Reds Use Captured U S Tanks In Last Ditch Fight At Citadel
In Hue, U S Marines and South Vietnamese Black Panthers press the assault on the Citadel as North Vietnamese defenders use captured American tanks. Marines reach near the south wall of the Imperial Palace amid house to house combat. A Marine officer likens the effort to an Iwo Jima style push.
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Citadel
Saigon
UPID
Imperial Palace
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Ben Hai
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
3Rd Marine Regiment
Gio Linh
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Uong Bi
Haiphong
Black Panther Company
Forbidden City
Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
Pacific
Black Panthers
Vietnam
Kingdom of
Annam
Peace talks hinge on bombing pause after pilots freed
North Vietnam freed three U S airmen in Hanoi and demanded an unconditional halt to bombing before further talks. Rev. Daniel Berrigan reported Premier Phan Van Dong said Hanoi would discuss peace seriously only if the bombing stops and the United States meets that condition. The released pilots Norris Overly Jon Black and David Matheny flew to Bangkok then Udorn for briefings, awaiting reunion with families in Hawaii.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
Phan van Dong
Hanoi
Dong
Daniel Berrigan
Cornell University
Berrigan
Johnson
San Antonio
Vientiane
Laos
U.S. Air Force
Udorn
Ho Chi Minh
Washington
State Department
Maj
Norris M. Overly
Wheeling
W.va
Overly
Black
Matheny
U.S
Honolulu
Selective Service ends deferments for 800000 men
Washington UPI. The Selective Service system abolished draft deferments for men in critical jobs and most male graduate students, freeing over 800,000 from deferral. Only medical graduate students and those in at least their second year of graduate study last fall stay deferred until degrees earned. Local boards retain ability to grant essential community need exemptions.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Inside Marquis Childs on GOP House win loss outcome
The piece analyzes potential political moves if the GOP wins the House but loses the presidency. It notes congressional control impacts and questions policy direction amid wartime context. The NSC recommendation on student deferments is explained as unfair to those without access to graduate study or funds, and the NSC argues deferments are unnecessary for national interest.
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Marquis Childs
Gop
Council
NSC
Find Made in Dorset Reveals Revolutionary War Letters
Union College in Schenectady will announce a major American history find made in Dorset Vermont. The collection includes original letters and documents from the Revolutionary War era. Life magazine will publish a feature on February 23 describing the discovery and its significance. Principal researchers are John L. Hawkes and Dr. Codman Hislop of Dorset.
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N.Y
Union College
John L. Hawkes
Codman Hislop
Dorset
Dr. Hislop
Union
Johnson Denies Rumors of Nuclear Weapon Use
Washington President Johnson said he would not relieve General Westmoreland or use nuclear weapons in Vietnam and warned against rumors. He cited no adviser has urged nuclear deployment, spoke of 525,000 troops to be sent earlier, and announced resignations of Transportation Secretary Trowbridge and Civil Aeronautics Board chair Murphy with Crocker and Smith set to replace them. He defended Westmoreland amid criticism and emphasized negotiations with Hanoi remain unlikely.
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Washington
UPID
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Westmoreland
North Vietnam
Hamai
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alexander Trowbridge
C. R. Smith
American Airlines
Charles Murphy
Civil Aeronautics Board
John H. Crocker
U.S
Arrest Ends Reign of Terror in Gaffney Slayings
Lee Roy Martin, a 30-year-old textile worker, was charged with kidnapping and murder in the Opel Buckson case, ending a fear-struck pursuit linked to the Gaffney strangler. Authorities connected him to earlier slayings of Nancy Rinehart and Nancy Parris, with potential ties to Mrs. Roger Dedman. The town awaited updates as the courtroom crowd and police secured the suspect.
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UPI
Gaffney
Lee Roy Martin
Opel
Dianne Buckson
Julian V. Wright
Henry Transon
C. L. McKinnon
State Law Enforcement Division
SLED
Martin
Miss Buckson
McKinnon
Musgrove
Bill Gibbons
Gaffney Ledger
Nancy Rinehart
Nancy Parris
Rinehart
Roger Dedman
Union County
Gibbons
Cherokee County
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Wurtsmith Air Force Base
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Mich
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