Vietnam War Crescent: N Viet gunners fire as truce begins
North Vietnamese mortars battered the Khe Sanh base while 3 500 more U S troops moved to the northern front to back the Leathernecks. U S Marines bombarded enemy positions through the night as a Viet Cong lunar truce began.
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Saigon
U.S. Marine
Khe Sanh
Khe Shanh
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Seven men arrested in Seattle area bank robbery plot
FBI says seven men tied to the Minutemen anti communist group planned to blow up Redmond police station and a power plant, then rob four banks near Seattle. Carlson led the group. six others arrested in Lake City Bellevue Edmonds Bothell and Tacoma with explosives and guns. Bail set from 500 to 30000. Dix posted.
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J. E. Milnes
FBI
Seattle
Wash
Redmond
UPI
The
Minutemen
Federal
Norborne
Robert DePugh
Lake City
Bellevue
Des Moines
Redmond City Hall
Duane Ivan Carlson
U.S
Walter Roseburg
Dix
Carlson
Organ theft at abandoned Wisconsin church puzzling officials
Thieves stole an old pedal organ from Greenwood Lutheran Church near Hillsboro, moving it over the altar rail and through a moved altar and back door. The church has stood abandoned for years and nothing else was taken, prompting Vernon County authorities to note the thieves clearly knew what they wanted.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Greenwood Lutheran Church
Vernon County
Three Choices on County Hospital Union Ballot
La Crosse County Hospital employees will vote February 6 on three choices for union representation. Options include no union, representation by the Wisconsin Council of County and Municipal Employes local, or representation by the County Hospital Employees Association.
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la Crosse County
Eau Claire County Man Dies In Auto Crash
David A. Sukopp 21 of Chippewa Falls died in an Eau Claire County crash when his car left the road struck a concrete wall after crossing a stream. His body was found under a bridge, contributing to Wisconsin's yearly highway death toll.
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Associated Press
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
David A. Sukopp
Chippewa Falls
Sukopp
Doctors Testify Diet Pill Profits At Senate Hearing
Illinois physician Dr Louis L Rubel said he and seven assistants treated 85 000 patient visits in 1966 and earned about 1 million in income while California physician Dr Orville J Davis reported 11 727 visits and about 220 000 gross income.
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California
Senate Antitrust
Louis L. Rubel
Decatur
Ill
Rubel
Butt
Orville J. Davis
San Diego
Calif
Senators
Davis
C. Frank Chambers
Northport
N.Y
Harry Needleman
Miami Beach
Fla
Needleman
L. J. Cushman
U.N. Debates Pueblo Crisis as Canada Proposes Mediation
The U N Security Council plans a Saturday session on North Korea's seizure of the Pueblo and its 83 crew. Canada suggests intermediaries to obtain a speedy equitable solution, possibly a country mediator. The U S accuses Pyongyang of attacking international norms and assassination attempts in Korea.
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United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Canada
Soviet Union
Hungary
Algeria
George Ignatieff
North Korea
United States
Christopherson Shows Slight Improvement After Heart Attacks
Winfield Christopherson La Crosse County supervisor representing District 29 is improving after two heart attacks. He remains in intensive care at St Marys Hospital Tucson with family by his side. He left for Arizona January 19 and suffered heart attacks on January 22 and 24. His condition improved slightly Friday. He is chairman of the Town of Burns Board and former La Crosse County Board chairman.
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Winfield Christopherson
la Crosse County
Dist
Burns
St. Mary's Hospital
Tucson
Ariz
Christopherson
Arizona
Elmer Kastenschmidt
Bangor Insurance Agency
Stanley
Phoenix
Town of Burns
la Crosse
Johnson cites Pueblo case at UN as crisis mission
President Johnson keeps seeking a diplomatic path over the Korean crisis while signaling possible military action if the USS Pueblo crew is not freed soon. He ordered near 14,800 Air Force reserves into readiness as U.S. efforts at the UN and in Moscow intensify amid the ship seizure.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
North Korea
U.S
United Nations
Moscow
Vietnam
Diplomatic briefing on Pueblo crew amid Korean crisis
State Department officials briefed 16 nations involved in the Korean War on the Pueblo crew crisis. North Korea warned that attempting to try the sailors would worsen an already tense situation. The Red Cross was asked to intervene for the sailors' freedom, with Geneva contacts reported.
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State Department
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
Seoul
North
South Korea
North Korea
Pyongyang
International Red Cross
Geneva
Red Cross
Senate
Dean Rusk
LBJ
Judge Agrees To Preside In Alfonsi Bribery Case
Circuit Judge Richard Orton of Lancaster will preside over the bribery trial of Assemblyman Paul R. Alfonsi as Judge Norris Maloney disqualified himself. No trial date set. Alfonsi, former Assembly speaker, faced a $100 bribe accusation tied to a speaking trip backing highway construction. The move follows a John Doe probe into lobbying in the legislature.
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Alfonsi
Assembly
Dane County Dist. Atty
James C. Boll
John Doe
Doe
Sachtjen
Boll
State Man May Have Plan To Save Deer
Wisconsin game farm operator Richard Hanson claims a secret plan using wooden corrals and darkness could spare about 400 deer slated for slaughter at the Twin Cities arsenal. He will discuss the plan Monday with arsenal commander Maj. Fred Von Gortler after an earlier tranquilizing attempt failed. The deer are deemed a hazard to trucks carrying high explosives.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Twin Cities
Wisconsin
Richard Hanson
St. Croix Falls
Fred von Gortler
Army
Oktoberfest in La Crosse Faces Financial Crisis
Festivals Inc calls 55 local organizations and 1 500 professionals to fund the La Crosse Oktoberfest. Executive director Paul King warns the event may fail without 25 000 total by Feb 9 while urging memberships and citywide fundraising. The festival, started in 1961, drew 100 000 crowds but has a 10 000 deficit with 6 000 owed to local groups.
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la Crosse
King
Midwest
3Rd Street
Four Children Die in Portage Fire
AP report states a pre dawn blaze in a two story frame house killed four children ages 5 4 1 and 5 months. Joseph Gray his wife and three other children escaped as heat and smoke hampered firefighters. An eighth child slept with neighbors. Gray an ordnance work foreman had earlier lost a daughter in a car crash. The couple were hospitalized in shock.
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Portage
Joseph Gray
Gray
Badger Ordnance Works
Jackie
Jerry
Jimmy
Jo Ellen
John
Janelle
Julie
Hazardous Driving Conditions Expected This Weekend
Light rain and possible snow mixed with freezing rain to night and Sunday. 60 percent chance of precipitation tonight and Sunday. Lows near 25 degrees tonight, highs around 30 on Sunday. Cloudy with rain or snow Monday.
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Milton James Dix
Jerome Nicholas Diemert
Arlington
Roseburg
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