American Green Beret Camp Hit Near Saigon
Saigon reports say Loc Ninh Green Beret camp 70 miles north of Saigon came under heavy attack Saturday night. Field reports mention wounded Vietnamese taken to Lai Khe, with U.S. B 52 strikes near the DMZ and operations Cedar Falls targeting the Iron Triangle north of Saigon.
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Loc Ninh
U.S
Lai Khe
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Hanoi
Quang Tri
Darlac
Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
Southern Democrats weigh formal independent bloc in House
Southern Democrats in the House consider organizing as an independent bloc to hold the balance on key votes. The move would echo a backroom GOP-Democrat coalition, with Rep. Joe Waggonner named as a likely leader and aiming to influence Johnson's domestic program amid party divisions.
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House
Democratic Study Group
President Johnson
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Howard Smith
D-Va
Smith
Rep
Joe Waggonner
D-La
Waggonner
Lodge arrives in Vietnam for brief ambassadorial visit
Henry Cabot Lodge, the U S ambassador to Vietnam, touched down this Saturday for a short exploratory visit. He planned to meet with Vietnamese officials and assess the current situation during his limited stay.
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Rome
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Vietnam
Korean Ferry Sinks After Collision With Warship
Eight are dead and forty missing after the 140 ton Hanil Ho ferry collided with the destroyer Chungnam off Korea's southern coast in rough icy seas at about 10 last night. The navy reported the accident occurred in the vicinity of the coast.
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Seoul
Korea
Hanil-Ho
Chungnam
Santa can’t fit down a chimney says boy in Menlo Park
Five year old David Blinn crawled feet first into a chimney after retrieving a cork from his pop gun. His mother and a neighbor pulled him out as soot droplets hung in the fireplace, and the fire department saved him with a rope. David declared no man could get down that chimney.
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Calif
David Blinn
Santa Claus
David
Santa
William Blinn
To Buy or Not To Buy Wagner
Gazette staff writer notes Cedar Rapids voters face a January 24 special bus election on city takeover of the transit system and appointment of three trustees. Ballot wording cites establishing and acquiring a transit system under Iowa code 386 B.2 with authority to act under related provisions of law.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wagner
Clark Disguised Identity After 30 Year Flight
Elbert Roy Clark lived as Robert Lee Addison for 30 years until his 1966 arrest in Kopperston West Virginia. Four officers returned him to prison life in Fauquier and Richmond. His wife Edna Clark and daughters faced upheaval as Addison resumes a six year term and awaits trial.
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Elbert Roy Clark
Robert Lee Addison
Virginia
Clark
Kopperston
W. Va
FBI
Norfolk
Addison
Virginia State Penitentiary
Richmond
Fauquier County
Eastern Gas & Fuel Co
Edna Clark
Joyce Ann
Phyllis Ruth
Deborah Lynn
Deborah
Edna Sanders
Russell County
Today’s Chuckle on Early Risers and Night Owls
A light joke notes two groups: those who rise early and those who sleep late. The quip imagines people named Mo tels placing them in alternating rooms for humor.
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Orang Sete
City buses eyed with 60 percent vote in favor
The proposal would let the city own a bus system if a special election approves by 60 percent. Three trustees would run operations, finance through revenue bonds, and use city funds up to two mills if losses occur. A yes vote may lead to city ownership with a private operator and state financing, while a no vote opposes city control or tax-supported losses.
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Dean Wagner
Bob Johnson
Wagner
Johnson
ICC Ready To Restart Machinery In Vietnam Role
The International Control Commission chaired by India with Canada and Poland aims to refresh its administrative work and perhaps hold a formal ministerial meeting to review Vietnam developments. Officials caution against overestimating the move while hostilities continue and bombing persists.
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International Control Commission
Vietnam
Viet‘nam
India
Canada
Poland
North Vietnam
Vietnams
U. S
Chester Bowles
Nguyen Hoa
T. N. Kaul
Foreign Ministry
Commission
Fatal apartment blaze in Cleveland linked to domestic revenge
Five people died in an East Side Cleveland fire described by Fire Chief William Barry as an arson act of revenge in a domestic dispute. A woman was detained for questioning while a 42 year old woman, Glorvine Youngblood, was found dead. Four children perished from suffocation, and several residents were treated after leaping to safety.
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John Lyons
Glorvine Youngblood
Lyons
Cuyahoga County
Doris Demore
Ethel
Matthew
Gwendolyn
William
Demore
Vietnam
Russell Sabat
Robert Towne
Cleveland
Richard Brooks
John Appling
Odds Good Wallace Will Seek Presidency in 1968
Outgoing Alabama Governor George Wallace said the odds favor a presidential bid in 1968 though not as a white backlash candidate. He criticized federal overreach and noted his wife Lurleen will become Alabama’s first female governor, with a decision on his candidacy to come later this year.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Lurleen
Alabama
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