Moro Resigns as Premier Designate in Italy Crisis
Rome reports Aldo Moro resigns as premier designate after coalition disputes and Socialist refusals to back a cabinet. President Saragat will launch new talks with leaders, seeking a center left government or possible elections.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Christian Democrats
Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
con-Inigie
Moro
Armier
Saragat
Quirinal
Mario Scelba
Ee Saragat
Rescues Highlighted by Highway Workers During Storms
Highway crews across Bristol and surrounding counties battled blizzards to save families. Plows cleared roads for ambulances and hospital transports, dug out hundreds of cars, and even saved a child from a cliff edge. One foreman died from a heart attack after days of fatigue while others suffered frostbite and illness.
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Bristol
Henry County
Rockbridge County
Lexington
Highway Department
Fredericksburg
Charles Burke
Culpeper
Virginia
Amherst County
Henry Hill
Johnson Seeks Expanded U S Involvement In Vietnam
President Johnson outlined plans to send Secretary Freeman and Assistant Secretary Kappel to South Vietnam as part of a broader effort to bolster Vietnam's economy and viability. He said the conferences underscore a commitment to aid in education health and agriculture while aiming to return to the capital late Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Page
Johnson
Orville L. Freeman
Francis Kappel
Saigon
Freeman
South Viet Nam
Westmoreland
Hawaii
Moyers
Wellare
John W. Gardner
Quake devastates ten villages in Karpenni district
In the Karpenni district ten villages saw extensive damage with many buildings destroyed or uninhabitable. Communications remained down in Agrafa Granitsa and Prussia linking 2504 residents. Roads were blocked by landslides and snow. One death was reported a 40 year old mother of six whose children survived.
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Karpenninion
Agrafa
Granitsa
Prussia
Lawmakers Seek Quick Action On Revenue and Reform Bills
Assembly session notes from July 1 1968 report Finance Chairman Hutchens and House Majority Leader Cooke predicting smooth passage of key measures. Budgets hinge on sales tax revenue outlook as committees plan hearings on milk price controls, consumer representation, poll tax repeal, and local option whisky. Senate Privileges and Elections weighs repeal as House delays to align with Senate actions.
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House Committee
Finance Committee
Charles K. Hutchens
House
John Warren Cooke
Appropriations Committee
Senate Agriculture Committees
State Milk Commission
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
al-Democratic Committee
P&e
Garland Gray
Sussex
Senate
House Privileges and Elections Committee
Cooke
del. Bernard Levin
Norfolk
General Laws Committee
Jand
Henry Howell
Levin
Senate Welero Committee
Idez
Hoax Delays Piedmont Plane In North Carolina
An anonymous bomb hoax delayed Piedmont Airlines Flight 502 from Knoxville to Charlotte for nearly three hours at Asheville. The 28 aboard were evacuated to the terminal as deputies and staff searched the plane and baggage after two calls claimed a bomb was in a suitcase. No bomb found.
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Asheville
Piedmont Airlines
Knoxville
Tenn
Charlotte
Harry P. Clay
Piedmont
Clay
Cavalry in Vietnam Oath of Welcome and Battle Echoes
In a Vietnamese village an elder thanked advancing cavalrymen as VC were driven out. The Jan 28 start of the campaign saw Lt Col Robert Mc Dade’s 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry clash with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese near Bong Son, with heavy fighting and resilience amid rain.
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Robert McDade
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Bong Son
Saigon
McDade
New York City
Line Across Amid Vietnamese Fire Roils Camp Area
Amid Viet Cong gunfire soldiers stood, shouted, and cooked meals over campfires as bullets whipped through the area. They killed all snipers, then pressed the open air Viet Cong with automatic fire. Cavalrymen and Vietnamese troops spread through palm trees and tree lines, taking the area and clearing encampments.
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Andjarme
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