Marines Push Through Hue Ruins Toward Citadel
Battle weary U S Marines moved behind artillery through Hue’s ruined Citadel edging toward the southeast corner and former imperial palace as fighting raged on day 20 of the siege. Viet Cong shells pounded Saigon and other cities while air strikes were limited by low clouds. A Tan Son Nhut rocket killed one service member and wounded 21 as U S troops prepared to fly home after a year in Vietnam.
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Johnson Sees Eisenhower After Transcontinental Tour
President Johnson recounted a six hour meeting with Dwight D. Eisenhower at Palm Desert California that followed his weekend tour. He said troop levels for Vietnam could exceed 525000 if needed and noted Eisenhower was very helpful. Johnson described the talks as serious on Vietnam and a golf round with the former president. He also sent off troops from Pope Air Force Base and El Toro and spoke aboard the Constellation off the California coast.
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Nelsonville airman describes Mig kill over Vietnam
A Nelsonville High School graduate First Lt. Ted Voigt Jr. recounts the Mig-17 engagement above Vietnam after taking off from Ubon Thailand. Voigt and Maj. Rex S. Howerton, both credited with the kill, were celebrated on landing as news spread of the action.
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Ohio lawmakers set hearings on 850 million bond plan
Ohio lawmakers return for week six of the odd year session amid debate on the 850 million bond proposal and whether to place the Senate backed measure on the May or November ballot. Gov Rhodes suggested delaying ballots. lawmakers weigh impact on incumbents and a pay raise proposal for legislators and judges in a busy week of committee hearings and votes.
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Seven Cox children perish in Ciney fire
In Cincinnati seven children of Mr and Mrs Henry Cox died when their two story frame home in Lower Clifton burned. The parents and another child James 12 escaped by leaping from second floor windows. The fire started in 17 degree cold and officials had not learned its cause.
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American Airlines Orders Over $800 Million Jetliner
New York AP reports American Airlines placed a record single order exceeding 800 million dollars for a new McDonnell Douglas jetliner. The deal marks the largest purchase in commercial aviation at the time.
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Tornado winds devastate 60 blocks in North Miami Beach
Tornado like winds battered coastal North Miami Beach in a 60 block corridor injuring more than a dozen people. Police reported two heart attack victims among the injured. Three people were hurt when a house toppled, with others cut by glass and debris as power lines were knocked down and businesses damaged.
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Media Plea and North Korea Plane Incident
News media representatives urge the American Bar Association to resist new crime information limits. Justice Paul C. Reardon warns delay is dangerous. In Korea, the US admits two American planes briefly strayed into North Korea and says it will prevent repeats. In Detroit, a Senate panel plans to pause hearings amid near settlement over a 14 week shutdown stemming from Teamsters strikes.
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Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
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Korea
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Magazine Gets New Editor in Ohio Plan
Columbus Ohio The Ohio Department of Development will turn the Wonderful World of Ohio magazine into a money maker with no staff purge. James Douthitt the publicity chief becomes editor April 1 and says staff content and format will stay the same, with sales results due by July. The monthly magazine with 60000 circulation has drawn criticism from State Auditor Roger Cloud for operating red during its tenure. Bulk of this is not restated.
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Ohio
Ohio Department of Development
Wonderful World of Ohio
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Development Department
Roger Cloud
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Chevalier Bid Farewell At London Palladium Crowd
Maurice Chevalier, 79, received a mobbed sendoff after his farewell appearance at the London Palladium on Sunday. Hundreds of fans surged onto the stage to greet the celebrated entertainer, with many elderly in the crowd. He performed Louise and Thank Heaven for Little Girls before closing with There's No Business Like Show Business.
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U S Foreign Aid Agency Halts Vietnam Recruiting
The agency has paused nationwide civilian recruitment for Vietnam duty while it reviews job needs. Enlistment campaigns in 37 cities slated from February to June are suspended until the reassessment by the Agency for International Development is finished.
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U.S. Foreign Aid Agency
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Agency For International Development
Ohio University faces draft and new rules problems
Today coverage notes graduate students confront the draft and evolving regulations posing challenges for Ohio University, with sections on campus events and a photo essay by Messenger photographer Jon Webb featuring prize winning images.
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