Lebanese Premier Abdullan Yafi resigns amid airport crisis
Premier Abdullan Yafi of Lebanon resigns under fire after the Israeli raid on Beirut International Airport. A government spokesman says President Helou has not yet accepted. Proposals favor a national coalition, with Rashid Karami named as a possible new premier. France cuts military aid to Israel, affecting air force support as Israel presses for U.S. F4 Phantom deliveries.
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Associated Press
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Lebanon
Beirut International
Charles Helou
Yafi
Beirut
Rashid Karami
Camille Chamoun
U.S
Israel
Sidon
France
Mystere
Mirage
Jordan
Paris
Washington
WPS Launches Medicare Plus Plan for Seniors
Wisconsin Physicians Service announced a Medicare Plus plan for seniors 65 and older running through March 31, 1969. The plan pays up to $15,000 to fill gaps in federal Medicare, requires no medical exam, and carries a monthly premium of $9.50.
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Madison
Wisconsin Physicians Service
WPS
Sirhan Sirhan Goes On Trial In Kennedy Case
Los Angeles UPI reports Sirhan B. Sirhan, 24, Arab immigrant, faces murder trial for fatally shooting Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel. The proceedings include strict security, a likely three month trial, and a strategy centered on diminished capacity. Prosecution plans to call 80 witnesses. defense seeks to save his life with a diminished capacity argument and possible mental health evidence.
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Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Los Angeles
UPI
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Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Bobby Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Sirhan S
Rafer Johnson
los_ Angeles
Sam Yorty
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Cooper
Palestine
Lynn Compton
Weather advisory: tonight snow falls with low near 5 to 8
Unclear weather note states cloudy tonight with snow flurries. Low temperatures expected around five to eight above. Readers are directed to Page 10 for full forecast details.
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Ea Piches
Winnebagoland
Wisconsin Senate Opens With Committee Skirmish Over Assignments
MADISON AP Opening day in the 1969 Wisconsin Legislature saw Democrats challenge GOP moves on committee assignments. The Assembly sent the contested Looby Waters race to the Elections Committee for a public hearing. In the Senate, Dems objected to Sen Wilfred Schuele’s Highways panel placement, and the motion failed 18-9.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
Elections Committee
Joseph L. Looby
Looby -Waters
Fred Risser
Wilfred
Petition Walk Into Office Spurs Black Demands
Dr. Roger E Guiles faced about 80 demonstrators outside his office as black students submitted a revised demand list and pressed for a meeting with the Board of Regents by Jan 14 to discuss executive clemency for 94 expelled after a November demonstration. Signers included instructors Delk Wenner and students Dwyer Kohlenberg.
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WSUO
Roger E. Guiles
Guiles
State University System
Board of Regents
Financial Aids
Maurice Spitler
Robert C. Delk
Manfred W. Wenner
Michael Dwyer
Peter Kohlenberg
Dempsey Hall
Roger E Guiles
Northwestern
U S Forces Encircle Viet Cong in Mekong Delta Fight
In the Mekong Delta a 600 man American task force fought to encircle a Viet Cong company, about 48 enemy deaths reported, eight U.S. and 11 wounded. Helicopters and flare ships aided as the Viet Cong slipped away to the river banks. Police arrested a suspect in Education Minister Le Minh Tri's assassination in Saigon. Tri and his chauffeur died by a car bomb.
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Mekong
U.S
Delta
U.S. 9Th Division
3Rd Corps
le Minh Tri
Tri
Bien Hoa
Fresh proposals eyed as U S Viet negotiators press talks
Paris reports intense sessions as American and South Vietnamese delegates seek a breakthrough on conference seating and speaking order. Cyrus Vance plans high level talks with Pham Dang Lam while Hanoi rejects Viet Cong seating demands and aims for separate status.
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UPI
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Pham Dang Lam
Saigon
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Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
South Vietnam
Diplomatic Press Association
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Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Averill Harriman
Lodge
United States
North Vietnam
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