Armed Marine Attempts Hijack On Hong Kong Flight
A U S Marine private in a black leather jacket armed with a 45 pistol tried to hijack a Pan American DC6 in Da Nang. After 2 hours and 45 minutes, tears gas and a general's order stopped him. Marine Pfc William Lee Clark was arrested. no charges filed yet as investigation proceeds.
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DA Nang
Pan American Airlines
Hong Kong
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Police
William Lee Clark
1St Field Artillery Group
John P. Jones
New York City
E. L. Archer
Beeville
Tex
Neer
Robert H. Clack
Midland
Mich
Archer
U.S
Vietnam
Jones
William C. Westmoreland
Clark
Governor imposes curfew after Orangeburg gunfire deaths
Governor Robert McNair orders a citywide curfew from 5 p.m. as three Black students are killed and 37 others injured in a gunfight between police and demonstrators at South Carolina State College and Claflin College during racial unrest. Police and guardsmen respond, with a student SNCC organizer arrested on riot charges.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Robert McNair
National
South Carolina State College
Clafflin College
Harry K. Floyd
J. P. Strom
Cleveland Sellers
South Carolina
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Columbia
Associated Press
Dozier Mobley
Mamie Brunson
College
Mobley
D. J. Shealy
Shealy
Orangeburg Regional Hospital
White House denies McCarthy nuclear weapons claim
White House press secretary George Christian called a Boston report attributing Sen. Eugene McCarthy with requesting tactical nuclear weapons for Vietnam false. He said decisions of that nature rest with the President and Johnson has not considered any such request. He condemned the discussion as irresponsible and unfounded.
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Washington
White House
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Vietnam
George Christian
Johnson
Joint
Chiefs of Staff
McCarthy
Christian
Boston
Sen. McCarthy
Police Officer Slain By Bandits In Trenton Bank Robbery
Patrolman Robert Perry was killed after spotting two robbers at the Trenton State Bank. One suspect fled in a stolen police car and was captured after a high speed chase. the second suspect was arrested on foot near the Woodhaven Ford stamping plant. Detroit police recovered the vehicle on Rouge River Bridge.
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Trenton, Mich
Trenton State Bank
Robert Perry
Perry
Detroit
Rouge River Bridge
Trenton
Paul DuChane
Woodhaven
Ford
Mideast Clash Kills Six Near Jericho
The Israeli army said five Arab saboteurs and one Israeli soldier died six miles north of Jericho on the western Jordan River bank after a patrol encountered a group of seven infiltrans. Earlier reports listed ten killed on the Jordanian front, including Israeli civilians, soldiers, Arab raiders, and a Swiss civilian.
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Tel-Aviv
Jericho
Jordan River
Israel
Foreign Aid Cuts Likely By Solons
Washington AP reports Congress weighing cuts to the administration’s 3 billion dollar foreign aid request amid calls to preserve a separate 100 million dollar push for immediate military aid to South Korea. Leaders anticipate hearings by Feb. 26 with action aimed for May while some senators oppose the Korea aid.
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Solons
Washington
Congressional Budget Cutters
President Johnson
South Korea
Congress
E. Ross Adair
Indiana
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
House
Adair
Bow
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
Appropriations
sChairman Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
A Lown
Karl &. Mundt
R-S.d
Johnson
Monroe Knights of Columbus Aims for 1000 Tickets at St Patrick BBQ
Monroe Knights of Columbus plans a March 17 barbecue to sell 1000 tickets and raise at least 600 dollars for the Youth Expansion Program. Bob Gavioli, general program chairman, discusses the event with Chit Chat. A Fourth Degree exemplification honoring Most Rev. Charles P. Greco is set for next Sunday at St. Frederick High School followed by a 1 30 p.m. banquet at the KC Home on Oliver Road.
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Monroe
Knights of Columbus
St. Patrick’s Day
Bob Gavioli
Charles P. Greco
St. Frederick High School
Oliver Road
Jet Fighter Project Dropped by U S and West Germany
The United States and West Germany cancelled a joint 18 month effort to build a vertical takeoff and landing jet fighter citing lack of a firm operational requirement and funding pressures from the Vietnam War. The move ends next phase plans for prototype construction though both nations will continue studying VSTOL needs and future technology.
