Army Medic Faces Herbal Doctors in Vietnam Delta
Sgt. Marvin Powell of Spring Lake North Carolina tends to about 200 villagers daily in five Mekong Delta hamlets. He treats skin problems stomachaches and infections while herbal doctors in the region resist him fearing loss of clients. Powell plans an 18 month tour update and hopes to pursue public service after service.
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Vietnam
Marvin Powell
Spring Lake
N.C
Powell
Mekong
Delta
39Th Infantry
Racial Clash Splits British Conservatives
London reports Britain's Conservative Party in turmoil after Edward Heath ousts right wing figure Enoch Powell for a racialist speech. Reginald Maudling and Alec Douglas-Home assume Powell’s brief as party splits deepen while Labor uses the dispute in a race relations bill debate. Powell defends his call to curb immigration and repatriate current settlers amid rising racial tension.
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Britain
Edward Heath
Enoch Powell
Powell
Heath
Defense
Labor
Reginald Maudling
Alec Douglas-Home
Commonwealth Affairs
John Jennings
Laborites
House of Commons
Swiftly seamed pattern offers slim youthful look
Printed Pattern 4562 with half sizes and fabric needs listed. Advertising copy invites mail order to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern dept. Includes pricing, mailing charges, and catalog offers.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Virginian Seeks U.S. Jaycees Office for VP Post
William R. Hartz a 31 year old Wave rly insurance executive seeks the National Jaycees vice presidency becoming the first Virginian to run for national office in a decade. Endorsed by the Virginia Jaycee board and Gov Mills E Godwin Jr he would oversee a five state area once elected. Hartz has led Jaycee work since 1963 as charter president of the Waverly chapter.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Jaycees
Jaycee Board of Directors
Mills E. Godwin Jr
William R. Hartz
Hartz
Jaycee
Waverly
Today in History April 22 1968 events and anniversaries
On this date in history several events are noted including U S neutrality proclaimed in 1793, mint motto In God We Trust adopted in 1864, Oklahoma land claims beginning in 1889, poison gas used in 1915, New Guinea invasion in 1944, New York World's Fair opening in 1964, Tito urging Soviet restraint, Pearson becoming Canada’s prime minister, and the Greek king calling for order after a coup.
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Associated Press
United States
France
Britain
U. S
Congress
Oklahoma Territory
New Guinea
New York
Heloise column tips on porch ceiling and home hacks
Readers share low cost DIY ideas including a dropped ceiling from plastic matchstick draperies for a screened porch and den ceilings. Suggestions cover painting avoidance, stapling, mildew free plastic strips, color changing by washing, and using spice box canisters as emergency storage.
Presbytery Set to Report on Liquor by the Drink
A Montgomery Presbytery committee will report in July on liquor by the drink in Virginia. A Roanoke church resolution opposing mixed drinks was sent to the committee at the quarterly meeting in Fincastle.
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Presbytery
Fincastle
Montgomery Presbytery
Virginia
Roanoke
Australian Zoe Caldwell Tops Drama Tony Winners
Australian actress Zoe Caldwell won best dramatic actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Tom Stoppard took the drama trophy for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Martin Balsam won best actor for You Know I Cant Hear You When the Waters Running.
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New York
Zoe Caldwell
Tom Stoppard
Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
Martin Balsam
Leslie Uggams
Patricia Routhledge
Britain
Routhledge
Robert Goulet
Mike Nichols
Short Respite Louisville Golf Remark from Bob Irvine
Bob Irvine, after a disastrous round, tells teammates in the locker room that golf is a terrible game and he is glad he does not have to play again until tomorrow.
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Louisville
Bob Irvine
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