Marines Rushed In To Trap Communists
In Saigon a fresh Marine unit, flown in from the Valley Forge, engages 30 to 40 Viet Cong in the Da Nang Chu Lai area. Air and ground support report 206 sorties and bombardments of bunkers. A VOA relay station near Hue is hit. one person injured. The 7th Fleet aids Duc Pho siege as Viet Cong launch attacks along the coast.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Chu Lai
Valley Forge
South China Sea
Ings
Leon Utter
Miami
Okla
Voice of America
Hue
Imperial
U.S
Philippines
Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Duc Pho
Quang Ngai City
Realignment plan draft advances NC senatorial districts
State Sen. Lindsay Warren Jr. said a study committee made a lot of progress on a tentative plan to revise North Carolina's senatorial districts. He called it a starting point and noted the task remains complex. The plan is not yet final.
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Raleigh
Lindsay Warren Jr
North Carolina
Wayne County
Gardner Disappointed Over Meeting In Raleigh
State Republican Chairman James Gardner voiced disappointment over the reapportionment process as committees drafted tentative plans for the Senate and House. The legislature meets Jan. 10 to address court ordered redistricting. a three judge panel set Jan. 31 as a deadline. The plan reduces Senate districts from 36 to 35, mainly affecting small eastern counties.
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Raleigh
James Gardner
Senate
House
General Assembly
Gardner
Pat Taylor
James Holshouser
Watauga
Holshouser
Visiting Politicians Tour War Fronts in Viet Nam
Visiting lawmakers descend on military bases during a four day VIP tour. The 1st Infantry Division hosts 45 congressmen 11 governors and other officials as they view zones near Saigon An Khe and Da Nang. Photographers cameras and rations accompany the visit amid dusty tents and helicopter traffic.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Congress
An Khe
South China Sea
da Nang
1St Infantry Division
Johnson Meets Top Pentagon Leaders On War Policy
President Johnson summoned Defense Secretary McNamara and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to his Texas ranch for discussions on sustaining and funding the Vietnam War. The talks signal possible further hard steps if peace efforts fail, with Congress to be consulted as Johnson pressed for decisive action within his Great Society frame.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Texas
LBJ Sy
Nurnnse
Ienc
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Cyrus R. Vance
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
Air Force
Army
Navy
McNamara
Sea
San Francisco
Viet Nam
Viet Nam War Costs Running at 16.5 Million Daily
The Viet Nam war bill is about 6 billion dollars yearly and 16.5 million per day with costs rising as the conflict expands. Officials note U.S. forces in Vietnam and supporting fleet have grown to about 165,700 in Vietnam and 60,000 aboard ships. Washington expects a third straight budget increase around five billion dollars for the Southeast Asia war in fiscal 1967.
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Washington
Viet Nam
U. S
South Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
U.S
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Fireball Flashes Across Sky
Sightings across Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Indiana and parts of Canada described a bright fireball at dusk. Scientists including Dr William Bidelman of Michigan say it was a natural meteor event with fragments possibly landing. defense officials cite no threat and reports of small fires followed in scattered areas.
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Illiam P. Bidelman
University of Michigan
Idaho
California
Defense Department
Washington
Bidelman
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Canada
Johnson pledges peace push before harder steps in Viet Nam
President Johnson says the United States will exhaust every peace effort before taking other hard steps in Viet Nam. He defended U S policy in a telephone speech to AFL CIO convention as Britain seeks Soviet support for talks and Moscow and Hanoi blame the United States for escalations.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Moscow
Hanoi
Britain
U.S
Ae Nam
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
Peking
Com
United States
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Warren
Buzz Kistler
Charge
Buzz
Que Son
Mike Shanahan
Pittsburgh
Midwest
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