U S Peace Offensive Fails to Draw Hanoi Spurned
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the communists rejected the month old U S peace offensive and will likely intensify attacks in Vietnam next week He warned Hanoi the bombing pause could end if no peaceful response is received while Johnson aides remain divided on next steps Defense Chief McNamara noted the pause aids rebuilding efforts and cited the broader push for peace through diplomatic channels.
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Dean Rusk
U.S
Viet Nam
Rusk
Johnson
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
W. Averell Harriman
Southeast Asia
McNamara
Bomb hits U S billet in Viet Nam truce violation
A bicycle bomb exploded inside a U S Signal Corps billet near Saigon during Tet cease fire, killing a U S sergeant, injuring two soldiers and several civilians, and wounding a Vietnamese woman. Vietnamese police warned of planned attacks as clashes persisted near the end of the holiday truce.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Signal Corps
Tan Son Nhut
Russia Refuses To Mediate Hanoi Talks
In Moscow the Soviet Union declined to broker negotiations between North Vietnam and the United States. Japan appealed to Premier Kosygin for Soviet influence to start talks, but Moscow said it is not directly involved and will not act as mediator. Observers cite limited Hanoi influence and vulnerability to Chinese propaganda as possible reasons. See RUSSIA, Page Four.
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Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
United States
Japan
Etsusaburo Shiina
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
Shiina
Viet Nam
Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bitter Cold Grips Much Of Country
Bitter winter weather grips the nation east of the Rockies with frigid winds heavy snows and freezing rain from the Gulf to the Canadian border The heaviest snow up to six inches fell in the Oklahoma panhandle and northern Texas A Gulf of Mexico storm was expected to push snow east to the Carolinas by Saturday Snow also likely across northern gulf states and the Tennessee Valley Temperatures dipped to around 30 below in the northern Great Plains with no relief near Amarillo and the panhandle area Snow limited to southern Texas rain fell in the border region Desert Southwest enjoyed sunshine See WEATHER Page Four.
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Oklaoma Panhandle
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McAllen
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Soviet claims American imprisoned in Russia killed himself
Moscow dispatch reports Newcomb Mott, 27, an American book salesman from Sheffield Massachusetts, serving an 18 month Soviet sentence for crossing the Norwegian Soviet frontier, died by suicide on a train to a forced labor camp. Embassy said body taken to Kirov morgue. two consular officials to assist, pending parents’ wishes. Authorities lament the case and note clemency appeals were denied.
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Newcomb Mott
Mott
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Murmansk
Kirov
U.S
Howard Mott
Godwin Handles Busy Day as Virginia Assembly Recesses
Gov. Godwin worked through the first weekend recess at the Virginia State Capitol, meeting with lawmakers on education and outdoor recreation bills while hinting his sales tax plan will be introduced next week. Lt. Gov. Pollard and Comptroller Day joined sessions as 140 legislators prepared to return Monday.
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Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors
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Virginia
Military Must Have Alternative Plans What Next If U S Peace Drive Fails
The United States plans for alternate military options in Vietnam, even as it seeks peace talks with Hanoi. McNamara hinted at larger war preparations and firepower, while Rusk said no deadline exists for resuming operations as Johnson pressures peace efforts.
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Viet Nam
United States
Japan
Tokyo
West German scientist topples Soviet espionage ring
A young West German scientist, blackmailed into spying for the Reds, blew the whistle on a Soviet espionage ring of five Russians. The group was broken up, with no state secrets found stolen. any secrets obtained were from private industry. The man had promised East German security services help to free his wife, then alerted counterintelligence after meeting Soviet trade mission members in Cologne. See SPY, Page rhs.
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Legislative bill would create circuit director of attorneys
In Virginia Senate Bill 69 Sen Joseph Hutcheson proposes a state bar created circuit director of attorneys to aid the public defender system. The director would confer with judges on appointing counsel for indigent defendants, aiming to list public defenders.
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Virginia General Assembly
Joseph C. Hutcheson
State Bar
Mother doubts Soviet suicide verdict in Newcomb case
In Sheffield Massachusetts AP report, Mrs. Howard S. Mott questions a Soviet suicide ruling for her son Newcomb 27, who allegedly killed himself en route to a Soviet prison after an 18 month sentence for illegal border crossing. She cites guards and embassy confusion, noting her son’s readiness to serve his sentence and seek parole in June. His brother Donald serves in the Navy. The Motts contacted the Soviet Embassy for details without success. Page Four.
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Mass
Howard S. Mott
State Department
Newcomb
Murmansk
Mott
Norway
Soviet Union
Navy
Motts
Donald
Premier Aldo Moro Resigns After Defeat in Parliament
In Rome Premier Aldo Moro resigned after his Christian Democrat party deputies voted him down 250 to 231 on a state nursery schools bill in a secret ballot. President Giuseppe Saragat asked him to stay on as caretaker while consultations begin to designate a new premier. The center-left coalition remains intact, but Amintore Fanfani and the Communists could influence the next government as the party congresses unfold.
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Christian Democrat
Giuseppe Saragat
Moro
Saragat
Jso
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Christian Democrats
Fanfani
Socialist
Democrat Socialst
Republican
Mora
National Party
New York Mayor’s Photo Hire Sparks Antipoverty Debate
In New York City the appointment of Katrina Thomas, an antipoverty program worker, as City Hall photographer triggers a controversy. Mayor Lindsay says he only learned of it from newspapers while federal officials scrutinize funding for the position. Thomas, a volunteer, is billed to the Office of Economic Opportunity but no photographer approval has been granted at headquarters.
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City Hall
John V. Lindsay
Katrina Thomas
Washington
Miss Thomas
Lindsay
Woody Klein
Office of Economic Opportunity
Weather readings warn of snow for Virginia and North Carolina
Hazardous driving warning for Virginia as snow spreads from the southwest Friday night into Saturday, with several inches expected especially in the southwest and cold lows in the 20s east and teens west. Sunday looks windy and cold with a clearing trend. In North Carolina, cloudy cold Saturday with snow in the mountains and mixed precipitation elsewhere, mainly rain in the east.
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North Carolina
Downtown Weather Log Report
A brief weather log records Friday night and Saturday conditions with temperatures ranging from the mid thirties to the low forties. Winds are calm, barometric pressure steady, and 24 hour precipitation noted as none.
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