Viet Cong Attack Across Five American Positions
Viet Cong forces attacked five U S positions from the Me Kong Delta to northern provinces, hitting three base camps and a Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border and Cantho airfield. Five U S servicemen were killed and 53 wounded as Cantho suffered moderate damage and aircraft losses.
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Mekong
U.S
Cantho
Delta
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Thienngon
Calvary
U.S. Sth
Quangnam
da Nang
Buck Lanier
Germany Pullout Aims to Cut US Deficit by 75 Million
Pentagon officials say withdrawing about 35,000 troops from Germany starting April 1 will lower the U.S. balance of payments deficit by roughly 75 million dollars yearly. About 33,000 soldiers and 3,400 airmen are to be brought home, leaving West Germany with 222,000 armed personnel. The units will stay with NATO and will not transfer to Vietnam.
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Pentagon
Germany
Defense Department
U.S
NATO
West Germany
Vietnam
U.N. blocks Vietnam push as France and USSR resist
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg accused Security Council members of obstructing the United States effort to reconvene the Geneva Conference on Vietnam. France and the Soviet Union were cited as blocking powers, making renewed U.N. backing unlikely.
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United Nations
N.Y
Arthur J. Goldberg
Security Council
U.S
Council
France
Soviet Union
Goldberg
National bridge collapse prompts nationwide safety survey
The Silver Bridge disaster gains top priority as President Johnson orders a national bridge safety survey and a task force led by Alan Boyd to study causes and prevention. The death toll rises to 28 with seven bodies recovered, including a taxi passenger clutching a dollar. Defense spending signals a pause in escalation amid Vietnam War pressures.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Johnson
Ohio
Secretary of Transportation
Alan Boyd
Price Daniel
Office of Emergency Planning
Army
Stanley Resor
Joan Baez to Serve 45 Days for Disturbing the Peace
Joan Baez told an Oakland court she would serve 45 days in jail to remind people what Christmas is about after pleading no contest to disturbing the peace. She participated in a demonstration at the Oakland induction center with 284 others, with sentence including probation and a suspended portion. Also sentenced were Baez's mother and others.
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Joan Baez
Oakland
Oakland Induction Center
Miss Hier
Jesus Christ
Joan Baez Sr
Ira Sandperl
Miss Baez
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