Explosion at Soviet Embassy in Washington Shocks Capital
A bomb exploded outside the Soviet embassy in Washington early Wednesday, shattering windows and damaging the ground floor of a Russian counselor’s office. No injuries were reported. Police pursue two suspects as the incident prompts a White House investigation and a Johnson praise for restraint.
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Washington
Upt
State Department
Anatoly Dobrynin
Johnson
White House
U.S
Moscow
Canada
Ottawa
Chicago
San Francisco
Toronto
New York
Boy Photographer Couples With Father In Saigon War Coverage
In Saigon a 12 year old boy Lo Manh Hung works as a photo journalist with his father Lo Vinh. The pair, Saigon's oldest and youngest photographers, cover battles, weddings, and fires from dawn until night. The boy assists with film, prints, and selling photos to papers while navigating checkpoints with his credentials.
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Lo Manh Hung
Saigon
Lo Vinh
North Vietnam
Indo-China
Focal
Manh
Woman Granted Divorce and Custody of 15 Children
Beatrice Bernal 36 won an interlocutory divorce from Alfred Bernal 34 on incompatibility and extreme cruelty in Redwood City California. Judge Conrad B. Reisch awarded custody of all 15 children ages 1 to 20 and set support totaling 121 weekly.
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Redwood City
Calif
Beatrice Bernal
Alfred
Conrad B. Reisch
The Prejudice of Listening to Both Sides of a Phonograph
A humorous column notes that some people refuse to hear both sides of a phonograph record due to prejudice. It reflects on bias, listening, and how attitudes shape reception of music and ideas.
Tainted Aid Pacts Being Thrown Out
Washington AP William Gaud, foreign aid administrator, told a House subcommittee that controversial contracts to overhaul excess property in Belgium and the Far East are being terminated and new contracts negotiated. He defended the program, citing staff and technical gaps and saying steps are being taken to remedy them. An AID probe of the Antwerp contract with J. & M. Adriaensen, N.V., is noted.
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Washington (Ap
William Gaud
House
Belgium
Far East
Antwerp
Agency For International Development
Gaud
Dabney
Lewis
Puller
Chaos in Florida Schools Amid Substitute Shortage
Florida faced widespread classroom disorder as mass teacher walkouts spurred thousands of hastily hired substitutes. Students at Seabreeze and Oakland high schools protested with signs while officials warned of near bedlam. Governor Kirk blamed Democrats, pledged to confront protesting teachers, and the legislature’s spending bill remained a flashpoint as Wakulla and other counties closed schools for planning days.
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Tallahasser
Fla
Bedlam
Florida
Oakland High School
Haines City
Daytona Beach
Seabreeze High School
Kirk
Miami
Marina Stadium
FEA
Florida Education Assn
Wakulla
W. E. Whaley
Haines City School
Marines Fly Flag On Hill 681 South At Khe Sanh
Marines on Hill 681 South taunt the North Vietnamese with a daily flag raising at Khe Sanh. Captain Dabney and his India Company crew have kept up a symbolic vigil for 60 days under mortar fire, while seeking a tougher flag and instruments for a future celebration.
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Khe Sanh
William Dabney
Gloucester
India Company
26Th Marine Regiment
Dabney
Matthew Caulfield
Wantagh
N.Y
Hill 881
Owen Mathews
Richmond
Marion Brown
Abilene
Texas
Lance
Barry Ulrich
Reinholds
Khe Sanh Complex
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
10 Below Zero In New Albin Iowa
Cold snap hits northeast Iowa with in town lows reaching 10 below in New Albin and single digits elsewhere. Cedar Rapids recorded 2 below overnight, forecast calls for clear cold night and a warming trend Thursday into the upper teens.
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New Albin
Mercury
Iowa
Oelwein
Decorah
Fayette
Elkader
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Tot Reported Kidnapped Found Dead in Ice Box
A two year old girl named Vicky was found dead Wednesday in the family's refrigerator in Long Branch New Jersey. Ruth Allen, the adoptive mother, said two men abducted the child Tuesday from the apartment after forcing entry.
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Tot
Long Branch
Ruth Allen
Vicky
McNamara to Lead World Bank Starting April
Robert McNamara will become president of the World Bank and its two subsidiaries on April 1, the bank said. He will step down as defense secretary on February 29.
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Washington
Robert McNamara
World Bank
Defense
iFeb
Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang arrested in Saigon crackdown
National police in Saigon arrested Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang along with two political opponents Truong Dinh Du and Au Truong Thanh. The arrests followed by hours a new anticommunist coalition the People’s Congress for National Salvation announced unity of political factions. Authorities hinted more arrests possible as Viet Cong documents allegedly linked Tri Quang to coalition talks.
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Saigon
Thich Tri Quang
U.S
People's Congress For National Salvation
Congress
Tri Quang
Truong Dinh Dzu
Au Truong Thanh
Thanh
Constituent Assembly
Assembly
Deu
Tre
Battle for Hue Persists as Marine Forces Return
U S marines resumed bombardment around Hue as they pressed a widening assault on communist positions near the citadel. Four Skyhawks attacked ammunitions dumps while naval craft faced fuel explosions along the Perfume River. Marines warned civilians to evacuate and prepared for weeks more fighting as Cushman estimated a full division involved and renewed supply lines through gates and tunnels. North Vietnamese shell Khe Sanh while Saigon suburbs see sporadic clashes near Tan Son Nhut.
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Perfume River
U.S
Cushman
U.S. First Air Cavalry Division
Hue
Khe Sanh
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
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