Hue battle rages as Marines siege historic citadel
Heavy fighting continues inside Hue's walled citadel on day 17. U S marines bombers destroyers and artillery strike Viet Cong and North Vietnamese along the southern wall while 3,000 South Vietnamese troops advance parallel to the river. Casualties include 12 Marines killed 107 wounded near Khe Sanh and 800th air losses. Three American pilots are released to Thailand with a U S official noting possible broader prisoner releases.
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Lewis Simons
U.S
Perfume River
Fifth Marine Regiment
Joseph Gratto
Canton
Hue
U.S. Irst Airborne Division
U.S. Air Cavalry Division
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Mekong
Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Washington
State Department
Thailand
Robert McCloskey
Vieliane
Laos
International Control Commission
Hanoi
U. S
Udorn
McCloskey
Air Force
John David Black
Johnson City
Tenn
Norris Miller Overly
Detroit
Navy
David Paul Matheny
South Bend
Ind
Bus Service Ultimatum Shocks Iowa City Officials
The Iowa City Coach Co stated that the proposed contract for continuing bus service cannot be accepted and warned it may cease operations on June 10 1968 unless 120 days of workable arrangements and a $5 000 monthly subsidy are secured. The city manager noted the plan maintains current service with city funds, a proposal the council had previously rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa City Coach Co
Jowas City
L. H. Negus
D. C. Nolan
Frank Smiley
University of Iowa
Smiley
Chuckle: Parenting Tradeoffs and Unemployment
A humorous quip notes that parenting skills mature with time yet often leave parents jobless when experience grows. The joke hinges on the irony of gained wisdom not matching employment status.
Iowa City Voters Approve School Bond Proposals
Iowa City Community School District residents approve two bond measures with 67 percent support. A 1 015 000 dollar issue funds two new elementary schools Grant Wood and Ernest Horn in Melrose Park. The millage increase from 10 to 15 mills passes with 1 411 yes to 689 no.
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Iowa City
Grant Wood
Ernest Horn
Melrose Park
Civilians Killed in Vietnamese Offensive
SAIGON AP reports 25 American civilians dead in the communist offensive on South Vietnam cities. Seven worked for U.S. government agencies. others were private contractors, missionaries, and volunteers. No total civilian count estimated.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U S Interception of 2 Russian Bombers Described as Routine
U S interceptors scrambled after two Soviet Bear bombers approached Greenland on Feb 9. The Pentagon said the mission was routine and the planes did not enter North American airspace, turning away on their own with three additional aircraft aiding.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Vietnam Peace Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Matheny
Father Berrigan
Ho Chi Minh
Washington
Pentagon
United States
North Atlantic
Arctic
Soviet Union
Air Force
Newfoundland
Greenland
NATO
Denmark
Jim Lucas
Scripps- Howard Newspapers
Colorado
Lucas
North American Defense Command
NORAD
Adder
Reykjavik
Iceland
Deferment Rules Cut Graduate Student Draft Exemptions
National selective service directs state boards to end graduate student deferments in all fields except medicine and allied medical specialties. The action, urged by the National Security Council and Lt. Gen. Hershey, allows case by case occupational deferments for critical needs while suspending lists of essential occupations. Existing deferments for second year or higher graduate study remain unaffected.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis Hershey
National Security Council
Norad Lacesmans
Analysts weigh Khe Sanh fate amid possible siege switch
U S analysts debate whether Khe Sanh will face a mass infantry assault or be besieged from fortified positions. They warn monsoon timing could trap artillery and starve the base by air resupply, while others urge defending the outpost to avoid widening DMZ infiltration and the political cost of abandoning it.
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Washington
U. S
Khe Sanh
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tsid
Johnson
Khe Sanh ¢An
Dmz
Laos
Fleet Forbidden To Rescue Pilot Near Hainan Island
The Seventh fleet was denied permission to rescue Lt. jg Joseph Dunn, downed over the South China Sea near Hainan. Pentagon orders barred approaching within 12 miles and kept ships 20 miles from the coast. The Skyraider was shot down by Migs. another crewman survived, landing at Da Nang.
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San Diego
U.S
Seventh Fleet
South China Sea
Hainan Island
Copley News Service
Copley
Washington
J G. Joseph Dunn
Coral Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Cubi Point
Philippines
Copiey
Adm
William Bringie
Pentagon
Vietnam
Hainan
Dunn
Skyraider
Red China
da Nang
Iowa faces 1968 69 highway work cuts in federal funds
Iowa officials warn a January 23 federal directive reduces 1968 obligations by 27.9 million and delays up to 12.5 million in interstate work, with 40 to 50 million in 1969 contracts at risk. J R Coupal Jr notes restoration could limit deferrals to 4.5 5 million.
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Ames
Federal Highway Construction Fund
Secretary of Transportation
Alan Boyd
Iowa
J. R. Coupal, Jr
Highway Commission
Department of Transportation
Iowa Highway Commissions
Boyd
Coupal
Bureau of Public Roads
Caupal
Man Arrested in Strangling Case in Georgia
Gaffney police arrested Leroy Martin at a textile mill as they investigate the strangling of 15 year old Opel Buckson. Sheriff Julian Wright said authorities traced the killer after a boast to Bill Gibbons of the Gaffney Ledger. Buckson was kidnapped while waiting for a school bus and found in thick woods off highway 11.
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Gaffney
UPI
Opel Buckson
Gaffney Strangler
Julian Wright
Leroy Martin
Bill Gibbons
Gaffney Ledger
Gibbons
Wright
Miss Buckson
Highway 11
Rule Out Peril In Bomb Crash
Danish and American scientists said the 1968 Thule B 52 crash poses no radioactive threat now or in the future in a joint statement issued Friday. Early vote urged in Brussels as the conservative Party of Liberty and Progress asked for elections to be held soon.
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Copenhagen
Thule
Greenland
Brussels
Party of Liberty and Progress
Archaeologists Unearth 400 BC Tombs on Rhodes Site
Archaeologists on Rhodes excavated 20 tombs dating to about 400 BC. Workers digging foundations for a reformatory school uncovered the ancient graves and artifacts in Greece.
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Athens
API
Isle of
Rhodes
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Pentagon Report
Black
Overly
Dieter Dengler
Phnom Penh
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Bae
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