U S Troops Hold Desperate Khe Sanh As Threat Looms
Report from Khe Sanh describes a battered siege camp amid jungled valleys with 5,000 American Marines and South Vietnamese forces facing a likely North Vietnamese offensive. Generals Westmoreland and Lownds expect a major attack along the DMZ while airstrikes and relentless shelling sustain a tense, claustrophobic battle landscape.
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Khe ' Sanh
David Lownds
Pacific
Korea
Plantation
Fla
U.S
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh
Khe
Sanh
Laos
Dien — Bien Phu
Lang Vei
Group Hires Coordinator For Area Services Study
The Community Survey committee hired Francis Donovan of Lancaster Pennsylvania to coordinate a regional study on health and welfare services conducted by the Institute of Community Studies in New York City. The project costs about 25000 dollars with funds from United Fund and six towns.
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Francis Donovan
Lancaster
Institute of Community Studies
New York City
William A. Jones
Bridgeport Brass. Company
Donovan
United Fund
Bridgeport
Trumbull
Fairfield
Stratford
Monroe
Easton
Ships collide off Korea as Pueblo tensions echo
A Soviet merchant ship Kapitan Vishobokov and the U.S. destroyer Rowan collided 95 miles east of Pohang in the Sea of Japan. The Rowan suffered a hole above the waterline. no casualties were reported. Officials say the incident was unrelated to the Pueblo seizure.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Pentagon
North Korea
Pueblo
Defense Department
Kapitan Vishobokov
Rowan
Sea of Japan
Pohang
South Korea
Wonsan
State Department
Moscow
Vishobokov
Vislobokov
Japan
Vladivostok
London Records A Confession On Pueblo Broadcast
London based radio monitors report Pyongyang Radio aired a confession from a man claiming to be Lt Stephen Harris a Pueblo research officer. The broadcast says his work aboard the Pueblo involved horrible crimes and cites the ship's January capture by North Korean forces.
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London
U.S
Pueblo
London Radio Monitor
Pyongyang
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Stephen Harris
Pentagon
Stephen R. Harris
Walker Battles Soviet Ships in Repairs at Sea
Confusing report indicates the Walker collided with two Soviet vessels near Sasebo Japan on consecutive days for repairs. Officials delayed declaring the incident until the Rowan left. The next dayWalkers area activities involved dumping with them but officials avoided naming the Soviet missile destroyer or locating any U S ships at sea. The Rowan is currently in port.
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Walker
Sasebo
Japan
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