Incidents Break Truce in South Vietnam as Fighting Rises
In the New Year truce, Communist incidents draw blood as an enemy battalion estimated at 500 attacked a US West 82nd Airborne company in the central highlands near Saigon. Casualties to the American unit were light. U.S. strength rose to about 36,000 with three troopships off Vung Tau carrying 60 000 troops.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
US West Airborne Division
Central Highlands
U.S
Vung Tau
Vietnam
Djilas Walks Out Of Jail A Free Man
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Milovan Djilas exiled rival of Tito walks free from Sremska Mitrovica prison. He describes room with criminals, plans a novel Worlds and Bridges and a Milton Paradise Lost translation. He plans New Year dinner with wife Stefanija and son Aleksa 14 awaiting outside.
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Tito
Sremska Mjevica
North
Serbia
Communist Party
Dijilas
Stefanija
Aleksa
Djilas
Capitol as Arsenal and Military Bakery in Civil War
The article notes that during the Civil War the Capitol served largely as an arsenal and a military bakery, reflecting its strategic and logistical role in the conflict.
Burglars Strike London Art Vault in Record Theft
A gang targeted the Royal Academy in London stealing eight major paintings including Rembrandts Rubenses and a Goya, worth millions. The raid exploited a weak spot in security during holiday closures, with experts calling it the biggest art theft in history.
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London
Welch
Humphrey Brooke
Royal Academy
College
Gnart Sneenes
Brandis
Rubenses
Goya
Duke of Wellington
National Art Gallery
Britain
Titus
Jacob de ‘Gheyn
St. Barbara
Elsheimjer
Susannah
Gerard Dou
Cen Een Ee
Beys
Switzerland
Ohio Per Pupil Spending Below Average
The Ohio Education Association reports 1966 67 per pupil spending in Ohio schools at 468 dollars versus 564 nationally. Ohio’s rise, border states’ gains, and the federal and state shares are outlined with Ohio still ranked 23rd in teacher salaries.
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Ohio
OEA
Columbus
Ohio Education Association
USA
National Education Association
NEA
Indiana
Michigan
Federal
Ment
Weapons Found At University In Venezuela
Venezuelan officials reported many weapons found on a campus in Caracas after President Leoni suspended constitutional guarantees. Deputy Interior Minister Luis Vera Gomez said officers also uncovered assassination lists, plans to blow up pipelines, and attack instructions. Weapons traced to the United States, Czechoslovakia and Belgium.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Soviet Union
Luis Vera Gomez
United States
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Raul Leoni
Vera Gomez
Turnpike Bonds To Be Retired Before 1992
Ohio Turnpike Commission aims to pay off 326 million in bonds by 1979, earlier than the 1992 target. In 1966 bond retirements reached 17.2 million face value, totaling 72.23 million since 1961. Revenue rose to 32.8 million, with traffic near 17 million vehicles and 40 turnpike deaths noted amid higher use.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Shocknessy
Ohio
Commission
Shacknessy
Coast Guard keeps watch as freighter Georgia rides storm
A Liberian registered freighter Georgia remains afloat in Atlantic seas off New York after SOS signals. Coast Guard cutter Vigilant and salvage vessel Curb stand by with a rescue mission ongoing, while Cotswold and two merchant ships assist. No injuries reported among the crew.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Georgia
Staten Island
Merritt Chapman Scott
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Asopos Shipping Co
Monrovia
Vizar
India
Ore Fer, Inc
Vigilant
British West Indies
New Bedford
Mass
Cotswold
N.Y
Man Receives 30 Day Jail Term in Assault Case
Franklin A M year old Art Avenue man Seth Bowen was sentenced to four to six days in jail for assaulting his mother in law after a court session on December 19. Bowen faced prior charges of non-support malicious destruction of property and burglary. Other news notes include multiple fines for traffic violations and several bond forfeitures across Middletown and surrounding areas.
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Franklin
Art Avenue
Seth Bowen
Art. Ave
J. T. Reiley
Bowen
Warren County
Robert Fraley
Marcus Sykings
Lebanon
Michael McMurray
Central Ave
Middletown
Robert White
Boys Ave
Joseph
Staley Road
Virgil Fields
Ellenridge Drive
Irene Poynter
Kennington St
No Jokes About War From Hope
Bob Hope says his Vietnam visit left him unable to joke about the war. At Chu Chi Christmas shows artillery fired in the background and two soldiers were killed hours later. He calls the conflict a very dirty war with many truce violations but praises the morale and courage of the troops.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
Vietnam
Chu Chi
Rusk Praises Herter Lifetime of Service
Washington AP reports former Secretary of State Christian Herter died at 71. The longtime diplomat and politician served in journalism and academia before rising to national roles, including work with Eisenhower and Johnson, shaping postwar trade policy and international affairs.
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Rusk
Herter
Washington
Christian A. Herter
America
Johnson
Hoerter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Berlin
Herbert Hoover
Boston
Harvard
Massachusetts
US House of Representatives
Eisenhower
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