Mansfield Doubts Blockade Move On Vietnam
Senate figures scrutinize Vietnam policy as Mansfield questions Johnson’s consideration of blocking Haiphong ports. Mundt cites Taylor’s air mining remark as possible White House tied and forecasts debate over a $415 million foreign aid package with doubts about South Vietnam gains.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Viet Nam
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Maxwell D. Taylor
Haiphong
Taylor
Mundt
Ashan Camp Falls After Fierce Two Day Fight
North Vietnamese regulars overwhelmed the isolated Ashan Special Forces camp near the Laotian border after a two day battle with several hundred Montagnard fighters and 15 to 20 U.S. advisers. Lt Col Kenneth B. Lacey confirmed the camp's doom at 5 45 p m. with heavy American losses reported.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
da Nang
Kenneth B. Lacey
Ashua
William McKean
Uncle Sam May Lose In England
Britain heads to a national election starting March 31 with Prime Minister Harold Wilson seeking a larger Labor majority. Voter frustration grows over perceived close ties to Washington as Labor Liberals and Conservatives frame U S policy and Britain's future course.
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London
Sam
Britain
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Washington
Wilson
U. S
Viet Nam
China
Europe
Suez
Edward Heath
United States
Heath
Son seeks Green Beret path after father’s death
Stephen Bigley, 17, aims to join the Army Special Forces with the Green Beret, honoring his father Sgt. 1/C George C. Bigley killed in Vietnam. He has been accepted for airborne training, wants to prove himself and not follow West Point, while his mother reluctantly supports the choice.
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Chicago
George C. Bigley
Viet Nam
Green Beret
Stephen
Green Berets
Bigley
Army
West Point
Fort Campbell
Darby’s Rangers
Pentagon praises Negro fighting men amid Vietnam deaths
Pentagon officials praised the Negro as a gallant fighter while releasing a one-time survey showing higher death shares for Black service members in Vietnam. Data indicate Negroes are 14.8 percent of Army troops but 18.3 percent of deaths, 8.9 percent of Marines yet 11.3 percent of casualties, with higher percentages among enlisted soldiers.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Nguyen Chanh Thi
1St Army Corps
Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michigan Girl Undergoes Delicate Heart Surgery
A frail five year old, Judy Lynn Funsch of Genesee Township near Flint, operated at the University of Michigan Hospital to correct a rare vein obstruction. If successful, she could live normally. doctors warned without it she faced limited years. Her parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Funsch consented to the risky procedure. Judy has suffered congestive heart failure and pneumonia, with messages of support pouring in nationwide.
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Judy Lynn
Judy
Clarence Funsch
University of Michigan Hospital
Funsches
Genesee Township
Flint
O Hare Field Tops U S Airport Traffic Counts
Chicago O Hare International Airport led the nation in 1965 with 519 430 total takeoffs and landings, as FAA figures show. Other top airports were Kennedy 389 047, Los Angeles International 366 551, and Washington National 307 839.
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Chicago
O’hare International
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
O’hare
Kennedy
Los Angeles International
Washington National
Gemini 8 Astronauts Plan Extended Flight Rehearsals
Cape Kennedy Fla The Gemini 8 crew Neil A Armstrong and David R Scott prepare for a long rehearsal sequence as their Tuesday launch nears They will run countdown phases launch orbital flight and emergency procedures aboard the Gemini 8 craft on a Titan 2 rocket with backups Conrad Jr and Gordon Jr assisting The simulated exercise could run late into the night
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Senate panel scrutinizes U.S. China policy hearing
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds its second public hearing on China. Professor John F. Fairbank of Harvard's East Asian research center is slated to testify. He supports military containment but favors U.S. recognition of the Communist regime and its UN admission.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
John F. Fairbank
Harvard
East Asian Research Center
U.S
Peking
United Nations
Klansman Eaton Dies Before Trial in Liuzzo Case
William Orville Eaton, 41, one of three Ku Klux Klan members charged in the murder of civil rights worker Viola Gregg Liuzzo, died of a heart attack at his home and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
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Bessemer
Ala
William Orville Eaton
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Eaton
Is Your Questionnaire Ready Messenger Survey
Messenger carriers will collect The Messenger Readership Survey questionnaire this week. The questionnaire was distributed with last Sunday's Messenger. Mail recipients have a postage paid return envelope and a built in return option.
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Messenger
Ouster of Subandrio Sought in Indonesia
Army leaders press Sukarno to remove Foreign Minister Subandrio amid anti Communist protests in Jakarta. Subandrio denies coup links as Nasution loyalists push for his dismissal. students riot near the Chinese Embassy injuring property in Jakarta amid ongoing tensions.
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Subandrio
Indonesia
John Cantwell
Singapore
Sukarno
Armed Forces
Bogor
Jakarta
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Kuala Lumpur
Space launch by Russians rumored to be near
Rumors in Moscow circulate of a forthcoming Soviet manned space launch. Western reporters are urged to monitor broadcasts as officials prepare an official statement. The last manned mission was March 18 1965 with Alexei Leonov and the new flight is expected before the March 29 party congress.
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Moscow
Alexei Leonov
Soviet Communist Party
Switches In Tax Bill Discussed
Washington reports indicate the administration urged Senate House conferees to drop a Senate amendment removing 1 billion from a 6 billion tax bill aimed at funding the Viet Nam war. Conferees edge toward compromise ahead of President Johnson's March 15 deadline. Everett M. Dirksen said House conferees would resist two amendments: expanding Social Security to 1.8 million people over 70 and limiting reinstatement of a 10 percent excise tax on long distance phone calls. Major provisions include restored taxes on phone calls and new car sale taxes, plus a graduated withholding system and quicker corporation tax payments.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Cecil Hemley Dies at 51 Directing Ohio University Press
Cecil Hemley, 51, director and editor of the Ohio University Press and English lecturer, died Wednesday at Grant Hospital Columbus after heart attack illness. He joined Ohio University in 1963 to run the Press after senior editing at Farrar Straus and Cudahy and co founding Noon Day Press. He authored two novels and three poetry collections and led the Poetry Society of America 1960–62. He taught creative writing at Columbia, The New School, and City College of NY and lectured across the country.
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Ohio University Press
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Mr. Hemley
Athens
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
New York City
Noonday Press
Poetry Society of America
Ohio University
Hemley
Columbia University
New School For Social Research
City College of New York
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