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More On Page 8A, CoL 7 ticipated in a 24-hour general strike. (UPI Photo)diU.S. Bases Attackedfr11Reds Pick Out StrongpointsSAIGON (UPI) — North Vietnamese forces using heavy mortars and big Soviet-built rockets launched coordinated attacks early Thursday on a string of American bases just south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Vietnams. Reports from U.S. Marine officials at the scene said atleast two Americans were killed and about GO others wounded. The U.S. command in Saigon said it had no word on either casualties or damage.The U.S. Marine headquarters at Dong Ha took its heaviest pounding of the war. Military spokesmen said the North Vietnamese hit the base with 200 rounds of huge 5.6-inch rockets.Dong Ha is the control centerCounty Court Remapfor Marine operations in theDMZ area.C(Bill Out Of CommitteeBy Ellis BinkleyTimcs-News Political EditorNASHVILLE - A measure to reapportion Tennessee's 95 county courts was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with recommendation for passage here Wednesday afternoon.The bill had been bogged down in committee for several weeks after being passed in the House earlier this month.The next step is to 4he Senate Calendar Committee, and from itheic to the Senate floor for third and final reading, which may come early next week.The Senate Wednesday went through one of its longest and hardest days of this session, acting on 16 bills, several of which were controversial andThe bill was defeated 19-12, with Senator Thomas Garland, It-Greeneville, voting for it, Sen. J. Mack Ray, D-Kingsporfc, voting against, and Sen. Marshall Nave, R-Elizabethfon, not voting.On an administration bill imposing a slate privilege tax on five per cent on occupied rooms in hotels, motels, rooming houses, tourist courts, etc., the Senate voted 17-16 in favor. The tax applies only to the actual cost of the room.More On Page 8A, CoL 5WeatherMostly sunny today and cool time-consuming. ln *,ie morning, becomingSeven bills were carried over warmer in the afternoon, to today’s lengthy calendar, to-Generally fair and not as cool make wav for a public hearingi tonight. High today 70, low on the ' state property tsx touight 48. Outlook for Friday, problem. i partly ohmdy and slightlyThe most controversial bill jn!warmer.the upjier House was one j ZSKJJ? HigtV’3*increasing the tax on liquor and also eliminate the‘fair Lradelaw on alcoholic beverages.YpMcrttoy’S L6tV AvcraAD LOW PrpclpiratiooAdditional Weather On Pjlt;jc RAThe Communists struck before dawn, bringing American strongpoints in the area under heavy attack for two hours and 45 minutes.In addition to the base at Dong Ha, the North Vietnamese hit American artillery emplacements at Gio Linh, Camp Carroll, and Cam Lo.The main attack appeared lo be aimed at Dong Ha, the forward headquarters of the 3rd Marine Division and the command post of Operation Prairie, the Marine offensive against North Vietnamese forces who have infiltrated the area.nThe Dong Ha base includes an airport and a small Air Force installation.The North Vietnamese hit Gio IJnh with about 60 mortar shells in a 15-minute assault that began abnut 3 a.m. Gio Linh is the site of giant 175-millimeter howitzers used to blast North Vietnamese targets inside and north of the DMZ.Camp Carroll and Cam Lo arc two other «rtillery bases to the west of Gio Linh. U.S. spokesmen said Cam Lo was hit in two attacks with mortars and rockets.The Marines counter-attacked with their own mortar and artillery.The assaults were apparently part of a Communist effort tn score a major victory as a birthday present for North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Mi nil who will be 77 on Friday.Heavy fighting was reported at tlie U.S. Special Forces at Con Thien. only 1,500 yards south of the DMZ. It was surrounded by 3,600 North Vietnamese troops and pounded by missiles fired across the border.Front reports said U.S. Marines had abandoned a four-day attempt lo lake a road leading lo Ccn Tiiicn.I1L
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Kingsport News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Thu, May 18, 1967
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