One Money Bill Okayed Counter Attack Ready
Gen Max D. Taylor urged against clockwatching on Viet Nam policy at Ohio University. He supported patience and a national courage test, backing the Administration’s approach as sensible, rejecting a total victory and any immediate pullout, and doubting Chinese entry into the war.
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Athens
Ohio
Maxwell D. Taylor
Ohio University
U. S
South Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Viet Nam
Debates Pivot as Morse Aims to Repeal 1964 War Authority
In Washington the Senate pressed toward a climax as Sen. Morse prepared to argue Congress should rescind the 1964 resolution granting Johnson authority in Vietnam. The administration lobbied for a companion tax bill to raise billions, with Humphrey briefing lawmakers and Fowler urging House-passed measures to restore auto and phone tax cuts and speed up tax collection.
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Johnson
Hanoi
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Morse
Jward Day
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Oregonian
Viet Nam
Georgia
South Viet Nam
Laos
Thailand
Dominican Republic
House
Westmoreland Lauds GI Tough Defenders After Saigon Battle
Gen Westmoreland praised 2500 U S infantrymen during a jeep tour north of Saigon after a fierce predawn Viet Cong assault. 46 enemy bodies found outside the camp for a tally of at least 135 dead. 15 Viet Cong captured. 1st Infantry Division faced heavy fighting as 800 VC attacked in a three-battalion push near Tan Binh. Air strikes limited by rain. B52s bombed targets in Thua Thien Province.
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Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Westmoreland
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Bong Son
Cavalry
Vinh
Hanoi
7Th Fleet
Strategic Air Command
Guam
South
Thua Thien
Hue
Brandeis Deferment Policy Slammed by Dean and Professors
Brandeis University Dean Kermit Morrissey calls the new draft deferment policy absurd and seven professors threaten to halt grades. They argue rankings at one point unfairly penalize selective schools and may push universities toward universal high grades. Harvard officials weigh opt out and yet begin ranking for potential release. The group favors random selection if drafting continues.
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Brandeis University
Kermit Morrissey
John R. Seeley
Harvard
John A. Monro
Monro
Brandeis
Seeley
Dean Morrissey
Morrissey
Rights and Economics Stand as Ghana Governing Issues
Ghana's new military leaders say they ousted President Kwame Nkrumah due to rights abuses and economic mismanagement. Radio Ghana, under the new regime, announces a National Revolutionary Council and vows immediate radical economic reforms. The coup began before dawn as Nkrumah traveled to Peking, with fighting centered at his residence complex. Casualties were reported between 4 and 18 dead, 30 wounded, as crowds celebrated, statues were toppled, and prison releases were announced.
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Kenneth L
Radio Ghana
National Revolutionary Council
Nkrumah
Peking
Usher Fort
British Election Likely March 31 Amid Budget Battle
Prime Minister Harold Wilson may announce a national election for March 31 as Labour holds a slim 314 to 302 seat lead over Conservatives and Liberals. Observers say a snap vote could yield a safer majority before a tough budget.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor
Wilson
House of Commons
Conservatives
Liberals
Britain
Cold night ahead with light snow flurries forecast
The Weather Bureau predicts cloudy skies and colder temperatures tonight with a few snow flurries. Lows near 18 with a cold Saturday, high around 38 yesterday and overnight low 32.
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Weather Bureau
Silent U S offers no comment on Ghana coup
Washington officials would not discuss the coup or possible U S recognition of the new regime. A Ghana embassy official in Peking said the embassy did not know Nkrumah’s whereabouts or whether he would try to return to Accra. Nkrumah told a Peking reception that Asia and Africa must unite to fight reaction and neo colonialism.
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State Department
Washington
Ghana
Peking
Thl Ephome
Tokyo
Nkrumah
Accra
Medina County Stands Apart in War on Poverty
Medina County in Ohio rejects active participation in the War on Poverty citing limited need and labor shortages. County officials say 52 new industries arrived recently and locals prefer self-reliance while Head Start operated in Black River district last summer.
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Medina County
Ohio
Medina, Ohio
Howard E. Dunn
Medina
Fred Greenwood
Black River
Lorain
Ashland
Joe Cowden
Medina County Gazette and Leader Post
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Big Red One
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Rene
Waltham, Mass
Lewis Hershey
Selective Servias
John Barret
Hamburg
N.Y
Buffalo
Rhodesia
Edward Heath
Commons
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Dunn
Joe Neaph
Commission
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