Oceanographer Testified Pueblo Cover Mission Details
Donnie R. Tuck, a civil service oceanographer aboard the USS Pueblo, testified at a Navy court of inquiry that one duty was to serve as cover for the ship while conducting hydrographic water sampling. He described placing Nansen bottles to gather ocean samples to support intelligence work and argued tests occurred at least 13 miles from land to avoid North Korean waters.
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Coronado
Calif
Pueblo
Donnie R. Tuck
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Friar
Tuck
Richmond
Navy
Buch Jer
Harry Iredale
Civil Service
Defense Department
Pentagon
Bucher
North Korea
Banner, Fon
Charles D. Law Jr
Wendell Leach
Law
Chehalis
Wash
North
Koran
Leach
Houston
Tex
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S. Supreme Court
United Nations
Trains Collide In Australia Killing Ten Dead
Melbourne reports the Sydney to Melbourne streamliner Southern Aurora collided with a freight train 104 miles northeast of Melbourne. Ten killed, over one hundred injured, with fears of higher toll earlier. wreckage described as severe and cars derailed and burned.
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Melbourne
Australia
L. Hollingworth
E. P. Rogan
Southern Aurora
Violet Town
Little Hollow
Saigon Braces as Tet Cease-fire Talk Weighs
U S and South Vietnamese forces tighten controls around Saigon and Da Nang as fighting slows. 34 enemy soldiers killed in clashes. checks seal Route Nationale One and surrounding highways to curb Viet Cong movements. Viet Cong announce a cease fire for Tet. Thieu signals conditional acceptance but delays dates.
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Saigon
Securit
Ville
da Nanglit
Con
U.S
Ters
9Th Infantry
Mekong
Marble Mountain
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Bombing at UMUCHIAGU Market in Biafra Claims Heavy Civilian Toll
Hundreds killed and many wounded after a crowded open market in UMUCHIAGU was struck in a Biafran raid. Local officials estimate 200 to 300 dead with more injured as mourners ferry bodies along dusty trails. The Biafran Information Department calls it the second worst wartime bombing, behind last year’s Otuocha market attack.
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Umuchiagu
Biafra
Biafran Information Department
Otuocha
Oil Slick Expands as Efforts to Plug Leak Stall
A growing offshore oil slick off Santa Barbara spreads toward Los Angeles as six foot seas hinder sealing attempts. The spill covers 800 square miles and increases by about 1000 gallons per hour, with raw petroleum reported in Ventura marina and near Santa Barbara Harbor.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Los Angeles
William Kerrigan
Ventura
Marina
Student Protests Across Campuses Spark Disruptions
About 1,200 of 9,200 Western Illinois students protested in the Student Union Building over a university election decision. In Chicago, a ninth day sit-in continued at the Administration Building with a 150 to 3 vote to extend demonstrations.
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Western Ilinois University
Merry Prankster Party
University of Chicago
Chicago
University of California
Berkeley
Ronald Reagan
University of Iowa
Memorial Union
Tom Hayden
University of Cincinnati
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