Jets Strike Near Hanoi as Viet Cong Slay Civilians
U S supersonic jets bomb Ha Gia fuel depot near Hanoi amid praise for weather after clouded skies. Ground fighting intensifies in Mekong Delta with 74 Viet Cong killed in a two mile clash while Viet Cong prisoners at a camp southwest of Saigon are reported killed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Ha Gia
North Vietnam
Viet Tri
Mekong Delta
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
Transit strike ends in Philadelphia with tentative wage pact
In Philadelphia a 27 hour transit worker strike was settled after a wage package in a two year contract. The agreement calls for 15 cents an hour immediate raise, 15 cents in January 1968, and 12 cents in July 1968 with remaining cents as improvements. TWU international president Matthew Guinan and Albert Lyons of PTC announced submission to respective ratification bodies.
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Albert Lyons
Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Harrisburg
Lyons
Commission
PTC
TWU
Matthew Guinan
TWU International
Fire destroys McCormick Place in Chicago blaze
A rapid, spreading fire gutted McCormick Place on Lake Michigan. Security guard Vincent Mathews, 51, saved about 150 people by guiding them to flee as the roof collapsed and a west wall gave way. The $35 million hall suffered total loss of the main exhibition hall and damaged stored merchandise.
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Chicago
McCormick Place
Lake Michigan
Vincent Mathews
Edward J. Lee
Howling Winds Snow Slam North Midwest
Howling winds and a wintry storm swept North Dakota and neighboring states. The State Highway Department warned roads were extremely dangerous as the system moved southeast bringing snow to Minnesota northern Iowa and Nebraska. Montana faced near blizzard conditions with high winds up to 85 mph and power outages reported in central and western areas.
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North Dakota
State Highway Department
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Montana
Minot
N.D
South Dakota
Canada
Livingston, Mont
Weather report notes cloudy cold spell through week
Tonight will be cloudy and not so cold with a low in the upper 20s. Tuesday brings more clouds and snow flurries with a high in the upper 30s. Wednesday turns colder with more severe conditions expected later in the week. Yesterday peaked at 33 with a 12 degree overnight low and 11 am reading of 19.
Mao endorses loyal Red Chinese army in purge claim
A Mao mouthpiece described a 25 million strong Red Chinese army as infinitely loyal to Chairman Mao and the people. It called the force the army of defenders of red state power, created to protect a few practicing bourgeois dictatorship, with no details on its nature or leadership.
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Red Flag
Liu
Mao
Lurleen Wallace Sworn In as Alabama Governor
Lurleen Wallace took the oath of office on the capitol steps joining her husband George C. Wallace as adviser and successor. The couple pledged continued influence in state government as Wallace hints at a 1968 presidential bid while Lurleen becomes Alabama's first female governor.
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Lurleen Wallace
George
Wallace
Alabama Capitol
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Capitol
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Teen Breaks Leg Crawls From Cave Near Muskogee
Lyndal Rozelle, 16, crawled about 350 yards through underground tunnels to exit a cave near Fort Gibson after a seven hour entrapment. Rescuers lifted him from a 15 foot room and he was in good condition at Muskogee General Hospital.
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Muskogee
Okla
Muskogee General Hospital
Lyndal Rozelle
Keith Sims
Sims
Rozelle
Fort Gibson
Here
Oklahoma
Rozzelle
Thomas Honen
Israel warns of retaliation over Syrian clashes
Foreign Minister Abba Eban said Israel will not tolerate further aggressive acts by Syria and has the will to halt such activity. He offered an informal emergency meeting of the Syrian Israel Mixed Armistice Commission but said shooting must stop first. U Thant urged restraint to avoid a large scale border clash.
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Abba Eban
Israel
Syria
Eban
Deer Quip Delights Pair with Playing on Words
A humorous exchange imagines two deer trading lines about a doe. The lighthearted vignette plays on IT and doe to spark a quick woodland chuckle.
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Counter
Red Guard
Chu Teh
Communist Army
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Ann Landers
Crane
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