39 000 More Men May Be Sent To Vietnam
Washington AP President Johnson likely to raise U S troop strength in Vietnam by about 35 000 men to boost offensive capacity after Westmorelands appeal for more forces The plan aims to balance battlefield needs while many troops stay on defensive duties in cities and northern provinces The move follows the Tet offensive and Senate House co sponsors push for a congressional review of U S policy in Vietnam
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Mane
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Saigon
Khe Sanh
Hue
Paul Findley
House
Findley
Congress
Jackson County Treasurer Receives 3 Enclosed to Repay Gas Theft
In Medford Oregon a letter sent with $3 acknowledges a past gas theft by a high school student and a friend from a loader near Winintow Lake about eight or nine years ago. The writer says the repayment covers the gas cost and that the matter now feels right to address. The letter is addressed to County Treasurer Chester Gitches.
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Medford
Ore
Jackson County
Chester Gitches
Winitow Lake
Clergy urged to run for political office by Episcopal bishop
Santa Barbara bishop C Edward Crowther of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions says clergy should seek office. He notes no bishops have run for Congress but believes the church is moving toward greater social involvement making this a logical next step.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Edward Crowther
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Congress
United States
Bus Wreck Near Lazarévac Kills 10, Injures 30
A Sunday bus overturn near Lazarévac, Yugoslavia, killed 10 people and injured 30, according to police. The incident caused several casualties among passengers and prompted emergency response.
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Lazarevac
Yugoslavia
Lazarévac
Verona owner seeks trailer park despite neighbors’ opposition
Stanley L. Price of Verona, Virginia proposed a 10 acre trailer park but faced a Board of Supervisors denial after neighbors objected. A Sunday ad offered to lease land to a qualifying hog farm operation feeding and cooking garbage for $1 a month, raising 300 to 3,000 hogs annually.
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Verona
Stanley L. Price
Board of Supervisors
Verona Court
Verona Heights
US claims 800 VC die around Saigon in week of drive
Allied forces report a total of more than 800 North Vietnamese dead in the first week of operations around Saigon and Khe Sanh. At Khe Sanh, about 600 NVA attacked from trenches near the fortress, but U.S. Rangers and Marines halted the assault after an hour with no confirmed U.S. casualties. In the Tram Lak area northwest of Saigon, allied troops reported 84 guerrillas killed while one American and one South Vietnamese were wounded.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Northwest Frontier Combat Base
Quyet Thang
Tram Lak
Associated Press
al Chang
11Th Armored Cavalry
Polish Communist Boss Retains Rigid Controls
In Warsaw, Gomulka keeps firm grip on the Polish Communist party despite intellectual criticism and student protests over police use and censorship. Western observers see behind the unity a struggle led by interior minister Moczar as Gomulka allies with the Soviet Union in foreign policy. The closure of the Mickiewicz play and student protests underline tensions as calls for liberalization go unanswered.
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Poland
Wladyslaw Gomutka
Polish Communist Party
Minster of Interior
Mieczyslaw Moczar
Partisans
Gomuika
Warsaw Writers’ Union
Gomulka
World Communist Unity Conference
Adam Mickiewicz
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