Marines Flush Viet Cong From Guerrilla Tunnels
U S Marines killed 23 Viet Cong and captured 136 in a two mile underground tunnel network on the Batangan Peninsula as 3 000 Marines and 2 000 South Vietnamese swept the area. The operation marked the largest amphibious Marine action since the Korean war and followed a weekend of attacks near Saigon and in Ban Me Thuot with casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
UPS
Batangan
Lance Cpl
William Cox
Jackson, Miss
UPI
Kate Webb
Cox
Miss Webb
South Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
Richard M. Nixon
Here
Paris
Army 1St Air Cavalry Division
25Th Infantry Division
U S Cuts Advisers To South Vietnamese Units
UPI reports the United States cut advisers for the 22nd South Vietnamese Infantry Division from 169 to 67 and ordered a similar cut from 44 to 12 with the 23rd Division. Col Tibbetts praised the 22nd for sustaining combat strength while ally negotiations proceed.
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U.S
Ban ME Thuot
Vietnam
UPI
United States
Frederick Tibbets III
Steamboat Springs
Colo
United Press International
Tibbetts
South Vietnam
Paris
U.S. Army
Nixon Inherits Tremendous Problems
Nixon faces a tight path as president elect amid Vietnam war worries, rising prices, and social unrest. The piece notes Congress, party dynamics, and public mood shaping initial expectations for Nixon's administration and policy leverage. It highlights concerns of black Americans, youth groups, and citizens anxious about costs and crime as inauguration nears.
Johnson Leaves White House After Graceful Departure
Lyndon B. Johnson ends five years as president and passes power to Richard Nixon. He hopes to be in Texas by sundown and reflects on a tenure marked by dramatic highs and affectionate farewell scenes. Johnson, his wife Lady Bird, and daughters Lynda and Luci mark the final days with nostalgia, family memories, and prayers for peace.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Vietnam
Middle East
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Paris
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird Robb
Luci Nugent
Luci
Lyn
Lynda
Little Lyn
National City
America
Hijackers divert two planes to Havana in coordinated raids
Sky pirates used a grenade dynamite and guns in the sixth and seventh hijackings of the year diverting an Eastern Air Lines jet carrying 171 passengers from New York to Miami and an Ecuadorian airliner with 81 aboard en route to Miami. The Eastern captain described a “nice looking man of Latin descent” who shouted Cuba Cabal and demanded radio silence.
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Miami
UPI
Sky Pirates
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Havana
Equador
R. D. Smith
Atlanta
Cuba
Pamela Gates
Joan Tognola
Miss Tognola
Smith
Guayaquil
Quito
Ecuador
Equadorian
Armano Expinel
Valasco Ibarra
Barranquilla
Colombia
Five Day Forecast for Boston From UPI Report
Five day outlook from the U.S. Weather Bureau shows above normal temperatures across New England Tuesday through Saturday. Daytime highs reach 30s in the north and lower 40s in the south with overnight lows from the teens to upper 20s and lower 30s. Precipitation averages over half an inch with rain or snow likely Tuesday or Wednesday and again toward week end. Officials at Barranquilla reported clearing a flight to save passengers, the second hijacking incident this month. Eastern Airliner dispatches two planes back to the U.S. amid calls for government action against hijackings.
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Boston
UPI
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Barranquilla
United States
U.S
John Kerner
Long Island
N.Y
Sirhan Defense Weighs First 12 Jurors in Kennedy Slaying Trial
In Los Angeles UPI reports defense attorneys scrutinized 12 tentative jurors to decide if the six men and six women form a better panel than potential replacements. The prosecution said it accepts the jury as constituted, while defense may waive remaining challenges and start opening arguments if the six alternates are seated.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Lynn D. Compton
Sirhan
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United Press -International
Nixon & Co
Congress
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Weeveved
Bennington
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
LBJ
Greenberg
Main Street
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Friars Club
Kroehler
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Bennington, VT
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