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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
2
In the heart of Saigon a 36 hour battle ended as nine Viet Cong surrendered with a guerrilla girl captured. Guerrillas struck at Thieu’s palace Wednesday morning, tires were shredded, a 200 pound bomb abandoned, and troops pursued them into an unfinished eight story apartment block. An American MP jeep arrived on the scene.
UPI reports Sen Frank Moss of Utah returned from a six day Vietnam trip with a shifted stance on the war. He witnessed Viet Cong brutality and U S helicopter actions, noting a firmer belief in pursuing the current course despite prior calls to pause bombing. He described casualties including South Korean Marines and two American MPs killed during a Da Nang confrontation. He warned against unilateral bombing pauses and cited ongoing Viet Cong attacks near Da Nang as proof.
Washington officials foresee further Viet Cong terror strikes in Saigon and other cities as part of a broader winter spring offensive. They expect North Vietnamese troops to press Marines near the DMZ while pursuing leverage for negotiations, though no direct terms have been exchanged with Hanoi.
UPI reports the Agency for International Development admitted it paid 24000 for sea water sold as physiological saline by Italian firms for its Vietnam program. The admission came during a Senate investigation into Clement Gubbay of Milan. The disclosure follows broader wartime spin about Saigon and Viet Cong forays.
A Trans World Airlines Convair 880 with 36 aboard snagged a 345000 volt static line while approaching O Hare. One severed line wrapped around four high voltage lines, cutting power to about 12000 customers in suburbs northwest of Chicago for up to two hours. Captain Meredith Ham reported a lightning strike impression, then circled to land. The event occurred northwest of Chicago, near O’Hare International Airport.
President Johnson may ask Congress for new powers to handle North Korea's seizure of the Pueblo and to secure more military aid for South Korea. A bipartisan briefing on the incident and Viet Cong offensives yielded no specifics on potential powers or aid, with no progress reported on recovering the ship or crew.
New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroads merged to create the world’s largest privately owned rail system. The merger became official at 12:01 a.m. EST, six years after it was approved.
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont urged an intensive overhaul of the federal executive branch saying competent administration is hard to obtain across agencies. He cited interagency competition as a factor while a Senate operations subcommittee reviews two bills calling for a study of organization and operation of the executive branch.
Gareth Reeves, aged 12, left home Monday leaving a note saying he was taking the car. Parents seek where he and the vehicle have vanished. Officials report no immediate changes in train schedules amid Penn Central and related railroad consolidations.
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