Viet War Strategy Parley Sets Troop Buildup Details
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler announced a Honolulu conference among top military leaders settled some details of deploying 50 000 additional U S troops to South Vietnam. He warned against discussing plans and noted several alternatives to meet the buildup while keeping National Guard issues under review.
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Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Wheeler
Washington, D.C
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
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Saigon
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Earle C. Wheeler
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Southeast Asia
UPI
Viet Cong Attacks and Air Strikes Rage Across South Vietnam
U S and Vietnamese forces repel a floor of Viet Cong assaults with heavy losses at Phuoc Binh outpost and moderate civilian casualties at Phuoc Toa. Helicopter base at Soc Trang evacuated after mortar fire as Air Force keeps up raids into North Vietnam and near Yen Bay.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
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U.S
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Phuoc Toa
Dzone
Aquang Ngai City
South
Viet Nam
No Peace Moves By Reds Rusk Says
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said no indication Hanoi or Peking are ready for a peaceful Viet Nam settlement. He noted UN effort could continue, while Pentagon forms a 10 man task force to speed military supplies and readiness.
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Washington
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Rusk
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Department
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Ence
Peking
United States
Ford Denies Leaking Viet Nam Talks Sources
Rep Gerald R Ford of Michigan rejected claims he leaked details of the White House Viet Nam conference with Johnson and congressional leaders. Johnson accused a prominent Republican of leaking but Ford said he broke no confidences and urged moving on.
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Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Johnson
White House
House
NBC
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Ford
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Wisconsin-Born Dairy Leader Dies
George F. Christians 75 a Wisconsin born dairy industry leader dies in Winfield Illinois. He helped found the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and chaired H C Christians dairy products. Burial will be in Johnson Creek Wisconsin. He was UW 1913 graduate and former National Dairy Council board member.
Twin Cities Sightings of Unidentified Objects Reported
Police and sheriff officers in the Twin Cities area reported unidentified flying objects between 12:20 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. The objects bobbed and moved in various patterns, with several officers observing through field glasses. The Air Force suggested meteors or debris as possible explanations, but some officers remained skeptical.
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Mandan
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California
Shorewood
Thieves Cut Out Section of Windshield in Mechanicsburg
Roy Neidig must replace his windshield and have his station wagon inspected again after thieves removed a four inch section where the inspection sticker was pasted. Police say the act occurred Sunday night or early Monday in a restaurant parking lot, with the Saturday midnight deadline for stickers.
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Mechanicsburg
Roy Neidig
County Sues Braves Over Milwaukee Franchise Move
Milwaukee County filed suit in US District Court alleging federal antitrust and Wisconsin law violations by the Milwaukee Braves, the National League, and its clubs for seeking to move the franchise to Atlanta. The county seeks to keep the club in Milwaukee or secure a new franchise or sale to Milwaukee interests.
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Robert A. Uihlein Jr
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
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Five Die in Minnesota Traffic Crash Near Preston
Five people died in Minnesota traffic crashes including three youths in a Preston area collision. Victims ranged from 17 to 50, as police reported a brutal week with 409 state deaths. In St Louis Park a 17 year old scooter rider died after hitting a truck. A Henderson man, Milo Berger 50, died when his tractor toppled on a county road. A three car crash near county road 21 near Lanesboro claimed 19 year old Thomas Haugen 18 year old Laurel Culbertson and 19 year old Paul Olson. Curtis Guttormson 19 of Harmony was injured with a broken arm and taken to a hospital in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Preston
Minneapolis
St. Louis Park
Bruce F. Lovlein
Milo Berger
Henderson
Fillmore County
Thomas Haugen
Laurel Culbertson
Paul E. Olson
Lanesboro
la Crosse
Wis
Curtis Guttormson
Harmony
Neil Haugerud
Haugen
Olson
Guttormson
Narcotics Stolen From Sauk City Store
The Hall's drug store in Sauk City was burglarized overnight with an undetermined quantity of narcotics stolen. Entry was gained by forcing a front door and the loss will be tallied after an inventory by owner Earl Hall.
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Hall
Earl Hall
High School Teacher Dies In Car Crash
A Watertown High School teacher James Alsage aged 42 died in a two car crash on I-94 near Lake Mills. Mrs Beryl Moncel aged 19 died in the same incident. Moncel son Nick was critically injured. The crashes also killed Frank Rudzinski Sr 72 of Seymour and Marshall Zuleger 30 of Black Creek on Highway 47 near Black Creek in Outagamie County.
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Associated Press
Jefferson
Outagamie
Wisconsin
James Alsage
Watertown
Beryl Moncel
Hayward
Lake Mills
Moncel
Nick
Alsage
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Frank Rudzinski Sr
Seymour
Marshall Zuleger
Route 1
Black Creek
Appleton
Highway 47
Outagamie County
Rudzinski
Frank Jr
Redistricting Fight Delays Senate Action On Voting Bill
Government efforts seek to suspend literacy tests and curb poll taxes in southern states as a landmark voting rights bill faces delay from reapportionment battles. Special federal examiners would oversee registration in areas with low turnout, with poll watchers possible in subsequent elections. The measure aims for a Supreme Court test of poll taxes and preserves a Puerto Rican literacy qualifier in New York City.
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Alaska
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Mississippi
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Idaho
Maine
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Demonstrators Arrested Around Daley's Chicago Home
Sixty five civil rights marchers led by Dick Gregory were arrested near Mayor Richard Daley's South Side home after marching four miles from downtown to protest retention of Schools Supt. Benjamin Willis. Police expected disorderly conduct charges as about 500 white onlookers hurled objects at vans.
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South Side
Richard J. Daley
Dick Gregory
Benjamin C. Willis
Daley
Board of Education
Willis
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Howard Pierson
Gregory
Pierson
Holmen Youths Sweep Top Beef Honors at La Crosse Fair
Three Holmen area youths swept junior division beef cattle honors at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair, opening its six day 75th anniversary run. Patty Cahalan of Holmen Achievers 4-H showed the grand champion Black Angus, while reserve went to Terry Dahlby’s Hereford. Steven Johnson of Maple Shade 4-H won the grand steer championship for his Angus.
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la Crosse
Patty Cahalan
Holmen Achievers
Terry Dahlby
Dahlby
Lakers
Steven Johnson
Maple Shade
Mundt Compares Red China To Mafia Crisis Comment
Senator Karl Mundt likened admitting Red China to the United Nations to placing Mafia representatives on President Johnson's anticrime commission. He argued only a China desiring peace with the world should join the UN.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
United Nations
Johnson
Anticrime Commission
South Dakota
GOP
Comment
China
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