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Washington
United States
West Germany
U.S. Defense Department
West German Defense Ministry
Ment
U.S
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Armed Services
Eine
McNamara
Rescue at sea as Pegasus crew remains aboard
The Liberian freighter Pegasus lies in a violent Atlantic storm 245 miles off Cape Hatteras with six crew members still aboard while U S Navy helicopters rescued 14 others to the liner Franconia. The Arquimedes earlier rescued 13 and a woman. Franconia diverted to Bermuda carrying the survivors.
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New York
Pegasus
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N.C
U.S
Wasp
Arquimedes
Cunard
St. Thomas
V.I
Bermuda
Pegasos
Coast Guard
The
Franconia
Foundation Vigilant
Alice L. Moran
U S South Korea Reach Agreement on Pueblo Talks
Seoul sources say the South Korean government agreed to stop denouncing private U S North Korean talks over the USS Pueblo crew, withOpen session planned for Jan 21. The U S will treat Pueblo discussions as part of the Armistice Commission functions. North Korea warned of possible war as tensions rise.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
United States
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Chung I)-kwo
U.S
William J. Porter
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Kim Ilsung
Fair Warmer Weather Expected for Today and Saturday
The forecast for northeast Louisiana calls for generally fair and milder conditions today and Saturday. Highs will reach the mid 50s with no rain expected. Tonight’s low around 28 degrees marks a slight drop from Thursday’s high of 49 at Selman Field.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Witness balks on testifying in ethics case
In Baton Rouge Louisiana the first witness in a state Ethics Commission hearing for state police Captain Roland Coppola refused to testify saying he feared criminal charges. Coppola faces charges of using office for personal gain by accepting free truck use and renting tools. hearing delayed as defense objects to procedure.
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Baton Rouge
State Ethics Commission
Harry H. Frazier
Lafayette
Bailey Transportation Co
Roland Coppola
Transport’ Company
Frazier
Russell Schonekas
Coppola
Schonekas
Louisiana Commission On Governmental Ethics
Ethics Commission
Louis Quinn
Commission
Capt. Coppola
John McKeithen
Civil Service Commission
Builder’s estimate mocks old gold brick dreams
A humorous line notes that modern home building costs surpass nostalgia for gold bricks, suggesting new houses will sting the wallet more than retro fantasies.
U S Troops Push Through Saigon Amid Viet Cong Fight
Helicopters dropped U S troops onto Saigon’s racetrack to bolster South Vietnamese forces as Viet Cong efforts intensified in Da Nang and Hue. Across the region, 321 Communists and 67 Americans were killed with 170 more Americans wounded, while Abrams prepared to assume command in the north and battles continued near Khe Sanh and Da Nang.
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Saigon
U. S
U.S
da Nang
Wimmeres Fi Whdt
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Hue
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Cholon
Chnese
101St Airborne Division
25Th Infantry Division
Racetrack
Planes Evacuate Vietnam Refugees From Khe Sanh
U S transport planes evacuated 5000 to 6000 Vietnamese and Laotian refugees from the Khe Sanh area to Da Nang refugee centers. About 200 Vietnamese and Montagnard irregulars from Lang Vei were disarmed and later sorted into groups for removal as commanders warned of possible enemy among the crowd.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
Lang Vei
da Nang
Laos
Congress Begins 10 Day Recess
Congress started a 10 day recess as both chambers paused after a brief session. Leaders warned of unfinished business and uncertain early adjournment. Republicans return home for Lincoln’s Feb 12 birthday speeches marking the party’s annual tradition.
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Congress
Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Abraham Lincoln
River Stage Readings and Location Change Report
River stage readings show present and recent changes at locations including Monroe Stationray and Camden. Stations record different values with not listed details for several stages and locations.
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Monroe
Camden
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Mideast
Twin Cities
Creighton D. Abrams
Abrams
Phu Bai
News-Star
Pontiac
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