California tops states in battle deaths in Vietnam
California leads with 1,289 Vietnam war deaths, followed by New York 988, Pennsylvania 814, Texas 789 and Illinois 703. The top ten states total 7,099 of 13,634 hostile deaths from 1961 to Sept 30. Nonhostile deaths list California 227. other states follow.
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Los Angeles buys experimental electric sedan
The City of Los Angeles paid about $5,000 for an experimental electric-powered four passenger Renault sedan. A Department of Water and Power spokesman announced the purchase for testing smog-free potential. It runs on 26-volt lead-cobalt batteries and can travel 60 mph and 70 to 120 miles per charge.
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Department of Water and Power
United States sets condition for halting bombing in Vietnam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO ministers the US would stop bombing North Vietnam only if it led to useful peace talks, and that Washington cannot halt only half the war. He noted Vietnam's economy and military are moving in the right direction.
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Alphabetical Combat Death Toll by State in Southeast Asia
AP lists state by state combat deaths in Southeast Asia with non-hostile deaths in parentheses. Totals show 13,634 combat deaths and 2,705 non hostiles across 50 states plus territories.
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Alaska
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Connecticut
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Georgia
Services Set For Mrs. Williams 70
Funeral services for Magnolia S. Williams 70 who died Sunday at Tucson Medical Center will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Tucson. A Memphis native she lived here 12 years and was a field aide for the Rillito Area Council. She was a Republican and a member of the NAACP and the Federation of Colored Women. Burial in Tucson Memorial Park Southlawn.
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Boulder
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