Escapee from Viet Cong speaks on peace marches and life with captors
Sgt. J. C. Isaac Camacho, a 10 year Army veteran and the first American to escape Viet Cong captivity, denounces antiwar protests as harming troops and notes mixed treatment by captors. He recalls capture near Saigon November 25, 1963, hardship, medicines, and occasional meals amid jungle confinement.
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J. C. Isaac Camacho
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Camacho
Saigon
West Virginia Sets October Draft Quota at 407
Charleston officials said the October draft quota for West Virginia is 407 men, over four times last year’s figure, and 53 higher than September. The national October quota rises to 33,600 due to the Vietnam War.
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Viet Nam
Admiral Tours Installations In Far East
Adm. U S Grant Sharp Jr., commander of the Pacific forces, departed Honolulu on a 12 day tour of military installations in the Far East visiting Formosa Hong Kong Okinawa Japan and South Korea.
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U.S. Grant Sharp Jr
U.S. Pacific
Far East
Formosa
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Japan
South Korea
Prank at Brooklyn Bank Triggers Security Sweep
Joseph B. Finazzo, 74, a longtime Roosevelt Savings Bank customer, went to deposit $100 in Brooklyn. A note on the slip warned of acid and danger, prompting a silent alarm, a guard grab, and police response before officers released him after an hour of questioning.
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New York
Joseph B. Finazzo
Roosevelt Savings Bank
Brooklyn
Finazzo
Patrick Antonelle
Antonelle
Gerald Dooley
Savelings
Film Shows Riddled U2 Planes In Tokyo Display
AP reports a film released by a Japanese agency depicted U2 planes riddled with holes and badly damaged in Peking. The segment coincides with Mexico City tremors that caused fatalities and structural damage to tourists. Nine Latin American nations convene to draft a denuclearization treaty. UN relief agency in Beirut faces a 318-employee sit-in for higher pay.
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Peking
Mexico City
Mexico
Latin America
Beirut
Lebanon
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Radke Named DE Coordinator At James Wood High
Edward R. Radke is named Distributive Education Coordinator for the 1965 66 school year at James Wood High School. Superintendent Robert E. Ayler announced the appointment, with Radke to work alongside current DE coordinator James Biddle. Radke, a Chesapeake native and Old Dominion graduate, adds new 10th grade preparatory DE coursework. He has hardware and drug-line experience and industry-related summer study at VPI.
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Edward R. Radke
James Wood High School
Robert E. Ayler
Radke
James Biddle
Oscar Smith High School
Chesapeake
Old Dominion College
Norfolk
Viriginia Polytechnic Institute
Lynda Bird Johnson Sees Cherry Orchard At Stratford
Lynda Bird Johnson 21 travels by back road into Canada to attend Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard at the Stratford Festival. Separate dispatches report Italian actress Vitti refusing explicit scenes, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visiting Rome, and former West Virginia Gov. Marland recovering in Rochester, Minnesota.
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N.Y
Lynda Bird Johnson
Canada
Anton Chekhov
Stratford
Ont
Rochester, Minn
West Virginia
Willam C. Marland
Grace Lines Denies Quitting Amid Strike Reports
Grace Lines Inc. denied a published report that it was going out of business due to the 60 day strike by maritime officers. W J McNeil, president of the steamship firm, said he categorically denied the Baltimore Sun attribution to its maritime editor Helen Bentley.
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Grace Lines Inc
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Helen Bentley
Baltimore Sun
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