North Vietnamese Presses Saigon and North Vietnam Battle
U S troops land on Saigon race track to bolster defending forces as North Vietnamese pressure grows around Da Nang and Khe Sanh. Reports say 321 Communists and 67 Americans killed. 170 Americans wounded. Fighting centers on Da Nang Hue and the Lang Vei vicinity with Abrams assigned to northern operations.
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Saigon
U. S
da Nang
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Hue
199Th Light Infantry
25Th Infantry
Racetrack
Lang Vei
Kennedy Defends Vietnam Policy While Refuting Victory Claims
A Kennedy source says the New York Democrat’s new Vietnam critique is not a plan for a systematic attack on Johnson’s strategy. Kennedy disputed enemy casualty figures, urged reality over the notion of military victory, and noted he may discuss Vietnam again though not pursuing a formal challenge for the nomination.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York Democrat
U.S
Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
U.S. Command
United States
South Vietnam
Sen. Kenedy
Chicago
Marine Corps
Pacific
New Bid Of Peace Offered In Vietnam War Standoff
North Vietnam proposed peace talks with the United States contingent on halting bombings and war actions. Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh offered to return to talks using the 1954 Geneva armistice as a possible basis. General Vo Nguyen Giap warned the fight would continue until final victory, signaling no major shift in stance.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Trinh
State Department
Washington
South Korean government curbs Pueblo talks role
Seoul says talks at Panmunjom will be treated as part of the Korean Military Armistice Commission functions, not bilateral talks with North Korea. Chung Il-kwo and Porter will keep Pueblo crew talks private while open session covers the Jan.21 assassination threat. Kim Ilsung warns of possible all-out war, denounces U.S. posture and vows retaliation.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
United States
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Chung Il-kwo
U. S
William J. Porter
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Kim Ilsung
Kim
Korea
Republic
Pueblo
Cuts Planned on Foreign Aid Despite Korea Proposal
Washington reports Congress seeks to trim the administration's 3.2 billion foreign aid request as House and Senate leaders debate reductions Rep Frank Bow says cuts possible while supporting a 100 million Korea military aid proposal lingering in the overall package Senate critic Ellender opposes it Morgan of the Foreign Affairs Committee plans hearings around February 26 with aim for House action in May
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Washington
Congressional
Johnson
South Korea
Congress
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Adair
Bow
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Change is the name of the game for newspapers
Ohio news executives urged reporters to meet the future and embrace change at the Ohio Newspaper Association meeting. In Da Nang a Marine private attempted to hijack a Pan American DC 6 bound for Hong Kong. Marine Pfc. William Lee Clark of the 1st Division’s 1st Field Artillery Group was detained. no charges filed pending investigation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio News
Paul Miller
Associated Press
Ohio Newspaper Association
DA Nang
U.S
Pan American Airlines
U. S
Hong Kong
U. S. Air Force
Air Force Police
Pfc
William Lee Clark
1St Division
1St Field Artillery Group
Southeastern Ohio regional school boards meet in Athens
Logan Trade Club promotes better community relations in its annual report. The report highlights outreach efforts and partnerships to strengthen local ties within the region as the Southeast Ohio education and civic groups plan collaborative initiatives.
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Southeastern Ohio Regional School Boards
Athens
Logan Trade Club
Three Negro Teens Slain in Orangeburg Riot
Fourth night of violence on two adjacent campuses leaves three teenagers dead and more than 40 wounded as Negro students clash with police near a segregation confrontation at All-Star Bowling lanes. SNCC leader Cleveland Sellers is arrested on riot charges after being wounded.
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Orangeburg
S. C
J.P. Strom
Cleveland Sellers
South Carolina
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Sellers
State Penitentiary
Ohio House Finance Committee Opens Bond Issue Hearings
The Ohio House Finance Committee begins hearings Monday night on the Senate passed 850 million bond issue as the chamber nears the end of its session begun January 15. The plan aims for a May 7 primary ballot and may unlock adjournment, with the Senate also set to consider two measures including pension fund reinstatement upon repayment with interest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House Finance Committee
Ralph Fisher
Wayne
House
Senate
Harry V. Jump
Huron
State Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund
Ohio student freed as belladonna sale charges dismissed
Ohio University freshman Arthur Nead of Washington Hall faced charges of selling belladonna capsules to a fellow student. Judge Franklin Sheeter dismissed the case after two motions to dismiss, with attorney William Lavelle arguing the state failed to prove the quantity and that the sale could hinge on permitted medicinal use. The defense suggested capsules might have originated from asthmador, a home remedy.
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Ohio University
Arthur Nead
Washington Hall
New Orleans
Franklin Sheeter
William Lavelle
Nead
Ohio U
Criminal Bureau of Identification and Investigation
BCI
Lavelle
State Pharmacy Board
New York Mayor Rejects Mediation Panel in Garbage Strike
Mayor John V. Lindsay rejected Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's mediation panel plan to end the week-old sanitation workers strike. The move followed health warnings over 60,000 tons of uncollected garbage as 400 shop stewards voted to accept the proposal, and Union President John J. De Lury was briefly jailed and then returned to custody. The dispute enters its eighth day with calls for National Guard aid and ongoing negotiations.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Uniformed
Sanitationmens’ Association
Lindsay
National Guard
Rockefeller
John J. de Lury
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