AID recruitment for Vietnam halted amid Red attacks
Washington AP report says the Agency for International Development paused nationwide civilian recruitment for Vietnam duties from February to June while reassessing needs. Plans for 87 city campaigns were shelved. a 10 percent staff cut was considered, with 2,500 force target by mid 1968 and 2,000 Americans already in Vietnam. Seven AID workers have been killed in clashes.
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Vietnam
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GOP Governors Push Grass-Roots Moderates Platform Drive
Frustrated GOP governors launch a grass-roots drive to craft a moderate platform as they seek a presidential candidate. Gov. Chafee will lead platform hearings with citizens contributing ideas on domestic and foreign policy while Shafer cochairs the Miami Beach convention panel. Rockefeller, Romney backers and Dirksen tensions color the scramble, with time running short for unity among moderates.
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Oregon
Chafee
Michigan
George Romney
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Communist Terrorists Hit Thailand In Northern Clashes
Premier Thanom Kittikachorn said Communist terrorists are intensifying attacks and have begun operating in Chiengrai. Government forces clashed with terrorists twice in the province this past week, with six Communists killed, 28 captured, and 15 surrendered across Thailand in the week.
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Chiengrai
Thanom
Chiengral
White America Faces Its Own Problems, Says Presbyterians Leader
Dr. Gayrand S. Wilmore of Princeton warned a Prairie Village Kansas audience that white America must reform itself before reforming others. He described civil rights activism as part of a global struggle against a decaying white Anglo Saxon civilization, urged racial justice, and framed Black Power as more than a slogan.
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