Surprise Viet Cong Attacks Stun Washington
Officials said the coordinated Viet Cong raids on the U S Embassy in Saigon and eight major South Vietnamese cities surprised Washington and its allies. President Johnson cancelled engagements to consult advisers after learning the embassy was stormed and held for more than six hours. The White House gave little comment beyond saying the situation looked serious.
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Washington
U.S
Saigon
Johnson
Vietnam
White House
George Christian
Kennedy says he will not seek presidential primaries
Senator Robert F. Kennedy told friends he will not oppose President Johnson in the Democratic primaries under any foreseeable circumstances. He did not detail conditions but suggested Vietnam war developments could influence his thinking.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Joneen
Kennedy
Embassy Siege Shocks Saigon Amid Lunar New Year Attacks
Viet Cong commandos breached the U.S. Embassy in Saigon at 2:54 a.m., fighting through the outer wall with forged passes, while Marines of the 716th Military Police Battalion moved through gutters to repel the assault. Ambassador and staff faced survival as the attack unfolded, with mortars and rockets hitting the capital during the Lunar New Year celebrations.
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716Th Military Police Battalion
Saigon
Taxis
U.S
George Jacobson
Vietnam
Ronald W. Harper
Cambridge, Minn
Diplomatic drive on Korean Pueblo crisis at UN stalls
United Nations talks on the North Korea Pueblo incident progress slowly with little sign of breakthrough. The Security Council debate was suspended publicly while Washington and Moscow clash over inviting North Korea to the council chamber and freeing the Pueblo crew.
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United Nations
Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Ethiopia
North Korea
Council
U.S
Moscow
Peking
Poland
Warsaw
Property taxes may double for Medicine Hat homeowners
A nine city Alberta financial committee warns cabinet that without policy alignment property taxes could double by 1972. Mayor Meagher says a doubling is likely if current financing continues as expenditures rise 14.2 percent while taxable assessment grows 5.3 percent. The brief calls for more provincial aid as municipal debt sits at 393 per capita in 1966, second only to Quebec.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Chuck Meagher
Canada
Quebec
Lawyer Objects As RCMP Block Scotland Yard Agent
Montreal lawyer Graham Nesbitt said a Quebec Superior Court order to prevent Scotland Yard Chief Supt Thomas Butler from removing jewels and Mrs Charles Wilson’s papers was served moments before a BOAC flight. Butler reportedly seized Mrs Wilson’s jewels at her Rigaud home after arresting Wilson, who escaped a Birmingham prison in 1964.
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Montreal
Scotland Yard
Charles Wilson
Graham Nesbitt
Wilson
Quebec
Thomas Butler
BOAC
RCMP
London
Butler
Zalman Singer
Rigaud
Que
Birmingham
England
Discovery of three skeletons opens secret investigation
Arkansas prison site uncovers three unmarked skeletons prompting a state police inquiry to determine if convicts were buried in a paupers cemetery or victims of prison violence. Major Streubing said the graves likely mark a paupers cemetery after reviewing records, with secrecy kept until pathology reports arrive. Governor Rockefeller urged withholding details to avoid further bad publicity.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Reuben Johnson
Johnson
Bill Streubing
Streubing
Arkansas
Sailor Finds Bag Tied to Minerve Search
In Toulon France a seaman reports a bag like those used by submariners found by divers aiding the search for the submarine Minerve missing since Saturday. In Washington an Oregon official links diet pills to at least six deaths. In Havana officials accuse a Soviet diplomat and two Soviet news agencies of stirring Cuban opposition to Fidel Castro's militant foreign policy.
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Toulon
France
Minerve
Washington
Oregon
Havana
Fidel Castro
Polig
Millington to halt milking to obey milk board rule
Art Millington said he will stop milking his cows to comply with the Milk Control Board ruling that milk may not be produced without a licence. He spoke with the board to confirm his position and called the move the only way to avoid breaking the law. He warned the action would be rough on the cows but saw no alternative.
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Art Millington
Milk Control Board
Millington
Explosion at Bank President Home Harms Chauffeur in Rosedale
In Toronto an explosion tore through the servants quarters at the Bank of Nova Scotia president F. William Nicks home in Rosedale. Chauffeur James Whitton was badly burned and hospitalized in satisfactory condition while the Nicks, a maid, and another chauffeur escaped unharmed. The blast damaged two cars, shattered windows, and toppled power and phone lines as arson squads and police investigated. Neighbors recalled the destruction while fire crews assessed the scene, with gas service suspected but not confirmed as the cause.
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Toronto
Bank of Nova Scotia
Rosedale
James Whitton
F. William Nicks
Graystone
Nicks
Ralph Dilworth
Dilworth
Consumers’ Gas
Joan Bruce
Welsh bill sparks row in Lords over Welsh parliament
In London the Lords debated a bill to grant Wales its own parliament with ministers while remaining under the Crown. Welsh opponents derided it as kite flying and warned against bilingualism, while some supported a second reading in six months. MP Gwynfor Evans floated wider aims toward Europe.
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London
Wales
House of Lords
Liberal Party
Lord St. Davids
Lord Merthyr
Merthyr
House
Lord Ogmore
Guardian
Gwynfor Evans
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Bobby
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Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Peter Arnett
Harper
V.C
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jie’gobe
Britain
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