Enemy missile downs computerized gunship in Laos
An enemy surface to air missile downed a U S AC130 gunship over Laos during a pre dawn mission. All 14 crewmen are missing after a unsuccessful search and rescue. It was the first AC130 shot down by a surface to air missile. North Vietnamese attacks continue in eight bases in Quang Tri and central regions with fighting and troop movements reported. J Arthur Rank dies at 83 in Winchester England.
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United States
Laos
U.S. Command
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Pioneer radio newscaster Gabriel Heatter dies at 81
Gabriel Heatter, famed wartime broadcaster known for there’s good news tonight, died of pneumonia at 81 in Miami Beach after a five year battle with illness. He retired from national radio in 1961, with last broadcast May 23, 1965, and inspired listeners through World War II coverage and his enduring phrase.
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Gabriel Heatter
Miami Heart
Heatter
Ralph Daniels
Daniels
Mutual
Miami
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ppp
Fulbright Awarded To Costa Rica Lecturing Scholar
Ian MacNiven, a Southern Illinois University doctoral candidate in English, won a senior Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to lecture on American literature at the University of Costa Rica for five months starting in August.
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Ian MacNiven
Southern Illinois University
University of Costa Rica
South Viet casualties rise to nine month high
South Vietnamese and allied forces reported a sharp rise in casualties last week with 445 enemy deaths and four American soldiers killed. American wounded totaled 13 as fighting intensified along the eastern Cambodia border and near Laos, while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses reached 1,981.
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Cambodia
South
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Tremor touches Mississippi River Valley near Memphis
A minor earthquake measuring about 4 on the Richter scale shook the Memphis area, centered north of Memphis near Arkansas and Hayti. The tremor lasted around 15 seconds. experts say such quakes crack plaster and windows but rarely cause major damage, though in Cooter Missouri some windows broke and floors buckled.
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Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi River
Memphis
Fred Followill
University of Mississippi
Aan Ark
Hayti
Cooter
Followill
Mississippi Valley
New Madrid
St. Louis University
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Joan Mills
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James Mason
Dirk Bogarde
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Hollywood
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Harold Lloyd
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Holiday
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Grandpa
RAPCO
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POSEY
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