Central Vietnam clashes leave thousands dead on coast
Reports say 864 enemy killed after two battles on the central coast raised six day total to over 1,300. U.S. Marines, South Vietnamese and Korean troops pressed a large drive against North Vietnamese regulars near Quang Ngai and Da Nang with air strikes and heavy bombardment.
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Namese
Tad
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Quang Ngai City
U.S. 199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Quang Tri City
Bs2s
1St
Quang
Ngai City
da ‘Nang
Phuot Tuy Province
Demilitarized Zone
North
Mac Hoa
Pinchin Family Administrator Bid Withdrawn Amid Estate Scrutiny
The Pinchin family withdraws its bid for permanent administrator of the estate after a tax collector shortage of about 450000 raises town objections. Judge Tellalian expects a choice within two weeks. town counsel John Darcy notes the town’s status as creditor and transfers of assets to Dorothy Pinchin. Connecticut National Bank currently serves as temporary administrator, with bank interest uncertain.
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Paul L. Blache
Dorothy Pinchin
Annie Pinchin
Robert Fain
Pinchins
Fain
Tetlalian
Tellalian
John J. Darcy
Blacie
Connecticut National Bank
Robert B. Hilgendorf
Pinchin
Darcy
Carreau Smith Company
River Street
Dorothy
John Pinchin
Oppenheimer Fund
Mary Katona
Kosygin defense shield claims to deter nuclear attack
Premier Kosygin argues the Soviet ABM system safeguards human lives by preventing attacks. He says defense systems defend against missiles armed with nuclear warheads and are not the cause of the arms race, despite Washington's concerns over costly countermeasures. The piece notes Johnson's remarks on Moscow ABM plans and mentions an administration change tied to a local town.
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Washington
Alexei N. Kosygin
London
Kosygin
Johnson
Moscow
West
Soviet Union
United States
Defense Department
Latin American Common Market Accord Reached
Latin American nations agree to form a common market by 1980 and draft an agenda for a April summit of presidents. Secretary of State Dean Rusk says consensus was reached and remaining topics are not deeply divisive, signaling smooth progress.
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Buenos Atres
Argentina
Latin America
Dean Rusk
Wilson Faces Pressure to Slash West German Troops
London reports heavy pressure on Prime Minister Harold Wilson to cut British forces in West Germany. Labor critics accuse Bonn of bad faith over a shared upkeep offer, while Brown urges keeping Rhine Army and Common Market issues separate amid Britain’s bid to join. Brown also met NATO's Manlio Brosio amid the crisis notes.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
West Germany
Bonn
Wilson
George Brown
House of Commons
Brown
Manlio Brosso
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO cost dispute sparks West German pullback threat
A spokesman for Franz Josef Strauss warned of potential German withdrawal from NATO duties as Bonn offered 88 million dollars in March to purchase British military equipment while a 250 million annual cost dispute looms. American British and West German delegates planned talks to resolve the balance of payments crisis with NATO on the table.
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Franz
Josef Strauss
Foreign Exchange
Bonn
NATO
Brown
Europe
NATO Council
Defense Ministry
Germany
Record Trip of Robert E Lee Steamboat Race
The steamboat Robert E Lee, racing the Natches, once covered New Orleans to St Louis in just over three days and 18 hours in 1870. Secretaries discuss cutting foreign exchange costs and Rhine army ferry service in Singapore context.
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Robert E. Lee
Natches
New Orleans
St. Louis
Talsea Briewils
Meca
Foreign Exchange
Singapore
Rhine Army
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Continental Air Service
Rmkbrj Construction Combine
Tokyo
Communist New China News Agency
Tanh Hoa Province
North Vietnam
Ed Province
Hanoi
George H. A. Kling
George H.A. Kling
Wood Avenue
Post Office
Postal Clerks Union
St. Vincent’s Hospital
St. Augustine’s Cathedral
St. Michael's Cemetery
Nicholas J. Calabro
Calabro
Vincent Urbanowicz
R. Earl DeRoucher
Francis Rooney
John Onorato
Leonard Bratchell
John Mahoney
Hugh Curran
Stanley Kamikowski
Bridgeport Afl-Cio Council
E.C. Roy Hall
Beck
Washington, D.C
United Federation of Postal Clerks
John Dubay
New Canaan
Nelson Hatflich
Edward Ferko
Carlton McAvoy
Paul Donovan
Russel Neary
Postal Carriers Union
Beware Coyle
Stratford
Leo J."dunn
George Washington
Living Furniture
Boston Ave
Bridgeport
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