Tide of air and ground battles widens in Vietnam
U S carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin raid rail facilities and coast barges. Ticonderoga pilots claim hits on rail yards at Vinh and boxcars with storage buildings damaged. A C130 crashed at An Khe injuring five of 71 aboard. Mortar attacks hit Kontum province wounding 15 soldiers and damaging two buildings. Bombers hit Hue base camp area. A helicopter was downed near Qui Nhon with one crewman injured. Keppler damaged by shore batteries wounding six sailors. Two U S airmen captured after F105 shot down in Bac Thai Province. The heaviest ground fighting concentrates south of the DMZ and near Tay Ninh along the Cambodian border.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Kitty Hawk
Thanh Hoa
Fhiérs
Ticonderoga
Vinh
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
An Khe
Kontum Province
4Th Infantry Division
U.S. Army
Plei Dijereng
Kontum City
Hue
Qui Nhon
Keppler
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Vietnam
Bac Thai Province
David Everson
Minnesota
Jose D. Luna
California
Dispatch
Ae Everson
Serosal
Ta Khii
Thailand
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Vin Tay Ninh
Saigon
Travel Ban Easing Eyed Amid Border Incidents With Korea
US diplomats seek to ease travel ban without inviting Pyongyang provocation and avoid burdening South Korea. State Department statement expected by March 15 outlines new regulations and policy stance regarding North Korea and allied relations.
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South Korea
U.S
Pyongyang
America
State Department
Parachute failure kills British worker in Zambia
A 23 year old girl parachutist died when her chute failed to open after leaping from a plane at 5 000 feet in Lusaka Zambia. Yvonne Sinclair a Britain arrival to work as a shorthand typist with the Department of Civil Aviation joined the parachute club after moving to the country.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Yvonne Sinclair
Britain
Department of Civil Aviation
Parachute Club
Hibernians Hold Annual Communion Fete With Leaders Attending
About 600 Hibernians gathered for a Mass and breakfast at St. Peter's church. Congressman Donald Irwin, Mayor Curran, Fairfield First Selectman John J. Sullivan attended. The John F. Kennedy Division 1 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted the event with a memorial service for 12 members and remarks by State Rep. James P. McLoughlin.
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St. Peter's Church
Father Keating
Donald Irwin
Curran
Virgin Islands
Fairfield First
Rudy Dunn
Bridgeport Pipes Band
Joseph Sullivan
Francis Deevy
Fairfield University
Swiss Officials Keep Stalina Hidden in Alps
Miss Stalina entered Switzerland on a Soviet passport and was granted a 45 day visa for a temporary rest. Swiss officials said she may stay as long as she does not engage in political activity or actions that could fuel Cold War propaganda or Sino Soviet tensions.
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Généva
China
Peking
Bernese Oberland
Stalina
Interlaken
Switzerland
Soviet Union
India
Soviet scientist says plants have feelings too
Vitaly Gorchakovo reports experiments showing a pumpkin plant near rot produced an electrical charge in its stalk. He claims plants react faster than some animals in his tests conducted in Moscow.
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Moscow
Vitaly Gorchakovo
Khrushchev Tours Polling Sites in Moscow Return
Khrushchev and his wife visited polling stations around Moscow for Kosygin’s election bid, drawing large crowds as security men formed a wall around the couple. At one station Molotov also voted for Kosygin, reflecting post‑Stalin era politics and the 50th anniversary mood of the February revolution.
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Ment Hiouse
Khrushchev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Russian Federation
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
Don Basin
Kremlin
Vyachislav M. Molotov
Joseph V. Stalin
Molotov
Kosygin
Unions Threaten Maritime Strike On Viet Sealift
The NMU MEBA and masters and mates unions representing 95,000 officers and men warn against government actions they say jeopardize Vietnam sealift. They urge President Johnson to halt attacks on American sailors and the merchant marine to preserve defense and economic strength.
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Viet Sealift
NMU
Jesse Calhoon
MEBA
Lloyd W. Sheldon
Departments of Defense and State
Vietnam
Johnson
Nursing Building Dedication At UB Attracts 400
Over 400 attend the nursing building dedication at the University of Bridgeport where UB president Henry W. Littlefield conferred honorary degrees on Mrs. Wald. Speakers cited health care changes including heightened access, new funding, and the Goldmark Report’s push for hospital education independence.
