Rusk Cites SEATO Backing Viet Nam Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization obliges the United States to defend South Vietnam and that dropping any alliance would weaken others. He argued SEATO’s support aligns with postwar anti-Communist alliances and insisted negotiations with Hanoi would betray Red demands. The testimony preceded intensified Senate scrutiny of U.S. Viet Nam policy as bombing resumed and talks neared, with Johnson administration officials facing continued questions from longtime critics.
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Dean Rusk
United States
South Viet Nam
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Morse
Hanoi
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Senate
William Langer
R-N.d
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D-Mont
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Honolulu
Maxwell D. Taylor
Reds May Be Shaken By Allied Campaigns
In Saigon American officials say Communists have not started major campaigns recently, kept off balance by U.S. and South Vietnamese offensives. Infiltration remains about 4,500 monthly. total armed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in four corps areas near 20,000 each. Estimates show 24 regimental formations with 9 North Vietnamese and 15 Viet Cong, plus 100,000 guerrillas and 40,000 political cadres nationwide. Some forces may move toward Pleiku and Darlac, as regional attacks target outposts and local units. China’s entry remains remote unless the war escalates against Hanoi.
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South Viet Nam
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Pleiju
Darlac
China
Washington
Hanoi
Cavalry Deepens Push Against Viet Cong on Central Coast
U S cavalrymen pressed into Viet Cong strength near Bong Son with heavy contact 10 miles south of the town. A company of the 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry Regiment killed 54 enemy fighters at nightfall. Casualties for Americans were light. Across the region two helicopter crashes claimed seven lives, and one American died heroically throwing himself on a grenade. The Viet Cong base near the An Lao Valley prompted Allied withdrawal as civilians fled rice paddies. In separate incidents a Marine helicopter crash killed one and injured four, and an Army helicopter crash northeast of Saigon killed six. An ambush near Cu Chi drew heavy Viet Cong fire. six to ten were reported killed. In the air war, U S planes struck Dien Bien Phu destroying 50 more buildings for a total of 255.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
5Th Cavalry Regiment
Bong Son
Associated Press
Rick Merron
Lush
An Lao
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Robin Mannock
Phu Hai
25Th Division
Cu Chi
25Th
North Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad Notices Service Details
Open house schedule and contact information indicate Rumsey Funeral Home announcing services. Great care available at home or away with contact number VI 8-5111.
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Rumsey Funeral
Maritime Unions Vow Boycott of Ships Trading With Reds
AFL-CIO maritime unions told President Johnson they will boycott foreign ships trading with North Vietnam. In a telegram signed by Paul Hall, Thomas Gleason and Joseph Curran the unions warned of demonstrations on all waterfronts if the government does not act. The move would affect vessels from Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy and Egypt, and it follows a similarly aimed wheat boycott years earlier.
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Denmark
France
Italy
Egypt
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Maritime Trades Department
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
White House
Russia
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Washington
Taylor Out With Influenza Knocks Him From Session
Rep. Jess Taylor, R-Tribune, chair of the House Apportionment Committee, fell ill with influenza overnight and was absent from the day’s session. Rep. Fred Meek would preside at a Johnson County redistricting hearing. Alternate plans propose 11 or 10 seats for Johnson County. Sedgwick County reps urged 18 districts plus a combined option with Sumner County.
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Topeka
Jess Taylor
R-Tribune
Bill Fridley
Johnson County
House
Sedgwick County
Sumner County
Romney to Speak at Kansas Press Association Meeting
Michigan Governor George Romney will be the principal speaker at the Kansas Press Association convention to be held March 24 25 and 26 in Kansas City Kansas.
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Topeka
Michigan
George Romney
Kansas Press Association
Kansas City
Kan
City sidewalk bid blocked by court ruling
District Court Judge Frank R. Gray nullified the City Commission sidewalk resolution in the Schwegler School district ruling the petition insufficient. The decision allows withdrawal of names from petitions before final action, replacing the earlier statute with no time limit.
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Frank R. Gray
City Commission
Gray
Kansas
Kansas Leads Executions Across States
The Justice Department reports seven executions nationwide last year, the first time under ten. Four were in Kansas, two in Missouri, two in Wyoming, and one in Alabama. In 1935, 199 executions occurred by legal authorities.
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Justice Department
Kansas
Missouri
Wyoming
Alabama
Scott to perform space walk on March 16
NASA announced astronaut David R. Scott will conduct his space walk on March 16 during the Gemini 8 mission with command pilot Neil A. Armstrong. The three day mission is set to begin March 15 from Space Center Houston.
Springy Weather Fades As Cold Air Moves Into Area
The day's mild temperatures drop from 48 at 12 30 p.m. to 40 by 2 p.m. The Topeka weather bureau warns of a short spring as cold air arrives and readings dip to 10 above zero tonight with a chance of light snow in the northeast.
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Topeka Weather Bureau
Missing Professor Case and Notable Card Club Tales
A reader recalls Elfriede Fischer Rowe’s 65 year tribute to The Monday Team Whist Club and notes modern shifts in ladies gaming. The column recounts early World War II era underground card games near the First National Bank building, robberies, and a train robber with fatalities, highlighting a lattice of social clubs and criminal lore in old hometown chapters.
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Elfriede Fischer Rowe
First National Bank
Sunflower Ordnance
S.O.W
Teeen Hic
Lecompton Man Hurt In Thursday Mishap
Celestino Hernandez a 36 year old Lecompton resident and post office employee was injured when his car left U S Highway 40 near Lecompton Road was forced off the road by an oncoming vehicle and rolled down an embankment he was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for observation and listed in fairly good condition by officials.
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Lecompton
U.S. Highway 40
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Topeka
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Two-Car Crash Injures Patricia Fultz in Lawrence
Patricia A. Fultz 22 of 2516 Century Dr sustained an 11 inch forehead laceration in a two car crash at 6th and Maine. She was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. The other driver Herald M. Hadley 22 of 1223 Ohio St a KU senior was not hurt. Damages to both cars were estimated at 496 dollars.
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Century
6Th
Maine Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Herald M. Hadley
Ohio St
Kansas University
Gene Doane Seeks Insurance Agent Post
Gene Doane announces his bid to serve as your insurance agent, promoting personal service, local knowledge, and tailored coverage options for families and businesses in the community.
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Gene Doane
Ady
Two arrests clear a series of county burglaries
Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson and Lawrence Police took five young men and a juvenile into custody, solving January 4 and February 2 break ins at Wakarusa Valley, Grant and Mackey rural schools and related crimes in Perry and Lawrence. Arrests include Ronald A. Devers 20 Topeka and Philip M. Merritt 19 Lawrence. earlier three 18 year olds were nabbed in Olathe. Bond set at 1500 for Devers and Merritt. preliminary hearing March 4.
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Lawrence Police Department
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Ronald A. Devers
Topeka
Philip M. Merritt
R.I
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Johnson
Wakarusa Valley Rural School
Devers
Merritt
Olathe
Francis Alexander
Wakarusa Valley
Perry
Cold Weather Rolls Across Northeast Kansas
Clouds bring scattered light snow and a sharp drop in temperatures. Tonight will be 10 to 15 degrees with a high around 36 on Saturday as cloudiness persists.
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