Allies End Tet Truce in Northern Vietnam Pullback
U S and South Vietnam scrapped the Tet cease-fire in the DMZ north as North Vietnamese forces massed to invade. The tally shows hundreds of enemy and Marine casualties as fighting swelled near Khe Sanh and Dong Ha while air raids continue from bases north of the DMZ.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Vinh
1St Corps
Dmz
United States
Dong Ha In
Senator Russell Battles Emphysema at Walter Reed
Senator Richard Russell of Georgia is being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for emphysema. He underwent medical evaluation and is in care, with doctors monitoring his respiratory condition.
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Washington
Sen
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Walter Reed Hospital
Iowa State Coed Strangled Near Ames in Unsolved Case
Sheila Jean Collins a 19 year old Iowa State freshman from Evanston Illinois was found dead Sunday along a country road east of Ames. An autopsy confirmed strangulation with clothing scattered near the scene. Authorities seek an unidentified male student who reportedly offered Collins a ride Friday night and may have killed her elsewhere.
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Ames
Iowa
Here
Sheila Jean Collins
Evanston
Iil
Story County
Cole
Collins
High Court Rules On Gamblers and Gun Owners
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 1 decision, allowed gamblers to avoid prosecution for not registering and paying taxes by claiming possible self incrimination, but did not strike the 1954 anti gambling law. The ruling also struck down federal limits on registering sawed off shotguns, with Warren dissenting. The term included other actions such as denying Hoffa a new trial and a case on New York City firing municipal employees over inquiries into conduct.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
John Harlan
New York City
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Warren
Dallas
Miles Edward Haynes
Congress
Teamster
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Pope lauds Dr Barnard during unusually long visit
Pope Paul VI met for 20 minutes with Dr Christiaan Barnard at the Vatican and praised his heart transplant work. The pontiff prayed the efforts would aid humanity, and Barnard called the audience very satisfying. Vatican sources did not state whether morality questions were raised.
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Pope
Barnard
Vatican City
Paul VI
Christiaan Barnard
Vatican
Cold Wave Ties Iowa Temperatures Drop Across the State
A cold front from the Northern Plains pushed into Iowa lowering highs by 15 to 20 degrees in many areas. Lows may dip to 5 above or 4 below, with Tuesday expected in the 20s. Cedar Rapids fell from 40 to 31 as a north-northwest wind intensified. Rain and drizzle accompanied the front with varied totals regionwide from Buckeye to Fayette and Oelwein.
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Plains
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Buckeye
Des Moines
Mason City
Fayette
Oelwein
Waukon
Ottumwa
Republicans denounce Johnson budget in war time
Washington based Republicans in Congress denounce President Johnsons budget as too expansive for wartime and press for deep domestic cuts. Strong party figures urge trimming spending while the nation faces ongoing conflict.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Please pay taxes promptly says windscreen sticker
A windshield sticker reads Please pay your taxes promptly I need my poverty check and adds a humorous plea for timely tax payments. The caption implies satire about welfare or poverty support, reflecting social attitudes in a light comic frame.
Seven Taken Hostage in Denver Chase
Seven people including a police sergeant, a woman, and a child were held hostage after a supermarket holdup in northeast Denver. The suspects commandeered a police cruiser and forced the officer to drive west, then moved through the city with hostages as dawn approached. Police fired two shots as the pursuit continued, while Morahan pleaded for the pursuit to stop for the hostages' safety.
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Denver
Lawrence Morahan
Morahan
King Soopers Market
Sgt
Johnson Warns of Deficit If Tax Hike Fails in 1969 Budget
President Johnson urges sacrifice and hard choices in a 1969 budget with outlays of 186.1 billion and a 10.2 billion income tax surcharge to fund war costs in Vietnam. He warns the deficit would reach about 20 billion without tax increases, citing a 19.6 billion peacetime deficit for 1968 and outlining impacts on poverty, crime, and pollution programs.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Congress
Eisenhower
Presidential Commission
U.S
Federal National Mortgage Association
Associated Press
Elicarnee
Sava
Java
RTA Chairman Dean Wagner Resigns from Board
Dean Wagner, chairman of the Regional Transit Authority, announced his resignation from the three member board of bus trustees. He presented the Cedar Rapids mayor with a written report detailing the RTA’s accomplishments as goals were stated as achieved.
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Dean Wagner
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bush
Wagner
Alert More Forces for Korea Area
The United States placed more aircraft ships and personnel on alert for possible duty in the Korean area amid the Pueblo crisis. Diplomacy remained the main focus as the White House and State Department offered no immediate comment on North Korea’s threat.
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Washington
API
U.S
White House
State Department
U.N
Red China
North Vietnam backs North Korea over Pueblo incident
North Vietnam pledged to stand shoulder to shoulder with North Korea over the Pueblo affair. An official Radio Hanoi broadcast accused the United States of thousands of armed provocations since the 1953 Korean War end and called the Pueblo incident another provocation.
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Tokyo
UPI
North Vietnam
North Korea
Pueblo
Radio
Hanoi
U.S
U N Security Council Meeting Postponed Over Pueblo Crisis
Defense officials say additional military units including aircraft ships and bodies have been alerted for possible movement in the Korean area. The Pueblo seizure by North Korea and Pyongyangs threat to punish its crew heighten tensions as Washington seeks Japan’s help for diplomacy. U N Security Council meeting postponed with no new time set.
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Defense Department
Enterprise
Yorktown
U.N. Security Council i
U.N
U.S
Japan
Washington
North Korea
Kang Ryang Wook
Pyongyang
Traffic crackdown announced by Rio de Janeiro road chief
Traffic Director Celso Franco vows a crackdown on reckless driving in Rio de Janeiro. The move targets dangerous driving patterns and aims to improve road safety across the city.
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RIO DE Janetro
Celso Franco
War fuels South Vietnam disease spread says WHO report
WHO study on Vietnam finds plague and cholera rising in the South linked to warfare. North Vietnam health remains obscure with limited data from unofficial communist sources. Tuberculosis remains high in the South, while overall South health is reported not to have deteriorated despite conditions and improved health services.
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Vietnam
World Health Organization
WHO
North
North Vietnam
Pham Ngoc Thach
U.S
Pasteur Institute
Saigon
South
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