U S Builds Southeast Asia War Staging in Thailand
UPI reports the United States tightens its Southeast Asia grip with a rapid Thai buildup. Bangkok hosts bases, air and ground facilities, and a growing 12 000 strong deployment as plans surface for B52s. Korat serves as major bomber hub and Army logistics center while Friendship Camp houses hundreds of millions in armor and heavy equipment.
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U S Convoy Amid Attacks Across Vietnam and Saigon
In the Mekong Delta Vietnamese 21st Division troops overran a Viet Cong unit about 60 miles southwest of Saigon, killing 60 to 80 fighters. Government forces also captured six Viet Cong and 19 weapons. Six Vietnamese rangers died and 16 wounded in a minefield incident. Separately in Saigon, two terrorists planned to bomb the Alabama BOQ near the Metropole Hotel, with a large plastic explosive device concealed in water bottles on a cyclecart.
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No Raids On North Says U S
Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said after a session with the President that no time limit was set on suspending raids on the North and he did not expect a resumption soon. He noted the President is pushing negotiations and bombing policy remains at the President's discretion amid new Soviet talks in Hanoi and shifting East West diplomacy.
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Nevada Statesman names John Winterstein editor manager
Carson City Nevada United Press International reports John Winterstein of Tahoe City California has been named a manager of the Nevada Statesman weekly newspaper expo. He begins publication late this month and has prior experience at papers in Nebraska and Utah.
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Brezhnev Leads Soviet Visit to Mongolia and Asia Ties
Soviet Communist Chief Leonid Brezhnev travels to Mongolia on a friendship mission amid Moscow Beijing and Hanoi maneuvers in Asia. A high powered delegation including Gromyko Malinovsky Mazurov heads via Iran for Mongolia while Shelepin meets Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi.
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Rodion Malinovsky
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Nikolai Podgorny
Anastas Mikoyan
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Mikhail Suslov
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Cosmos 194 Launch Joins Long Soviet Satellite Series
Moscow reports Cosmos 194 launched as part of the unmanned Cosmos program begun in 1962. Officials offer no mission details beyond calling the craft a space probe while noting some Cosmos satellites are spies in the sky.
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Climbers Found Safe After Mt Shasta Missing
Three climbers missing since Sunday on storm swept Mt Shasta were found yesterday by a snow plow operator in apparently good condition. A United Air Lines Boeing 727 jet carrying 79 passengers swerved to avoid a collision with a Navy plane over the Sierras while en route from Reno to Sacramento.
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Kashmir troop withdrawal talks under Kosygin pressure
In Tashkent Soviet Premier Kosygin pressed India and Pakistan to pursue dusk to midnight talks on withdrawing troops from disputed Kashmir areas. Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistani President Ayub Khan met amiably and discussed moving forces back to pre August positions after heavy fighting. In Paris de Gaulle to be inaugurated for a second seven year term aged 75 with new cabinet faces Michel Debre Edgar Faure and Finance Minister Valery Giscard d Estaing set to depart.
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Mohammad Ayub Khan
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Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Slaying Turns Alabama Town Into Powder Keg
About 250 Black students marched through downtown Tuskegee to protest the slaying of Samuel L. Younge Jr. at a service station rest room dispute. Marvin Segrest, 89, is charged with first degree murder. Demonstrators rallied at the Macon County jail as officials watched.
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Draft calls dip as February quota announced
The Defense Department asked the Selective Service to draft 29,400 in February, down nearly 9,000 from January. Army will take 26,400 and Marines 3,000. January totals were 29,300 Army and 8,980 Marines. The broader buildup aims to add 340,000 by next summer, bringing total U.S. military strength near 2,980,000.
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Lawford in Hospital for Checkup
Actor Peter Lawford admitted to New England Baptist Hospital for a physical checkup after a Wednesday entry. He is 42 and separated from wife Patricia Lawford who plans a February divorce filing in Idaho.
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Shelepin Promises More Aid to Viet Nam
Alexander Shelepin led a Soviet delegation to Hanoi pledging all out aid and weapons to the Viet Nam war effort. Premier Pham Van Dong blamed American imperialists for intensifying the war as Moscow and Hanoi signaled deepening cooperation.
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Spearheads Boycott of Classes At St John’s University
A rally of about 509 St John’s University students in New York heard Rev. Peter O’Reilly urge a boycott of classes Monday to pressure a teachers strike settlement. UFCT leader praised the plan as student council rejected the boycott 13 to 7.
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United Federation of College Teachers
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Worst Over In Flooded West States
Floodwaters receded in northern California and western Oregon after 10 days of rain and snow. Washed-out roads bridges water-marked homes and silted farmland remained as evidence of the floods. At least six people died and nearly every stream returned to its banks by Friday.
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Aden
Mansfield says no deadline for Vietnam peace offensive
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield after a White House meeting said there is no time limit on the Vietnam peace offensive and he does not expect bombing raids to resume soon. He noted President Johnson is reviewing the situation hourly and stressed the pause will continue as the President decides.
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Klan Probe Continues With Silence From Bogalusa Official
House investigators pressed for answers on Ku Klux Klan ties in Bogalusa Louisiana. Robert T. Rester refused to answer most questions citing the 5th Amendment while denying current Klan membership. Witness Jack Helm of New Orleans also declined to testify amid strong committee pushback.
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