U S Forces Break Viet Cong Hold in Four Hour Battle
In Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border U S infantry under heavy pressure from more than 2 500 Viet Cong repelled the assault at dawn Tuesday. American losses were 31 dead and 109 wounded with at least 596 enemy killed. A pilot and his observer perished when a spotter plane was shot down and two U S jets inadvertently struck U S positions. LT COL John Bender noted possibly 100 enemy bodies dragged into the jungle.
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U.S
Cambodia
John Bender
Bremerton
Wash
Central Highlands
Tay Ninh
U.S. Army
4Th Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Thailand
Dien Bien Phu
Donghai
Panhandle
Guam
Demilitarized Zone
Junction City
Mao Overruled on Troop Move In Asia Crisis
Hong Kong Star reports the Chinese Communist politburo overruled Mao Tse tung on sending troops to South Vietnam Thailand and Quemoy while allowing defensive moves on the Chinese Russian border. Chou En Lai led the opposition saying troop action would invite U.S. expansion and be deadly to China.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Star
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
South Vietnam
Thailand
Manchurian
Quemoy
Star
China
Mao
Peking
The
Chou En-lai
Vietnam
U. S
Chou
North Vietnam
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Rolvaag Named Envoy to Iceland
President Johnson announced nominating former Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag a U S ambassador to Iceland. Rolvaag, a Democrat, lost re election in November. James Penfield, the current ambassador to Iceland, will be reassigned to other duties.
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Washington
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
U.S
Iceland
Johnson
Rolvaag
James Penfield
Foreign Service
Youth Testimony Ties Bonnie Seenster to Stabbing
Bruce Smith, 15, testified at the murder trial that he saw Bonnie Jean Seenster stab his sister-in-law La Vista Smith on December 4 at their home. La Vista Smith died from a stomach knife wound at 917 Ninth Avenue SE, as Seenster's trial entered its third day.
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Bruce Smith
Fifteenth Street
Bonnie Jean Seenster
Underground rite for GI tunnel rats in Vietnam
In Vietnam near Saigon a chapel service for six tunnel rats from the 2nd battalion 27th infantry was held by Chaplain Carter Tucker two days late. The service occurred in a Viet Cong tunnel complex deep underground, followed by a blast that shattered the room. Ants swarmed along tunnel walls as the men crawled booby-trapped passages.
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Carter Tucker
Monticello
Ark
Donald Ellis
Eminence, Ky
William Lowry
Greenville
Mich
25Th Division
Vietnam
Saigon
Chaplain Tucker
27Th Infantry
Nine Inch Spring Snow Hits New York Area
A spring snowstorm hit the northeastern United States slowing travel and closing schools. New York City forecast above nine inches with heavier accumulations in outer suburbs while rain and snow affected the Far Northwest and Great Lakes region.
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New York Area
New York
New York City
Great Lakes
Megalopolis
New Jersey
Massachuetts
Warning to Students on Deferments
Washington AP report says Chairman Rivers of the House Armed Services Committee warned that continued anti draft student protests could end college deferments. He cited a Howard University disturbance that forced Draft Director Hershey to cancel a speech and called the demonstrators idiotic and subsidized. He warned similar actions at other universities could jeopardize deferments. Rep Gross urged caution in DC funding.
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Washington
Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
Howard
Gross
Iowa
House
District of Columbia
Edict Orders Alabama Desegregation Across 99 School Systems
A federal court ordered statewide desegregation of Alabama public schools not already under court orders. Gov. Lurleen Wallace and state officials must implement plans for all grades by 1967 68, ending racial discrimination in facilities, staff, and student bodies. 99 systems required to desegregate and eliminate bus route overlaps within 20 days.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
George Wallace
Gov. Wallace
U.S
Richard Rives
H. H. Grooms
Frank Johnson
Justice Department
Alabama State Board of Education
House Approves 10 Day Easter Recess for Congress
The House voted to begin an Easter recess at end of business Thursday and resume at noon on April 3. Senate leaders agreed to the same 10 day holiday.
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Washington
House
Senate
Town Survives Bouncing Bomb Avalanche in Dugger
In Dugger Indiana a truck carrying 500 pound bombs collided with a freight train, scattering 84 bombs across town. None exploded and no injuries were reported though a barber Gary Christy 25 was near a bomb that struck his shop rear wall.
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Dugger
Ind
UPI
Naval Depot
Illinois Central Railroad
Palestine
Vietnam
Gary Christy
Ted Marshall
Navy
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