Marines Break Out After Pinned Battle In DMZ Fight
U S Marines broke out after six hours of being pinned down by an enemy force below the DMZ. Command said 23 Communists were killed. Three Marines died and 25 wounded in the Gio Linh area. Elsewhere in South Vietnam, Viet Cong mortars hit Pleiku and Cu Chi bases as U S air and naval units carried out strikes from Thanh Hoa to Khe Sanh with significant losses on both sides.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Cu Chi
Gio Linh
Marine Infantry
Air Force
Thanh Hoa
USS
Dong Phong Thuong
Khe Sanh
Jin South Vietnam
Hanoi
Red China
U.S. Command
Change In Radar-Jamming Techniques Overcomes Missiles
Washington reports a shift in U S radar jamming methods has reduced Soviet and North Vietnamese radar guided missile effectiveness. Despite heavy SAM use, US aircraft losses have declined since November, with weather and limited missions contributing to improved survivability. more than 5,100 missiles fired at US planes, about 105 shot down, yielding roughly a two percent kill rate.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Man Disguised As Woman Robs N C Branch Bank
In Eureka North Carolina an armed man dressed as a woman robbed the Branch Bank and Trust Co office of 2150 dollars. He fled in a Goldsboro stolen car as police and FBI set roadblocks. Bank manager Patricia Darden described the suspect tall at about 6 feet 3 inches and 210 pounds masked with wig and scarf and wearing white gloves and a long gray coat. He demanded the money and threatened with a revolver during the holdup.
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Eureka
N.C
Eurek
Branch Banking and Trust Co
Goldsboro
FBI
Patricia Darden
Fred Becton
Becton
Administration asks Congress to probe automobile insurance
President Johnson urged a broad inquiry into the automobile insurance industry, with authority from Congress. The study, led by the Department of Transportation with other agencies and industry, would span months and cost 1.5 to 2 million dollars. It aims to examine why claims delay, cancellations vary, and rates differ by race and age, and asks how settlements occur, how premiums are set, and why bankruptcies have risen since 1960.
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Congress
Johnson
State of the Union
Department of Transporation
Major Jewish Groups Urge Court to End Housing Bias
Washington AP report notes Orthodox, Conservative and Reform bodies with 81 local councils and four national Jewish service organizations petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold the 1886 Civil Rights Law and ban housing discrimination. The brief links anti housing bias to Jewish and Negro community anguish and calls for enforcement to ensure equal living opportunities.
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Washington
American Judaism
Supreme Court
Strugete
America
Clifford Named Defense Secretary For Johnson Era
Adviser to Presidents since Truman, Clark Clifford, was chosen by President Johnson to be the new Defense Secretary, succeeding Robert McNamara. At 61, Clifford pledged to sever all current ties with his law firm and stocks, while praising McNamara’s work and saying he will carry on the integrated defense program. Senate support appeared likely as he avoided policy specifics until hearings.
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Clark Clifford
Harry S. Truman
John 500 Friday
Clifford
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Severn
Defense
Tam
Johnson
Russell
Jpture
Senate
Capitol Hill
McNamara
World Bank
Defense Department
White House
Vietnam
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Virginia Legislature Proposes Compulsory School Attendance Plan
In Richmond AP Virginia General Assembly advances measures to restore statewide compulsory school attendance and repeal tuition grants while offering personal income tax credits to offset sales taxes on food. Other proposals push traffic safety, tax hikes on beer and cigarettes, and a study on revenue sources.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Senate
House
Virginia Traffic Safety Study Commission
Old Dominion
Robert E. Lee
Norfolk
Port City
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Norfolk International
Norfolk City Hall
MacArthur Memorial
Norfolk Museum
Del
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
U.S. Supreme Court
Rescued 16 Aboard Ocean Sprinter Seized as Prize
A Grand Bank fishery crew rescued all 16 aboard the Dutch freighter Ocean Sprinter after a night adrift in North Atlantic seas. The 312-ton trawler Zebreney towed and then released the stricken ship, planning dawn lines if weather permits, while the Clyde sails to assist.
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New York
Grand Bank
Zchvinney
James Chayler
Associated Press
Chayler
cap+ tive
Clyde
Newsfoundland
St. John's
Mightiest U.S. Nuclear Blast Shakes Cities Far Away
A test blast with nearly a million tons of TNT rocked buildings hundreds of miles from the desert site. Salt Lake City saw swaying structures and overwhelmed police lines, San Francisco felt lighter movement, Las Vegas reported the Mint Hotel rocking, and arc events caused minor bridge cracks near ground zero as officials assess the quakelike shock.
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Hot Creek Valley
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Salt Lake City
Utah
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Mint Hotel
ARC
Morey Peak
U.S. Highway 6
Los Angeles
Jury acquits eight of nine KKK members in intimidation case
In Salisbury North Carolina a jury of 12 white men acquitted eight of nine Ku Klux Klan members on charges of conspiring to intimidate citizens of Cabarrus and Rowan counties. The remaining defendant, Ronald Le iAnne Mullis of Concord, faced a mistrial for lack of verdict. The judge set a new trial date for Mullis while the eight acquitted defendants cried, hugged, and prepared for release.
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Salisbury
N.C
Cabarrus
Rowan
Ronald le iAnne
Edwin ™. Stanley
Mullis
Mulls
FBI
Stanley
Stetenal
Fol House
North Carolina
Ku Klux
J. Robert Jones
Shinsel
Striet
Ray L. Hornbeak
Concord
Nolen Safrit
Kannapolis
Clifton Wayne Shasill
Ver
Winfred
Edward Bridges
Kannap
Musilic
Weather readings from station atop Register Building
Virginia Saturday sunny with highs in the upper 40s to 50s and Sunday partly cloudy and mild. North Carolina fair and mild Saturday and Sunday with highs 45 to 54 in the mountains and 50s to 60s elsewhere, cool Saturday night with lows in the 20s in mountains and 30s to 35 elsewhere. Downtown weather log records Friday evening readings and temperatures, barometric pressure, and wind directions with a calm overnight low and a high around mid-50s.
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North Carolina
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