Viet Cong siege turns Saigon into battlefield
Viet Cong guerrillas seized Saigon in a two day general offensive hitting all major cities. Allied air power bombed Viet Cong positions as U S troops reclaimed the embassy after a six hour fight. Evacuations began around Tan Son Nhut as casualties mounted and Ho Chi Minh hailed the victories amid reports of heavy fighting elsewhere in the country.
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VPI
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thiet
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Joint General Staff
Presidential
Hunt for Minerve continues as sonar echoes found near Toulon
In the Toulon region, searchers reported new sonar echoes and a plastic sack of items possibly from the Minerve, but officials said it was too late to save the 62 crew. Oil slicks near Cape Cepet and Cape Side accompanied the search, while Israel reported no significant progress on the Dakar missing since Thursday.
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France
UPI
Minerve
Naval
Cape Cepet
Cape Side
Mediterranean
Dakar
la Galissoniere
Haifa
England
United States
Britain
Turkey
Greece
Israel
Car Truck Collision Injures Kaukauna Man
In Menasha a car and a truck collided at the US Highway 10 and State Trunk 114 intersection. The truck, driven by Clifford Benning of Sheboygan, jackknifed. the car, driven by Henry DeLeeuw of rural Kaukauna, ended up in the roadside ditch. DeLeeuw was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital with injuries described as undetermined.
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Menasha
Calumet Count Sheriff's Department
Truc
Clifford Benning
Henry DeLeeuw
Kaukauna
DeLeeuw
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Oshkosh Council urged to reject newsstands on main streets
An Oshkosh editorial urges the Common Council to not amend the ordinance to allow newsstands on Main and Oregon Streets. It accuses some members of favoring special interests and favors handling street sales and charity drives via city permits to protect citizen rights and maintain a clean streetscape.
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Oshkosh
Marion Road
Bowen Street
Main Street
Northwestern
Skeletons May Tell Grim Tale At Arkansas Prison
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announced pathology tests on skeletons unearthed from a pig sty at Cummins Prison Farm will determine if dirt hides graves for 213 prisoners unaccounted for since 1900. The discovery prompts questions about pauper graves and possible foul play, with one skeleton showing decapitation evidence.
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Cummins
Ark
UPI
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Little Rock
Rockefeller
Thomas C. Morton
U S Opposes UN Invitation To North Korea
The United States rejects inviting North Korea to the United Nations to discuss the Pueblo incident. Diplomats say the move could provoke anti American war talk if the ship and 83 crew remain unreleased. South Korea also opposes any invitation. Agha Shahi of Pakistan led private Security Council talks.
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United Nations
UPI
United States
North Korea
U.S
South Korea
Pueblo
RFK Declines Primary Bids in Vietnam War Split
Washington AP Kennedy rejects at least for now a bid to run against Johnson in Democratic primaries. He says he will not run under any foreseeable circumstances, keeping open the path to entering the race if Johnson seeks renomination. Some backers urge action amid McCarthy’s weak bid, while others like Fulbright avoid continual opposition to war policy.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Johnson
Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Assistant Secretary of Defense Resigns
Solis Horwitz, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration, resigns to teach at the University of Pittsburgh. He follows the pending exit of Secretary McNamara, after a decade on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon guiding DoD reorganization plans.
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Washington
Solis Horwitz
Defense
University of Pittsburgh
Horwitz
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Capitol Hill
McNamara
Kennedy
Defense Department
Senators Morse and Clark maintain opposition to Vietnam war
Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon has toned down criticism of the President but remains firm in opposing war policies. Sen Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania says his opposition endures after a Vietnam visit, yet he will back Johnson for re election and hopes the administration can scale down or end the war before the election.
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Vietnam
Johnson
Kennedy
United States
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
Wisconsin grad Tom Frostman braves Antarctica as meteorologist
A 1967 University of Wisconsin alumnus and native of Wausau works as a meteorologist at a U S station in Antarctica where weather runs extreme from 70 degrees below freezing to 119 below, highlighting his frosty assignment.
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Madison
Frigid
Antarctica
University of Wisconsin
Wausau
Tom Frostman
Suez Dispute Halts Salvage Job At Canal
Violence flared in the Suez Canal after Israeli fire on Egyptian launches halted salvage work in the southern end. A U N truce paused operations indefinitely as Jarring and Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad met in Cairo amid warnings from UN officials about possible Israeli intervention in northern canal work.
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U.N
Suez Canal Authority
Cairo
Gunnar Jarring
Middle East
Mahmoud Riad
Jarring
al Ahram
United Nations
Thant
Odd Bull
al Abram
Egypt
Israel
Jerusalem
South Korea Demands Focus On Pueblo Not Assassination
South Korea’s foreign minister urged greater attention to the Communist plot to assassinate President Park Chung Hee rather than North Korea’s seizure of the USS Pueblo. Choi Kyu-hah signaled government displeasure with U.S handling and vowed to oppose direct U.S North Korea talks and any Pueblo crew exchange. The ruling party and opposition backed Park, with the National Assembly set for a special session to push for decisive action. In Washington the White House pressed diplomacy to free the Pueblo crew, with Fulbright noting Johnson’s hopeful stance and no deadline discussed. At the UN a source said the U.S. may soon abandon its stance.
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Seoul
South Korea
Park Chung Hee
North Korea
U.S
Choi Kyu-hah
Choi
United States
Pueblo
Republic of Korea
Democratic Republican Party
Shinmin Party
Park
National Assembly
Washington
White House
Sen
JW. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Boy Hurt In Fall From Car In Menasha
A 12 year old boy, Thomas Engel of 308 Barenz Court Menasha, remains in Theda Clark Hospital in satisfactory condition after falling from a car driven by his sister Geralyn 17 as it turned from Third Street onto Barenz Court at 3 30 p m He suffered a cerebral concussion The incident was reported to police. In a separate accident on Racine Street a southbound truck struck a parked car causing 1700 in damage 1500 to the other car owned by Walter Kosiorek 1045 Gillingham Road Neenah. James Rivet 30 of 417 Third Street Neenah was driving the truck
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Menasha
Thomas Engel
Barenz Ct
Geralyn
Third Street
Barenz Court
Theda Clark Hospital
Racine Street
James Rivet
Third St. Neenah
Walter Kosiorek
Gillingham Rd
Neenah
Elderly Portage County Woman Killed Crossing Highway
An 80 year old Portage County woman, Martha Tomaszewski, was struck and killed while crossing County Trunk 7 near Highway 66. She died at St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point after the 7:20 p.m. accident. This marked the 66th Wisconsin highway fatality in 1968, a rise from the previous year.
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Associated Press
Portage County
Wisconsin
Martha Tomaszewski
Custer
St. Michael’s Hospital
Stevens Point
Burglars Hit Alameda County Sheriff Center
In San Leandro California burglars pried the rear door of the Alameda County sheriff portable communications center and removed equipment. Experts say the burglary disrupted operations and could affect county law enforcement communications for days.
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San Leandro
Calif
UPI
Alameda County
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