Guerrillas Seize City Near Saigon in Quick Raid
Viet Cong guerrillas stormed Kheim Cuong the Hau Nghia provincial capital, killing three American advisers, wounding many, and holding the town for nearly three hours before withdrawing. Casualties included 9 police killed and 16 wounded, with civilians and militia also hit. The attack followed another raid on Tan Uyen nearby as fighting persisted in South Vietnam’s border region.
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Saigon
Kheim Cuong
Hau Nghia
Ently
Tan Uyen
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Cardinal Ottaviani resigns from Vatican central administration
Vatican City reports Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, a leading ultra conservative, has resigned from the church central administration. Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation and named Franjo Cardinal Seper of Yugoslavia, 62, to replace him as secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the former Holy Office.
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Vatican City
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
Paul VI
Vatican
Franjo Cardinal Seper
Yugoslavia
Cardinal Ottaviani
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Holy Office
Vatican Curian
Nader urges probe into car price hikes over safety belts
Auto industry critic Ralph Nader called for a congressional investigation into price increases by manufacturers. He and two senators argue the boosts aim to discredit new safety requirements. The industry claims higher costs come from mandatory shoulder-harness belts in cars built after January 1.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
U S Industry Outlook 1968 predicts growth in most sectors
Commerce Department survey of 86 major industries reports that nearly two thirds expect gains of five percent or more after 1967 declines. The U S outlook notes widespread optimism across sectors despite prior year dropbacks and outlines continued expansion prospects for 1968.
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Washington —P
Commerce Department
Department
U. S
Rodney Powning Retires as Bank President
Rodney Powning announces his retirement from Citizens National Bank where he has served as president. The move ends years of leadership shaping the bank's strategy and community role.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Rodney Powning
Citizens National Bank
Cleveland Browns
Record Cold Grips Southeast Ohio and Nation
Frigid conditions slash Southeastern Ohio with readings from 16 to 25 below zero unofficially. Athens reports 16 below, many towns close schools as pipes freeze and buses stall. Nationwide, a cold wave and snow squalls extend from the Great Lakes to the East Coast, with subzero readings and coast-to-coast warnings.
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Ohio
Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Carpenter Experimental Station
Lake Burr Oak
Laurelville
Logan
Nelsonville
Water Works
Meigs County
McArthur
Harold Felton
Vinton County
Athens City
St. Paul's Catholic
Rufus Putnam
Hocking
Athens County
Meigs
Perry
Milligan Bend
Crooksville
Perry County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mansfield
Dayton
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Syracuse
N.Y
Rhode Island
Maine
New England
Middle
Atlantic
Sihanouk Rejects U S Pursuit of Viet Cong on Cambodia
Cambodian leader Prince Sihanouk told reporters that Cambodia would not permit U S forces to pursue Viet Cong into his country and would condemn any clash on Cambodian soil. He urged the United States to quit Vietnam and follow France’s Algeria example by withdrawing troops. He also attacked President Johnson, saying he would not “lick the boots” of Johnson and invited Bowles to his house for talks.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanon
Bowles
India
Angkor
Cambodian
Sihanouk
Vietnam
Associated Press
United States
France
Algeria
Saigon
Johnson
President Johnson and Eshkol discuss peace tour
At Randolph Field near Stonewall Texas, President Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol toured LBJ Ranch and spoke of peace in the Middle East and the world. Johnson opened with shalom and pledged to extend peace to all in good faith. Eshkol called peace his central concern.
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Stonewall
Tex
Johnson
Levi Eshkol
Placid
Lbj Ranch
Middle East
Shalom
Fishkol
Randolph Air Force Base
Surveyor 7 to alter course for moon landing
Surveyor 7, the last U S unmanned mooncraft, will receive a final direction change tonight to aim for a soft landing on rugged lunar terrain. Controllers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory will adjust its path to 18 miles north of Tycho crater as it sits about 51,000 miles from the moon at 10 30 p m PST. The landing is planned for Tuesday night.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 7
U.S
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tycho
Surveyor
Train crash Kills Man in Snyderville Fire. Four Injured
An empty freight boxcar derailed in subzero weather and smashed into a Snyderville residence near Springfield Ohio, killing off duty railroad man Jason Williams and injuring his wife Frances and three children. The family and eight others were isolated by road blockage as a fire destroyed the house and a neighbor helped evacuate the victims. The cause remains undetermined. the car carried no flammable cargo.
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Springfield
Ohio
Snyderville
Here
Jason Williams
Frances
Brenda Hicks
Karen Hicks
Kenneth Williams
Brenda
Williams
New York Central Railroad
Transplanted heart keeps Kasperak alive at Stanford
Mike Kasperak, 54, received Virginia White's heart after a stroke ended her life. By Sunday he was conscious, responsive, and able to move, though intubated. Doctors called the initial 44 hour operation a base, not a final success, and warned of possible rejection in coming months while continuing immunosuppressive treatment.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
East Palo Alto
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford University School of Medicine
Virginia White
Santa Clara
Shumway
Donald C. Harrison
Stanford Medical Center
Harrison
Wirephoro
Ferne
Virginia Mae White
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