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Stratford
Bridgeport Hospital
Yale-New Haven
Wald
Henry W. Littlefield
University of Bridgeport
Martha P. Jayne
UB College of Nursing
Berkely
California
James H. Halsey
University
Charles A. Dana
Walter Mann
Dana Foundation
Charles Dana
Robert Kusch
Kusch
Dana
Jessie M. Scott
Division of Nursing Bureau
Health Manpower
Washington, D. C
Austin W. Mather
Lyons & Mather
George P. Vitale
Joseph Vitale Construcion Company
Von Braun Receives Cosmos Medal for Space Program
Werner von Braun was in town to accept the Wilhelm Boelsche gold medal of the Cosmos Society, awarded annually for science contributions. He argued a moon program could return future gains far exceeding current spending in money, manpower, and materials while noting a tight schedule to bring back moon samples.
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von Braun
Wilhelm-Boelsche
The
Cosmos Society
Leftist Coalition Surges as Gaullist Bloc Falls Short
In France a strong leftist alliance gains ground across districts including Guadeloupe Corsica and Somaliland as Gaullists lose seats. The fragmented National Assembly could see a hung result with potential influence for Lecannet and a pivotal center bloc.
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Polynesia
Corsica
Kaeor
Somaliland
de Gaulle
Old Assembly
Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Center Democrats
Lecannet
European Union
Britain
Interior Ministry
Couve de Murville
Sanguinetti
Pompidou
Assembly
Guts to Do It Leads Green One Rescue in Vietnam
In My Phu area a platoon of the 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry struggles under heavy enemy fire. Green One is found and evacuated after a perilous night in hedgerows with six Americans dead, 25 wounded and 13 missing. The company commander dies aiding a gun crew as the unit pulls back under helicopter medevac.
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Green One
5Th Cavalry Régiment
My Phu
South Vietnam
Saigon
Green
Chuck
Bill
Willy
California Democrats Split Over Vietnam Policy At Convention
Assemblyman John Burton warned a peace state may run in the Democratic primary as delegates booed Johnson backing. Former Gov. Edmund Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty pursue a pro Johnson delegation while Burton urged stopping the bombing now and beginning peace talks.
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Burton
Donald C. Skone-Palmer
Studio City
Calif
Johnson
Evelyn Benson
Los Angeles
Germany
Vietnam
Sen. Kennedy
North Vietnam
United States
Philip Burton
D-San Francisco
National Organization
Wallace for President Groups Begin Mobilizing
Wallace's expected 1968 bid gains support from James G. Clark former Dallas County sheriff known for Selma voting rights work Clark circulated his Selma story across 27 states Florida and Arizona to organize Wallace groups Dr William Douglas Sarasota physician leads Let Freedom Ring and is Florida Constitution Party state chair Indiana Marine Ross Leitch leads Arizona effort while Maryland petitions push Wallace run Imperial Wizard France Edwards of the Interstate Ku Klux Klan sent a telegram urging him to run and offer support
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Clark
Florida
Arizona
Wallace
John Birch Society
William Douglas
Sarasota
Let Freedom Ring
Douglas
Constitution Party
Phoenix
Ross Leitch
Leitch
Marine Corps
George Wallace
Maryland
Charles J. Luthardt Sr
France
Edwards
Baltimore
Ku Klux Klan
Italy launches submarine first since World War II
In Monfalcone, Italy unveiled the Enrico Toll which slid into the water as the first domestic 500 ton electronic submarine since World War II. The craft, designed to counter enemy subs, carries a crew of 18 and marks the lead vessel of a four-sub project begun in 1987 68.
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Monfalcone
Maly
Italy
Cother
Enrico Toll
Trieste
Gandhi to Lead Indian Government After Party Vote
Indira Gandhi becomes India s prime minister amid a weakened Congress with Desai warning it faces the worst period in its history. She pledges unity and a new cabinet to tackle food shortages, inflation, corruption, unemployment and poverty as the nation confronts a deepening crisis.
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Congress Party
Desai
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gandhi
Youth Killed On Turnpike Crash Under Investigation
The McGuinness auto struck an unidentified car on the turnpike and then continued onto the highway. McGuinness had minor injuries and Lee died at the scene from multiple internal injuries. State Police and Sgt. Robert Northcott led the on scene investigation and charges of negligent homicide were expected to be filed.
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McGuinness
Stamford Hospital
Lee
Robert Northcott
Hearings Open On Dodd Today In Washington
Hearings begin in Washington on Dodd expenses for eight years of holding public office. Dodd, 59, serves his second six year Senate term and witnesses include Connecticut Democrats and bank officials and former campaign aides.
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Dodd
Senate
Connecticut
Paul V. McNamara
Newtown
Arthur B. Powers
Berlin
Matt Moriarty
Manchester
Congress
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