Tanks and battles mark Vietnam war actions near Laos
World Today reports American forces reclaiming Lang Vei near Khe Sanh and destroying two Russian built tanks with air strikes. A second tank escaped into Laos as a massive Allied offensive moves across provinces from the Cambodian border to the South China Sea. Casualties are unreported. Containing peace talks and regional meetings are noted in Vientiane. In the Bahamas election, Lyndon Polling and the PLP secure a parliamentary majority, ending white rule in Nassau. Soviet Central Committee endorses harsher ideological crackdown amid unrest in Poland and reforms in Czechoslovakia.
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Luna 14 Enters Moon Orbit in Russia Space Move
Russia’s Luna 14 probe was placed in lunar orbit late Wednesday as an apparent step toward future manned landing sites. Jodrell Bank in England reported the success, with Soviet confirmation anticipated today. War saw reports say Poland’s Communist Party nominated Defense Minister Marian Spychalski to fill the presidency after Edward Ochab resigned.
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Senate Rejects House Slash of Poverty Funds
Senate rejects a joint panel’s $12 billion emergency bill cutting $75 million for summer jobs and $25 million for Head Start. In the wake of King’s assassination and post-riot unrest, the body votes 54 to 24 to restore the $100 million total in a new conference with House delegates.
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Negro candidates eyed for S F State College presidency
Five Negro educators are among candidates proposed to succeed San Francisco State College president Dr John Summerskill as chancellor Glenn Dumke aims for a fall selection. Dumke links campus turmoil to leadership turnover and militant pressure groups, with Summerskill having resigned after December campus violence.
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Playboy model’s prostitution conviction wiped by court
Heverly Hills municipal court judge expunged the July arrest of Joey Gibson, Playboy magazine’s June 1967 Playmate of the Month. Gibson, a 22 year old Los Angeles receptionist, posed nude in Playboy last June and was arrested the following July in a West Hollywood apartment.
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