North Vietnamese Attacks Persist In Central Highlands
U S and allied forces repelled a Dak To assault as B52s struck north of the Mu Gia pass and at Ma Gia Pass. Mortars and gunfire hit Dak To and nearby Kontum with American casualties reported. Up to 1,641 Communist dead counted. U S losses 287 dead and 1,000 wounded.
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Saigon
Jpl
Dak To
Central Highlands
Kontum
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Con Thien
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Ma Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh
4Th Infantry Division
69Th Armored
Mu Gia
South Vietnam
North Viet
Dak
UPI
Richard V. Oliver
Gis
Oil Slick Only Clue To Missing Tanker
U S Navy and Coast Guard searched the Pacific near Sasebo for 37 crewmen of an American tanker feared sunk after an engine room fire. A large oil slick sighted from air about 30 miles northeast of Sasebo was the only possible clue, but officials cautioned it may not be from the tanker and questioned the vessel's identity.
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Sasebo
Japan
Pacific Ocean
U.S
Navy
Cleveland
Cleveland Transportation Co
New York
S.S. Cleveland
Bombay
New Sunday Knickerbocker Set for New York City
UPI reports a new Sunday weekly, the Knickerbocker, to debut Sunday Feb 25 in New York. Frank J. Keller and Joseph L. Morse, linked with Funk and Wagnalls, publish the newsless paper with four color editorial and 24 color comic pages for 20 cents.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Knickerbocker
Frank J. Keller
Joseph L. Morse
Funk and Wagnallis Encyclopedia
Knickerbocker
Dorset Woman Killed In Two-Car Accident
Kathryn Bayard Shattuck 35 of Dorset died in a two car crash on Ut. 30 near the Dorset Field Club golf course. Janet Taft 17, also of Dorset, escaped with minor injuries. Taft was a senior at Burr and Burton Seminary. Shattuck had been a part time librarian at Shaftsbury School. Mrs. Shattuck’s body was taken to Brewster Funeral Home in Manchester.
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Kathryn B. Shattuck
Dorset
Dorset Village
Janet Taft
Kathryn Bayard Shattuck
Dorset Field Club
Shattuck
Taft
New York City
Administration Presses for 10 Percent Income Tax Hike
Johnson administration gears up for a concerted push to win congressional approval of a 10 percent income tax increase. White House meetings with Fowler and Democratic leaders planned as gold runs and FHA VA mortgage rates stir financial markets. A spending-cut formula to accompany the tax hike is to be outlined before the Ways and Means Committee, which dropped the measure in October.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Texas
White House
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans Administration
Fannie Mae
Robert C. Weaver
Housing the Urban Development Department
House
Ways & Means Committee
De Gaulle Attacks Dollar Aims for Gold Standard
President Charles de Gaulle denounced the U S dollar and called for gold as the sole basis of international trade while warning that U S inflation and pound weakness threaten the dollar. He vetoed British entry to the European Common Market and warned Canada and Quebec issues. De Gaulle urged sweeping changes to the world monetary system as gold dominance would curb U S influence. He spoke at the Elysee before more than 1 000 reporters.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
U.S
United States
Britain
Europe
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Lester Pearson
Middle East
Israel
Vietnam
Pearson Urges United Europe After London Address
Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson attacked France's de Gaulle in London at a Mansion House luncheon. He denounced NATO unity breakdown and France's veto of Britain in the Common Market, urging a united Europe with its own political economic and defense role while staying linked to the USA and Canada.
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London
UPID
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
France
Pearson
Mansion House
NATO
de Gaulle
Britain
Peking
Europe
America
U.S.A
Inside scoop on Sophrin by Raftery in column
Gerald Raftery reviews a newAlan D Sophrin book in a columnist exchange. Other briefs report a dog owner digging up the Pownal dump and a Hoosick Falls program offering outstanding films to pupils and the public.
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Gerald Raftery
Alan D. Sophrin
Pownal
Hoosick Falls
Flood claims over 250 in Portugal deluge
In Lisbon a catastrophic flood swept through homes as a tidal surge smashed doors. Railroad engineer Ricardinho da Silva recalls the moment his room was overcome by water while Mrs. Custo dia Silva watched helplessly. The disaster leaves more than 250 dead with rescue efforts underway.
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Lisbon
UPI
Custodia Silva
Ricardinho da Silva
Optimism grows that Cyprus crisis can be averted
United Press International reports Greek Cypriot President Makarios III after a Nicosia meeting with a UN envoy said he was convinced war would not erupt between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus. In Ankara, Vance presented Greece's final answer to Turkish demands as NATO members brace for potential conflict. Meanwhile a deadly flood in Portugal near Lisbon claimed hundreds of lives and caused massive damage, with officials calling the disaster astronomical in scale.
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Markarios III
Nicosia
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Ankara
Cyrus Vance
U.S
Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil
London
Vance
Makarios
Jose Roiz Bennet
Thant
Rolz Bennet
Fazil Kuchuk
Spyros Kyprioanou
NATO
Manlio Brosio
Cevdet Sunay
Johnson
Athens
Ishan Sabri Caglayanhil
Caglayanhil
Suleyman Demirel
Mediterranean
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Coast Guard
N.Y.C
Enoshima Island
U.S.S. Warbler
U.S.S. Widgeon
Mrs. Shattuck
Cornelia Ransom
Versailles
Warren Ransom
Rye, N.Y
Frank Ransom
Mrs. Bayard Shattuck
Elysee
United Press International
Maria da Conceicao
Maria
da Silva
Alhandra
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