McNamara Viet Reports Highlight Shifting Forecasts
An AP analysis traces McNamara's nine Vietnam visits from 1962 to 1967, noting growing U.S. troop deployments, shifting White House statements, and the tension between optimism and setbacks as Vietnam War progress reports diverged from later outcomes. It contrasts official optimism with Viet Cong resilience and questions of reporting candor in Washington.
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New York
Robert S. McNamara
South Vietnam
Washington
White House
U.S
New York Times
Saigon
McNamara
United States
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Kennedy
Taylor
May
Johnson
Congress
Marine 19 Held in Death of Grand Rapids Teen
Eugene Tubbs 19 is held in Lake County Jail Illinois after a murder warrant is issued in Grand Rapids Michigan. He told a state trooper at the Deerfield toll plaza he wished to surrender following the death of 17 year old Rosie Hardges found in a Grand Rapids hotel bathtub.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Lake County
Waukegan
Ill
Eugene Tubbs
Illinois
Deerfield
Tri-State Tollway
Tubbs
Rosie Hardges
Teen beer bust raided by cops near Crawfordsville
Sixteen teens faced court hearings after a Friday night raid on a beer party in a wooded area near Crawfordsville Indiana. Police said 30 to 40 others escaped in cars leaving shoes and purses. One adult, 22 year old Lawrence Andrews, faced charges in Montgomery Circuit Court.
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Crawfordsville, Ind
UPI
Montgomery County
Here
Clarence Demord
Lawrence Andrews
Crawfordsville
Montgomery
Gerstmeyer Students Attend Ball State Newspaper Workshop
Two Gerstmeyer High students, Dorothy Deardorf and Candace Eisman, travel to Ball State University in Muncie for a newspaper workshop. Deardorf attends editors seminar while Eisman joins sessions for news writers.
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Gerstmeyer High
Dorothy Deardorf
Candace Eisman
Ball State University
Muncie
Miss Deardorf
Miss Eisman
Coppola rises from film student to Hollywood director
Hollywood profile of Francis Ford Coppola detailing his UCLA MFA path from Dementia to You're a Big Boy Now and his leap to directing Finian's Rainbow. The piece notes his 28 year old bear like appearance and as the most successful graduate among eleven cinema schools.
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Hollywood
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian
Coppola
Boston
Ucla
Indiana
Iowa
New York
Seven Arts
Paris
Times
Jack Warner
Coppola Teams with Broadway Hit for New Film Adaptation
Filmmaker Coppola begins production adapting a once hit Broadway show into a feature. Cast details remain undisclosed as principal photography commences.
Army Pfc Floyd Noe dies in Vietnam fire fight
Army Pfc Floyd R. Noe 20 died July 12 of wounds suffered in a fire fight with enemy troops in Vietnam. He was a medic who had volunteered to extend his enlistment to continue serving there and was from Huntingburg Indiana. Relatives were notified Saturday.
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Huntingburg
Ind
Floyd R. Noe
Vietnam
Noe
Skirts Down at Rome Show Hint Fashions in Flux
UPI reports during the third day of Italian fall winter shows buyers and press saw hedged hemlines with little conviction. Designers favored above knee silhouettes, 1930s mood, long waists, fur hems, and muted emphasis on fabrics and prints. Mila Schon showcased lean lines with occasional pleats. brown remained a dominant color.
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Rome
UPI
Paris
London
Lown
Forquet
Mila Schon
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