Wheeler says communists made no gains in new offensive
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler chairing the U S Joint Chiefs says the communist offensive since Feb 23 yielded no significant gains and no populated areas captured while reserves remain in hand. He notes allied pressure may deter escalation and that South Vietnamese troops must be ready to assume more, with possible U S presence for years per Sen. Stennis.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Earle G. Wheeler
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Vietnam
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S. plan to capture Che Guevara backfires in Bolivia
True Magazine reports a 1967 White House and National Security Council led covert effort trained Quechua Indians under Green Berets to locate and capture Ernesto Che Guevara. The operation failed as Bolivian forces executed Guevara, turning him into a martyr and complicating U.S. counterinsurgency aims amid Vietnam-era tensions.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
White House
Johnson
Bolivar
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
True Magazine
U.S. Green Baret
Ralph W
Pappy) Shelton
United States
Guevara
Che
Andrew St. George
Fidel Castro
Sierra Maestra
Cuba
Che Guevara
Vietnam
St. George
Argentina
True
Latin America
National Security Council
Walt W. Rostow
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Dean Rusk
Harold Johnson
Army
Guerrill
Alfredo Ovando
Apollo 9 shows readiness for lunar flight and navigation test
Apollo 9 astronauts Scott Schweickart and McDivitt proved the moon landing ship capable of lunar flight while refining navigation and Earth observation. The crew prepared for the final mode change before splashdown, tracking four landmarks at high speed and fielding Venus sighting inputs to test the computer.
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Scott
Schweickart
U.S
Earth
Kranz
Jupiter
Moon
Venus
Apollo
Corpus Christi
Tex
Spanish Sahara
Africa
Mexico
Guinea
Space
Roosa
McDivitt
Laird Tours Da Nang and Phu Bai Visits Viet Forces
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Laird toured Da Nang military installations and flew to Phu Bai with Gen. Abrams. He warned against indiscriminate shelling of Saigon and said the Viet Cong offensive had limited military significance. At Phu Bai he met Lt. Gen. Richard Stillwell, commander of XXIV Corps, son of Vinegar Joe Stillwell.
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United Stats
Laird
Saigon
da Nang
Phu Bai
Hue
Abrams
Richard Stillwell
Joseph
Vinegar Joe) Stillwell
Stillwell
USS. XXIV Corps
Explosion kills father and son in Hart incident
Los Angeles report says a tar kettle explosion at Avard Equipment and Supply Co in Hart killed 63 year old Richard T. Avard of Alhambra and injured his son Richard F. Avard of El Segundo after they lit the kettle's butane heater following a tar spreading job.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Avard Equipment and Supply Co
Richard T. Avard
Alhambra
Calif
Richard F. Avard
el Segundo
Two Die in Orange County Accidents
Two Santa Ana men died in separate Orange County highway crashes Sunday. Charles F. Buttons, 2, died after his motorcycle collided head on with a car at Orange and Magnolia Avenues. the driver was Joseph C. Kearney, 17. Nelson E. Proulix, 24, was struck while crossing the Flower and Fourth Street intersection and died at Orange County Medical Center nearly nine hours later. driver Daniel C. Alcaraz, 39, is being investigated by police.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Charles F. Buttons
E. Griffith Place
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
Orange and
Magnolia Avenues
Nelson E. Proulix
Colombo Lane
Flower and
Fourth Street
Orange County Medical Center
Daniel C. Alcaraz
N. Baker St
Nixon seeks limited powers to reshape executive branch
President Nixon asks Congress for limited powers to realign the executive branch. The Senate has approved the measure and a House Government Operations subcommittee will hear Budget Bureau director Robert Mayo. Chairman John Blatnik expects swift approval this afternoon with no opposition foreseen.
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Washington
Nixon
Executive Branch
Congress
Senate
House
Government Operations Committee
Robert P. Mayo
Budget Bureau
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Bartender Held For 2 Deaths
Clyde Mellies of North Hollywood was booked on suspicion of murder after two tavern patrons died from head shots at the Joynt Bar. Wesley Coverhill of Burbank and Richard Callahan, both in their 20s, were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Clyde Mellies
North Hollywood
Joynt
Wesley James Coverhill
Burbank
Richard Callahan
Home Improvements Featured in Classified Ads Today
Classified section highlights home upgrades with roof repairs and room additions. Listings promote contractor services, remodeling deals, and material sales across local providers. Ends with contact options and scheduling notes.
Stunt pilot dies in Modesto crash near home
Clyde Parsons a 50 year old Modesto plastering contractor and veteran air show participant died when his single engine stunt plane went into a nose dive and crashed about seven miles east of Modesto. His wife Betty heard the engine change tone and watched as the craft plunged into a ditch, demolishing the aircraft.
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Modesto
UPI
Clyde Parsons
Anaheim Store Robbed of 1500 as Five Held
A shotgun robbery at Stater Bros Market 2564 W Broadway Anaheim yielded 1500. Police arrested five suspects within an hour.Witnesses, including children nearby, led to 147 S Magnolia Apt E where two men two women and a youth were held on armed robbery suspicions. Separately burglars posing as guests at Royal Lancer Motel 129 Magalia Ave stole three color TVs valued at 867.
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Stater Bros
Broadway
S. Magnolia
Apt. E
Warren Richard Bell
Robert Lee Griffen
Pamela
Deborah van Melle
Anaheim
Royal Lancer
Magalia Ave
Illegal War Goods Sale Charged
A St. Louis manufacturer Chromecraft Corp and its successor Alsco Inc along with New York exporter Amerbel Corp and its successor Jose L Wilmotte and Co were charged in a conspiracy to illegally export rocket launchers used in jet fighters. Sixteen shipments to a Belgian firm occurred from February 1965 to February 1968 and the indictment cites the Mutual Security Act violation.
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ST. Louis
UPS
New York
Chromecraft Corp
Alsco, Inc
Alsco
Amerbel Corp
Jose L. Wilmotte and Co
Riad dies as Canal fighting rages near Suez
Egyptian master soldier Riad die d in the cross fire along the West Canal bank after five hours of artillery battles. Israel says one pilot killed and 13 wounded in a Piper shoot down. Oil refineries in Nasr and Suez City burn as fires engulf the area.
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Oii
Nasr
Suez City
Port Ibrahim
U.N
New York
Canal
Riad
Mohamed Fawzi
Egypt
Israel
U.S
West Canal Bank
Moscow
Suez
Ismailia
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John Stennis
Dmiss
Get” Guevara
America
Rusty Schweickart
Rusty
Russell Schweickart
Hart
Orange Co
Joseph C. Kearney
Chateau Way
Ned
Powers
Bill Ding
Wire
Parsons
California
Mideast
Security Council
Welch's
San Antonio Dr
Atlantic
P.M. Frideys
Long Beach
Avings
E. Ocean Ave
Ling
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