Cease fire nears as Viet Cong shells four airfields
Viet Cong strike four South Vietnamese airfields in a last hour assault before Tet truce. Reports say 143 Communist fighters killed in ground battles as U.S. and ARVN forces begin withdrawal to defensive positions. A US observation plane and a rescue helicopter were shot down with several crew missing.
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North Vietnam
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Russell cites derelictions in U S Vietnam airfield security
Senator Richard B Russell chairs the Armed Services Committee and accuses the Pentagon of great derelictions in security at Vietnam airfields and ammunition dumps. He notes airfields lack WWII bunker spacing, says U S and South Vietnamese guards are unevenly assigned, and calls for tightening security amid mounting losses of aircraft and helicopters in Southeast Asia.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Russell
Pentagon
U. S
Southeast Asia
Georgia Democrat
Medal of Honor Honors Marine Hero of Vietnam
A 19 year old Marine Lance Cpl Joe C Paul of Andalia Ohio was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously by Secretary of the Navy Paul H Nitze for his 1965 Vietnam actions in Operation Starlight. He sacrificed himself to shield wounded comrades as heavy fire pinned his unit. He died the day after being wounded.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Callie Paul
Lance Cpl
Joe C. Paul
Andalia
Ohio
Vietnam
U.S
Paul
Weather forecast notes continued cold spell
Tonight will be partly cloudy and very cold with a low around zero to ten. Wednesday expects sun and continued cold with a high near 20. Yesterday's high reached 19 and overnight low was 4. At 11 am today the temperature was 7.
Defoliation Plan Aims to Free Troops in Vietnam Zone
U S military planners expect defoliating the DMZ dividing North and South Vietnam to release about 3 000 American and South Vietnamese troops from guard duties in Saigon. Twin engine C 123 aircraft spray chemicals over the zone to deny cover and reduce the 5 000 currently in static positions to fewer ground units.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnams
Russians Unsafe In Red China
In Peking Chinese mobs demonstrated outside the Soviet Embassy for the twelfth straight day. CTK reported the Foreign Ministry warned Soviet citizens abroad face danger and that Polish and Czechoslovak diplomats aided embattled staff by driving through gates to supply food. rioting followed while Red Guards hanged Soviet leaders in effigy. No diplomatic break expected, according to Asahi Shim bun correspondent Tadashi Nogami.
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Peking
C.T.K
Tadashi Nogami
Asahi Shimbun
China
Soviet Union
GOP Answers LBJ On Crime Plan Tax Sharing Favored
President Johnson proposed a nationwide crime program with federal funding and state matching. Republicans argued for tax sharing as the financing method, while Ford and Arends criticized Johnson’s veto history and urged decentralized control of funds. Johnson sought $350 million over two years to aid states and cities with planning, research, and pilot projects.
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Johnson
Congress
Republican House
Gerald R. Fore
Michigan
Ford
House
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
District of Columbia
Short Cuts Tempting Engineers Blast Apollo Deadlines
Two NASA Marshall Center engineers told an AIAA conference in Cocoa Beach that pressure to meet launch and test schedules tempts staff to give superficial answers. They warned unrealistic dates risk injury or death and cited shift-change information barriers during two and three shift operations at the Apollo launch program.
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Cocoa Beach
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Daniel H. Driscoll Jr
Marshall
Systems Test Division
Jesse N. Bradley
Bradley
Nel
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