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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1969
Page
2
Fair and cold today with increasing cloudiness. Tonight, not quite so cold with rain and sleet in the west spreading eastward. Friday mostly cloudy with rising temperatures and occasional freezing rain and sleet changing to rain. Highs 40s to 50s, lows 20s north to 30s south.
Lawmakers clash over a bill to curb liquor revenue distribution to dry counties as Rep. J B Smith defends the measure against amendments. Opposition from Rep. F B Manatt cites insufficient funds and Dry counties resist tax changes altering alcohol costs.
The United States warned North Vietnam and the Viet Cong that a political settlement cannot emerge in violence. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge urged withdrawal of external forces and separation of contending forces as prerequisites, signaling that de-escalation precedes political talks. The NLF demanded unconditional U.S. and satellite-country withdrawals and South Vietnamese self determination.
AP dispatch reports defense plans under review to relocate Spartan missiles away from major cities as part of antiballistic system considerations. Secretary Laird hints the issue is deployment strategy rather than denial of defense, amid broader implications for U S security posture and future strategic balance.
In two battles northeast of Saigon, U S forces report 131 North Vietnamese killed. Two U S helicopters lost and four damaged. Allied casualties total seven killed and 15 wounded, including five Americans dead and 13 wounded. Weekly totals show 183 Americans and 235 South Vietnamese killed, with 1,135 Americans wounded. One battle began when a scout helicopter from the 1st Cavalry Division was downed after heavy fire. A rescue man was wounded thrice while saving a crew member. A second helicopter was hit and crash landed. another helicopter evacuated the crew. An infantry platoon was deployed to gauge enemy size, estimating up to 500 North Vietnamese.
On Thursday February 13 1969 air strikes and artillery targeted North Vietnamese positions 77 miles north of Saigon. Two U S helicopters were lost bringing total U S fatalities to 2359 from enemy action or other causes. North Vietnamese troops reportedly withdrew to a northwest base near the Cambodian border as air and artillery counted 64 enemy bodies.
National Guard troops, 900 strong, moved into Madison late Wednesday night after protests flared at the University of Wisconsin. Gov. Warren Knowles ordered activation to keep the campus free of violence as about 2,000 students clashed with police, 6 arrests, windows shattered, bomb threats reported but no bombs found.
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