Marines drive North Vietnamese from bunkers at Con Thien
U S Marines and North Vietnamese troops fought a four hour close quarter battle 2 4 miles northeast of Con Thien near the DMZ as Marine units attempted to flank the enemy. In Bu Dop near the Cambodian border an under strength US 1st Infantry Division battalion repelled a large Red assault with air support.
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Saigon
Con Thien
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Bu Dop
Iowa
Amerair Strip
Dmz
Dak To
Ham
Snowstorm Dumps Up To 12 Inches Across Eastern Seaboard
Residents from Washington to New York shovel out after a heavy storm dumping up to 12 inches in cities from Virginia to New Jersey. The capital buried under 6 inches. many schools closed. flights disrupted at Reagan and BWI while Dulles stayed open.
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Washington
New York
Eastern
Seaboard
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Newark
Maryland
Washington National Airport
Friendship International Airport
Baltimore
Dulles International
Chantilly
College Park
University of Maryland
Ashington
Alexandria
Arlington
Frederick
Salisbury
Baltimore Maritime Exchange
Stokley to Lose Passport When He Came Home
Washington AP State Department says it will lift Carmichael passport with surrender of travel permit for Cuba trip last summer. He has been in Hanoi and Moscow, and says he will be arrested on return and jailed up to five years. He notes stiffer penalties possible if he left without valid passport. Carmichael, former SNCC chair, returns after Oslo trial session where he sits on Bertrand Russell's war crimes jury.
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State Department
Stokley Carmichael
Carl Barthh
Carmichael
Cuba
Hanoi
Moscow
Norway
United States
Martch
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Oslo
Bertrand Russell
Santa And The Pigwidgen Series Begins Today
The Odessa American starts a multi part feature titled Santa And The Pigwidgen. The first installment appears on page 9 A and aims to entertain both young readers and their families with the new series.
Delay Move Begun UAW Plans Dec 14 GM Strike
UAW seeks to delay any strike against General Motors until after the holidays with a December 14 deadline for a new three year contract. The plan sets strike dates after December 14 and aims to settle the national pact first before local issues, to avoid a January strike from disrupting 45 million in holiday pay.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
UAW
Walter P .Reuther
National General Motors Council
Reuther
Chrysler
Emil Mazey
Afl-Cio
Viet Cong emissary arrest blocks planned Bunker talks
South Vietnamese police detained a Viet Cong National Liberation Front emissary in Saigon before he could meet U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker. Reports say the meeting was arranged earlier in the month and that other talks with Gen Creighton Abrams and Deputy Ambassador Eugene Locke occurred at a neutral Saigon embassy.
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Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Iman
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Eugene M. Locke
Robert J. O’brien
Liberation Front
le van Huan
Huong van le
Bunker
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
Abrams
United States
South Vietnam
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
The Quipster on Politics and a Pin the Tail Tale
A GOP minded parent bans pin the tail on the donkey for his children, highlighting how political views spill into lighthearted games. The gag spot uses sharp wit to question partisan boundaries in family life.
Senate Backs U N Action on Vietnam War
Senate approves without dissent a call for United Nations action on Vietnam and delays a vote on protesting Dean Rusk’s refusal to testify publicly. The 82 to 0 resolution urges President Johnson to direct U N representatives to seek uvb action to end the war, with Mansfield calling for urgent peace steps. Fulbright says the U S must explore all paths to peace.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
Dean Rusk
Johnson
U.N
Mike Mansfield
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
United States
Weak Pacific front brings brief cooling to Odessa
A weak Pacific cold front is expected to move through the Odessa area this afternoon, lowering temperatures briefly and adding a risk of blowing dust. Weekend highs are forecast in the 60s with a Friday night low near 40 at Midland Odessa Regional Airport. Thursday reached 68 with a 42 overnight.
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Odessa
U.S Weather Bureau
Midland-Odessa Regional Air Terminal
Weather Forecast From Terminal Weather Bureau Passages
The Weather Bureau forecast considerable cloudiness and warmer today with Ponny cloudy conditions and a turn to cooler tonight and Saturday. South to southwesterly winds reach 10 to 25 mph and gusty, shifting to west and northwesterly tonight and on Saturday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Terminal
Debar Earthquake Toll Tops Nineteen With New Tremor
Debar Yugoslavia reports a fresh 6.5 quake after midnight causing panic among about 6 000 homeless of a 7 500 population. Deaths rise to 19 across Yugoslav and Albanian sides. 194 injured and over 10 000 left homeless. Debar described as grave ruin with 80 percent of buildings uninhabitable.
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Belgrade
UPI
Debar
Tanjug
Skopje
Egyptians Claim Two Israeli Jets Downed Near Suez
United Press International reports Egypt said antiaircraft batteries shot down two Israeli Mirage jets near Suez City at 6:10 a.m. CST. Cairo said one pilot landed in the Suez Gulf and the other in Israeli-held territory amid broader tensions after Israel’s October refinery attack.
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Suez
Israel
Cairo
Beirut
Suez Canal
Suez City
Suez Gulf
Eshkol Outlines Five Point Peace Plan in Jerusalem
Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol briefed editors in Jerusalem on a five point peace plan pushing for canal control reforms and regional cooperation to solve the refugee issue. He rejected direct Arab Israeli negotiations and urged U N envoy Gunnar Jarring to renew talks between the parties while noting Dayan’s tougher stance on terrorism and the risk of forcible evacuation of Arabs near the West Bank.
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Levi Eshkol
Jerusalem
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
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Defense
Moshe Dayan
Jordan
Eshkol
U.N
Thant
Mideast
Gunnar Jarring
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
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Jumble Oil News Society Sports TV Log
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