Viet Truce Bloodiest Year in Vietnam War
U S officials call New Year cease-fire the bloodiest of all as a 2500 strong Viet Cong force overruns a U S camp near Black Virgin mountain injuring and killing dozens. Ground fighting ends with large Viet Cong and allied casualties while bombing resumes. Prime figures include 23 American soldiers killed and 153 wounded, with substantial Viet Cong losses.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Black Virgin Mountain
North Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Marion Man Perishes in Garage Fire
A Marion man identified as R. F. Rhode, 63, died in a two stall garage fire at 1530 Eleventh street. Firemen suspect a paint brush cleaning incident or a small explosion triggered the blaze. The victim’s wristwatch stopped at 9:35 a.m. neighbors reported the alarm at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Rhode identified the body by belongings. The body was taken to St Luke’s hospital for examination before funeral arrangements at Murdoch’s.
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R. F. Rhode
Rhode
Eleventh Street
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Murdoch's
Okun Named to Economic Post
President Johnson named Arthur Okun, 39, to chair the Council of Economic Advisers succeeding Gardner Ackley. Okun, a Yale economist and former professor, becomes the youngest chairman in history. Johnson also named Ackley ambassador to Italy and signed four minor servicemen benefit bills and created an 18 member commission on obscenity and pornography led by William Lockhart of Minnesota Law School.
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William Lockhart
University of Minnesota Law School
Johnson Plan Seeks Dollar Defense With Broad Controls
President Johnson proposes a New Year program to defend the dollar by mandating controls on Americans abroad and tightening overseas investment. The plan aims to cut the dollar drain by 13 billion, limit travel outside the hemisphere, and boost exports while curbing 1968 spending by 500 million. Federal Reserve authority would curb overseas lending by 500 million, with new homeward investment rules and a travel restriction to be sent to Congress. Reactions split, with Wall Street wary yet some officials saying extreme measures were essential.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Congress
Tceery
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate-House Economic Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Europe
South Africa
Britain
Australia
Canada
Alexander Trowbridge
United States
New York City
New York
Memphis Man Shoots Wife Over Nagging About New Year
A Memphis man shot his wife after she nagged him about keeping New Year resolutions. Irene Batts suffered a shotgun wound to the foot as she urged Willie Batts 2 to turn over a new leaf and keep the house stocked with firewood.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Irene Batts
Willie Batts
Ammonia Tanker Blast Forces Dunreith Evacuation
Ammonia-filled tanker cars exploded after a rear derailment near Dunreith Indiana. All 236 residents were evacuated safely as flames destroyed the Butterfield Canning Co plant and a service station and spread to 10 homes. Several injuries were reported among police and firefighters.
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Dunreith
Ind
East
Indiana
Butterfield Canning Co
Tubman to visit Johnson in Washington in February
President Tubman of Liberia will visit President Johnson in Washington on February 27 and 28. The invitation came from Vice-President Humphrey, according to U.S. sources.
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Monrovia
Liberia
William V
Tubman
Johnson
Washington
U.S
Humphrey
South Vietnam Foils Red Chinese Counterfeit Plot
South Vietnam police said they foiled a coordinated Red Chinese counterfeit operation in Cholon seizing printing plates and $250000 in fake $5 bills. They arrested several suspects after a five month investigation into an economic subversion plan aimed at destabilizing South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos.
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Cholon
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Dail the Gioi
Greece halts American hunt for Atlantis city on Thera
A Greek-American expedition says Greek authorities barred further excavations near Thera after claims the sunken city under 30 to 50 feet of ash may be Plato's Atlantis. Dr. James Mavor Jr of Woods Hole says Marinatos orchestrated the ban amid nationalistic tensions and jealousy.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Atlantis
Thera
Aegean Sea
Greece
Plato
James Mavor, Jr
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Mavor
Spyridon Marinatos
University of Athens
Marinatos
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Town team performs another heart transplant
Dr. Christian Barnard and his Cape Town team completed a second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, replacing a dentist’s damaged heart with that of a man who died of a brain hemorrhage. The 11 am to 4 pm operation lasted about five hours with the patient described as satisfactory.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Haupt
Blaiberg
Washkansky
Fish Hoek Beach
Groote Schuur
Jill
Israel
Haifa
Brooklyn
Adrian Kantrowitz
Eileen
U. S
The Busy Man Delegation Gag in Chuckle Strip
A cartoon joke frames the notion that assigning tasks to a harried worker leads to results via their secretary handling the work. The caption plays on workplace humor about efficiency and delegation.
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William Eads
Bosh
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Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
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