Jets Roast Reds at Khe Sanh in Vietnam War Air Assault
In clear weather at Khe Sanh a large U S air strike battered Communist trenches within 100 yards of the wire and dropped 50 bomb strings from B 52s near Marine positions. The report notes potential North Vietnamese ground action and a reshuffle of command in the I Corps area amid other Hanoi bombardments.
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Vietnam
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Air Force
New York Times
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I Corps
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Relavad
Cost of Living Up, Paychecks Fell in January Newsbrief
The government reports January cost of living up three tenths of one percent, with gains in food gasoline medical care and postages. Factory worker wages fell by fifty cents as the average work week shortened by six tenths of an hour. It now costs 11.86 to buy the same goods as in the 1957-59 base period, up 3.4 percent from January 1967. The economy marks seven straight years of growth.
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Washington
Week of Vietnam war toll hits new highs
Four hundred seventy U.S. service members died in combat last week, raising the seven year total to 1,829. Wounded tally reaches 2,675 as Allied and government losses outpace South Vietnamese forces. Communist fatalities climb to 41,871 since January 30.
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Saigon
U.S
Wee
Hooligan firecrackers upset Russians at embassy
Soviet Embassy complained a small incendiary rocket exploded on its grounds. Police translated the protest noting two firecrackers exploded near the embassy and three youths from Virginia repelled by a policeman’s advice then went home. Cuba accuses U.S. of violating freedom of the seas during defector incident. In Seattle, crew fled a fire damaged freighter after a collision and eleven crewmen from the other ship were missing. A Liberian tanker also reported eight missing after a separate collision.
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Pittsburgh
Florida
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Claude Kirk
Washington
Virginia
U.S
Cuba
Portsmouth
Miami Coast Guard
Seattle
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Columbia River
Mandoil Tl
Romanian Delegation Walks Out of Communist Meeting
Romania refused to back Moscow over Red China and left the gathering of 68 Communist parties. Under Nicolae Ceausescu the indepdendent line seeks neutrality in the Moscow Peking dispute as the Romanian delegation stalks out after demands are unmet.
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Hungary
Romania
Soviet Union
Red China
Moscow
Pentagon elevator mishap halts Johnson McNamara sendoff
The President and Defense Secretary McNamara faced a 12 minute elevator outage at the Pentagon on Johnson’s last full day in office. Rain and electrical issues canceled a jet flyover and speeches as officials struggled to free them and complete the ceremony.
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Air Force
Johnson
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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McNamara
White House
Robert 5. McNamara
Mr Boycott Headed East in Olympic Protest Move
Harry Edwards, San Jose State associate professor, will leave to pursue a Cornell doctorate. He led a campus protest against discrimination and invited Western Negro athletes to discuss a 1968 Mexico City Olympic boycott, declaring his teaching at a white-majority school no longer his aim. Dedmond, freed from Greenville jail, plans to take his son to Forest City to begin a new life in Charlotte and beyond.
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Harry Edwards
San Jose State
Cornell University
Edwards
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Roger Zane Dedmond
Charlotte
Adjudication Decree Issued in Los Angeles County
A decree numbered C1028 was issued by Sunenter Colley in Los Angeles County for a matter entered May 1 1543 at Long Bearn. The document details adjudication and carrier delivery terms with a listed amount of US 30.8 dollars.
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Aucegy
Pit Ave
Galil
Long Bearn
Sunenter Colley
Los Angeles County
Mazi
Ana
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