Viet Cong Kill Civilians At Rate Of Over Ten A Day
AP reports Viet Cong terrorists killed more than 2,820 civilians in 1966 and abducted funds, with 1,638 civilians slain and 3,507 abducted. Robert Komer notes rising terrorism in pacification efforts as South Vietnamese casualties soar. Senator Edward Kennedy visits Mekong Delta facilities amid focus on refugees and civilian victims.
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Smigon
Vie
U.S. Commission
Sid Robert Komer
U.S
South Vietnamese Ministry of Health
South Vietnam
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Lowh
Ho Av
Kennedy
Mekong Delta
1St Corps
Mwe
Senate
Hikers Lost on Mountain in Asia Rescue Wins Support
Miss Laing and three children of an Indian ambulance driver set out for a three hour hike near Gunung Beramban 6040 feet. After getting lost they drank stream water and huddled under foliage each night. Doctors report the group heard searchers during the first night but could not be heard. The American Dalat School serves 130 pupils with parents teaching across Asia for the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church.
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Miss Kelck
Asia
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Two Theories of Jobs Program for Minorities
The government tests two theories to place minority workers: train poverty victims to employability and secure jobs, or enlist industry in intensifying training and hiring. A Labor Department spokesman notes wartime gains show success with the completely unemployable, but recent use has been limited. Invitations to firms went out last week. early responses are unclear.
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Labor Department
Son
Seventeen Die In Three House Fires
Seventeen people including seven children died in three separate fires that swept homes in Parkesburg Pennsylvania Fargo North Dakota and Simi California. A Parkesburg family perished as Mrs Hoover escaped with Mary ten while seven children perished. In Fargo Bernard Jenkins his wife and two sons died after dropping their unconscious daughter from a window. In Simi Marvin Reitkopp and four children plus his father in law Joseph Stern perished in a blaze that also claimed Reitkopp’s father. Six others escaped the Parkesburg and Fargo incidents.
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Associated Press
Wes
Parkesburg
Ralph Hoover
Daniel
Brenda
Shirley
David
Robert
Barbara
Ralph
Mary
Fargo
N.D
Bernard N. Jenkins
Ios
Jenkins
Steven
Bruce
Simi
Calif
Marvin Reitkopp
Ann Ellen
Allen
Sharon
Mack
Reitkopp
Joseph Stern
Reilkopp
Czech party chief reiterates Marxism Leninism unity
Newly elected Czech party chief stressed basic Leninist principles guiding the party including unity and loyalty to Marxism Leninism. Duberk grew up partly in the Soviet Union, joined the Communist underground in 1939, rose through ranks, and in 1963 succeeded Karol Bacilek in the party presidium.
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Nique
Vietnam faces diplomatic strain over Hanoi air raids
U S officials signaled tentative apology to Moscow amid Soviet charges. A string of U S air strikes targeted railways and supply lines near Hanoi Thanh Hoa and Kep airfield as weather and enemy movements shaped the campaign. Soviet threats to protect ships followed a Japanese-dated bombing near Haiphong, underscoring rising Cold War tensions.
U S and Soviet Navies Clash Over Haiphong Raids
Radio Moscow said Ambassador Dobrynin delivered a protest note to Secretary Rusk after a U S strike near Haiphong and Hanoi. U S forces reported 72 enemy killed in the Que Son Valley as paratroopers and infantry pressed operations in South Vietnam. Haiphong harbor strikes were limited by Washington’s order to keep the port off limits to U S aircraft.
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Radio Moscow
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
Washington
Peroslavl-Zalessky
U.S
Saigon
Haiphong
Hanoi
Red China
South Vietnam
1St Corps
U.S. Americal
Que Son
da Nang
101St Airborne Division
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Pentagon
Moscow
Hanoi-Hlaiphong
Navy
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Tass
Boris ‘Tsev- Albanw
Radical
Ta 2 Opuri
Ali Aycetanisins Amd
Cam Pha
Turkistan
State Department
Soviet Union
Mikhail Frunze
Transplant pioneer warded by new heart rejection signs
On Thursday Heart 1 Blaiberg showed possible rejection with ECG readings. By Friday professor Barnard noted similar issues in Louis Washkansky, suggesting over treatment may have weakened his defenses and contributed to pneumonia that killed him 18 days after his transplant on December 21.
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Blaiberg
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Dee
Indictments widen resistance to draft in 1960s era protests
The indictment targets actions by activists linked to the Institute for Policy Studies and figures including Dr Coffin and Norman Raskin. It cites meetings in Boston and demonstrations in Washington urging draft resistance, with charges referencing surrender of classification documents and distribution of draft materials. Officials comment on potential penalties under Seidive Service laws and the broader political climate as indictments draw attention to antiwar activism.
