McNamara Warns of Uneven Progress in Vietnam War Efforts
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told Congress that Viet Cong attacks have slowed pacification in rural areas and heightened insecurity in South Vietnamese cities. He labeled gains as losses at times and urged stronger South Vietnamese forces and a tougher anti corruption drive as part of a broader military posture.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
MacNamara
Congress
Saigon
United States
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Johnson
Westmoreland Predicts Major Offense In Vietnam War
U S armed forces strike Communist targets in Saigon and other cities as Gen Westmoreland calls the drive a go for broke move. Army tank units engage, Quang Tri City secures, Hue cleared of infiltrators, and Dalat retaken. Civilian and military casualties mount. Viet Cong announce revolutionary council in Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
1St Cavalry
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Hue
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Dalat
Westmoreland
Hanoi
Vietnam
No-Strike Truce and Taxes Proposed to Curb Boom
President Johnson urged a temporary no strike truce in major industries and a 10 percent tax surcharge to slow a rapid expansion. He called for a wage price stability panel and voluntary restraints while studying new guideposts to avoid a potential recession. The plan includes cooperation with labor and business and focuses on preserving the trade surplus and export competitiveness. Johnson announced these measures in his annual Economic Report to Congress.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Ee Johnson
Senators discussed increasing troops in Vietnam crisis
Senate leaders and Sen. John Stennis warned that expanding the Vietnam war could require more military manpower beyond 525 000 in Southeast Asia. Stennis noted possible increases in forces weapons and funds as McNamara outlined the defense posture. The Pueblo seizure spurred talk of stationing more U S forces in the Far East and possible direct North Korea discussions.
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Washington
John Stennis
Miss
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Department
North Korea
Pueblo
Far East
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Koea
Mansfield
South Vietnam
Navy
Pyongyang
Kim Kwang Hyup
Central Committee of
North Korean Workers (Communist) Party
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Korea
Kim
United Nations
Gundersen Clinic Plans 16 000-square-foot Addition
Gundersen Clinic announces a $400 707 addition of a 16 000 square foot three floor wing including a basement and ground floor pediatrics space. Peter Nelson & Son of La Crosse won the general contract with a $292 767 bid, with other local firms securing plumbing heating cooling electrical work and related bids. Construction aims for spring 1969 completion and a broader expansion to 1972 73 with six floors added plus a north wing and potential west wing over tracks. The clinic expects up to 90 doctors within five to seven years.
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Carlsson
Gundersen Clinic
Edward Stories
Carlscan
Wkak
Peter Nelson & Son, Inc
la Crosse
Orville E. Madsen and Son
Minneapolis
Nels Johnson Construction Co
Winona
Minnesota
Hackner, Schroeder
Clinic
Gundersen
Nixon Enters Race For GOP Nomination
Richard M. Nixon announces in an open letter from New York that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination He outlines a broad vision of peace and progress and says the nation needs new leadership He will begin a six day campaign swing through New Hampshire Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Nixon
United States
America
Washington
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Miami Beach
John F. Kennedy
David Sterling
Michigan
George Romney
Ronald Reagan
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon Sets Wisconsin Swing Ahead of April Primary
Richard Nixon heads to Wisconsin for a two day schedule aiming at the April presidential preference primary. He will land in Green Bay for a press conference and interview, speak at a dinner in the evening, then travel to Appleton Stevens Point Fond du Lac and Milwaukee before a Wednesday Oklahoma City appearance.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Green Bay
Wis
Appleton
Nixon
Stevens Point State University
St. Mary’s School
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
McNamara Reports Soviet ICBM Doubling In One Year
Secretary of Defense McNamara told Congress that the Soviet Union more than doubled its land based ICBMs from 340 in 1966 to 720 by Oct 1. He also cited 130 other ballistic missiles, with 30 on nuclear subs and 100 on diesel subs likely aimed at Europe. He noted U.S. totals of 1,054 land and 656 sea based missiles and an overall lead in warheads remains large but strategically less decisive.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Congress
McNamara
U.S
Europe
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