Viet Battle Pace Continues In Saigon War Clashes
In a chain of battles across the country, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces clashed with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units. In the Mekong Delta canal area a 10 hour fight left at least 47 Viet Cong dead with U.S. losses of 18 killed and 50 wounded. Across Binh Dinh Province 14 South Vietnamese soldiers and 30 wounded were reported, with 23 Viet Cong killed and two captured. In Que Son Valley U.S. air cavalrymen said 28 North Vietnamese were killed with 14 American wounded. Allied tolls included 184 Americans killed and 1,182 wounded nationwide. The 9th Infantry Division faced a major Viet Cong battalion in the riverine operation, sustaining minimal American losses while dispatching reinforcements. The fighting follows the post New Year truce and ongoing high casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong
Mekong Delta
Binh Dinh
Americal
Que Son
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Nevada Plane Wreck Kills 18 or 19 Aboard
A sheriff's party found a four engine Marine transport wrecked in a blizzard, 20 miles south of Battle Mountain Nevada. The craft disappeared at 1 50 p m Wednesday with 18 to 19 men aboard. No survivors reported. The pilot radioed he was losing altitude and unable to maintain 12 000 feet. A farmer heard a distant boom between 2 and 3 p m, but snow prevented sighting the crash site.
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Battle Mountain Nev
George Schwin
Lander County
Nevada
Buckley Air Field
Denver
Colo
Seattle
Washington
Pentagon
Schwin
Bureau of Land Management
Fice
Battle Mountain
Federal Aviation Agency
Salt Lake City
Robert Hodges
GOP Leaders Want Closer Look At Bond Issue Plans
In Columbus Ohio Republican leaders press to review Gov Rhodes bond proposals totaling 965 million aimed at raising state indebtedness over five years. Senate Finance Committee members push for plans that keep obligations current. Krabach defends borrowing as necessary for growth and cheaper financing, while some Democrats seek broader funding and accountability.
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GOP
Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Senate Finance Committee
Robert R. Shaw
Columbus
Richard L. Krabach
Krabach
Robert E. Stockdale
Portage
Shaw
Dem Chiefs Weigh Endorsement For Ohio Senate Seat
In Columbus the Ohio Democratic committee faces a choice on endorsing a candidate for U S Senate with Frank Lausche seeking a third term and John Gilligan favored by some as the alternative. A closed 3 30 p m meeting looms as leaders weigh party harmony against signaling a winner. Gilligan plans a Friday news conference and others debate designating a favorite son for the post.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S
Frank J. Lausche
John J. Gilligan
Cincinnati
Lausche
Gilligan
Solons Probe Collapse Opens West Virginia Session
Charleston December 15 bridge disaster across the Ohio at Point Pleas ant left 36 dead and 10 missing as the 1968 WV Legislature opened. Senate ordered State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers to report on salvage operations and investigative plans by Friday. House timed Sawyers and aides to appear next Tuesday at 3 p m to discuss bridge safety measures taken before and after the disaster.
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Charleston
Ohio
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Senate
Burl A. Sawyers
Sawyers
House
T. E. Myees
D-Fayette
State Road Commission
Brereton C. Jones
R-Mason
Myles
Hocking Valley Bank Plans Albany Branch After Growth
At Athens annual meeting stockholders heard of record growth and a 10 percent stock dividend plus a 50 percent cash dividend. A new branch in Albany was announced with the bank controlling land and awaiting charter approval. Directors elected a board without Howard Stout for the first time since founding in 1963. 8,350 additional shares were authorized and issued at par value of 10 dollars with current holders receiving one new share for every five held.
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Hocking Valley Bank of Athens
Howard Stout
Stout
Arthur Kasler
Bank
Kasler
Hoffman Named New Dem Chairman in Athens County
Athens County Democratic executive committee nominated William Hoffman of Nelsonville to a four year term on the county board of elections and named him to succeed retiring County Chairman Dr. Harry B Crewson. Crewson resigns January 31 after serving since May 1966. Hoffman, former mayor of Nelsonville, will also replace Crewson as chairman.
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Frazier Reams Jr
Toledo
Morton Neipp
Gilligan
Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
Board of Elections
Harry B. Crewson
William Hoffman
Nelsonville
Hoffman
Crewson
E. B. Young
Athens
County Board of Elections
Young
County Selective Service Board
Secretary of State
Ted. W. Brown
Jury sentences Kirschke to California gas chamber
In Los Angeles a jury convicted former deputy district attorney Jack Kirschke of murdering his wife and a man in her bedroom. After about four hours of deliberation they sentenced him to the California gas chamber, with Kirschke standing calm as the verdict was read.
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Los Angeles
Drst. Atty
Jack Kirschke
California
Kirschke
Bowles Reassures Sihanouk Over Cambodian Neutrality
Cambodian officials say Ambassador Chester Bowles assured Prince Norodom Sihanouk that the United States will respect Cambodia’s neutrality and territorial integrity and has no plan to attack the country.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
United States
Gas Leaks Prompt Evacuation in Archbold Ohio
Part of downtown Archbold was evacuated and blocked off after authorities suspected a gasoline leak from a storage tank. No injuries reported as responders cordon off the area and assess the spill. Local residents were advised to avoid the corridor while containment measures were prepared.
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Archbold
Ohio
Real Estate Appraisers Appointed in Athens
Three Athens real estate men were appointed to appraise the property of Gaylord and Betty Sg Ceie and Fae Page 2, with the task to assess value for estate matters. The appointment signals ongoing proceedings likely tied to trust or probate actions in the local courts.
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Athens
Gaylord
Betty
Powell declares Black Power as U.S. salvation at UCLA speech
AP report from Los Angeles notes Adam Clayton Powell telling about 6,000 UCLA students that Black Power will save the United States. He urges youth to create a new society and rejects civil rights bills while predicting full equality soon. Powell says King is shifting away from nonviolence and vows 13 more college stops.
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Los Angeles
United States
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
University of California At
U.S
America
NEA
Watts
Harlem
Ucla
Report on antirecession plan drags after ten months
Washington AP report notes ten months after President Johnson ordered a cabinet commission to craft a peace time antirecession strategy its members have yet to deliver a formal proposal to the White House a Commerce Department official says no formal report exists though the effort continues Johnson warned that peace could hasten economic shifts and urged rapid readiness to adjust policies.
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Washington
Johnson
Commerce Department
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