B 52 Raids and Big Spring Drive Press On Near Saigon
U S B 52 bombers hit three jungle sites in War Zone C near the Cambodia border as 8 000 troops begin Operation Big Spring a new search and destroy push 29 miles northeast of Saigon. Marines strike a fortified jungle stronghold 200 miles north of Qui Nhon as DeSoto and Independence missions kill 108 communists with light U S casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
173Rd Airborne
Ninth Infantry Division
Qui Nhon
UPS
Robert Kaylor
North Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Attleboro
McNamara cites North Vietnam Mig jet increase
Defense Secretary McNamara says North Vietnam now has 115 to 120 Mig jets including about 20 Mig 21s, up from 80 to 90 last year. He rejects reports of 200 Migs and says reconnaissance shows no such total. Pentagon denies U S B 52s stationed in Thailand.
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Washington
Defense McNamara
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Thailand
Evacuation of Soviet Families From Peking Planned
Moscow announces evacuation of wives and children of Soviet embassy personnel in Peking will begin Saturday. All dependents will be flown home.
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Moscow
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Hughes denounces assault on Iowa amendments
Gov. Harold Hughes warned a dedicated assault in the legislature aims to destroy all eight Iowa constitutional amendments passed in 1965 and to block reorganizing state government. He urged moving ahead with the amendments and supported subdistricting and shrinking the legislature, while criticizing his party for stalling reforms.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Gov. Hughes
House
Senate
Surviving Quintuplets Born in Mexico and New York Update
Four of the Mexican quintuplets survive with all four girls in good condition and en route to Mexico City for special hospital care under government auspices. In New York the four surviving infants of Mrs. Lionel Harris were reported in satisfactory condition on Friday.
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Mexico City
UPI
Maria Flores de Ortez
New York
Lionel Harris
Chuckle Quote About Love Like a Mushroom
A humorous line compares love to a mushroom saying you are never sure it is real until it is too late. The remark is attributed to a playful single thought. Copyright ae
LBJ Plea to Soviets via Gromyko Reported
President Johnson reportedly sent a personal appeal to Soviet readers through Foreign Minister Gromyko. The message is viewed as an effort to urge restraint and forestall a costly arms race, amid ongoing congressional discussions on defense costs for the coming year.
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Moscow
Johnson
Andrei Gromyko
Schultze
U. S
Sev Fery
Defense
McNamara
Alothers
Congress
Accu
Mansfield and Legionnaire clash over Soviet consular pact
Senator Mansfield told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that blocking the Soviet consular convention risks American travelers. Warren MacDonald, representing the American Legion, warned the treaty would grant Moscow a license to spy, challenging safeguards for Americans in Russia.
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Washington
Mansfield
D-Mont
MacDonald
Soviet Union
U.S
Hickenlooper
U. S
Russia
Japan
Senate
Hughes Drops Objections to Pay Raise for Coupal
Gov Harold Hughes withdrew his opposition to a pay raise for Highway Director Joseph Coupal Jr, noting the promise made by Highway Commission Chairman Harry Bradley should be kept. Coupal started Dec 1 at 23700 and the commission later voted to raise to 27600 retroactive to Jan 1, with Hughes saying the push was too sudden.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Joseph Coupal, Jr
Highway Commission
Harry Bradley
Coupal
Bangor
Maine
Hughes
State Executive Council
Executive Council
California
Iowa
Postpone Launch of Lunar Orbiter 1
The Lunar Orbiter 3 launch was delayed 24 hours due to a power supply problem between the ground and payload. The Atlas Agena rocket was reset for about 8 15 p.m. EST Saturday for a 92 hour, quarter million mile voyage to orbit the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Proxmire Says Johnson War Costs Ruined Economic Policy
Sen. Proxmire charged that a 10 billion underestimation of Vietnam War costs wrecked fiscal policy last year. He pressed Budget Director Schultze on rising troop levels and expenses, arguing the administration failed to raise taxes or cut spending adequately. Proxmire and Rep. Rumsfeld challenged past policies as the 1967 budget faced scrutiny amid proposed tax surcharges.
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Tesa Transayeraters
Johnson
Vietnam
Sen. Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Charles Schultze
Defense Department
Senate-House
Schultze
McNamara
Rep. Rumsfeld
R-Nl
Rep
Laird
Wis
Martha Griffiths
D‘mich
Ambassador Arrives for Second Tour as U S Envoy
Informants report Llewellyn Thompson came to the capital January 11 to begin his second tour as United States ambassador, carrying a message for the government.
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Llewellyn Thompson
U. S
Ky aims to speed South Vietnam election within three months
Premier Ky said the presidential poll would be accelerated to occur within three months of the new constitution’s adoption, with 1000 reporters invited and U Thant welcome. He stressed a clean election to lend the next president prestige and pledged land reform for 200,000 to 300,000 families while vowing to root out corruption across military corps.
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Hugh Mulligan
U Thant
Portant
Mekong
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Gangland Slaying in Medford Leaves 41st Victim
Police probe slaying of 27 year old Andrew Von Etter whose body was found in the trunk of his car. He is named as the 41st victim in nearly three years of gangland killings.
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Medford
Mass
Andrew von Etter
von Etter
Tape Recording of Wife Nets Divorce for Mate
In London Justice Sir Neville Faulks granted Francis Ford a divorce on cruelty grounds after a 90 minute tape of his wife talking was played. The judge noted the wife spoke few words while Ford used the tape to try to silence her. The recording included her pledge not to drink and a quip about his own silence.
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FCC
London
Neville Faulks
Francis Ford
Ford
Faulks
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