Marine Hijacker Foiled On Pan American DC6 Flight
A US Marine private in a leather jacket armed with a .45 pistol attempted to hijack a Pan American DC6 loaded with war weary servicemen bound for Hong Kong. The crew, chaplains, a doctor, and Col. Paul Watson urged surrender as tear gas was used. the suspect, Pfc. William Lee Clark, was detained by air police.
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DA Nang
Pan American Airlines
Hong Kong
U.S
Air Force
William Lee Clark
Archer
Vietnam
Jones
Paul Watson
Washington, D.C
366Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Watson
Hanoi
Saigon Battles intensify as US forces push at Khe Sanh
Helicopters airlift U S troops into Saigon to curb Viet Cong activity around the racetrack area while heavy clashes unfold across the northern provinces. The toll rises with 321 Communists and 67 Americans killed and 170 wounded, as tanks reappear near Khe Sanh and Hue Egypt? No, Hue remains contested. General Abrams heads north to oversee the crisis.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Hue
Racetrack
Ja Nang
Lang Vei
Strike Talks Fail as NYC Declares Health Crisis
Mayor Lindsay rejects mediation panel recommendations ending the sanitation workers strike. After 400 shop stewards accepted the proposal, the strike continues amid a health crisis with 60,000 tons of uncollected garbage and rising disease fears. Governor Rockefeller backs the plan but Lindsay vetoes the $425 raise.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sanitationmens’ Association
Rockefeller
Lindsay
Nual
John J. de Lury
Geneva Accords May Be Basis For Peace Talks
North Vietnam offered the United States a peace bid tied to the 1954 Geneva agreements as a basis for talks. Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh said talks could begin after the U S stops bombings and other acts of war, while Gen Giap pledged to fight on until victory.
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Geneva
Nam
United States
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Trinh
Vietnam
Peking
U.S
Violent campus clashes leave three youths dead in Orangeburg
Rioting and gunfire on two nearby colleges in Orangeburg South Carolina escalate as state police guardsmen confront protesters. Three teens die and over 40 wounded amid a confrontation tied to efforts to desegregate the All-Star Bowling lanes. SNCC coordinator Cleveland Sellers is jailed on riot charges with a $50 000 bond.
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Orangeburg
D. C
Henry Smith
South Carolina State College
U.S. 601
Sam Hammon
Delano Middleton
J.P. Strom
State Law Enforcement Division
Cleveland Sellers
South Carolina
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Sellers
Columbia
Associated Press
Dozier Mobley
Mobley
D. J. Shealy
St. Stephens
Claflin College
South Carolina State
U S West Germans Drop New VIOL Jet Fighter
Washington reports that the United States and West Germany have abandoned a joint project for a revolutionary vertical takeoff and landing jet fighter. The effort, costing about 6 million so far, could have affected contracts in the hundreds of millions, with Vietnam war pressures cited as a possible factor.
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U.S
West Germans
Washington
United States
West Germany
Pentagon
Weekend Snow Flurry Outlook With Cold Temps Par for Weather
Forecasters warn that snow flurries and unseasonably cold air persist through tonight with lows near 15 to 25 degrees. Saturday brings mostly cloudy skies, strong winds and a renewed chance of snow and dangerous roads. Yesterday peaked at 33 degrees with a 23 degree low this morning.
Chuckle Wife Asks Husband for Ten Dollars to Tide Over
A humorous exchange shows Chuckle Wife requesting ten dollars from her grouchy husband to bridge a mood during a rough spell. The moment underlines household finance tensions with lighthearted tone.
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William C. Westmoreland
Clark
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New Jersey
Philadelphia
Red Tanks
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Cholon
101St Airborne Division
Creighton D. Abrams
Abrams
Phu Bai
New York City
National Guard
Tokyo
State Department
Ann Landers
State Campus
Robert McCrady
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
The
Armed Services
James Huben
Richard Kurtz
Bronx
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