Meade River Battle Ends With Heavy Casualties
U S Marines wrapped a 20 day cordon south of Da Nang in fierce bunker fighting. At least 62 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed with officers estimating total enemy losses near 1,000. 100 NVA captured. Marine casualties stood at 95 killed and 604 wounded as the encirclement narrowed to under a square mile.
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Swiss Banks Called Haven For Crooks
U S attorney Robert M Morgenthau told the Senate Banking Committee that secret Swiss bank accounts are used by gangsters stock market swindlers and unscrupulous corporate officers to evade U S laws. He cited the Gulf Coast Leaseholds case and said hundreds of thousands of Americans have access to numbered accounts through Liechtenstein trusts and Swiss banks with couriers and Nassau paths. He warned the secret system hides stolen securities and funds from cash businesses and illicit traders, noting the jet age expanded use despite rare probes.
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Robert M. Morgenthau
Southern Disstrict
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United States
Switzerland
Nassau
Search Pushed For Crewmen Lost In River
Divers in White Castle Louisiana searched the sunken White Alder by touch for 17 crewmen missing after a collision with the freighter Helena sent the Coast Guard buoy tender to the river bottom near New Orleans. The shoreline and river search continued after three of 20 crewmen were rescued. debris and a sunken vessel indicated the impact amidship and ongoing attempts to raise the craft.
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Warming Trend Forecast Across Odessa Area This Week
A gradual warming trend was reported for Odessa with dawn readings around 23 degrees rising to the upper 60s and 70s by Tuesday. Elsewhere in Texas, pre-dawn temperatures dipped into the teens and 40s, as arctic air pushed into the Deep South and northwest, bringing frost along Florida and snow in the Pacific Northwest mountains.
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Soviets Lose Hopes For New Moon Shot Now
Washington AP reports Soviet Russia appears to have forfeited its last chance to beat the United States in sending astronauts on a flight around the Moon.
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Peace Talk Sparks Khrader and Ky Adversaries Clash
In Paris the North Vietnamese delegation and South Vietnamese officials traded barbs during peace talks while a U S diplomat warned that a Soviet manned lunar mission was unlikely this month. Amid the debate over Ky and Hitler remarks, Hanoi denounced Ky as a puppet of the United States.
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Bui Nhan
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Setback Seen In Craft Crash At Lunar Training Vehicle
A crash of the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle during a test at NASA's space center raised questions about the moon program. Pilot Joseph Algranti ejected safely. the $1.8 million LLTV may be an unassessable setback, with an investigation headed by Walter M. Schirra Jr. and NASA awaiting findings.
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Black Militants Gain Supreme Court Hearing
Ten black militants in New York charged with advocating overthrow by force and sabotage won a Supreme Court hearing. They seek to challenge New York 1902 anti anarch y law as unconstitutional and argue only the federal government may punish rebellion. Prosecution remains paused pending the high court ruling.
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TV Scout Previewing Service Starts in Odessa
TV Scout, a complete television preview service, begins today in The Odessa American. Prepared by experienced staff in New York and Hollywood, the service offers a critique of each night's owl plus a best bet listing, personality sketches, and a question and answer column. A weekend roundup of shows for the following week appears in Leisuretime, the Saturday magazine supplement. Today's TV Scout offerings are on Page 7-A.
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Quipster Plane Crash Joke Turns On Sales Cameo
The quipster recounts a tense moment as a passenger begged a minister aboard a failing plane to take action. The minister replies with deadpan humor, saying he is in sales, not management, highlighting a sharp, ironic twist.
American Ships Bring Protest From The Black Sea Coast
Two U.S. 6th Fleet destroyers, the Dyess and Turner, sailed a five day cruise along Turkey’s Black Sea coast provoking Soviet officials who called the visit a provocation and a threat to peace and security. The ships traversed the Bosporus into the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
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Nixon to unveil full cabinet slate on national TV
President elect Richard Nixon will fly to Washington on Wednesday to announce his entire cabinet roster at 9 pm CST from the Palace Room in the Shoreham Hotel. Press spokesman Ron Ziegler said final cabinet choices were made and that coverage would be provided by national networks.
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Jail escapee held after officers slain in Dover
Joseph J. Bartholomey 21 of Baltimore, a county jail escapee from Salisbury Md, was captured at Capital City Motel in Dover after warrants were issued for homicide and fugitive charges. He shot Wicomico Sheriff Samuel Graham and deputy Albert Kelly during his Sunday night escape. An extradition hearing was scheduled. Bartholomey, wounded, was taken to Kent General Hospital then Dover police headquarters.
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Municipal officers meet in New Orleans seek Nixon urban program assurances
In New Orleans city leaders press for federal backing of urban programs as they await assurances from President Nixon. The Odessa American notes these municipal talks occur amid national policy discussions shaping city aid initiatives.
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