Black Virgin Mountain Battle Ends in U.S. Sweep
American forces drove enemy troops from Black Virgin Mountain after two days of fighting with artillery air strikes and gunships. Casualties totaled 103 enemy killed and 12 American casualties, as U.S. units pressed a sweeping ascent and secured the base to prevent a retreat. Separate clashes 15 miles south near Tay Ninh left 33 enemies dead. no U.S. losses reported.
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Saigon
U.S
Black Virgin Mountain
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Nui Ba den
Nui Cau
John Gray
Austin
Tex
Tay Ninh City
Cau Khoi
Feld
Co Dong Canal
Israel Jets Hit Lebanon For Third Day
Israeli warplanes pounded northern Sinai sector and southern Lebanon for the third day as artillery exchanges raged along the Suez Canal. Ground action reported near Bethlehem and across the Jordan River with casualties and detentions, while Jordan urged UN Security Council action to halt attacks.
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Tel
Israel
Suez Canal
Negev Desert
Dead Sea
West Bank
Jordan
Bethelehm
Amman
Jordan Valley
U.N
New York
Middle East
Muhammad’ He El-Farra
U.N. Security Council
Peace Group Plans Memorial Services Nationwide
Washington AP says the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam announced Jan 15 memorial services in 28 cities to protest repression. Attending news conference were SCLC, Black Panthers, and New Mobe leaders citing King’s birth date as protest symbol and urging an end to repression of Black, Brown, and native people.
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Washington
A. Peace Group
Eine
Martin Luther King ,Jr
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
New Mode
King
Black ‘Panthers
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Waller FE. Fauntroy
SCL
Fauntry
Black Panther Party
Black Panthers
Ray Masai Hewitt
Douglas Dowd
Cornell
Calvin Hicks
Brandeis University
Robert C. Chapman
National Council of Churches
New Mobe
Minneapolis
Richand
Ind
Indianapolis
Denver
San Antonio
San Francisco
Tog Angeles
Oakland
Calif
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
New York City
Boston
Richmond
Val
Montclair
Plainfield
Livingston
East Orange
Flu Epidemic Blamed for 4,185 Deaths in Six Weeks
British health officials say 4,185 deaths were caused by the flu epidemic over six weeks, with 2,400 deaths in the week ending last Saturday the highest since February 1951. They describe the virus as mild but say wide spread drove the high toll, noting 95 percent of deaths were among those aged 53 and older.
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London
NASA Center In Cambridge Closing After June 30
The Cambridge Electronics Research Center faces closure by June 30 with a $36 million budget line. Center director James C. Elms said notices have been mailed to about 800 staff as the facility winds down under federal cuts. Governor Sargent formed a committee to seek alternative uses if the White House does not reverse the decision.
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Cambridge
Mass
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Electronics Research Center
James C. Elms
NASA
Elms
Civil Service Commission
Francis W. Sargent
White House
Americans Flock to Canada In Record Numbers 1969
Americans migrate to Canada in 1969 reaching about 22,000 in nine months, doubling the 1960s level. Many settle in British Columbia and Vanderhoof as political disillusionment, war opposition, and a materialistic outlook drive the move. Don Moon and Ralph Bryan illustrate motives like state power, grazing land, and climate.
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Vanderhoof
Canada
United States
British Columbia
California
Oregon
Washington
Rockies
Coast Range
Keena Mountains
Washington Line
Vietnam
Don Moon
Wyoming
Vanierhoof
Supreme Court
Royal City
Wash
Bryan
Grand Coulee
British’ Columbia
Queen Charlotte Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Varderhoof
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec
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Berkshire County
Berkshire District Medical Society
North Street
Pittsfield
Dial
Lebanon
Vung Ro Bay
Associated Press
Peace Group
NASA Center
New York Times: News Service
Kennedy
Ralph Bryan
Johnson
Barbara
Bryans
Neisner’s
Big N: Department Stores
Neisner Brothers, Inc
Big N
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
District of Columbia
NEIS
McKinney
Big
Rte
W. Housatenic Sr
The
Berkshire County Savings Bank
ELS
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Paie de
Stevenson & Co., Inc
North ST
Berkshire Eagle
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