100 Fleeing Guerrillas Are Killed
South Vietnamese troops reported killing 100 guerrillas as Communists fled a disastrous battle with Korean marines. A government spokesman said the enemy was caught in crossfire as air strikes and armor fought near the Cambodian border. American units suffered casualties while upped B52 raids targeted Thua Thien and the Iron Triangle area.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
4Th Division
Thua Thien Province
Hue
Iron Triangle
Western Film Comic Smiley Burnette Dies
ENCINO Calif AP Smiley Burnette 55 long time comic sidekick to Gene Autry died Thursday night at West Valley Hospital after leukemia battle He had joined Autry in 1930s 40s appeared in 81 Westerns and on Petticoat Junction as Charlie Pratt Also a songwriter with 353 Western tunes native of Summum Ill survived by widow Dallas and adopted children Stephen Linda and Georgia.
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Encino
Calif
Smiley Burnette
Gene Autry
West Valley Hospital
Burnette
Petticoat Junction
Charlie Pratt
Autry
Roy Rogers
Summum
Ill
Dallas
Burnettes
Stephen
Linda
Georgia
North Carolina Senate backs reflectorized license plates
The Senate Highway Safety Committee approved 1968 reflectorized license plates to be produced by the State Prisons Department at Central Prison in Raleigh. The glow in the dark tags have been used on a experimental basis since 1965 and are funded in the 1967 68 budget for continued production this month.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate Highway Safety Committee
Sam Whitehurst
Dcraven
State Prisons Department
Central Prison
General Assembly
Whitehurst
Colgate Nabisco Merge Set to Create Nabisco Colgate Co
New York AP executives of National Biscuit Co and Colgate Palmolive Co agreed in principle to merge. The surviving firm would be Nabisco Colgate Co with about 1.5 billion in annual sales, placing it among the top 30 U.S. industrial companies.
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NEW York
National Biscuit Co
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Nabisco-Colgate Co
United States
Nabisco
Colgate
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Nabisco Common
New York Stock Exchange
Hazardous Driving Conditions Expected Across North Carolina
Wintry weather moved into North Carolina with rain freezing rain and snow in the northern Piedmont. Hazardous driving conditions are anticipated as precipitation continues into tonight and possibly Saturday. Cold in the north and west, moderate coastal temps. Snow and ice warnings stretch from Kentucky to New Jersey, closing some schools and prompting travel advisories.
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Associated Press
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Piedmont
Central States
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Montana
New England
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Mercury
International Falls
Minn
Roseau
Ozarks
New Jersey
Missouri-Arkansas Line
Tennessee Valley
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Atlantic City
N.J
Kentucky
Fairfax County
Prince Georges County
Roan County
W. Va
Baltimore
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Shreveport
Texas
Clergy join Loving in asking Supreme Court to strike interracial marriage bans
A cardinal and 15 Roman Catholic clerics joined Protestant couple Richard Loving and Mildred in urging the Supreme Court to outlaw state bans on interracial marriage. They argue such laws violate religious freedom and the right to bear children, insisting racial segregation is not a legitimate state interest and many states share prohibitions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Richard P. Loving
Mildred
Virginia
Redistricting Plans for North Carolina Congress Duplicates Incumbents
In Raleigh two bills proposing new state congressional boundaries were introduced by Sen. Worth Gentry and Sen. George Wood. Gentry's map moves incumbents into three districts with several Republicans shifted into the 2nd and 10th. Wood's plan pairs incumbents in two districts. The General Assembly and a three-judge federal court have been involved in redistricting after a court ruled changes needed before the 1968 elections. Gardner may relocate to Randolph County under Wood.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
Worth Gentry
Stokes
George Wood
Camden
Gentry
Alton Lennon
David Henderson
L. H. Fountain
Jim Gardner
Basil Whitener
James T. Broyhill
Lennon
Broyhill
Gardner
Sen
Wood
Charles Jonas
Whitener
Rep
Fountain
General Assembly
Randolph County
Kennedy to oppose bombing North Vietnam in upcoming speech
Senator Robert F. Kennedy plans a forthcoming Vietnam speech to outline opposition to the Johnson administration policy of bombing North Vietnam. A Boston Globe dispatch cites Kennedy confirming a Vietnam address while press aide Frank Mankiewicz notes plans not yet announced. Kennedy previously criticized the resumption of bombing after the Lunar New Year truce, saying he avoided a stronger stance to safeguard peace prospects during delicate negotiations.
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Boston
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.v
Johnson
North Vietnam
Boston Globe
Washington
Kennedy
Frank Mankiewicz
Vietnam
Globe Dispatch
U.S
The
Globe
Walt Rostow
Bible-Quoting Murderer Added To Wanted List
The FBI added Monroe Hickson, 58, to the Ten Most Wanted list. Hickson escaped Manning Correctional Institution in South Carolina last March 10 while serving four life terms for the axe and gun murders of four storekeepers and two women operators. Described as a mean, ruthless Negro American, he frequents bars and quotes the Bible, often carrying it, with a history of violence and escape and a background in Aiken, South Carolina.
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Washington
FBI Today
Monroe Hickson
Manning Correctional Institution
Colum- Hickson
Aiken
S. C
FBI
Assassination Probe Reported by New Orleans DA
Orleans Parish district attorney's office opens inquiry into Kennedy assassination circumstances. The States Item notes a possible organized plot with New Orleans ties, citing momentum since early inquiries by Jim Garrison's top aide Charles Ward. Over $8,000 spent on travel and investigative expenses to Dallas Houston Miami Washington San Francisco and Angola penitentiary since last Nov. 25.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
John F. Kennedy
States-Item
States-Itm
District Attorney’s Office
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
States Item
Charles Ray Ward
Garrison
Ward
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Dallas
Oswald
Cuba
District Attorney's Office
Houston
Miami
Washington
San Francisco
Angola
Louisiana State Penitentiary
NSA Faces Fallout Over CIA Ties Abroad
National Student Association leaders fear members may be seen as government spies as an emergency board meeting contemplates abandoning overseas activities due to a long hidden CIA link. The group says no CIA funds supported domestic programs, but CIA underwriting of foreign travel and festivals is under review along with funds from the Independence Foundation.
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Washington
National Student Association
NSA
Central Intelligence Agency
Jim Johnson
Johnson
CIA
South
Eugene Theroux
Theroux
Independent Research Service, Inc
Independence Foundation of Boston
Ramparts
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