Masher drive in Viet Nam cripples North regiment
Allied spokesmen reported Operation Masher crippled a North Vietnamese regiment and mauled a combined North Vietnamese Viet Cong unit in the Bong Son coastal lowlands, with 707 Communist fatalities. The U.S. 1st Cavalry led the tally at 514 dead, 120 captured, and up to 70 percent of detained suspects identified as Viet Cong. Air, land, and sea strikes continued with weather hindering damage assessments. three Americans and three Vietnamese were killed, one American pilot rescued.
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Bong Son
North Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
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Viet Nam
Mechanical Weather Man Is Rocketed Into Orbit
Cape Kennedy Fla AP a hatbox shaped mechanical weather man swung into orbit to herald the start of the first full time worldwide weather forecasting operation The picture taking weather satellite will be the first member of the TIROS operational satellite system if maneuvers position it to send back to earth pictures of cloud formations and storm patterns The spacecraft ESSA 1 for Environmental Survey Satellite Administration was launched by a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy into a 460 mile high circular orbit Officials said cameras likely will not be turned on until Friday morning The mission showed data indicated it was very close to normal
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Tiros
Environmental Survey Satellite Administration
National Aeronautics and Space] ‘Administration
Hoffa Re-election Seems Likely After Conviction Review
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court will hear James R. Hoffa’s jury tampering case, a move that appears to shield him from prison and virtually assures his re-election as Teamsters president. Spokespersons and insiders predict Hoffa will secure a new five year term at the Miami Beach convention, pending possible delays in appeals and related fraud cases.
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Supreme Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
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Hoffa
iTearmsters
U.S
Miami Beach
Justice Department
Louisiana Teamsters
Edward Grady Partin
Chattanooga
Tenn
Partin
Einar Mohn
West Coast
Harold Gibbons
St. Louis
Gibbons
Crosby School PTA Discusses Founders Day and March of Dimes
The Crosby PTA meeting led by vice president Mrs I L J Anderson and Supt A L Koonee approved Harris County Council delegates for Founders Day luncheon on Feb 17 at Vanetan Cah. They outlined March of Dimes campaign plans and Titles 1 2 distributions under the National Defense Education Act. Miss Fern Ralston's sixth grade won the attendance prize.
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Tiles Roye
Huffman- Pta
March of Dimes National Foundation
Koonce
Fern Ralston
Phil Cumbie
W. E. Bailess
iBoy Sorensen
T. J. White
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Sarosis Club
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