U. S. Planes Strike Hanoi Port in First Assault
Saigon AP reports U.S. war planes attacked Hanoi river port facility for the first time, part of a new air campaign step. Also targeted Radio Hanoi southwest of the city center. In Hue, allied forces mopped up pockets after raising the flag at the recaptured palace grounds as new strikes unfolded around the capital.
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Thant urges halt to bombings to allow Vietnam talks
U Thant said the door is open for peace talks with North and South Vietnam and that negotiations could begin within days if the United States stops bombing. The U.S. reaction demanded verification that North Vietnam would not gain military advantage from a cessation. He spoke after discussions in Washington with leaders including Johnson Kosygin Wilson Gandhi De Gaulle and two North Vietnamese officials. He warned that without a bombing halt the war would intensify with dire consequences and more suffering.
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Wife Held In Torch Case
A 38 year old Pittsylvania County man Eddie Lee West was severely burned when gasoline was poured on him and set on fire at his Beverly Heights home. His wife Mary M. West was arrested and charged with felonious assault and is held without bond awaiting a hearing. West has third degree burns over 90 percent of his body and was moved to the Duke University burn center after initial treatment at Danville Memorial Hospital.
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Seven-Hour Plea For Help After Fatal One-Car Crash
The lone survivor, Pomeroy Sheffield, 20, said he waved at passing motorists for seven hours near the wreck on U.S. 27 west of Fort Lauderdale but none stopped to help. He suffered a fractured skull and facial injuries while six others, including a 4-year-old girl, died at the scene when the car hit a power pole.
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Snowfall Hits Virginia Beach in Coastal Storm
The Associated Press reports up to three inches of snow fell in Virginia Beach and nearby areas Saturday night causing hazardous driving in parts of Hampton Roads. Snow depths ranged from none to 3 inches with a coastal storm blamed by the Weather Bureau for the unusual winter event.
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Weegie Bowen Says Husband Was Not a Thief Murder Claim
Elizabeth Ann Bowen of Bluefield tells the Daily Telegraph her husband Craig Knowles was not a thief and may have been murdered in Mexico City after a February trip. Knowles, a Huntsville native and fundraiser, died of a gunshot wound amid a hotel robbery ID confusion.
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Weegie) Bowen
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Nationwide teacher walkouts mark new militancy wave
A nationwide surge of teacher militancy includes the nation's first statewide school walkout in Florida and outbreaks in Montgomery County Maryland. NEA leader Braulio Alonso and AFL-CIO head Charles Cogen foresee hundreds of communities affected as pay and policy demands rise.
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Rockefeller says he would run if drafted for president
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York told reporters in Detroit he would run if drafted by the Republican convention, though he said he has no desire to be president and does not expect to be drafted. He backed Michigan Gov. George Romney for the nomination and said he would support Vice President Nixon if Nixon were the nominee. He refused to commit on backing Mayor John Lindsay.
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McNamara cites intent differences in attacks on Maddox Turner Joy Liberty and Pueblo
In Senate testimony Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara contrasts the Maddox Turner Joy and Pueblo incidents with the Liberty attack. He says intent determined responses, noting no disclosed Israeli intent in the Liberty strike, unlike North Korea and North Vietnam links in the other cases. He emphasizes the Pueblo case differed due to preexisting evidence of enemy support and threat levels.
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Tonkin Testimony Reveals Doubts On Aug 4 Attack
Secretary McNamara testified that orders delaying retaliation were issued until the attack was clearly established. He cited Capt. Herrick's cable suggesting weather and sonar may have caused reports, later resolved with positive visual sightings and confirmation of the initial ambush.
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