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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1969
Page
9
Vietcong forces stormed an American infantry defense about 55 miles southwest of Saigon, killing nine and wounding 17. In shallow trenches three miles northwest of Cai Be, US forces called in air and artillery support as they battled encircling attackers. At dawn, bodies and blood trails marked the Vietcong losses and dragged casualties.
US First Infantry Division troops, supported by artillery and helicopters, fought Communist forces near the Cambodian border for four hours. Twenty two Communists were killed. two American soldiers were killed. Reinforcements advanced north as Communists pulled back. Other actions included naval incidents on the Long Tau channel and air strikes on Mekong Delta targets near Sa Dec and Tay Minh. Australian forces reported 130 Vietcong killed in Goodwood operations around Nui Dat. The Saigon government claims 13 million people live in relatively secure areas, with 7.3 percent under government control after December gains, part of a pacification drive involving over 1,000 hamlets since November.
Gary Steven Krist, an escaped convict linked to the Christmas time kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle, was ordered to return to the grand jury on three extortion counts by US Commissioner Edward Swann. The charges involve mail and telephone use and interstate travel for extortion, carrying a potential 45 year sentence if convicted. The government dropped kidnapping charges as the victim was not moved across state lines.
The Saturday Evening Post will stop publishing with its February 7 issue, announced by magazine company president Martin Ackerman. The Post has been struggling financially, incurring annual losses up to about 10 million US dollars. Autopsy files from Kennedy assassination inquiry are being sought by the New Orleans District Attorney Garrison, with Justice Department lawyers confirming the move.
Dr Carlos Baker, Hemingway's official biographer, states that the still unpublished manuscripts from Ernest Hemingway offer no extraordinary writing to boost his literary reputation. The remark comes as Princeton New Jersey reports on unpublished work.
Key West Florida reports that Tennessee Williams four year old playwright, famous for A Street Car Named Desire, was baptized as a Roman Catholic yesterday. The ceremony drew attention as the writer remains a prominent American cultural figure with a Pulitzer Prize noted.
In Las Vegas Sunday two US Air Force Thunderbirds Super Sabre jets collided in midair during a flyover. One pilot was killed and authorities investigated the crash as wreckage and debris scattered across the flight path. The incident prompted temporary grounding of the team and a halt to performances pending a safety review.
A Biafran military communique says heavy fighting is underway on three fronts of the 19 month war. Federal troops bombarded rebels near Azumini south of Umuahia, two Nigerian tracks were captured, Nekede and Avu faces pressure near Owerri, and an assault near Onitsha was repelled. Federal aircraft reportedly hit villages in Owerri region for the fourth time in five days, with 10 dead.
Pravda charges Mao Zedong and Chinese leaders have abandoned core Communist principles and run the party as a name only. Observers see a broadside aimed at Beijing ahead of a May world Communist summit, with potential effort to branded Mao as an outcast by global Communist parties.
Kremlin rejects Western claims of behind the scenes steps to resolve the Middle East crisis. Pravda comments on alleged Soviet proposals for phased Israeli withdrawal and recognition terms. Meanwhile Israeli jets strike east of the Jordan River after Arab guerrilla attacks and Jordanian artillery exchanges.
The prosecution sought eight and seven year sentences for Karol Modzelewski and Jacek Kuron on charges of being in an organisation to provoke anti-State demonstrations and having contact with a Western Trotskyite body. Both have already served over two years after conviction in 1965 for pamphlets criticising communist party policies and calling for its leadership overthrow.
President Johnson and aides debated whether to extend a 10 percent income tax surcharge and how to project Vietnam War costs for the budget and economic forecast. Congressional leaders seek Nixon commitment on the surcharge before final messages to Congress. Nixon named Emil Mosbacher as chief of protocol and tapped Elizabeth Koontz to head the Labour Department women’s bureau, marking first Negro appointments to those posts.
Mrs Richard Nixon stood on the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral with hundreds of overflowing shopping bags of corn for Biafran starving victims. Three members of the Hair cast joined her, aiding a collection organized by Senator Charles Goodell of New York, marking her first semi public appearance since her husband's election victory.
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