Lang Vei Camp Falls to Tank Supported Attack
Lang Vei Special Forces camp fell to North Vietnamese troops aided by Soviet tanks. About 76 defenders including 12 Americans escaped to Khe Sanh after 18 hours of siege. At least 316 defenders were killed wounded or missing, with fierce fighting across Saigon and Hue as US and allied forces refocused on northern front.
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Saigon
Lang Vei
Laos
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Vietnam
Hue
Radio
Hanoi
da Nang
Gio Linh
Cua Viet
Dmz
1St Corps
Perfume River
Soviet Warships Enter Korean Waters Amid Pueblo Crisis
Washington reports 10 to 15 Soviet ships, including cruisers and destroyers, near Korean waters as the United States withdraws the USS Enterprise and concentrates forces in the Pueblo incident. The Navy confirms one Pueblo crewman killed and three injured, with names released by North Korea at Panmunjom.
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Washington
Vladivostok
Russia
Far East
United States
Enterprise
Sea of Japan
U.S
Korean Strait
North Korea
Pueblo
United Nations
Pentagon
Duane D. Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Steven E. Woelk
E.C Charles H. Crandell
Robert J. Chicca
Woelkis
Alta Vista
Kan
Crandell
Kansas City
White House
Panmunjom
Korea
South Korea
Wonsan Harbor
North Vietnam
Sasebo
Japan
Lawmaker seeks broad Concord College probe in West Virginia
Delegate J Paul England asked the West Virginia House to authorize a joint study of Concord College. The plan targets enrollment declines and alleged disloyal political teaching, faculty influence on campus decisions, and racial disturbances in Bluefield. The motion was tabled and referred to the Judiciary Committee with unclear fate as the session nears end.
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J. Paul England
Wyoming County
House of Delegates
Concord College
England
Concord
West Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
House
del. J. E
Ned” Watson _ D-Marion
Watson
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Lindsay Orders Strikers Back To Work By Sunrise
New York mayor John V Lindsay ordered 10000 sanitation workers to return by sunrise amid a six day strike that left 50000 tons of garbage, with a possible National Guard takeover and a looming East Coast storm. Justice Streit held the Uniformed Sanitation Mens Association in contempt. union leader DeLury began a 15 day jail term.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
National Guard
Weather Bureau
Sanitation Department
State Supreme Court
Saula S. Streit
Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association
Teamsters
Streit
John DeLury
DeLury
Midtown Manhattan
Harlem
Giles Courthouse Complaint Targets Loiterers
Giles County board chairman Frank Heslop urged Sheriff Harman to enforce loitering laws at the Giles County courthouse. He demanded no loitering signs and offered to fund signs if necessary, warning the area is a disgrace. The sheriff noted he would have to arrest riffraff and prominent citizens alike if needed, and nothing changed.
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Pearisburg
Frank Heslop
Giles
Heslop
County Board of Supervisors
William Har
Harman
Major Measures In Joint Parleys
Charleston AP. Most major bills remain alive in joint conference committees as Senate and House jockey for agreement on issues including a 350 million road bond, a state financial disclosure bill, and a Silver Bridge disaster investigation. The Senate approved a 500 dollar teacher pay raise and a cigarette tax hike to fund it, while budget drafters differed on general revenue spending. The extended session may focus on the budget and revenue measures after midnight Thursday.
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Charleston
Senate House
Ures
Senate
House
Hulett C. Smith
House Finance Committee
Gov. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Princeton
Glatt Reconsideration Sought In Silent Vigil
More than 50 demonstrators clad in clerical garb gathered before the West Virginia Senate to urge reconsideration of Carl Glatt as executive director of the Human Rights Commission. The Senate had not acted on his nomination, and an executive session before midnight Thursday could still alter the outcome. Charleston clergy and leaders from the human rights committee organized the peaceful protest, with several commission members among the participants.
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Charleston
Senate Chamber
Carl Glatt
West Virginia Human Rights Commission
Senate
Glatt
Smith
Hulett C. Smith
Washington
West Virginia
Paul Kaufman
Chanawha
Citizens Committee For West Virginia Human Rights
John Corrado
Charleston Unitarian Church
The
Human Rights Commission
Rabbi Samuel Cooper
Alice Eldred
South Charleston
Rumors Of Riot Denied At Bluefield State Campus
A Bluefield State College spokesman and secretary deny rumors of a campus riot. The reports cited 280 students placed on academic suspension, but officials say the claim is exaggerated and no unrest occurred. Dean Richard A. Brown commented further.
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Bluefield State College
Wendell G. Hardway
Bluefield State
Vera Vaselaros
Hardways
BSC
Virginia highway safety bill moves toward House passage
A strict habitual offender highway safety bill cleared the two reading stages in the Virginia House of Delegates and is seen as headed for final passage. It would revoke licenses after 10 convictions including speeding and drunken driving and impose prison terms of one to five years for violations after license revocation. Governor Mills Godwin signed a local option liquor bill as part of the day’s actions.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia
House
Mills E. Godwin
Arthur Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Senate
George Warren Jr
Bristol
Clyde Pearson
Roanoke County
Del
Glenn Yates
Portsmouth
Yates
del. Russell Carneal
Williamsburg
Carneal
del. Harrison Mann
Arlington
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William C. Westimoreland
Robert W. Cushman Jr
Westmoreland
Lang Wei
Korean
Bluefield Strife
State Board of Education
Joe Marsh
Committee On Government and Finance
Yary
Lindsay
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Vancouver International Airport
Honolulu
Episcopal
Wilburn C. Campbell
Methodist
Fred G. Holloway
Elmer Dierks
West Virginia Council of Churches
Goldberg
Godwin
del. Bernard Levin
Edward L. Breeden
Norfolk
Ted Morrison
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