Blast Viet Cong War Effort as Crimp Succeeds in Part
In Vietnam 25 miles northwest of Saigon Allied forces led by Australians and US troops attacked the Viet Cong fortifications on day three of Operation Crimp. A large weapons cache was found including 47 weapons, 114 grenades, 15 000 rounds, 58 mortar rounds, 100 pounds of dynamite, 20 tons of rice and medical supplies. Casualties were light for Allies. Viet Cong losses reported as 22 killed and 38 captured. Additional operations near Pleiku destroyed four abandoned camps and the air war continued with 281 strike missions. two US planes and one navy aircraft were reported lost or damaged.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
Iron Triangle
U.S
1St Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Eyee
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Pleiku
da Nang
Tay Ninh
An Khe
Governor Tours Amish-Fathers Near Hazleton in Revenue Dispute
Gov. Hughes visited the Borntrager farm southwest of Hazleton to meet Amish fathers who refuse to send children to schools with certified teachers. The trip included a stop at an Amish school run by their own teachers with eighth grade education before addressing high school students in Oelwein. The visit follows the Melwein school board dispute and touches on broader wartime and domestic policy issues discussed in Washington.
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Washington
Oelwein
Hart
Dnd
Hughes
Oel
Lee Melwein
Melwein
Dan Bornstrager
Hazleton
Borntrager
Donald
Five Stone City escapees rob two stations in Cedar Rapids area
A bandit gang escaped from the Anamosa reformatory and robbed the APCO station on Sixth Street and Cedar Rapids then the Clark station on Center Point Road. Five men from the reformatory reportedly walked to Stone City and attacked the LaBarge home, aiding fear as Dale LaBarge described the events. Local authorities link the attacks to the same group based on tactic and description.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
APCO
Sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Clark
Center Point Road
John Scriven
Reformatory
Stone City
la Barge
Dale LaBarge
Pearl LaBarge
Lawrence LaBarge
Pecal
the Gazette
Dale
LaBarge
Anamosa
New York
UPI
Aris
Henry
A. Barnes
New York jam as 870000 cars flood the city streets
A chaotic scene described as 870000 vehicles clog New York, amid a tense incident where a man cut telephone wires and forced entry, while cash and valuables were taken from a home. Thailand launches a domestic Peace Corps program to aid rural development as U.S. politics note upcoming State of the Union.
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Thailand
Peace Corps
Bangkok
India Pakistan Agree To Aim For Normal Ties
Tashkent talks yielded a nine point Tashkent Declaration with India and Pakistan pledging troop withdrawals to Aug 5 positions before Feb 25 and a commitment to noninterference in each other’s internal affairs. Leaders Shastri and Ayub Khan set aside Kashmir disputes and aimed for peaceful relations under Soviet mediation.
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India
Pakistan
Secom
Mika Mansfield
D-Mont
Tashkent
U.S.S.R
Shastri
Ayub Khan
Kashmir
Kosygin
Five Anamosa escapees captured in Des Moines raid
An anonymous tip led Des Moines police to a second floor apartment where five Anamosa Reform School escapees were found in a closet. Three other inmates who broke out Sunday remain at large. Officers recovered a stolen car and weapons. eight total inmates were involved in the mass break.
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Wa News
Des Moines
Anamosa
Iowa
Jack Beardsley
Beardsley
S. Army Post Road
John W. Walton
Mt. Vernon
Howard Boughton
Harlan Stapes
Ronald Hermanson
John Shawhan
Robert Owen Young, Jr
Budget Message Expected on Jan 24 By Johnson Admin
The White House projects a budget of 110 to 115 billion dollars to reach Congress the week of January 24. Budget officials say the plan includes economy measures and will be sent in the same week as the administration proposes.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
White House
Congress
Inips
Moyers
Budget Bureau
Freedom. Ie
Watertown MIT Dean Seeks School Committee Seat
Dr. Jerome Wiesner, 50, MIT dean and former White House science adviser, seeks the Democratic nomination for an unpaid Watertown school committee post. He argues public school standards are too low and says the city must improve education to prepare students for jobs, scholarships, and college. He notes a local dispute over appointing relatives to teaching posts and cites his children’s private school education as a reason for his stance.
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Charles T. Burns
Watertown
Mass
Jerome Wiesner
Kennedy
Johnson
Wiesner
Boston
School of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ble
Democratic Caucus
White House
Chuckle on Workers Arise and Coffee Break
A playful quip notes that Americans balk at Communism because when told Workers Arise they hear it as time for a coffee break. The line hints at workplace culture and national character with a dry comedic tone.
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Sena
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Busic Finance
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House
Humphrey
National Presbyterian Church
Capitol Hill
Carl Albert
Cen Cen Rence
Metcalf
Public Works Committee
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Mo
Lone Bandit
E. Congress
Senate Democrats
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Aeronautical
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Tydings
Space Committee
Sen
Joseph
D-Pa
Mansfield
Scriven
YMCA
John Parmely
Fifth Avenue
Parmely
Pauline Drumbarger
la Barge House
LaBarges
Barnes
Manhattan Island
Transport Workers Union
TWU
John V. Lindsay
TWU Rally
Bernard
South Sumption
City Hall
Dubuque
Mike Quill
Quill
LBJ
Robert Mason
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Mason
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Webster City
Harlan R. Stapes
Peru
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