bob Yost
Fire College
University of Illinois
Urbana
Pat Nugent's Brother to Attend Johnson Wedding as Proxy Best Man
Marine Lt. Gerard Nugent, known as POB or Pat's Older Brother, leads a platoon near Hill 22 south of Da Nang. He cannot attend the Aug. 6 wedding of Pat Nugent to Luci Johnson, but their father Jerry Nugent will stand as proxy best man. Gerard plans a possible Marine career, with wife Phyllis in San Diego.
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George Esper
Johnson
Luci
Washington
Gerard
White House
Nugents
Jerry P. Nugent
Waukegan
Gerard Nugent
Echo Company
2Nd Battalion
3Rd Marine Regiment
Hill 22
da Nang
Marquette University
Naval Rotc
Marine Corps
Phyllis
San Diego
Calif
Sweden Bars Arms To U S In Viet Nam War
Swedish government reportedly refused repeated U S requests to buy arms and ammunition for Vietnam. Harvard professor John Galbraith said Sweden has imposed an arms embargo on the United States. Official confirmations were lacking in Washington and Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Viet Nam
Harvard
John Galbraith
U.S
India
Providence
R.I
Washington
Gunnar Lange
Pentagon
Purple Heart Elects Tinley Park Resident President
Tinley Park resident Raymond Sullivan was elected president of the Illinois Department Military Order of the Purple Heart at the 29th annual convention on Sunday.
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Chicago
Tinley Park
Illinois Department
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Raymond Sullivan
India Train Crash Kills 100 in Bombay Suburb
Two suburban trains collided in Bombay injuring 106 and trapping passengers including many students. Fire crews used blowtorches to reach survivors as officials counted 52 bodies five hours after the collision. The disaster disrupts a rail system serving about two million daily riders.
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Bombay
India
Hot Point Factory Speed Service Appliances
Carbondale based Hot Point Factory Speed Service Appliances WELLER Inc operates at 1200 W Main with phone listing 457-2116.
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Hot Point
Weller, Inc
Carbondale
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Central Valley, N. Y
Silver Star
Cendale
Go-Go Raceways
Mardale Shopping Center
Mrs
Marion M. Harriss
Monk and
Jean
Pat
Complete Service Free
Hartline’s
Makanda
Purple Heart
Zeigler
ILL
Herrin Trades Council
William Humphrey
Southern
Illinois
Williamson County
The
Clarence Miller
Angelo L. Calcaterra
Horace Dagnan
Miller
Dad
B.T.U
Williams Store
S. Illinois
T. Co
Herrin
West Frankfort
DU Quoin
Benton, MT. Vernon
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