Three Tries Save Percy From Viet Cong Fire
In Dakson near Saigon, Sen. Charles Percy and six others faced mortar and small arms fire from Viet Cong. Dennis Smith, a refugee official, recounted guiding Percy toward safety as helicopters arrived. Percy survived with others after a harrowing escape to a river clearing.
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Saigon
Dennis Smith
Charles H. Percy
Smith
U.S
Milton
Mass
South Vietnam
Percy
Dakson
Cambo
Sen
Make-Believe Physician Arouses Texas Town Support
Freddie Brant alias Dr Reid L Brown, jailed for perjury and forgery, says Groveton residents rally around him and even raise funds to send him to medical school. They describe him as a doctor who helped organize a hospital drive, while Brant seeks work as a lab tech or X-ray technician after bond posting.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Freddie Brant
Reid L. Brown
Groveton
Brant
Emmett Colvin
Kaufman
Terrell State Hospital
Terrell, Tex
Shreveport, la
Secret Service Seizes Money Tree In Amarillo Window Display
In Amarillo a money tree on display at a local finance firm window for 23 Christmas seasons was seized by the Secret Service. The fake money is about one-third the size of a dollar, bears a fake George Washington in glasses, reads this certificate is not worth a cent, and is signed Oscar Zilch and Harry T. Zilch. Dallas Secret Service says it is a counterfeit reproduction and part of anti counterfeiting enforcement.
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Amarillo
Tex
Secret Service
George Washington
Oscar Zilch
Harry T. Zilch
Secret Service Office
Dallas
Morey
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Ayton
Firestone
UNI
Jack Jones
Roberta Peters
Vienna Boys Choir
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Philco
Sea
Philco Solid State
AFC
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Valley Ave
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George Washington Hotel
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