After Saigon Bloodbath at Embassy Fight
Vietnamese guerrilla assault on the U S Embassy in Saigon ends with heavy casualties. Nineteen guerrillas were found dead and three prisoners taken. Five American soldiers were killed and 11 wounded. two Vietnamese embassy drivers died. Details on entry to the building varied among officials.
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U. S
U.S
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
da Nang
United States
Bassy
Robert J. O’brien
Marshfield
Mass
Westmoreland
Vietnamese Joint Chiefs of Staff
Independence Palace
Bunker
My Tho
Mekong Delta
Navy Plans New Class of Amphibious Assault Ships
The Navy advances plans for LHAs a new class of 40,000 ton amphibious ships designed to streamline over the beach and encirclement tactics. Proposals cost about 123 million each with initial funding in fiscal 1969 and a four month design selection window. Nominees include General Dynamics Quincy Division Lit ton Advanced Marine Technology Newport News Shipbuilding.
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Lhas
Navy
Panama Canal
New Jersey
LMA
LHA
LPD
LPH
APA
General Dynamic
Quincy
Mass
Litton Industries
Advanced Marine Technology
Culver City
Calif
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Newport News
Weather Outlook For Miami Valley From Tonight Through Thursday
The forecast for the Miami Valley and Southwestern Ohio calls for occasional light rain or drizzle tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Thursday brings warmer temps with lows 36 to 43 and scattered rain. high around 56. Yesterday’s high was 42 and this morning’s low 35. total precipitation in the past 24 hours was 0.12 inch.
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Miami Valley
Ohio
Pueblo Execs Mom Dies Unaware Of Son Fate
The mother of USS Pueblo executive Lt. Edward R. Murphy Jr. died unaware her son and crew were held by North Korea since January 22. Murphy’s wife Carol attended services for Mrs. Kathryn Murphy in Martinez, while pregnant and far from Yokosuka where Pueblo's home port is based.
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Pueblo
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Murphy
Carol
California
Japan
Martinez
Kathryn Murphy
McKinleyville
Yokosuka
Gas Blast Kills Seven as Work Crew Hits Pipe
A gas explosion leveled five shops injuring and killing seven workers from Equitable Gas Co. The blast yanked a man 96 feet across tracks and hurled others into an iron fence. Investigators doubt a definite cause and note workers were tearing up a sidewalk to locate a leak.
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Equitable Gas Co
Equitable
CTU to press strike as court actions loom in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Teachers Union plans a third day of strikes despite a court restraining order. CTU president Richard Kiley vowed possible jail, while City Solicitor McClain pursues contempt charges. About 23,000 of 88,000 students sent home amid heat and lunchroom issues and 20 schools closed.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Teachers Union
Richard Kiley
CTU
Riley
William McClain
Philip Olinger
Cincinnati School Board
Bert Long
First Ohio District Court of Appeals
Kiley
Cincinnati Teachers Association
CTA
South Korea Presses for Settlement Over Pueblo Ties
Seoul calls for firm measures to ensure ROK security and oppose direct talks with North Korea while criticizing overemphasis on the Pueblo incident. Choi Kyu-hah warned against exchanges of Pueblo crewmen for infiltrators as the crisis escalates.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
North Korea
U.S
Pueblo
Choi Kyu-hah
Republic of Korea
Democratic Republican Party
Shinmin Party
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Yank
Associated Press
George Jacobson
Jacobson
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
White House
Washington
Johnson
Ann Landers Bridge
Valley News
San Diego, Calif
Park
National Assembly
Sesson
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Security Council
Forts
Council
Demilitarized Zone
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