the ceremony was kicked off with a candid speech by the president regarding the need for further escalation of the war in vietnam. president johnson awarded four medals of honor to men from each of the armed services.
the u.s. ping-pong team met with president nixon today at an oval office ceremony.
hurricane carmen came through here yesterday.
destroying nearly everything in its path. and as in other towns up and down the coast, bayou la batre's entire shrimping industry.
has fallen victim to carmen and has been left in utter ruin. speaking with local officials, this reporter has learned, in fact, only one shrimping boat actually survived the storm.
for the second time in seventeen days, president ford escaped possible assassination today when a woman, sarah jane moore, fired on him as he stepped out of a hotel in san francisco.
lynett alice fromme, a follower of charles manson better known as "squeaky," attempted to assassinate the president as he was.