Curfew Enforced for Americans in Saigon Amid Viet Cong Attacks
Viet Cong overran three Saigon posts as U S forces imposed a 7 PM to 6 AM curfew for all personnel. In the central highlands Montagnard and lowlander clashes escalated with reports of casualties. A photographer was wounded near Thu Duc while U S planes aided defenders and the conflict extended to Phu Bon and Gia Nghia areas.
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Saigon
U. S
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Associated Press
al Chang
Thu Duc
U.S. First Infantry Division
Phu Bon
Phu Tien
Gia Nghia
Quang Duc
Iowa Security Hospital Plan Outlined On Oakdale Site
Mary Zielinski reports a 2.6 million Iowa State Security Mental hospital planned for a 55 acre Oakdale site. The project, begun by the state board of control, aims to serve the Corrections and Mental Health divisions with maximum security treatment for mentally ill offenders and dangerous transfers. The hospital will offer treatment research diagnosis and education with 150 beds and 10 to 15 percent for court referred cases.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Security
University of Iowa
Oakdale
State Board of Control
University
John Hege
Men’s Reformatory
Iowa Security
Division of Corrections
Division of Mental Health
Hege
Court Move on Crackdown on Students Eyed
In Ann Arbor the ACLU weighs filing suit to challenge draft boards reclassifying opponents of the Vietnam war who staged sit ins at the selective service office. At least ten University of Michigan students were moved from 2-S to 1-A, risking immediate call up after trespass convictions. Ernest Mazey says a decision on legal action will come at a New York meeting.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
American Civil Liberties Union
America
Vietnam
ACLU
University of Michigan
Selective Service Office
Michigan Aclu
Ernest Mazey
New York
Peace Move Denied By North Vietnam
Washington reports a North Vietnamese offer to negotiate peace was dismissed by Hanoi as baseless. The State Department cautioned against premature disclosure and noted the move could falter if publicly announced. The letter to President Johnson from Italy's Fanfani quoted Ho Chi Minh seeking talks and a cease-fire based on the 1954 Geneva accord as Hanoi interpreted it.
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Washington
State Department
North Vietnam
Hanoi
White House
Dean Rusk
Red China
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U. N
Johnson
Italy
Fanfani
U. N. General Assembly
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Rusk
Marcos Names Romulo as Education Minister
President elect Ferdinand Marcos selects Carlos Romulo former Ambassador to Washington and U.N. delegate to head the education ministry and serve as concurrent president of the University of the Philippines.
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Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Washington
Carlos Romulo
Romulo
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
University of the Philippines
Weathered roads spark fishing license crackdown warning
After days of rain in Phoenix, Sheriff Sgt. O Z Alford reports that anyone fishing on county roads without a license will be prosecuted, prompting a firm enforcement pledge.
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Phoenix
O. Z. Alford
Step up in North Viet fighter defense reported
Moscow dispatch says North Vietnam plans greater use of jet fighters against U S air raids. Rockets from the Soviet Union and anti aircraft guns have been main defense. Vietnamese jets appeared Friday and pilots claimed to shoot down 15 American planes, with aviation improving despite being young.
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Moscow
North Vietnam
Tass
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Train Smashup Kills Earth Mover Driver Near Columbus
The New York Central Ohio State Limited derailed after striking an earth mover at a highway construction site north of Columbus. One man, Dana Bolling of Athens, died. about 20 passengers were injured, none seriously. The 11 car train carried 100 people. the diesel engine and eight cars overturned.
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New York Central
Ohio State Limited
Here
Dana Bolling
Athens
Ohio
New York
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Eisenhower Leaves Walter Reed After Heart Attack
President Dwight Eisenhower, smiling and upbeat, left Walter Reed Army Hospital believing he has recovered from his November heart attack in Georgia. Reporters asked about golf. he said doctors allow it but not as much as before. The couple then rode to their Gettsyburg farm home.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Georgia
Mrs. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Foerstners Gift Building And Pool To Amana School
Middle Amana residents Mr. and Mrs. George C. Foerstner have donated a 50 by 100 foot addition housing a 29 by 75 foot swimming pool and utility rooms to Lakeside School. Construction will begin soon and finish next summer. School board president Henry Stumpff says the pool will serve all children in Amana township and be available to adults at times. Foerstner, president of Amana Refrigeration Co., founded the firm in 1934 and later led its growth before Raytheon ownership.
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Tion
Lakeside School
George C. Foerstner
Middle
Amana
Ming Pool
Henry Stumpff
Foerstners
Foerstner
Amana _ Refrigeration Co
Raytheon Corp
the Gazette
Iowa
Policy Foes Slapped In Marine Yule Cards
Berkeley dispatch reports Marines in Vietnam sent hostile Christmas greetings to UC students critical of U.S. policy. Pfc. Roger Principle and Cpl. Michael Myers each wrote taunting lines aimed at non supportive students. The campus paper printed the notes and defended its stance.
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Rines
Vietnam
University of California
U.S
Pfc
Roger Principle
Cpl
Michael Myers
Rockefeller accuses Kennedy of acting as political broker
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller blames Sen. Robert Kennedy for trying to broker federal aid politics over New York mental retardation programs. Kennedy had urged closer federal state meetings and cited eight programs that could bring over ten million dollars annually to New York. Rockefeller defended long standing cooperation with federal officials regardless of party.
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Albany
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
New York State
Kennedy
New York
T Trust
Rockefeller
Johnson
Federal
Rhodesia Cuts Oil Supply in Retaliation Over British Ban
Rhodesia answers Britain by halting oil deliveries to Zambia and curbing sales at garages. Minister George Rudland says supplies will resume after countering the embargo, with no immediate plan for rationing though tanks to be limited to average three month levels. He pleads careful use of motor transport and condemns the Christmas timing of the British action.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Zambia
George Rudland
Gemini 7 Crew Return From 14 Day Space Flight
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell land in the Atlantic after a 14 day mission aboard Gemini 7. They set records for hours in space and orbits, rendezvoused with Gemini 6, and are aboard the USS Wasp for medical checks after splashdown.
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James Lovell
Frank Borman
Wasp
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
C.S.T
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
U S Backs British Oil Embargo Policy
In Washington Prime Minister Wilson won U S support for a British oil embargo on Rhodesia during talks with President Johnson. Wilson said no positive response yet on peace but Britain will pursue all options toward a conference. A State Department spokesman acknowledged Britain’s authority and advised U S adherence.
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Washington
Wilson
U.S
Rhodesia
Vietnam
Johnson
Britain
United States
State Department
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Columbus, Ohio
Amana School
Stumpff
Berkeley
Rocky Rakes
Bobby
Chris Kraft
Borman
Lovell
Russia
Schirra
Stafford
Gemini 7
Ben James
Space Agency
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