Marines Launch Major Assault on Batangan Peninsula in Vietnam
Two battalions of U S Marines stormed ashore in Batangan Peninsula 340 miles northeast of Saigon in the largest seaborne assault since Korea. The operation aims to trap about eight square miles holding up to 800 North Vietnamese regulars and unseen guerrillas, with heavy pacification plans for the 5,000 to 10,000 residents.
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Batangan Peninsula
Vietnam
Hore
Saigon
U. S
US. Army
Chu Lai
U.S
New York Law Abortion Debate Roils Legislature
In Albany the new Assembly speaker Perry Duryea Jr backs relaxing the 86 year old abortion law to permit cases of rape incest or mental deficiency. Senate Republican leader Earl Brydges keeps an open mind but warns against rushing changes. Duryea says he supports expansion though he does not plan to sponsor legislation himself.
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N.Y
New York
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Assembly
Duryea
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Associated Press
Brydges
Gov. Rockefeller
Indicted for Kidnapping of Barb Mackle in Georgia
Gary Steven Krist, 23, an escaped convict, was indicted in Decatur on kidnapping for ransom in the Barb Mackle case. The 20-year-old Barbara Jane Mackle was buried alive in a coffin-like box for 80 hours before being rescued. Authorities say the crime could carry life imprisonment or death. Krist was captured Dec 22 on Hog Island in Florida after the motel abduction in Decatur.
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Gary Steven Krist
Barbara Jane Mackle
Krist
Miami
Hog Island
Florida
Miss Mackle
Oil Leak Forces Lima Residents Into Emergency Shelters
A 22 inch pipeline leaked crude oil flooding sewers and streets in a 90 block area of Lima Ohio. About 8 000 residents were evacuated or sheltered overnight as police National Guard and fire crews worked to contain the spill and clean up. An Air Force foam team aided the response while Buckeye Pipeline Co said the leak was stopped after six hours.
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Lima, Ohio
Lima
Buckeye Pipeline Co
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Afb
Dayton
Ohio
Salvation Army
Johnson Says Historians Will Say We Tried At Dinner
President Johnson spoke at a 400 guest New York dinner dancing into the night before returning to Washington. He offered a valedictory view that historians will judge his five years in the White House by whether Americans live better today, not by what they record next century.
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New York
Johnson
White House
Washington
Sirhan Trial Jury Selection Focuses on Intent
In Los Angeles AP reports the state and defense question jurors as the Sirhan BisHara Sirhan murder trial proceeds noting the jury must determine Sirhan's intent when he shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Grant B Cooper emphasizes there is no denial he fired the shot.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Jet crashes off Los Angeles in Pacific amid rescuers
A Scandinavian Airlines jet carrying 45 people splashed into the Pacific eight miles off shore while landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Thirty survived while four were known dead and nine of the remaining 11 were missing as rescue units and private boats searched through the night. Twenty four were treated at Santa Monica Hospital in good condition.
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Los Angeles
Scandianavian Airlines
Pacific Ocean
International Airport
SAS
Santa Monica Hospital
Mats Hellstrom
Vasteras
Sweden
Hellstrom
Olev Anderson
Scandinavian Airlines System
Copenhagen
Somedren
Tee
Fd Staple
Robbers Seize $7 Million in Checks at Boston Bank
Burglars grabbed three crates containing checks during a break in at the National Shawmut Bank on Post Office Square. About four men took the crates while guards loaded trucks. The loot was abandoned beside a highway in Revere and later recovered as investigators assess negotiability and loss implications.
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Boston Bank
Boston
National
Shawmut Bank
Revere
FBI
Mike Casoli
Federal Reserve Bank
Post Office Square
Nixon Meets Negro Leaders in New York Before Inauguration
President-elect Nixon hosted leaders of six Negro organizations in New York for over an hour, drawing mixed criticism about his urban policy while he planned a Florida retreat. Moynihan defended his city focus as Wright urged a Black adviser for urban affairs, and Abernathy pressed for a King holiday in Nixon’s cabinet considerations.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
New York
Florida
Nizon
Washington
Matthew Wright
Black Power Conference
Daniel P. Moynihan
Wright
Moynihan
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Britain Posts Large December Trade Deficit
Britain reported a December trade deficit rising by 39 million pounds to leave a seasonally adjusted shortfall of 132 million dollars, more than twice November’s level, according to the government.
