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Ground action was light in South Vietnam. Two infantrymen were killed in a firefight east of Saigon, and seven Marines were wounded by a booby trap south of Da Nang...
...polls. In one of the more obscure surveys, U.S. newspaper editors picked the man who they thought was the most admired in history. The winner was Jesus Christ (280 votes). Runners-up: Winston Churchill (175), Abraham Lincoln (151), Thomas Jefferson (72), George Washington (66). Also-rans: Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi, William Shakespeare, Albert Schweitzer. Visitors to Madame Tussaud's waxworks in London voted Churchill the Hero of All Time, ahead of Jesus, John F. Kennedy, Admiral Nelson and Joan of Arc. As Most Hated and Feared, the waxwork freaks voted Hitler and Mao Tse-tung...
Portugal feels threatened. In Guinea-Bissau the PAIGC (Partido Africano de Indepencia da Guine e Cabol Verde) claims to have control of two-thirds of the land of Guinea-Bissau. What this means is that Portugal's dominant position is severely endangered and that Africans are gaining control of their countries. Portugal attacked Guinea to retain her control of Guinea-Bissau and to maintain a position of colonial domination in Mozambique and Angola. foundation of support outside Guinea-Bissau...
...makes face-to-face meetings more and more difficult. "You can't realistically solve the problem by widening streets or banning cars," he says. "You have to adjust, reshuffle things and separate the trucks, cars and people, each on a distinct level. Back in the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci sketched plans to separate traffic this way. Rockefeller Center tried it in the 1930s." In 1957 Ponte saw his chance to update both. To land a project in downtown Montreal, Zeckendorf had to submit a plan for the surrounding area as well. Included in that plan was Ponte...
...YORK TIMES reports the Marines at Da Nang have been teaching the South Viet Namese baseball. The South Viet Namese have taken to the game with delight, just as the Japanese did during the occupation of their country. Baseball is the all-American game for the all-American world...