Monday, January 31, 2005

U.S. Encouraged By Vote; 83% Turnout Cited

U.S. ENCOURAGED BY VIETNAM VOTE; Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror
By PETER GROSE Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Sep 4, 1967. pg. 2, 1 pgs

Document types: article
ISSN/ISBN: 03624331
Text Word Count 521
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Abstract (Document Summary)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.

Thanks to NEPAJim for the fantastic heads up! I wanted to see some authentication to the article before posting, and sure enough, the above is from the ProQuest Archiver at the New York Times. Here's a link to the full article from DKos.