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Fage One
Seiediye Service
Raskin
Washington
University of Chicago
Institute For Policy Studies
Richard Barnes
Institute
New Hampshire Ave
Dupont Circle
Coffin
New York American Civil Liberties Union
Spock
U.S
Me Wents
Washimeton
Department of Justice
Cofftin
Justice Department
Atlanta, Ga
A. &. Turk
W. C. Driggers
M Worald
Trivalane
Cambodian arms deliveries to Cambodia raise tensions
The report notes ongoing Chinese military shipments to Cambodia and frames the latest delivery as routine. It mentions Cambodia has long received gear from Peking and suggests Ambassador Chester Bowles may travel to Washington after visiting Phnom Penh to discuss preventing Communist use of Cambodian territory as a sanctuary.
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Cambodia
Peking
Chester Bowles
Washington
Phngm Fenh Towork
Witness Testimony Ties Park to Jefferson Dyn Amite Killing
Jefferson Georgia based murder trial hears John Hyman Blackwell testify he helped place dynamite under a car hood to kill Floyd Hoard. He alleges Lloyd George Seay directed the plan and Park allegedly ordered the slaying to protect bootleg interests. Prosecutors seek the death penalty.
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Jefferson, Ga
John Hyman Blackwell
Floyd
Sarki Avdeway Wenseee
Flearg
Petore
Blackwell
Lestiek
Anarher
Wren
Lloyd George Seay
Aly
A. C. “Che
Park
Sdl
Wesley Channell
Channell
Luther Names
Emeri
Tus
Marietta
Henry Wu
Davis
Jack S. Davidson
Jefferson
Hoard
Annear
Jackson County Grand Jury
Pivwiil Bay
Lloyd
Worley
George I. Worley
Jackson County
Chai
Lagna
Sais
Dawsonville
Genrse Toworley
Cammerra
George W. Pinion
Cole Dinerweil
Lhis Whdae Ling
Sala
Georgia
Court Rules Bar Owners Are Liable
Massachusetts Supreme Court held bar owners responsible for injuries and deaths caused by intoxicated patrons. In a Belmont suit, Gregory H. Adamian challenged a Waltham bar after his wife was killed when a drunken patron left the Three Sons Inc. establishment and crashed. The court said bars that continue to serve intoxicated patrons and profit from automobile-arriving customers can be liable to the public.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Raymond S. Wilkins
Belmont
Gregory H. Adamian
Waltham
Adamian
Three Sons Inc
Wilkins
Labor Shortage Shapes Hanoi Peace Probes
An AP analysis notes a severe North Vietnamese labor shortage as a driver of cautious peace probes. Chinese laborers and technicians in North Vietnam have risen sharply, fueling concerns among Hanoi leaders about Beijing’s growing influence and the risk of a drawn out war. The Hanoi press already warns that labor output must rise to sustain both production and combat needs.
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William L. Ryan AY
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
China
Peking
Paris
Hanoi
Jlikkely
Vietnam
Communist Party
Hoe Fap
Skirts and fashion endure the brutal wind chill
In Minneapolis on a frigid day, women kept skirts above the knee while a Weather Bureau spokesman explained knee freezing times at wind chills of minus 40 to minus 68. Nurses wore four inch skirts, ear muff snuggies appeared, and residents debated warmth versus appearance as men preferred a shapely leg even in severe cold.
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U.S
General Hospital
Peggy Milford
Minneapolis
Andreae Tuck
Caseless ammunition aims to cut weight and volume
Shells powder granules glued with a lacquer a propellant plug and a propellant support tube a completely combustible percussion primer and a copper projectile form caseless rounds. The Army says 5.56mm caseless could be 53 percent lighter and 34 percent smaller in volume while 7.62mm caseless would be 49.5 percent lighter and 29 percent smaller. Officials warn adoption to standard ammo likely not before 1970.
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Army
Funeral allowances for military burials spark review
Teague cited scattered responsibility across Washington as a problem. Military sources describe burial allowances based on national cost norms, including embalming and coffin, with $75 for direct post or national cemetery funerals, $150 for civilian funeral and military burial, and $300 if both are civilian. Arlington’s space shortages prompt calls for tighter cemetery limits and possible shipping of bodies to other states.
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Teague
Washington
National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Los Angeles
Oregon
New Mexico
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U. S. Navy
Thanh Hoa
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Dubeck
Slovakia
Novotny
Bill Williams
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Hershey
New York City
Goodman
Johnson
Grant Goodman
Jeninen
Turk
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Hong Gai
Live
Martin
Ballou Park Shopping Center
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