Marines Fight Viet Cong Near Phu Bai In Hue Region
In Vietnam near Phu Bai and Hue, three Marine companies flew in by helicopter to engage a main force unit. After six hours of night combat, 40 Viet Cong were killed and 40 weapons captured. Government troops in Quang Tri continue heavy clashes with Viet Cong, while the U.S. Seventh Fleet shells coastal targets. Also: an Iowa reform school escapee, Gordon Leroy Thoreson, 31, captured in Bristow after donning coveralls to hide from authorities.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
da Nang
17Th Parallel
Quang Trii
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Phu Bai
Hue
Anamosa
British Election Set for March 31
Prime Minister Harold Wilson ordered a national election for March 31. The government said Parliament will be dissolved March 10 and the new legislature will assemble April 18. Polls show Labour riding high in public esteem 500 days after taking office.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Downing Street
Labor Party
Final Arguments Tuesday In Mossler Murder Trial
In Miami Florida final arguments are set to begin Tuesday in the high profile murder trial of Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers. The state rested its case Monday and the defense did not call rebuttal witnesses as proceedings paused. A key witness, Fred Roy Weissel, testified he encountered the deceased at night and his role was challenged as circumstantial.
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Miami
Fla
Candace Mosler
Melvin Lane- Powers
Fred Roy Weissel
Jacques Mossler
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lake Powers
Weissel
Kasper
Messler
Powers
Great-Grandson Of Monroe Dies
Charles W. Barfield 76, great grandson of President James Monroe, an attorney in San Francisco for five years, died Saturday after a heart attack. Funeral services set for Tuesday. Police said the refugee Weissel, linked to the Mossler slayings, was shot at the border while crossing from Magdeburg to the United States.
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San Francisco
Charles W. Barfield
James Monroe
Barfield
Weissel
Magdeburg
East Ger
Mosslers
Associated Press
Hastings
Supreme Court hears Sheppard case on fair trial claim
Ohio Attorney General urges rejection of Dr Samuel Sheppard's assertion newspaper publicity biased the 1954 murder trial. He called the defendant an absurd liar in court as his defense contends the trial was unfair and should have been moved to a different location due to local editorials.
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Washington
Ohio
Supreme Court
Samuel Sheppard
Cleveland Osteopath 3
Willian Saxbe
High Court
Balding Sheppard
Ariane
Samuel Sheppard, Jr
Supreme Court Chamber
Sheppard
Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
Painter Dies
Paris reports Gino Severini 83 revered as a pioneer of futurist painting dies Saturday in France.
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Paris
Gino Severini
Viet Cong surrender after heavy artillery bombardment
Two armed Viet Cong surrendered at Trung Lap Ranger school saying too much American artillery forced their move. The 1st battalion of the 8th artillery of the U S 25th Division has fired over 18,000 rounds into Cu Chi Viet Cong areas since January, using 150mm howitzers eight inch cannons and 175mm guns to strike Viet Cong encampments and trails. Major Donald Bushman noted only three seconds warning before shells hit, limiting escape chances.
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CU Chi
Vietnam
Trung Lap
8Th Artillery
U. S
Tate
Donald Bushman
St. Nazianz
Wis
Plane Crashes at McDonnell Building Killing Two Astronauts
In St Louis a single engine plane crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft plant top during approach. Astronauts Elliot M. Lee Jr. and Charles A Bassett II were killed. Ten others, including crew on a Phantom jet, were injured. The two men were to fly Gemini 9 missions this summer.
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McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Elliot M. Lee, Jr
Charles A. Bassett
U. S
Charles A. Bassett II
Space
Lee
Bassett
Space Center
McDonnell
Vietnam
Robert R. Gilruth
F the Space Center
Charles 4. Bassett II
COMSAT asks to orbit four more satellites
COMSAT requested FCC approval to add six satellites to its network. Four 250 pound satellites would operate in a 22 200 mile high orbit starting in 1968. two additional craft would serve as reserves. Project cost is $30 million.
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Washington
UPI
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Weather Satellite Essa 2 Returns to Orbit for Global Weather Net
NASA announced the Essa 2 weather observatory launched atop a Douglas Delta rocket and entered orbit about 850 miles up. The satellite will provide instant cloud and storm images to forecasters in 22 nations with two cameras sending pictures every six minutes.
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Cape Kennedy
Issa 2
Ito
Everyman
New Weather Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Globe
U. S
Widow Mrs Naas Found Dead After House Fire
Fire officials say Mrs Naas apparently suffocated in a blaze at her home where she lived alone. The body was in a downstairs room with heavy smoke and fire damage in one area. She was the widow of George Naas who died in 1941. Survivors include three sisters and a brother in Iowa and Davenport. Services are set for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the McGovern Dwyer funeral home.
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Earlybird
Atlantic
Com
Iowa City
Laura Naas
North 73
America
Europe
Comsat
FCC
Cedar Rapids
Mamie Fowler
Ionas City
Mary Milder
West Liberty
Joe Pracher
Davenport
McGovern-Dwyer Funeral ‘Home
Consumer Prices Halt Rise in January
The Labor Department reports January CPI steadied at 111 percent of the 1957-59 average, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier. Commissioner Arthur Ross cautioned not to read too much into the pause after four straight monthly gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Butler County
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Minnesota
Mossler
Joseph Kasper
Berlin
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East Germany
Monroe
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P. Stafford
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Houston
Manned Space Flight Center
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