U S Bombings Hit Hanoi Area As Marines Hold At Tam Ky
U S warplanes conducted 76 missions against North Vietnam including an attack on a radio station near Hanoi. One F4 Phantom was lost with two airmen missing. B52s pounded targets near Khe Sanh and along the coast while ground forces at Tam Ky repelled Viet Cong with 78 enemy killed and 2 Americans dead.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Ers
Yen Bai
Panhandle
Dong Trieu
Nam Dinh
Haiphong
Ha Dong
Thanh Hoa
Cam Pha
South Vietnam
Air Force
Khe Sanh
196Th Light Infantry
Johnson seeks House passage of civil rights bill
The House received a Senate passed civil rights bill with landmark open housing and anti riot provisions. After a 71 to 20 Senate vote, leaders planned steps to push the measure through, with amendments broadening housing coverage and federal protections for voting, jury service and public accommodations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Nixon McCarthy Lead In New Hampshire Early Ballots
New Hampshire voters opened the 1968 presidential race with Nixon leading on the Republican side and McCarthy ahead among Democrats. Early returns from Waterville Valley show eight Nixon Republican votes and four Rockefeller write-ins with one McCarthy write-in. McCarthy also shows eight votes in Waterville Valley Democratic ballots with two Kennedy write-ins. Nixon predicts a two to one margin would be satisfactory amid talk of gamesmanship.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
Eugene J. McCarthy
White Mountains
McCarthy
Nixon
Waterville Valley
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Johnson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Mead
Widower in Vietnam Receives Offers to Help and Marry
Air Force Sgt. John L. Wolfe in Phu Cat Vietnam receives more than 15 marriage and guardian offers for his six motherless children. He declined all to protect his Air Force career. His children are split between relatives and a Baptist orphanage, while Wolfe plans to serve at least seven more years.
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Phu Cat
Vietnam
Air Force
John L. Wolfe
Wolfe
Columbus
Miss
West Point
George
Ralph
Wanda
Valley Station
Jonathan
David
Middletown
Dothan
Ala
Snow and wind hit Southwest Ohio with mixed precipitation
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley calls for heavy snow and high winds with snow turning to rain in the south. Expect 2 to 4 inches of snow, with tonight's low of 26 to 33 and a partly cloudy, cold Wednesday. Yesterday's high was 48 and this morning's low 31. A trace of precipitation fell last night and February total was 0.1 inch.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
Fulbright presses for Congress role in Vietnam planning
Secretary of State Rusk urged a defined congressional role in future Vietnam policy during a six hour Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Fulbright pressed for consultation before decisions, while Mansfield questioned bombing in North Vietnam and negotiations with Hanoi.
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Tary
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
Senate
Mike Mansfield
North Vietnam
Rusk Maintains Cool Under Senate Fire Over Vietnam Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk stayed calm through six hours of grilling by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by J. W. Fulbright. He defended U S policy on Vietnam, disputed Morse’s Tonkin charges, and agreed to extend his testimony after a tense exchange.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Rusk
Fulbright
Wayne Morse
Dore
Morse
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Massive Snowstorm Paralyzes Southern Plains and More
A late winter snow storm swept the southern plains causing freeway gridlock and power outages across Oklahoma where 8 inches of snow created 4 to 5 foot drifts. Four killed in traffic accidents as flights reduced and schools closed including the University of Tulsa. The storm spread from New Mexico and Texas to Arkansas Missouri Ohio Valley bringing heavy snow and near blizzard conditions in north central Texas.
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Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Texas
Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
Arkansas
Missouri
Ohio Valley
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Ann Landers
Enon
Heloise
Eee
Valley News
Congress
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Sen. Gore
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