Pentagon cites Viet Cong reports of heavy U S losses in nine months
The Pentagon says captured Viet Cong documents indicate 88 000 U S troops killed in the first nine months of 1966 about one quarter of all U S forces in South Vietnam. Also cited are 3 558 U S military deaths in the same period, to support claims that Viet Cong downplay losses while exaggerating American casualties.
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Washington
Pentagon
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
South Vietnam
Defense Department
AFL. Cio
George Meany
Central Intelligence Agency
Meany
Open Housing Backers Resume Their Marches
Open housing supporters in Louisville led a two mile march with about 80 participants including 30 students from St. Meinrad Seminary Indiana. The event had few onlookers, little heckling and no arrests, a contrast to earlier demonstrations.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville
St. Meinrad Seminary
Indiana
South End
Board of Aldermen
Smocked Pillows Needlecraft Pattern Sale
Price list offers smocked pillow patterns in corduroy velveteen satin and cotton. Pattern 7041 includes transfer directions for 11 inch round 11 square and 14 inch bolster. 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mailing and handling. Send to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept New York.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Museum
Long War Seen From Gradual U S Bombing Escalation
North Vietnamese and U S military observers say gradual bombing hardened Hanoi to fight longer. They argue earlier, broader strikes might have deterred more, while civilian leaders fear provoking China or the Soviet Union. Haiphong harbor and oil facilities featured in heightened targets considered by the Joint Chiefs.
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U.S
Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Red
China
Soviet Union
White House
Pentagon
Haiphong
Moscow
Haiphong Harbor
Joint Chiefs
Johnson
Eldest Andrews Sister La Verne Dies at 51 in Los Angeles
La Verne Andrews eldest of the Andrews Sisters died of cancer at 51 after eight months of illness. Maxene and Pat learned of the death at Lake Tahoe where they were performing. Lou Rogers husband was by her bedside in their West Los Angeles home. The group continues with younger sisters carrying on the 35 year singing tradition. The sisters made about 900 records with 60 million copies sold and starred in films on stage and in nightclubs since the 1930s with hits like Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree and Rum and Coca Cola. They began in Minneapolis in 1929 and learned music by ear at a local dancing school.
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Los Angeles
Laverne Andrews
Singing Andrews Sisters
Maxene
Pat
Lake Tahoe
Laverne
Lou Rogers
Minneapolis
Mothers Are Persons in a Community Ad Page
A collage style regional advertisement page highlights local businesses in Winchester Virginia including SMALTS FLORIST Colonial Art & Craft Shop SERVISOFT Shickles Food Mart Moore's Texaco Service Station Golden Kitchen D Doyle Cabinet and Supply Co Winchester Savings Bank Hagmann's Coin-Op Wash & Dry Clean Center Winchester Evening Star and a message on mothers as persons with needs for love appreciation recreation and spiritual uplift in a 1965 Concord Associates poster context.
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Christ
County Board Debates Central Registrar For County
Frederick County Board of Supervisors discussed creating a central General Registrar to be housed at the county office building. Critics argued a single master registration book would hinder operations. A special meeting was set for May 22 with state election officials to clarify the plan.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
County Taxpayers’ Association
Donald Baughman
Paul Luttrell
County Electoral Board
State Board of Elections
Joseph A.massie,jr
Board of Supervisors
Harl Himelright
Je. L. ‘Peters
Senseny Road
Planning Commission
Massie
J. Ben Cather
Rt. 50
James Wood High School
Playwright Elmer Rice Dies at 74 in England
Elmer Rice, famed American playwright and social critic, died at 74 in a Southampton hospital after a heart attack en route to Europe aboard the liner France and subsequent pneumonia. His third wife Barbara Marshall of Boston was at his side. Rice authored Street Scene and more than 50 works, winning the 1928 Pulitzer Prize and advocating theatre as a platform for reform. Born 1892 in Manhattan, he abandoned law after On Trial and published widely in stage, film, and television.
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Southampton
England
Elmer Rice
Rice
Europe
France
Barbara Marshall
Boston
New York
William A. Brady
Minority Report
Manhattan
Jacob
Fanny Reizenstein
Hazel Levy
Betty Field
Miss Marshall
Hodgepodge Across Clues Fill A Puzzling Page
A scrambled crossword style list with across clues includes names and terms such as actor Keith, early Amer astronaut, anatomical networks, v
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Keith
Amer
Rational
Vipers
Ignitedisionary
Feera
Groza Sets NFL Games Record Before 1966 Browns Season
Up to the 1966 season start Lou Groza the Cleveland Browns placekicker had appeared in 188 NFL games the most by any player.
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Lou Groza
Cleveland Browns
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