Yanks trap Viet Cong in jungle near Saigon
U S army troops trapped a large Viet Cong force 14 miles north of Saigon, killing 189 in 10 hours as Dogface battalion and air support boxed in the enemy. U S casualties were seven killed and 16 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. First Infantry Division
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Red
South Vietnam
Dong Ha
William Westmoreland
Quang Tri
Con Thien
Camp Carroll
Khe Sanh
Visions of Virgin Mary Reported at Small Cairo Church
The Coptic Orthodox patriarch said at a Cairo news conference that visions of the Virgin Mary were seen repeatedly at a small church near Cairo in April.
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Cairo
U.S. Presses for Cutback as Path to Paris Bombing Halt
Officials say the opening Paris talks with North Vietnam on May 10 will seek a reduction in communist military activity in Southeast Asia to clear the way for a total halt in bombing of the North. Diplomats note hard bargaining expected in the months ahead amid secret diplomacy and uncertain Soviet involvement.
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Washington
Paris
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
U. S
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
Iide
Johnson
Johnson Sees May Third as Peak of Vietnam Talks
President Johnson announced May 3, 1968 as the day a site for preliminary talks with North Vietnam was agreed upon. He said the negotiations would “exact the best from all of us” and called peace a struggle turning hostility into dialogue. He spoke at a ceremony at the former patent office building, now an art museum, urging prayers and unity for Southeast Asia.
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North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
William Sullivan
Vientiane
Washington
White House
Johnson
Walt Rostrow
Sullivan
Rostow
Rusk
Southeast Asia
Three Transplant Patients Progress Reported Worldwide
Three heart transplant patients remained under close watch after operations within 24 hours. Frederick West in London, Everett Thomas in Houston, and Joseph Rizor at Stanford were described in varying conditions from entirely satisfactory to fair with cautious expectation.
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U.S
London
National Heart Hospital
Frederick West
Houston
Everett Thomas
Stanford
Calif
Joseph Rizor
Patrick Ryan
Donald Ross
Christiaan Barnard
Thomas
Phoenix
Denton, Cooley
U S Soviet Union ratify consular pact access to detainees
The Soviet Union ratified the consular convention giving U S officials access to American citizens held in the USSR, with the U S Senate ratifying March 16 1967 after debate over security risk. The pact signed June 1 1964 takes effect 30 days after ratification exchanges.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
U.S. Senate
Supreme Soviet
Washington
U.N
New York
End to Infiltration Vital Rusk Says for Southeast Asia
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the University of Georgia that halting communist infiltration is essential for any honorable peace in Southeast Asia. He urged a negotiated settlement in Vietnam, cited Laos Thailand Cambodia and Burma as needing peace and criticized the UN’s peacekeeping record.
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Athens
Dean Rusk
U.S
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
University of Georgia
North Vietnam
Paris
Southeast Asian
Vietnam
Laos
Rusk
North ‘Vietnam
International Control Commission
Thailand
Cambodia
Burma
U.N
Right Wing Breakoff in Flight Seen
An 11 man National Transportation Safety Board team investigated the Braniff Electra crash near Dawson Texas that killed 84 people and broke up in flight, with evidence the right wing tore away. Debris littered the Lonnie Wells farm as crowds searched. FBI aided identifications and National Guard controlled traffic. Flight 352 departed Houston at 4 11 p m bound for Dallas when it vanished from radar at 4 51 p m. There were 79 passengers and five crew members aboard.
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Dawson
Texas
National Transportation Safety Board
Braniff International
Ed Slattery
Lonnie Wells
FBI
National Guard
Houston
Jo Carol Brand
Taylor
N.D
Suzanne Renz
South Orange
N.J
Braniff
Dallas
J. R. Phillips
John Foster
D. W. Crossland
Fort Worth
Great Southwest International Airport
Dean Montgomery
Corsicana
Jerry Merrill
Tulsa
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Memphis
Chicken Necks Help Capture Lion Cub in Augusta
At the Safari zoo near Augusta Georgia Bub a 350 pound lion cub was captured after lure with chicken necks and tranquilizer guns. The runaways included two other lions one shot by owner Helen McKinnon. Bub was returned to his cage after capture as law enforcement closed in.
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Augusta
Bub
Safari Zoo
Helen McKinnon
Jordan King Hussein Leaves Nursing Home After Checkup
London AP reports King Hussein of Jordan entered a nursing home for a checkup on Wednesday and was discharged Saturday, appearing fit and in good health.
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London
King Hussein of Jordan
GIs React With Guarded Optimism On Paris Peace Talks
In Saigon American servicemen broadly welcomed the U S and North Vietnam plan to meet in Paris though doubts remained about success. Many had not heard of the talks, but those who had urged caution with some calling it a start and others eager to end the war and return home.
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U. S
Johnson
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
Sgt. M. Russell Edwards
San Antonio
Willie Brunson
Willingboro
N.J
Army
Earl Luce
Hazelton
Wayne Sanchez
Chandler, Okla
Civility Measure: Relaxation Costs Climb Higher
A light pondering on how modern life makes leisure pricier as society advances. The note hints at rising costs of relaxation while echoing a humorous tone.
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