Viet Cong Launch Wave Of Attacks Across South Vietnam
Viet Cong fire 19 mortar and flamethrower attacks on posts, capitals, and hamlets. Government says 110 raiders killed near Phuoc Binh, 34 dead overall, and 140 wounded, including 92 soldiers. U.S. 25th Infantry faced heavy fire, with 2 Americans killed and 23 wounded.
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Viet Cong
Phuoc Binh
Mekong
25Th Infantry Division
Loc Ninh
Dak To
U.S
Empty Boots Mark Dak To Memorial for 99 Paratroopers
At U S Fire Support Base 12 the five groups of empty boots stood on Hill 875 as artillery boomed. Nine Silver Stars were awarded to paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne for the Bat tle of Dak To while General officers saluted and prayers followed.
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Dak TO
Vietnam
U.S
James Steverson
Panama City
Fla
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Charles Watters
Jersey City
Carlos Lazada
New York
William Rosson
Second Corps
Jail Black Powerite on Draft Count
Fred Brooks a black power leader, jailed on charges of refusing induction into the army after a 1-A reclassification. He testified before a riot investigation subcommittee and had been suspended from Tennessee A&I for rioting last April.
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Nashville
Tenn
Fred Brooks
Senate
Brooks
U.S
William Miller
Coordinating Committee
Vietnam
Johnson
Turmoil at Frankfurt rally as anti-Fascists clash over party access
A chaotic meeting in Frankfurt ends with anti-Fascists clashing with rightists. The scene includes a lawsuit over party member access and claims of arbitrary exclusion from draft boards, while a speaker calls for troop withdrawal and stalled reunification.
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Frankfurt
Brooks
Democratic
Tennessee
NPD Miller
Adolf von Thad
von Thadden
Amens
U.S
West Germany
East Germany
Mystery poisoning kills seven children in Colombia
Police report seven children died and about twelve others rushed to a hospital in Chiquinquira as authorities investigate a mystery poisoning linked to the water supply. Officials say the illness may stem from contaminated water.
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Bogota
Columbia
Chiquinquira
Stolen Rifle Ammunition From German U.S. Depot
More than 13 000 rounds of rifle ammunition were reported stolen Saturday from a U S army depot in suburban Munich.
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Munich
Fourth Clark Station Robbed in Cedar Rapids
Charles Baldwin, night attendant at Clark Super 100 service station on First avenue SW, reported being robbed at gunpoint of 466 dollars early Saturday by a man in coveralls and a ski mask. It marked the fourth Clark station robbery in Cedar Rapids this month. The suspect stood about 6 feet 2 inches, weighed around 180 pounds, and wore a mask. previous suspects ranged 5 feet 5 inches to 6 feet tall and used nylon stockings as masks.
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Coder Rowids Mans
Charles Baldwin
Clark Super
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Baldwin
Clark Station
Cyprus
U.N
Zenon Kassides
Security Council
New York
Greece
Turkey
U.N. Peace Force
Illness of Ho Chi Minh Reported From Hanoi
Hungarian journalist Istvan Szabo says North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh is gravely ill and conducting state affairs from his sickbed. Ho reportedly declined attending a Soviet anniversary event, with Premier Phan Van Dong taking on more duties as bombing damage and food shortages strain Hanoi. The mood reportedly shifts toward possible compromise, while morale remains high despite raids. He notes supply lines and living conditions as dire.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Istvan Szabo
Budapest
Phan van Dong
Szabo
U.S
Schwengel Calls for Vietnam Policy Shift and Pacification Cut
U.S. Rep. Fred Schwengel Iowa says the way to win in Vietnam is raise peasants living standards and remove pacification civilian development from the Pentagon. He travels from South Vietnam to Bangkok and vows a dovish turn though not advocating withdrawal. Rep. William Cowger Kentucky is vice chair of Volunteers for Vietnam.
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Bangkok
UPI
Iowa
U.S
Vietnam
Fred Schwengel
R-1
Volunteers For
Schwengel
South Vietnam
William Cowger
R-Ky
United States
Greek Plan Submitted To Turkey
U.S. envoy Cyrus Vance carried a Greek compromise proposal to Ankara to withdraw troops from Cyprus and guarantee Turkish Cypriot safety. Turkish and Greek leaders held talks as U.N. pressures mounted and Cyprus faced renewed air incursions.
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Turkey
Gerald Miller
Associated Press
Cyprus
Greece
Cyrus Vance
U.S
Ankara
Ihsan Sabri Caglayangis
Vance
Bride-To-Be Killed In Iowa Crash Near Hazleton
Cedar Rapids bride to be Jane Ellen Schoephoerster 20 died when the car she rode in hit a bridge abutment on highway 150 north of Hazleton. Fiancé Ronald Edmonds 22 survived in fair condition. They had driven to Oelwein to show her mother her wedding dress. wedding planned for Dec. 31. Survivors include parents two brothers and a sister. Services pending. It was Buchanan county’s fifth traffic fatality of the year.
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Hazleton
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Here
Jane Ellen Schoephoerster
Third Avenue SE
Highway 150
Ronald James Edmonds
Fourth Avenue SE
Strawberry Point
Peoples Hospital
Independence
Edmonds
Schoephoerster
W. E. Schoephoerster
Collins Radio Co
Gail
Lee
Jerry
Brant Funeral Home
Buchanan County
Tie in Covington mayoral race ends without recount
In Covington Indiana both Republican incumbent Don Marr and Democrat Don Youngblood received 724 votes in the November 7 mayoral election. The recount deadline passed Wednesday without either candidate filing for one.
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Covington, Ind
Don Marr
Don Youngblood
Japanese Banker Takes Fatal Train Tragedy
Joshiro Murata, 33, deputy chief of Mitsui Trust Bank foreign exchange section in Yokohama, jumped in front of a train after a nervous breakdown sparked by missing the pound sterling devaluation. His wife said he urged her to die with him because he had mis forecast devaluation that endangered his bank.
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Yokohama
Joshiro Murata
Foreign Exchange
Mitsui Trust Bank and Banking Co., Ltd
Sons Home but Gifts Continue
CARSON Calif AP Mr and Mrs John Swanson sent miniature Christmas trees to their servicemen sons overseas and some of their buddies both last year and the year before Two of their sons Army Sgt John Swanson and Marine Cpl Wayne Swanson are home this Christmas But the trees are going out just the same 52 two foot high artificial trees to southern California servicemen in Viet Nam whose names were provided by the USO
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