Mansfield Says U S May Need Plan For Korea Requests
Sen. Mike Mansfield says Washington will consider any South Korean request for more U.S. troops to guard against a North Korean invasion. Seoul reports claim such a request. officials deny knowledge of Seoul plans to pull troops from Vietnam. Mansfield warns forces are stretched but capable. rejects Tower claim of global withdrawal.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
South Korea
Seoul
South Vietnam
State Department
Vietnam
Defense
McNamara
Gen
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nixon says a new leader is needed to heal a divided America
In New Hampshire, Richard Nixon calls for a fresh start and a new freedom that includes the poor and the black, criticizing Lyndon Johnson and urging a break from four more years of the Johnson era. He speaks to 1,300 residents ahead of the March 12 primary.
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Concord
N. H
America
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Johnson
White House
New Hampshire
G.O.P
Michigan
George Romney
Lyndon Johnson
McNamara Defends Tonegin Gulf Incident Review
Washington AP One of McNamara's final acts as defense secretary will defend the administration as a delayed credibility challenge. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to question findings from a staff probe about the Tonkin Gulf incident of 1964.
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Washington
Robert McNamara
Defense
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tonkin Gulf
McNamara
U.S
North Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
Karl Mundt
R-5
U.S.S. Maddox
Maddox
C. Turner Joy
Police Believe Cobra Stolen From Indian Charmer Recovered
Hollywood police recovered a cobra stolen from Nathanda Meyers, an Indian snake charmer, found in a cage in the complainant Mrs Camille’s driveway and returned to its owner after the burglary of Meyers’ apartment. The officer said they believed the casual report, and that the snake was the sole item taken aside from the cage.
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Hollywood
Aman
India
Nathanda Meyers
Camille
Chuckle: Guest Towel Persuades People Not To Wash Hands
A light joke notes that a guest towel can mislead people into skipping handwashing after using the restroom. The quip captures a common humor about hygiene habits and social etiquette.
Governor forms draft Rockefeller committee in Maryland
Governor Spiro Agnew releases 58 Baltimore area business leaders to form the first draft Rockefeller committee. Aimed at persuading Nelson Rockefeller to seek the Republican presidential nomination, the bipartisan group plans similar committees in Washington D C and across Maryland.
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Annapolis
Spiro Agnew
Baltimore
Maryland
Washington, D.C
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Agnew
Rockefeller
U.S
Ronald Reagan
California
Avid Smith
Reagan
Jury reports teen alcoholAwareness in St Louis teen crashes
A special jury named by the coroner examined teen age traffic fatalities in 1967. It found most night crashes involved alcohol, no seat belts, front seat passengers especially middle, and groups of four to six with casual dress and little destination planning. Recommends alcohol tests, license suspension, driver education, and a middle front seat belt.
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Louis
UPI
Raymond Harris
St. Louis County
Winter Gas War Shifts Prices Across Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids dozens of service stations cut gasoline prices by about four cents per gallon after several had already lowered at night. Managers differed on follow up with area directives, some planning Monday actions, others staying with regular pricing amid a mid winter price drop.
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Cedar Rapids
Negro Teachers Refuse To Strike In Brooklyn Walkout Threat
In Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant district Negro teachers said they would not join a threatened union walkout. At Harlem's Intermediate School 201 a controversy surrounds a student showcase experiment with officials claiming community control harms children.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bedford- Stuyvesant
al Harlem
Mavesi
Communists Lose Nearly Fifteen Thousand in Five Days
UPI reported that during the first five days of the Tet offensive, communists were killed at a rate of about 120 per hour. Total communist deaths reached 14 997 with 4 156 Viet Cong suspects captured and allied casualties listed. Saigon and Hue remained brutal battlegrounds as curfew relaxations and airport operations resumed amid ongoing fighting.
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Hue
Vietnam
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Mrs Bierangel Aging Stirs Arkansas License Mixup
Mrs A Bierangel who moved from Illinois last June found an Arkansas license with errors. Her name and address were wrong and she was listed as four years old. After follow ups with the revenue office in Hot Springs and Little Rock a refund was promised but the correct license has yet to arrive.
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Ark
A. Bierangel
Illinois
Arkansas
Ter
Little Rock
Bierangel
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Tonkin
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Alonzo G. Decker Jr
Board of
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