Viet Cong Strategy Shift Reveals Urgency of Winter Offensive
Intelligence experts in Saigon see a rapid shift by Viet Cong and North Vietnam as the winter spring offensive nears. Attacks on Loc Ninh Dak To and Song Be show a fierce, costly push despite strained manpower and questions after Nguyen Chi Thanh’s death. Giap’s resource stance faces new testing as October and November assaults unfold.
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Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times News Service
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Loc Ninh
Dak -To
Song Be
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Hanoi
Giap
Thanh
Beltline plans may reshape Decatur by 1985
City planners warned that the Beltline now a 6.2 mile traffic artery will become a four lane throughway with service roads and adjacent commercial development by 1985. The plan requires more right of way and faces opposition from landowners who fear excessive takings.
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City Planning Department
Gary Voketz
City Planning Commission
Voketz
John Caddell
Decatur Land Company
Planning Commission
U S B52 Bombers Strike Suspect Communist Buildup Near Border
U S Air Force B52s dumped about 450000 pounds of bombs in three raids near the Cambodian border and 12 miles north northeast of Con Thien in North Vietnam. Officials say 35000 to 40000 North Vietnamese troops may be along the frontier as heavy fighting flared around Bu Dop.
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Saigon
U.S
Air Force
Cambodian
North Vietnam
Bu Dop
Bu—Dop
Cambodia
Con Thien
Antiwar Protests Grow In New York City
Antiwar demonstrators blocked a march on an Army induction center and moved uptown to confront a public appearance by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. About thirty protesters were arrested outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where Rusk spoke at a conference of the Association of Manufacturers.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Dean Rusk
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Rusk
Reichhold plans Tuscaloosa plant expansion
Reichhold Chemicals Inc announces expansion plans for its plants in Tuscaloosa Alabama as part of a broader growth push. The White Plains New York based company aims to increase production capacity and modernize facilities amid rising demand in the chemical sector.
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New York
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Reichhold Chemicals, Inc
White Plains
N. Y
Freeman Urges Regional Planning for Rural Exodus
Tennessee Valley leaders at the Tennessee River Valley Association meeting with University of Tennessee officials and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman urged rural counties to band together to tap federal programs. Freeman endorsed regional planning as key to developing rural America and said today s planning will shape rural life by 2000.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Alabama
United States
Knoxville
Red Bamberg
Farmers Home
Winford Turner
Tennessee Valley Area
Tennessee River Valley Association
University of Tennessee School of Agriculture
America
Freeman
Seven State Area
County Voters OK 16 Amendments in Low Turnout
In Morgan County about 790 votes were cast with nearly half of 45 polling boxes reporting on Tuesday. Voters approved all 16 constitutional amendments despite poor turnout and apparent disapproval at Ryans Crossroads.
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Morgan County
Ryans Crossroads
Second Heart Transplant Made in U S A Records
Surgeons performed a heart transplant on a 2 percent week old patient, the world second such operation and first in the United States. The operation began at 4 15 am and ended at 6 30 am with a 22 member team. The baby’s vital signs were described as relatively stable though the outlook was guarded.
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New York
United States
Bay
Brooklyn
Maimonides Hospital
Heart Transplant Patient Shows Early Recovery in Cape Town
Cape Town AP report on Louis Washkansky recovering after the first heart transplant. Dr Christian Barnard expressed confidence no major rejection will occur and improvement suggests possible home return within three weeks. Washkansky joked with staff calling himself a new Frankenstein.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Christian Bernard
Washkansky
Heating Sales And Service Ad From Davidson Heating
Davidson Heating Service advertises heating sales and service with the contact number 353 4623 for inquiries and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson Heating Service
Alabama voters approve 16 constitutional amendments in slim turnout
In Birmingham, Alabama, voters approved all 16 amendments on the ballot though turnout was light. Metropolitan counties reported decisive results while rural counties were not yet counted, showing a statewide pattern of approval across the measures with several large yes totals and varying no tallies.
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Hoyt Harwell
Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mobile
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