Good News Review: Year of Progress and Hope
A Washington UPI dispatch surveys positive developments from the past year. Prosperity grows with 81 months of expansion, GDP up 57 percent, worker pay up 28 percent. Space and science advance with Saturn V and Apollo capsule success. Labor, industry, and social programs show gains while malaria cures and spinal research offer hope.
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Mexico
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Toronto
Southeast Asia
South America
Hill 875 Battle Ends Thanksgiving Day Charge
UPI reports U S troops seized the Hill 875 fortress in the central highlands after a one hour assault. About 1,400 North Vietnamese killed in the highlands fight. U S losses number in the hundreds with 14,846 Americans killed since 1961. Col James Johnson and Capt Ron Leonard led the assault, earning turkey dinners beneath the heights despite ongoing shelling. The siege marked the campaign centerpiece as 300 foes defended the bunkers before surrender.
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Ron Leonard
Hayes City
Okla
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Leonard
Bravo
Col. Johnson
Highland Hills
Heroic boy survives hit and run in Thanksgiving hope
Norman George, 13, is alive after a hit and run crash in Wichita on November 14. He shielded friend Leota Matlock from danger, was pinned against a tree, and remains in St Francis Hospital in critical but improving condition. His parents say he may be months in hospital but spirits are high as they give thanks.
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Leota
March on Pentagon directed by Reds
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford says President Johnson has a secret report showing Communists organized the October 21 22 antiwar Pentagon protest. Ford reported Johnson read the document to Republicans at the White House after the march, with hundreds arrested at the Defense Department HQ. White House declined to comment.
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Weekly Vietnam casualties rise with Dak To fighting
UPI reports American combat deaths for the week ending last Saturday reached 225, up 48 from the prior week, the highest in two months. Communist deaths fell to 1,287, Americans wounded totaled 1,256, and South Vietnamese civilian deaths reached 75 amid Viet Cong raids. The war toll now stands at 14,846 Americans killed and about 93,227 wounded.
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Nation pauses for holiday celebration and war shadows
United Press International reports Thanksgiving amid abundance and family feasts while recalling Vietnam war deaths and home traffic tolls. Macy’s parade and President Johnson’s Thanksgiving address frame a day of gratitude shadowed by war and unrest.
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Manhattan
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Johnsons
Brazilian exchange student finds friendly welcome in Morrisons
John Mansur, an 18 year old Brazilian senior from Juiz de Fora, Brazil, spends a year in Washington, living with the Ira Morrison family at 314 W. Washington and attending Washington High School. He speaks English well, enjoys swimming and guitar, and notes differences in Brazilian and American education and farming. The piece ends with a brief note on South Dakota Governor Nils Roe remaining the state's bachelor leader after Claude Kirk’s marriage.
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Juiz de Fora
Brazil
Ira Morrison
United States
Washington High School
Mansur
Washington
American Field Service Exchange
W. Washington
John
Rio de Janeiro
Thanksgiving Day Feast Reaches Vietnam Front Lines
In Vietnam, about 500000 American troops celebrate Turkey Day with hot meals. Hill 875 siege victors gain a promised feast airlifted from base camps, including turkey, sides, pies, and fruit. The Army shipped 57000 turkeys and 33 tons of fruit cake for the observance.
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Probate of Wills and Executors Named in Estates
Probate proceedings list the estates of Ethel Lois Weed and Marion Godlove with appointments of executors. County board of supervisors records also appear in the referenced pages, detailing actions and determinations relevant to those matters.
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Marion Godlove
Proceedings of County Board of Supervisors
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