Viet Cong nearly destroys elite Ranger battalion near Tam Ky
A strong Viet Cong force encircled and nearly destroyed an elite South Vietnamese ranger battalion near Tam Ky, 350 miles northeast of Saigon. The attack, from all sides, wounded 30 to 50 rangers, with American advisers among the casualties. U.S. air attacks continued over North and South Viet Nam as battles and bombardment intensified along Route 1 and Dien Bien Phu.
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South Viet Nam
Tam Ky
Route 1
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
North Viet Nam
Rach Gia
Leatherneck
Gene Rogers
Meridian
Tex
Rogers
Dien Bien
Big Tan Son Nhut
Johnson Moves Toward Defense Funds Amid Vietnam War Talk
President Johnson appears poised to win broad approval for defense funding as Congress debates escalating Vietnam costs. He continues work on the military budget at his Texas ranch and signals replenishing aid to South Vietnam while lawmakers mull supplemental requests and potential foreign aid cuts.
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Congress
Johnson
Texas
Viet Nam
Richard B. Russell
Pope closes Ecumenical Council with call for world renewal
Pope Paul VI formally ended the Vatican II council in St Peter's Square after a three year session. He urged renewal for the world not just the Church and addressed leaders and people across nearly 100 nations. The ceremony included charitable checks totaling 90 000 dollars for projects in Bethlehem Argentina and other regions.
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Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
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St. Peter’s Square
John XXIII
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St. Peter's Basilica
Paul
Vatican
Paul I
Bethlehem
Jordan
Argentina
Tadin
San Cathalian Wallowa
Ecumenical Council
De Gaulle Announces Run For Second Seven-Year Term
President Charles de Gaulle told a Paris cabinet meeting he will run in the December 19 run-off presidential election. Information Minister Alain Peyrefitte announced the decision after the meeting. De Gaulle faced a first-round 44.63 percent and will contest Francois Mitterrand, who led with 31.71 percent backed by Socialists and Communists.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Alain Peyrefitte
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
Gemini 7 Nears 1.5 Million Miles As Gemini 6 Rendezvous Hangs
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell push Gemini 7 toward a two week endurance record while a possible early launch for Gemini 6 hangs on a ground rehearsal at Cape Kennedy after a computer replacement. Ground crews report the mission in good shape and readiness for close formation flight if Gemini 6 launches as planned.
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Col
Borman
Navy
Lovell
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Gemini 6
Gemini 7
Schumann
Rachmaninoff
Handel
Eugene Kranz
Charles A. Berry
Gemini
Berry
Bundy Quits As LBJ Assistant
McGeorge Bundy resigns as President Johnson's special assistant for national security affairs. He will leave February 28 to become president of the Ford Foundation earning about 75 thousand dollars a year. Johnson accepts the resignation with genuine regret and may fill the post later or rely on the State Department.
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Texas White House
McGeorge Bundy
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Bundy
White House
Ford Foundation
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Harvard College
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Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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Dean Rusk
Joint Chiefs
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Cyrus R. Vance
Pentagon
Rusk
Congress
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Saigon
Robert Komer
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