Viet Cong Drive on Saigon Broken in Hue Battle
Allied planes tanks and troops drive Viet Cong toward suburbs of Saigon while fighting for Hue rages. Hue prison freed 2,000 captives. 36,000 Viet Cong faced 35 cities and towns. Cost in blood: about 13,000 Communists killed, 983 allied soldiers.
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Saigon
Eugene V. Risher
UPI
South Vietnam
Hue
Forbidden City
Perfume River
U.S
John Chaison
Bus funds in doubt for New Castle transit authority
Solicitors for Shenango Neshannock Union townships prepare resolutions to fund the New Castle Area Transit Authority amid looming shortfalls. If funds are not received within 10 days, bus service could stop in the townships and city. Union Shenango Neshannock may not pay full share. funds needed to qualify for federal aid.
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New Castle Area
Neshannock
Shenango
Union Townships
Richard C. Gilmartin
Donald J. Nicolls
James L. Scarazzo
Union
Nicolls
Herbert Bintrim
Board of Supervisors
Shenango Township
Clyde E. Hutchison
Robert A. Matthews
Gilmartin
Cialella
Missionary Sister in Saigon Sought by Family
Mrs. Lee W. Campbell of 4 West Garfield Avenue awaits word on the safety of her sister Nancy Mack a longtime missionary in Saigon South Vietnam with the Christian Missionary Alliance. A Viet Cong offensive including shelling of the U S Embassy brought the conflict to Saigon as Miss Mack works as a secretary for the Alliance in the city. The New York headquarters will notify Mrs Campbell of any update. Miss Mack has lived in Vietnam about 20 years.
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Lee W. Campbell
W. Garfield Ave
Nancy Mack
Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Miss Mack
Christian Missionary Alliance
Campbell
Alliance
New York City
Harry Mack Jr
Vogan St
Ruth Schell
New Wilmington
Isey Mack
Ellwood City
Princess Margaret progresses after tonsil surgery
London reports Princess Margaret is recovering well from tonsil removal surgery planned for Friday. Lord Snowdon says she is as well as can be expected. Dr Blaiberg remains under care as his heart transplant recovery proceeds slowly in Cape Town delaying his hospital release. Captain Quealy to be honored among chapel heroes for Vietnam service. Governor Romney visits Wisconsin amid criticism of South Vietnamese roles in the war.
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London
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Paris
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schurz Hospital
Cape Town
South Africa
Milwaukee
Wis
George Romney
Michigan
Wisconsin
Romney
Ripon College
News home delivery raised to 60 cents weekly
The New Castle News will discontinue the 10 cent weekly home delivery discount and charge 60 cents per week starting Monday. The 50 cent weekly rate set in 1963 remains the base until this change, benefiting all carriers as costs rise.
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New Castle News
Weather Summary for Western Pennsylvania Today
Snow flurries in the west with windy and cooler conditions, highs in the 30s. Clearing tonight with colder lows in the teens to 20s, partial clearing Sunday with little temperature change. Observed 24hour period ends 7 am today. max 52 and min 27, precipitation .16 inch. Shenango River at 9.9 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Diplomats to Meet Again Over Pueblo Crew Rescue
South Korean sources say U.S. and North Korean negotiators will reconvene within days at Panmunjom to advance a new phase of secret diplomacy aimed at freeing the USS Pueblo and its 83 crewmen.
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Leon Daniel Seoul
UPI
U.S
Panmunjom
Johnson rules out further Reserve callups in Vietnam crisis
President Johnson signals no immediate broad mobilization despite pressures over the Pueblo seizure and Vietnam offensive. He says troop strength remains just under 500,000 in Vietnam and no authorization to call up reserves or exceed 525,000 is planned. North Korea and U.S. talks continue after the Pueblo incident with mixed messages from KCNA and South Korean officials urging policy changes.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Johnson
South Vietnam
Korea
Pueblo
U.S
Vietnam
William C.) Westmoreland
Congress
John V. Smith
Pak Chung Kuk
North Korea
Stephen Robert Harris
Boston
East Sea
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Sea of Japan
Harris
North Korean Central News Agency
KCNA
Wonsan Harbor
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
United States
Park Chung Kyu
South Korea
North
Nixon Gains Momentum in New Hampshire Campaign
Richard Nixon, his wife Pat, and daughters planned a meet the voters event at St Anselm's College in Manchester as New Hampshire primaries approach on March 12. Nixon, upbeat and fit, rejected debating Gov. George Romney, saying debates would not help the Republican party.
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Manchester
N.H
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
St. Anselm’s College
Nixon
New Hampshire
Michigan
George Romney
Johnson
Romney
John F. Kennedy
Six American missionaries killed in Viet Nam leprosarium attack
Six missionaries died when Viet Cong assaulted Ban Me Thuot leprosarium 170 miles north of Saigon. Three women among the dead. others missing or wounded include C. Edward Thompson of New Kensington and Ruth Thompson. Betty Olson fled. Hank Blood feared abducted. Wycliffe members’s families reported safe or released.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Thomas Cheatham
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Richard Perkins
Marie Ziemer
Toledo
Ohio
Robert
Ziemer
Leon C. Griswold
Orlando
Fla
White Plains
N.Y
Carolyn
C. Edward Thompson
New Kensington
Ruth
Ruth Wilting
Cleveland
Betty Olson
Walter Olson
Seattle
Africa
Hank Blood
Wycliffe Translations
Los Angeles
Death notices for five residents published February 3 1968
Five obituary entries list Charles C. Abraham Sr Humbert H Isabella Mamie E Lusk and Nancy Carol Plum with ages and street addresses. Abraham and Isabella residents of Philadelphia area with Volant RD and Selinsgrove connections.
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Charles C. Abraham Sr
Hamilton St
Humbert H. Isabella
Wilson Ave
Mamie E. Lusk
Volant RD
Nancy Carol Plum
Selinsgrove
Earthquake Strikes Southern Mexico and Mexico City
A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook parts of southern Mexico and Mexico City. Power outages affected large areas while luxury hotels in Acapulco were jolted. No immediate injuries reported per health authorities. Seismograph readings placed the center about 45 miles southeast of Acapulco. The quake lasted two to three minutes with a sharp jolt felt in Acapulco and a longer震 in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Acapulco
US Earthquake Information Center
Rockville
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Chapel of the Four Chaplains
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Panmuntom
Icitadel Air Strip
Iu.s. Information Service
Radio Hue
Student Union
U.S Consulate
Phu Bai Airport
Laurel
David
Geneva College
Judith
Dale
Thomas
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