Viet Cong Attack Tam Ky US Base in South Vietnam
Viet Cong guerrillas seized Tam Ky in a swift assault on the American military compound and local government headquarters using hand grenades and small arms. No American casualties were reported and Vietnamese losses were described as light. The attack occurred 350 miles northeast of Saigon, with the guerrillas retreating quickly into Quant Tin province. U.S. Adm. Grant Sharp indicated possible Marine reinforcements to Viet Nam and praised the 1st Cavalry Division for its Ia Drang Valley actions. An American spokesman said U.S. Air Force planes dropped leaflets on Hanoi, the week’s American toll reached 248 killed, 527 wounded, and 14 missing or captured, surpassing wartime totals from 1961–64.
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UPI
Tam Ky
Quant Tin
da Nang
U.S
Grant Sharp
Pacific
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Chu Pong Mountain
Ia Drang Valley
Vit Nam
Johnson summons top advisers to ranch for talks with Ayub Khan
President Johnson called his top advisers to the LBJ ranch for a briefing prior to meetings with Pakistan President Ayub Khan and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Rusk and Freeman to join sessions. McNamara the Viet Nam war plan faces delay. Hyland, promoted to vice admiral, to report with the U.S. 7th Fleet as new options for Viet Nam escape further boosts in air power are discussed. Kennedy wraps up South America tour and heads to New York with his party after a 20-day swing through five nations.
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John J. Hyland
LBJ
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Dean Rusk
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
White House
Viet Nam
Johnson, Rusk
Defense
Robert S
South China Sea
Hyland
Navy
Pentagon
Japan
Rusk
U.S
Harold Wilson
Ludwig Erhard
Ayub
Wilson
Washington
McNamara
Texas
Sepulcu Waay
Montreal
Syracuse
N.Y
Brinks
McNamara Said Inc
FBI
Joel Singer
Caracas
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
D.-N.y
New York
Kennedy
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Venezuela
Ethel
Brinks Suspect Jailed In Canada
Washington AP report: FBI and Canadian authorities cooperate after a Brinks security incident. Key suspect jailed in Canada as investigations continue. Officials promise rapid extradition negotiations and full cooperation with U.S. authorities.
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Brinks
Canada
Bobby Kennedy Ends Latin American Visit
Bobby Kennedy visited two Caracas slum districts where Action in Venezuela operates. He proposed widening the hemisphere role in world affairs during a meeting that was bombed by unknown assailants. Police detained two youths as a precaution. Kennedy proceeded with his speech.
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Kennedy
Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
J Group
De Gaulle Faces Tight French Presidential Race
Paris reports a tight presidential contest as President Charles de Gaulle trails polls with about 49 percent backing. De Gaulle warned of hateful confusion if not re elected while rival Jean Lecannet pressed his Kennedy style campaign urging continuity and stability.
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Paris
UPS
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
NATO
Viet Nam
Interior Ministry
Jean Lecannet
Kennedy
Britain to send RAF jets to defend Zambia amid Rhodesia tensions
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a radar equipped RAF Javelin squadron would be sent to Zambia to bolster defense as Britain expands sanctions against Rhodesia. He outlined embargoes on Rhodesian tobacco sugar asbestos copper meat and other foods totaling about 95 percent of export trade while stressing the move is defensive and aimed at deterring regional intervention.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Royal Air Force
RAF
Zambia
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Wilson
Britain
Central
Africa
Kaunda
FBI Agent Takes Stand in Liuzzo Conspiracy Trial
FBI Special Agent Lawrence G. Gettings testified in federal court that Eugene Thomas admitted being in the Selma Montgomery area recently while carrying out Klan activities. The case involves Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr and William Orville Eaton charged with conspiring to violate civil rights in the Detroit mother of five’s death, with evidence pointing to a .22 caliber bullet on Thomas’s car window ledge and Eaton possibly firing from the car.
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Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Selma-Montgomery
Lawrence G. Gettings
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
Thomas
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
William
Eaton
Liuzzo
Six Children Die in House Fire Near Quakertown Pa
In a rural Quakertown area home six foster children died Tuesday night after a fast spreading blaze trapped them inside a one story wooden house. A seventh child was critically burned. The victims included Eric and David, brothers of Chester Allen Jr., and four foster children Penny, Robin, Ronnie, and Jack Jones. Family members described the tragedy as investigators surveyed the smoking ruins and a distraught 52 year old father sat in a state police car. Investigators pursued the fire’s cause as subfreezing night air hung over the scene.
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Quakertown
Chester Allen
Pennsylvania
Allen
Chester Allen Jr
Eric
David
Jack Jones
Robin Jones
Penny Jones
Ronnie Jones
Elaine
Elizabeth
Chester Jr
Federal court weighs Texas poll tax discrimination claim
UPI reports Judge Adrian Spears calls the suit philosophical and speculative as the government argues the $1.50 to $1.75 poll tax discourages Negroes from voting by denying equal education opportunities. Texas AG Waggoner Carr defends impartial tax and argues lack of income does not invalidate it. Proceedings set for depositions. live witnesses waived.
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Brown
Texas
Stephen J. Pollock
U.S. Justice Department
Waggoner Carr
John R. Brown
Houston
Homer Thornberry
Austin
Adrian Spears
San Antonio
First Cuban refugees fly to freedom on big Miami airlift
A Pan American Airways DC7C carried 92 Cuban residents from Varadero to Miami in the first flight of what is planned as the era’s largest refugee airlift. Officials screened names to bar Castro subversives, with four U.S. immigration and health staff aboard.
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Miami
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Pan American Airways
Miami International
Varadero
US State Department
Havana
U.S
U.S. Immigration and Public Health
Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 receive launch go ahead
Weathermen gave Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell a tentative Saturday launch go ahead for a 14 day orbital mission. The weather forecast called for satisfactory conditions at Cape Kennedy with mild winds and partly cloudy skies.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Walter Schirra
Thomas ‘Stafford
Atlantic Ocean
Miami
Weather outlook with clouds and showers
Cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with scattered light showers. Partial clearing and warmer by Thursday afternoon. Highs around mid 60s today, lows near 45 to 50 tonight, then 65 to 70 Thursday. Rain chances 10 percent this afternoon, rising to 20 percent tonight.
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