Memorial Day honors veteran Harry J Griggs in Middletown
Harry J Griggs of Middletown, a World War I veteran, raises the flag on Memorial Day and leads a parade amid extensive flag display. He is father to a son killed in World War I in France, with ceremonies continuing across the area.
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Harry J. Griggs
Middletown
Griggs
France
Rusk Lodge lead Asia session on Vietnam crisis
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in Saigon with U S officials to meet leaders. The talks will include McNamara McCone Taylor Felt and other U S military and diplomatic officials to discuss Vietnam war steps neutralization Laos and potential Geneva talks.
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Rusk
U. S&s
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
U.S
Lodge
Defense
Robert McNamara
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
Maxwell B. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Harry D. Felt
U.S. Pacific
Washington
Southeast Asia
Nation's holiday traffic toll tops 376 deaths
The National Safety Council reported 376 traffic deaths during the Memorial Day weekend as the nation logged about 8.5 billion miles traveled. California led with 30 deaths, Texas 27, and New York 20, while a Hopatcong New Jersey fire killed four children and a widow.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Safety Council
California
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Mlinois
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Hopatcong
N. J
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Manny Fuchs
China
Viet Nam
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Peiping
South
United States
Laos
Geneva