Word: flew
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...enemy thrusts were under way (see THE WORLD) as Johnson flew to North Carolina and California for a personal goodbye to some of the 10,500 soldiers and Marines being dispatched to Viet Nam. The reinforcements will bring total U.S. military strength in the country to 510,500, allowing General William Westmoreland greater flexibility in deploying his troops to defend the cities and the besieged northern provinces. The new men are being rushed to Asia, said the Pentagon, "for insurance purposes...
After returning to the United States, Krause flew almost immediately to Mexico City to participate in some high altitude experiments. The tests were conducted in preparation for the 1968 Olympics to be held there this summer...
...either major party nominated a man satisfactory to him. As the Montgomery Advertiser dryly noted, however, the U.S. has not produced such a man since John C. Calhoun, the champion of Nullification and states' rights, who "unfortunately has not been available since 1850." Bowing to the inevitable, Wallace flew up to Washington, D.C., last week to announce at a press conference that he will run for the job himself under the banner of his recently formed American Independent Party. "I fully believe we can win!" he cried. "I am in the race irrevocably...
Venezuela's former President Rómulo Betancourt, 59, flew home from Europe for the first time in four years to try to patch up his splintered Acción Democrática party. The visit was a brief one, though, for there was another party back in Switzerland awaiting Betancourt's ministrations. That would be Renee Hartman Viso, 44, soon to become his wife. Betancourt disclosed that he had divorced his first wife, Costa Rican-born Carmen Valverde, to be free to marry Renee. But his absence during the long divorce proceedings, some Venezuelans believe, may cost...
...determined as Kim. Seoul began to augment its regular forces by 15,000, announced it would arm 2,500,000 reservists and veterans. After Pueblo was seized last month, the U.S. began bringing its two divisions in the South up to their full 50,000-man strength, flew in planes to three Korean airbases, and promised to speed delivery of $30 million worth of military equipment designed to combat infiltration from the North. In addition, Lyndon Johnson asked Congress for an immediate military aid appropriation of $100 million -part of a $3 billion foreign aid program sent to Congress last...