U S Troops Aid Viet Militiamen In War Zone C Battle
U S combat troops rushed in as Communist guerrillas attacked two companies of South Vietnamese militiamen in Tay Ninh Province. Air and artillery strikes supported the CIDG fight, with U S helicopters delivering a company as heavy B 52 bombers pounded the area. In separate actions, U S forces reported killings and captures across Saigon’s region, including losses for the Viet Cong and ambushes near Bong Son.
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Saigon
API
U.S
Tay Ninh
Guam
CIDG
Operation Attleboro
Operation
Paul Revere
Central Highlands
U.S. List Air Cavalry
1St Air
Bong Son
Evacuation of Hanoi Reported
Manila based UPI reports Hanoi began mass evacuation of about 300000 residents amid anticipated U S bombing. Graphic Weekly assistant general manager Antonio S Araneta Jr says 300000 of 600000 population evacuated and more planned before year end. Air strikes continued across North and South Viet Nam with numerous sorties and B52 strikes near Haiphong and near the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Manila
Araneta
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
South
South Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Air Force
Haiphong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon
Vermont Tissue Plant Damaged By Paper Fire
Vermont Tissue Co suffered a setback as a paper bale fire, likely from spontaneous combustion, broke out at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Papermill Village plant. Rural Fire Chief Norman Turgeon said the blaze spread to a maintenance shed, which was totally destroyed along with tools and motors, while large paper making machines in the main building remained unharmed.
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Vermont Tissue Co
Norman Turgeon
Papermill Village
North Bennington
Bennington
Turgeon
Burgess Bros
William H. Morse Construction Co
Edward Woodward
Vermont
Czechs Allow U S Official to Visit American Prisoner
Vice Consul Martin A. Wenick of the U S embassy in Prague was permitted to visit Vladimir Kazan-Komarek an American travel agent held in Czechoslovakia on spy charges since Oct 31. The Czech News Agency CTK said the visit followed under law and details were not released.
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U.S
Vienna
UPI
Vladimir Kazan - Komarek
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Martin A. Wenick
Prague
U. S
Kazan
Moscow
Paris
Cambridge
Intourist
State Department
American Society of Travel
France
United States
Britain’s Last Chance Offer to Rhodesia Faces Deadline
Britain’s Commonwealth Secretary Bowden traveled to Salisbury with a stark warning to Rhodesia’s Premier Ian Smith. If the “last chance” offer fails, Britain plans UN sanctions by December. Prime Minister Wilson warned Rhodesia that neither Britain nor world opinion can wait indefinitely and indicated a parliamentary debate followed by UN action.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Bowden
London
Ian Smith
Britain
United Nations
Rhodesia
Wilson
House of Commons
U.N. Security Council
Red Guards Attack Leaders Split Moves In China
Hong Kong based Ming Pao reports Red Guards posted posters in Beijing denouncing four top Cultural Revolution figures Tao Chu Chen Po Ta Wang Jen Chung and Chang Ping Hua. The protests align with Liu Shao Chi opposition against Mao and Lin Piao amid potential new violence in China.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Red Guards
Peking
Ming Pao
Red
Tao Chu
Mao Tse-Tung
Chen Po-Ta
Red Guard Committee
Wang Jen-Chung
Chang Ping-Hua
Red Guard
Liu Shao-Chi
Mao
Lin Piao
China
Icy Thruway Crash Injures 18 Near Fort Plain New York
Three crashes on an icy stretch of the New York Thruway near Fort Plain injure 18 people, none seriously. Six cars wrecked in one crash, two in another, and one in a third. two vehicles burned.. Fire crews worked over two hours to clear wreckage and move burning paper bales from a plant fire at Burgess Bros. and Morse Construction.
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Fort Plain
N.Y
N.Y. Thruway
Here
Amsterdam
Little Falls
Riots Break Out in Jordan-ruled Jerusalem
Rioting erupted in the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem against King Hussein, with Arab Legionnaires using machineguns to disperse demonstrators. Casualties were reported but details were sparse as UN observers noted firings at noon and 1:40 p.m. during clashes sparked by a recent Israeli attack and reinforced by calls from Damascus and the PLO declaring open rebellion.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Hussein
Robert Grand
United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
Grand
Arab Legion
Jordan
Hebron
Damascus Radio
Lee Goodman
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Goodman
U.N. censures Israel over November raid at U.N. vote
The Security Council censured Israel for its Nov 13 reprisal raid with New Zealand the only abstention in a 14 to 0 vote. The measure warns of sterner actions if similar military reprisals occur against Arab neighbors, while not addressing Arab raids cited by Israel as justification. The resolution, supported by major powers including the United States, falls short of Jordan’s call for economic sanctions.
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United Nations Secrurity Council
Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
The
Security Council
New Zealand
United States
Officials Probe Accidental Death of Stratton Family
The body of Don H. Stratton 18 of Shaftsbury was re-examined by Dr. Donald F. Shea regional medical examiner to rule out a bullet wound after he and his father Robert S. Stratton 55 were killed when struck by a Vermont Railway train near Depot Road Sunderland. Police pursued witnesses and ruled out five shots heard, noting only one shot from a .32 Winchester. Investigators considered sun glare wind and hearing issues as possible factors while tracing witnesses Mrs Anne Clay and others at the scene. The Stratton family had prior fatality in 1944 when Robert Sr. was shot at home and Harrold Fratten convicted in Windsor prison.
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Don H. Stratton
Shaftsbury
Donald F. Shea
Sunderland
Robert S. Stratton
Depot Road
U.S. 7
Manchester - Sunderland
Shea
Anne Clay
Manchester
Robert Stratton Sr
Robert H. Stratton
Don
Robert Jr
Stratton
Robert Sr
Robert
Woodford Hollow
Harold Fratten
Windsor
Vermont Railway Co
Don Stratton
Ringheiser
Vermonter Acquitted in Rhodesia Police Sermon Case
Charles Blakney a United Church of Christ missionary from Saxtons River Vermont was acquitted of a main charge accusing him of arousing hostility toward police and fined 42 dollars on a related charge for uttering words likely to expose police to contempt. The charges stemmed from a July sermon in Rhodesia where he alleged police beat two Africans and tortured them with a live electric wire in a cell known as the room with the snake.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Charles Blakney
United Church of Christ Missionary
Saxtons River
Blakney
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Eiec
North Bennington Road
Buckler
Harold Wilson
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Conference
Middle East
U.N
Strattons
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