President Seeks Peace Talks as Hanoi Signals Move
President Johnson presses for potential talks with North Vietnam on ending the war if bombing ends. Secretary Rusk notes Hanoi’s shift in policy but cautions on its meaning amid renewed winter offensives and cease fire violations. Bowles to meet Sihanouk as Cambodia borders tensions persist.
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Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
Rusk
Hanoi
Trinh
Sihanouk
Chester Bowles
India
Bowles
Planes Hit Within Nine Miles of China
U S pilots struck near the Chinese border and bombed bridges around Hanoi and Haiphong as the first major air offensive of 1968 entered its third day. Ground fighting paralleled the air war with U S losses rising including a Thunderchief and Crusader. Across North Vietnam 135 missions were flown, with heavy clashes near the Cambodian border and in the Que Son valley.
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U.S
Red China
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
Lang Son
Paris
North
Vietnam
U.S. Americal
Que Son
da Nang
Blizzard Strikes Houghton as Wildcat Strike Ends
A blizzard from Lake Superior dumped a foot of snow on Houghton Michigan. A county road commission wildcat strike halted plowing briefly but workers returned to work Friday under a court order.
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Houghton, Mich
Lake Superior
Upper Peninsula
County Road Commission
Veto blocks legislative leaders pensions plan in Pa
Governor Raymond Shafer vetoed a bill granting pensions to 16 legislative leaders. benefits would have ranged from 15 000 to 42 000 dollars annually, potentially doubling some leaders salaries. The measure also made retirement program adjustments for rank and file legislators.
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Harrisburg
Raymond Shafer
Mercury Surges From Deep Freeze Amid Sudden Warmup
Iowa temperatures spiked after nights of sub zero cold as southerly winds shifted. In Cedar Rapids the reading fell to 4 below then rose after 9 pm to the 20s by morning. New Albia recorded 18 below before warming. Continued on Page 3.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
New Albia
Israelis and Jordanians clash in two hour Jordan River combat
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged fire along the Jordan River for more than two hours near Umm Shart and south of the Allenby Bridge. Three Israeli soldiers were wounded, and reinforcements arrived as saboteurs from Lebanon blew up an irrigation installation near Margaliot with no injuries reported.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Umm-Shart
Sea of Galilee
Allenby Bridge
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Margaliot
Chicago Teachers Strike Threat Looms Over City Schools
Chicago faces its first historic strike as the Chicago Teachers Union rejects a $15 million board offer. The 282 member house set Tuesday for a walkout by 22,000 public school teachers, demanding higher salaries and classroom reforms.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Board of Education
House of Representatives
CTU
Seven Missing In Home Blaze In Coatesville
Fire swept a row house in Coatesville Pennsylvania on a freezing night. Seven of Ralph Hoover's children were missing and presumed dead as flames consumed the dwelling and nearby houses. Hoover his wife Dorothy and another child Mary escaped with injuries.
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Coatesville
Parkesburg
Ralph Hoover
Hoover
Dorothy
Mary
Ecumenical consecration rites in San Francisco elevates Bishop Hurley
In a two hour ceremony at St Marys, Msgr. Mark Joseph Hurley was named auxiliary bishop of San Francisco with Roman Catholic leaders and four non Catholic clergy sharing liturgical duties. Rabbi Alvin Fine and others witnessed the elevation as ecumenism headlines the historic service.
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San Francisco
Mark Joseph Hurley
Alvin Fine
Richard Millard
Episcopal Diocese of
California
John Shahovsky
Mar Essshat Shimum XXII
Church of the East
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
Joseph McGucken
Hurley
Josephine Keohane Hurley
Rabbi Fine
Bessie Hansen Injured as Blaze Destroys House
Fire at 315 Fourth Street Northwest injures Bessie Hansen with first and second degree burns. She is hospitalized at St Luke's in fair condition. Cause traced to an overheated basement floor furnace igniting papers amid debris and stacked magazines. taxi transport used to hospital. Fire Chief Jesse Hunter commented on the blaze.
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Gary Peterson
Iowa City Banker B S Summerwill Rites Saturday
Ben S Summerwill 81 died after a long illness. A banker in Iowa City since 1934 he helped organize the Iowa State Bank and Trust Co and served as president then chairman. Born Odebolt he worked in lumber and cattle before moving to banking in 1928. He and Edna Wengert married in 1907. she died earlier.
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Iowa City
Ben S
Summerwill
Odebolt
Newton and Shattuck
Faribault
Minn
Edna Wengert
Mapleton
South Dakota
Pierre
S.D
The
State Banking Department
Iowa State Bank and Trust Co
Greets Patrons Then Robs Em in Chicago Store
A robber displayed a split personality at a Chicago grocery, tying four customers after entering Thursday. He greeted shoppers in a cheery manner, then pulled a pistol, robbed the group of 226 dollars plus 25 from a register and 60 from the Baskowskis’ adjoining apartment, and fled.
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Chicago
Ann Baskowski
Baskowskis
Soviet Ship Pereslav Zalessky Damaged in Haiphong Raid
Moscow says a Soviet merchant ship was seriously damaged by an American air raid on Haiphong with no casualties. Tass quoted damage to the Pereslav Zalessky’s engines hull and stern, while 41 crew escaped injury. Diplomatic protest delivered in Washington.
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Russia
Haiphong
Moscow Radio
U.S
Pereslav Zalessky
Anatoly Debrynin
Washington
Rusk
State Department
Dobrynin
North Vietnam
Tass
Pereslav-Zalessky’s “Marine
Boris Tsevetskov
Argus
Pereslavy-Zalessky
Saigon
Haiphong Harbor
Chuckle Husband Quips About Old Movies On TV
A husband jokes to his wife while watching TV about Elizabeth Taylor and her horses in an old film. The light remark reflects classic Hollywood affection for animals and screen legends.
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Elizabeth Taylor
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