Communists Shift War Effort to Central Highlands Viet Nam
AP analysis reports a shift of Viet Cong strength from the Mekong delta to the central highlands. Vietnamese officers say battalion size attacks have followed. an outpost at Nam Dong was struck after moves from North Viet Nam, with government forces sustaining casualties. A second battalion is said to have arrived from Laos.
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Tation
Viet Nam
Cambodia-Laos
Saigon
Peter Arnett
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Highlands
Viet
Nant
Hue
Nam Dong
Wnif
Laos
Local Deaths Geoff B Smith 61
Geoff B. Smith 61 of 394 Liberty Street died early Wednesday at Washington County Hospital after a short illness. Born in Sharpsburg he was the son of Charles and Bessie Smith and a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Survived by wife Mrs. William I. Smith sons James K Richard W Hagerstown Marion C Arlington Va Benson M Flagerstown sisters Edith Harrison Geraldine Bostetter four grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Minnich Funeral Home Hagerstown with Rev. Ronnie H. McClung. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Family to receive friends Friday 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
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Geoff B. Smith
Liberty St
Washington County Hospital
Sharpsburg
Charles
Bessie (Baker) Smith
Loyal Order Ofi Moose
Willian I. Smith
James K
Richard W
Hagerstown
Marion
Prayer Today Gracious Father In Whose Patient Love
A devotional prayer attributed to Joseph R Sizoo of Washington University asks for renewed faith and strength. The excerpt reflects gratitude for divine guidance through hardships and calls for spiritual replenishment to hear the march of those who conquer in God’s fight.
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Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D.C
Gee Washington University
Area Deaths In Maryland and corrections notice
Obituaries from Baltimore Frederick et al list Abs Lett a V. Dennstaedt age 66 of Baltimore formerly Wagerstown and Smithsburg died at Montabello State Hospital. Funeral at Rest Haven with services Thursday 10 am and interment Rest Haven Cemetery. In Frederick Andrew Sherman Wiener 72 of Frederick Memorial Hospital, World War I veteran, survived by sister Marie Ann Wiener, funeral arrangements at Etchison Funeral Home with Requiem Mass at St John the Evangelist, Hancock. Corrections note John X Miller obituary error: survivors five sisters and one brother, age 73 not 61.
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Baltimore
Raymond R. Diffendall
Smithsburg
Abs
Letta V. Dennstaedt
Balimore St
Montabello State Hospital
Wagerstown
Charles F
Lula (Hose) Johnson
Hagerstown
Rest Haven
Melvin D. Hudson
Rest Haven Cemetery
Frederick
Andrew Sherman Wiener
FE. Patrick St
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Automotve Yarls
Callan and Cramer
Hancock
Catherine Gilfener
Marie Ann Wiener
Francis
St. John's Catho ‘Lic Church
St Peter's Catholic Cemetery
John X Miller
Chambersourg Hospital
No Cows In Cow Palace As Workmen Prepare For Convention
San Francisco AP report describes the Cow Palace being transformed into the 1964 Republican National Convention arena. Work on platform area partitions continues while a new electronic score board records delegate votes. Officials note the mix of publicity, entertainment, and expense as committees arrange logistics for delegates and events.
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Morrie Landsberg
SAN Francisco
Moonsday
Capitol Dome
Stras
Banjo
I Gue
Senate
House
Stock Market Drifts Lower in Uneven Trade
New York markets showed a modest decline with several steel and metal stocks giving up slight ground. U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin operated among fractional losses as traders digested a mixed session.
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New York
U. S
Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Towes Withdraws Cambridge Guard On Mediation Committee Suggestion
CAMBRIDGE AP The National Guard has been ordered out of Cambridge after nearly 13 months of keeping the peace between Negroes and whites. Gov Towes announced the plan after a meeting with State officials and the Miles mediation committee. The committee urged removal of troops and a three month continuation of a controversial donated foods program run by the guard.
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Cambridge
National Guard
Towes
Cal
William Ogletree
Tawes
Milton Reckord
George M. Gelstan
Carey Jarman
Clarence W. Miles
Navy midshipman aboard USS Perkins and visit to Canada
June 14 1969 marked arrival of troops amid Negro protest violence. Midshipman James Witherspoon will join USS Perkins for a six week Pacific Fleet cruise to Naval stations and Canada. Leaders hope whites and blacks can find a peaceable meeting ground during the tour and demonstrations for civil rights are referenced.
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Uss Perkins
James BR. Wither
Spoon Jr
and Airs
James FR. Witherspoon Sr
Tawes
Potomac Ave
Hagerstown
Terkins
Ors
Robbins
E. Nascoe
Willey
Ralph Wheatley
Pacific Fleet
Stroyer
Aperience
Stanley Wise
United States
Nnto
Canada
Goldwater Not Worried About GOP Platform
Senator Barry Goldwater faces GOP platform debate as Denison Kitchel says opposition lacks delegate strength to derail his front-running bid. The candidate travels to San Francisco, while Pennsylvania and New York leaders push planks condemning extremist groups and affirming Civil Rights Act rights.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Denison Kitchel
Goldwater
Resolutions Committee
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
William W. ‘Scranton
John’ Birch Society
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Birch Society
The
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Clare Shank
St. Petersburg
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U.S
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Felt
Honaliht
Southeast Asia
U.S. Navy
Tawessai
Dor
Chester County
Mittee
M. Baker Robbins
Gloria Richardson
Walter R. Mears
W. Washington
Discount Mart
Fee
Bous Caryl Richards
Oral Roberts
Robert F. DeWeese
Jesus Christ
Evangelet Caual Romerts
Iw Fille
Tfam
Miller-Liskey Electric Co
Miller-Liskey
Mobile Industrial
Electric Day, Inc
Miller
Liskey
HSE
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Honerstown
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