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London
Britain
Ransack College Office At Queens College
About fifteen black students ransacked the Queens College office of a minority students program Monday. College president appealed for restraint and asked for calm while promising a full review.
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New York
Queens College
Pueblo Probe Opens Monday in San Diego
The Navy will open a three phase court of inquiry into the Pueblo case in San Diego. The inquiry will examine the ship's mission and operation, its seizure by North Korea on January 23, and the detention of the crew.
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Calif
Navy
Pueblo
North Korea
Bruce Reynolds jailed 25 years for Great Train Robbery
Bruce Reynolds, the last of the masked gang behind Britain's 1963 Great Train Robbery, was sentenced in Aylesbury to 25 years in prison. The 37 year old antique dealer pleaded guilty and said crime does not pay.
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Bruce Reynolds
Britain
Scotland Yard
France
Mexico
Fire destroys three buildings in Avoca
Fire swept three structures in Avoca New York Monday night with estimated damage around 35000 dollars. The unoccupied Avoca Hotel a vacant brick and frame house and Saltsmans Tavern were gutted. Cause under investigation.
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Avoca
Saltsman’s Tavern
Beechnut Lifesavers Shut Down by Strike Action
Beechnut Lifesavers Inc. shut down in Canaajohaarif New York after 1200 hourly workers walked off in solidarity with 100 night cleaners who began strike Friday. Workers voted to remain out at least until Saturday when another meeting is planned.
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Canajoharif
N.Y
Beechnut Lifesavers Inc
Fire destroys pickle plant in village near Rochester
A major fire Monday night destroyed a pickle and sauerkraut processing plant 35 miles west of Rochester. Losses exceed $50,000 with over 200 barrels of sauerkraut and hundreds of crates of cabbage lost, along with three forklifts, a truck, and thousands of jars of processed products.
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Noliey. H.Y
Rochester
Guerrilla clashes reported in Hopeh Szechwan and Kwangtung
Chinese travelers report fighting in the mainland provinces of Hopeh Szechwan and Kwangtung between anti Maoist guerrillas and army troops. Most guerrillas are said to follow President Liu Shao Chi, opposing Chairman Mao Tse Tung.
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Hong Kong
Hopeh
Szechwan
Kwangtung
Liu Shao Chi
Mao Tse Tung
Congressman Goes to Bat For Indians
Rep James M Hanley of Syracuse said he urged the US Bureau of Indian Affairs and the State Department Indian Desk to review the Mohawk issue. The St Regis Mohawk Reservation spans US and Canada and challenges Canada over 1794 Jay Treaty duties on goods bought in the United States. Chef Lean Shenandoah, Onondaga Reservation leader near Syracuse, sought Hanley’s intervention. The Iroquois Confederacy comprises about 250000 people.
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Massena
St. Regis
Canada
New York
James M. Hanley
Syracuse
Washington
US. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Desk
State Department
United States
Hanley
Lean Shenandoah
Onondaga
Shenandoah
Soviet Puts Manned Spaceship Into Orbit In May Plan
MOSCOW AP A Soviet cosmonaut was launched into orbit in Soyuz tests. Reports hint at a possible manned linkup by Vladimir Shatalov on Soyuz-4, with a complex mission expected and preparations continuing after prior Soyuz missions and the 1966 Komarov disaster.
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Soviet
Moscow
Macow
Soviet Union
Air Force
Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Keomarov
Earth
Komarovo
Johnson to outline State of the Union in broad terms
President Johnson is expected to discuss his State of the Union analysis in broad terms tonight and defer specific legislation. He may urge extending the 10 percent tax surcharge to show a small fiscal surplus in his final budget. Nixon signals cautious support after Johnson's stance on the surcharge.
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Washington
Union
Congress
Nixon
Elect
New York
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