Perot Aborts Gift Cargo Bid to Reach Prisoners
Ross Perot acknowledged failure to deliver a Christmas gift cargo to American prisoners in North Vietnam before Moscow deadline. He sought a Moscow extension and appealed to Soviet Premier Kosygin, but Moscow provided no confirmation. The UPI report notes U.S. government objections and the lack of result from Perot’s private mission.
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Foe May Permit Package Mailing
North Vietnam plans regular mailings of packages to U S prisoners of war, one package per prisoner every two months, with shipments arranged through Havnoi. Expected to begin February. Officials say this aims to ease international criticism and provide families with updates on prisoners’ status. The matter involves U S officials and diplomatic sources, with reports of mail handling and letters to prisoners from 1941.
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Five French gunboats reach Haifa in oil mission
Five French gunboats arrived at Haifa after a week voyage across the Mediterranean. Crews in civilian clothes avoided newsmen as they joined waiting families. An oil firm spokesman in Malta said the mission was to supply and defend an Israeli American oil drilling operation off the Israeli coast near the Sinai Desert. The company Netlev Netl is linked to oil production in the occupied Sinai region.
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General Abrams Stricken With Pneumonia In Vietnam
Gen Creighton Abrams commander of U S forces in Vietnam is ill with pneumonia but showing progress Doctors say chest pains have disappeared and he is not bedridden but will remain in hospital a few more days at an army facility outside Saigon He is 55 years old.
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Vietnam
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Agnew to Viet Thursday Okay Closed To See Thieu
Vice President Agnew will fly from Manila to Saigon to confer with President Thieu and visit U.S. troops. Officials noted a two hour flight and a meeting at Independence Palace before noon. News coverage expected to be restricted by a prior blackout, though reports indicated delays and possible reporting access around the visit.
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Heavy Fighting Escalates Amid New Year Truce
Heavy month’s fiercest combat leaves 250 guerillas and three Americans killed with 14 more American wounded before allies join the Viet Cong in a New Year truce. Air strikes and artillery hit gun positions northeast of Saigon. South Vietnamese and American spokesmen cite renewed patrol aggression despite the truce.
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Floods Wane as Seven Die in Southeast Region
Heavy rains and floods in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky ease by dawn Wednesday. Seven deaths reported, two in West Virginia, one in Kentucky, with widespread washouts and evacuations as rivers rise and storms subside. National guards help about 70 families return home near Big Stone Gap. Snow and ice create separate transport hazards from Indiana to New York, Missouri and Ontario.
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Court martial ordered for Sgt David Mitchell in My Lai case
Fort Hood Texas AP Sgt David Mitchell is to face a court martial on charges of inflicting injury with intent to commit murder during the My Lai massacre in March 1968. The decision, by Major General John Boles, follows extensive investigations and a Pentagon briefing. Mitchell, 29, from St. Franc e, La., has not entered a plea, stating I am not guilty.
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All Beers
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My Tai
William Calley
John Boles
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Tricia
Toyas
St. Francee la
Year of Fighting for Buddies and Survival in Vietnam
APC 34 crew of seven in the 26th Infantry division spent 1969 fighting for survival and each other. They endured land mines and RPGs while patrolling 25 miles northwest of Saigon, earning praise as the unit of the year. Soldiers look ahead to 1970 and safer lives, with plans to become X-ray technicians or focus on family.
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Saigon
Larry Barkhurst
Tampa
Pla
Jusk
26Th Infantry Division
Spee
John Connally
Brockton
Mass
Spec
Joe Casybolt
Flint
Mich
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Ph. Chip Hayes
New Orleans
Williamsburg Voters Approve Annexation
A small majority of Williamsburg residents approve annexation of areas including Evansville and Burg Side, with 158 of 850 eligible voters casting ballots. One hundred twenty vote yes and 38 vote no, authorizing the town council to modify zoning and subdivision ordinances for the area.
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Voday's Chuckle: Wife Faces Push-Button Finger Troubles
A brief comic item notes a wife once grumbling about dishpan hands now dealing with push-button finger issues. The fragment hints at evolving domestic humor and a light social observation from Voday's column.
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