Johnson Receives War Report Amid Troop Talk
President Johnson, after a briefing by Gen. Earle Wheeler, avoided confirming troop increase discussions. A White House briefing described a balanced view of Vietnam, while Wheeler noted gains for the Communists in some areas and continued U S concerns over Laos incursions.
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Washington
Johnson
Earle Wheeler
White House
George Christian
Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Southeast Asia
Christian
Humphrey
State Rusk
Defense McNamara
McNamara
Clark Clifford
Maxwell Taylor
Defense Nitze
Westmoreland
State Department
Laos
France Pays Us 25 Cents To the Dollar
Paris reports France will pay about 25 cents on the dollar for 61.5 million dollars of material left behind after the U S military pullout ordered by De Gaulle. US sources say about 13.2 million will be paid, with over 10 million already turned over. Another 7 million in material sold yielded 1 million, 14 cents on the dollar. The items are nonmovable base fixtures. Settlements continue for nearly 400 installations abandoned in 1966, valued at 687 million dollars.
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Paris
United States
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Defense Department
de Gaulle
Cuban mutineers fail asylum bid after ship ram incident
Virginia Beach reports a 292 foot Cuban vessel rammed a lifeboat carrying three mutineers seeking political asylum in U S waters off Cape Henry. Coast guard observers described the chase and ramming, with the ship later returning to Cuba and fate of the trio uncertain.
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Virginia Beach
United States
Virginia
U.S
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Cuba
Hampton ‘Roads
Point Brown
P. W. Caviness
Silver City, N. C
Caviness
Cape Henry
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Rogers
R. H. Elkins
North Cape May
N.J
Chock
Chuckle Punchline About Old Age Humor
A concise joke note describes aging as the moment you bend once to lift two items, delivering a lighthearted observation on growing older.
Court rejects Powell challenge to ouster by House
The U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that former Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. cannot appeal his 1967 ouster. Powell, living in exile in the Bahamas, was denied his seat March 1 after charges of abuse of travel and payroll privileges and improper conduct toward New York courts.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Court of Appeals
Adam Clayton Fowell
House
U.S
George Hart
Harlem
Powell
Bahamas
New York
Federal
Legislative Branch
Hart
Permanent Nightclub Ban Issued by Thieu
President Thieu announced a permanent ban on South Vietnam nightclubs and dance halls as part of austerity during the national crisis. The plan includes reopening theaters and movie houses when security allows, and aid for homes destroyed in Hue and Saigon with cash and building materials.
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Thieu
Saigon
Hife
Thieun
Hue
New Drive Against Saigon Area Feared
Saigon faced renewed Viet Cong pressure as shelling hit Bien Hoa airbase and nearby targets. US casualties and damage were described as light, though AP reports claim a rocket killed 12 Americans in a sandbag bunker. US paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne arrived, boosting overall strength to about 504,000.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
U.S
Kam Ty
82Nd Airborne Division
Vietnam
82Nd
Johnson
Ton Son Nhut
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
25Th Division
Trenches Near Khe Sanh Echo Dien Bien Phu Tactics
UPI reports North Vietnamese troops have dug zigzag trenches within 190 yards of the Khe Sanh marine base. The move mirrors the trench pattern used at Dien Bien Phu to breach perimeter defenses in 1954.
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Saigon
UPI
Khe Sanh
Dien Bien Phu
Robert Ibrahim
Vietnam
Paris Calls Halt in Bombing a Path to Talks
Paris government says UN Secretary General U Thant’s conditional halt in American bombing of North Vietnam would be a necessary and sufficient condition to open peace negotiations. Government cites information it explicitly received during the cabinet meeting with President de Gaulle and notes the broader risk to world peace if talks do not begin.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Georges Gorse
de Gaulle
U Thant
U.N
Southeast Asia
Gorse
France
Hanoi
Mai van Bo
Coralville Adopts Youth Curfew Ordinance
The Coralville city council approved a curfew law requiring youths under 16 to be off streets by 10 30 p m and those under 17 by midnight. The vote was unanimous after weeks of consideration.
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Coralville
Romney to Withdraw From Republican Presidential Race
Michigan Governor George Romney expected to announce his withdrawal at a late afternoon news conference. He had trailed in polls to Nixon ahead of the March 12 New Hampshire primary. Romney aides would not confirm if supporters would back Nelson Rockefeller, whose recent comments spurred speculation of a draft.
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Michigan
George Romney
Nixon
New Hampshire
Rombey
Boston
Washington
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Romney
South Viet Lanyard on Follow-Up
U S officials express disappointment over South Vietnam’s failure to launch rapid follow-up attacks after heavy Viet Cong losses. The VC are said to be rearming and reorganizing across the countryside to recruit, train, and mount further offensives. Publicly officials praise South Vietnamese allies while privately noting critical reports.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Getting Out of Khe Sanh Is Rugged Job
Marines near end of tour wait in a damp bunker as North Vietnamese fire rockets and artillery at every inbound or outbound aircraft. A C 53 helicopter briefly ferries wounded away while a C 123 transport dodges fire to load marines onto the plane.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
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