Heaviest Fighting Since Tet Engulfs Hue Area Near Dong Ha
The war in Vietnam intensifies with 1139 enemy killed and heavy fighting around Hue and Dong Ha. Marines report fierce bunker to bunker battles two miles northeast of Dong Ha as air strikes increase. Allied casualties reach 93 dead and 449 wounded, while a 15,000 strong force hunts in the A Shau Valley seeking enemy supply routes.
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George Esper
Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hue
Dong Ha
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Vietnams
A Shau
North Vietnam
Robert E. Cushman
DA Urges No Change In Drunk Test Policy
District Attorney Burleigh A. Randolph says there should be no change in voluntary breath tests for suspected drunk drivers. He cites his breathalyzer study, notes 10 refusals in 86 suspects, and contrasts with Gov Knowles push for compulsory testing. La Crosse Police Chief Wold says enforcement will continue with breathalyzer use.
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Burleigh A. Randolph
Randolph
Stanley Mattison
la Crosse County
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin Traffic Patrol
la Crosse
Ronald C. Wold
Knowles
Wold
Mattison
Hanoi Rejects Talks Aboard Indonesian Ship
Hanoi refuses preliminary peace talks with the United States aboard an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hanoi calls the shipboard talks unacceptable and insists on Phnom Penh or Warsaw as neutral sites.
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Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Washington
Johnson
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
Poor People's Caravan Begins At Site Where Dr. King Died
Nearly 1,000 gathered at the Lorraine Motel site for the dedication of a marble stone for Martin Luther King Jr. and the start of the Poor People's Campaign. Ralph Abernathy led a two mile walk through Memphis slums to buses for a 70 mile trip to Marks Mississippi, amid calls for broad participation from diverse communities.
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Dr. King
Bill Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Marks, Miss
King
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lorraine Motel
Abernathy
Appalachia
Spending-Tax Impasse Breakthrough With Major Cuts Proposed
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a tax hike tied to a 4 billion dollar spending cut for the current year starting July 1 and a 14 billion dollar cut in future-year allocations. Senate opposition argues for a 6 billion cut next year. Treasury offers 6 percent rate to refinance debt, 7-year note to 1975, and 15-month security. Wage settlements in construction average 8 percent, industry-wide averages 6 percent.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
John J. Williams
Delaware
House-Senate
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
Treasury
Bishop Freking Orders Extended Rest for Health Reason
Bishop Frederick W. Freking of the 19 county Diocese of La Crosse has been ordered to rest for four to six weeks by doctors. He underwent tests at La Crosse Clinic and Mayo Clinic and named Msgr. John J. Paul as temporary administrator. Freking will stay at a rest home in Texas and is not hospitalized.
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Frederick W. Freking
Freking
la Crosse
John P. Treacy
Times-Review
la Crosse Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Texas
Diocese of
Salina
Kansas
Strikers Win 6.5 Percent Annual Pay Increase
Nationwide strike of about 200000 Bell System telephone workers yields a three year pattern contract raising wages and fringe benefits by 19.58 percent overall. Beirne calls the accord a substantial victory and the first nationwide halt in 21 years.
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Cabinet
Washington
Bell Telephone System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communication Workers of America
Bell System
Beirne
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Supply and Installation Division
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Army
White House
Robert F. Foley
Newton
Mass
John F. Baker Jr
Moline
Ill
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Fulbright
South ‘Korea
Katzenbach
Indonesia i
Secy
Udall
Ralph Abernathy
UPI Telephoto
Marks
America
Congress
James Bevel
SCLC
Mississippi
Quitman County
Jack Harrison
Willie Bolden
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Laird
Agriculture Department
Bishop F. W. Freeing
Msgr
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R. Hansen
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