American Troops Begin Biggest Drive Of War
American forces opened Operation Junction City in War Zone C near the Cambodian border with about 45 000 paratroopers and rapid air support. The multi division assault aimed to encircle the Viet Cong base area while advancing from Tay Ninh Province northwest of Saigon. The initial push featured light resistance, extensive helicopter mobility, and a broad frontal encirclement effort aided by B52 bombers.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay Ninh
Soldier admits mistake in court martial at Fort Benning
Spec. 4 J. Harry Muir Jr. of Goldsboro North Carolina was found guilty of disobeying orders and restrictions and sentenced by a general court martial to a dishonorable discharge and two years hard labor. He had refused to wear a Army uniform saying he felt like a paid murderer and showed willingness to serve in the medical corps as a non combatant. The 21 year old enlisted man was aided by his father J. Harry Muir Sr. in the Columbus Georgia courtroom.
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Jack Stillman
Associated Press
Columbus, Ga
Harry Muir Jr
Goldsboro
N.C
J. Harry Muir Sr
Europe
Muir
Josephus Daniels
Woodrow Wilson
Navy
Ft. Benning
Vietnam
Robert York
Military Court of Appeals
Washington
Army
Columbus
Viet Cong bases hit as B52s strike 25 miles north of Tay Ninh
U S B52s bombed a Viet Cong base camp 25 miles north of Tay Ninh near Cambodia. Ground actions were light in South Vietnam while Vietnamese forces uncovered two large Viet Cong arms caches in the Mekong Delta totaling six tons of ammunition and eight 75 mm artillery pieces. A Vietnamese spokesman said the cannon were to form an artillery battalion and were American made, mounted on wheels by the Viet Cong.
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U.S
Tay Ninh City
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Mike Mansfield
W. Averell Harriman
Vietnam
Harriman
Hanoi
Stormy years D A Probing plot no stranger to controversy
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, famed for his JFK conspiracy claims, has long courted controversy. His six years in office drew censure from the Louisiana legislature and clashes with police, media, and judiciary, yet he won reelection and now faces a national spotlight with his Oswald tied assassination probe. He aims to prove a conspiracy involving Oswald within months, while details remain vague. The States Item leaked his investigation early, angering him as he planned a national magazine reveal under his byline.
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Jack D. Wardlaw
North American Newspaper Alliance
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Louisiana
Police Department
Metropolitan Crime Commission
Cal
Garrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
States Item
Warren Commission
Doves and Hawks Clash Over Vietnam War Funding
Critics plan a Senate slowdown on President Johnson's request for 4.5 billion for military hardware research construction and sustainment as doves and hawks clash. Ambassador Harriman and diplomat Goldberg call for open negotiations while the Senate faces a lengthy debate and possible delays.
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Edwin Harkinson
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
North Carolina considers removing equipment violations from point system
Raleigh AP The Joint Committee on Highway Safety favors a bill to drop equipment and inspection violations from the driver point system while keeping them as court offenses. Rep. W Marcus Short says the point system should punish driving, not equipment infractions. The committee also backs reflectorized license plates for 1968, after a one year experimental use. Senate action has occurred. Rep Archie McMillan proposes local authorities set speed limits on parking lots and institutional grounds.
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Raleigh
Joint Committee On Highway Safety Today
North Carolina
House
W. Marcus Short
D-Guilford
Department of Motor Vehicles
General Assembly
Senate
Archie McMillan
Drake
Posters Report Chinese Army Units Turn On Mao Supporters
Wall posters in Peking say Chinese army units have turned on Mao Tse-tung’s supporters in Henan and arrested nearly 1,000 in Chengchow City. Reports from Inner Mongolia Sinkiang and Tibet note similar activity while Chou En-lai’s Feb. 17 directive is said to have been ignored.
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John Roderick
Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Henan
China
Mao
Chengchow
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Tibet
Liu Shao-chi
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Sup
Liu
Chou En-lai
Chou
Honan
Ferries Death Deepens JFK Conspiracy Hopes
Dist Atty Jim Garrison said free lance pilot and private detec tive Ferrie carried secrets about Kennedy's assassination to his grave. Ferrie was found dead from a massive brain hemorrhage amid questions about a possible conspiracy in New Orleans.
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Jim Garrison
Davis W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Ferrie
Garrison
Nicholas Chetta
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William C. Westmoreland
Junction City
Posi
Camodia
N. C
Pixies
By Wohl
Bong Son
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
D.A
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
New York
Goldberg
New York University
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gulf of Tonkin
Cseane
Ae Ssr Resescoves
Seuss S
Thas
Ee4iae
Ferries
New Orleans, la
Dallas
Tex
Cus
Chetta
Washington Post
George Lardner
Ferrie’s
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