Viet Nam War Strategy Echoes Dien Bien Phu Debate
AP reporting from Con Thien notes North Vietnamese strategists may seek a decisive blow mirroring Dien Bien Phu to deter U.S. forces. Gen Giap blends conventional and guerrilla warfare while Maoist tactics of luring and exhausting the enemy shape the Viet Cong campaign and U.S. responses in the 1st Corps area.
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William L. Ryan
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
France
Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Con Thien
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
U.S
Bien Hai River
1St Corps
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
Yenan
Mao Tseetung
China
Mao
Truck Strike Triggers National Guard Standby in Pittsburgh
National Guardsmen are on alert as Gov. Raymond P. Shafer moves to curb violence in a seven week steel haulers strike that has included shootings and beatings. He seeks an orderly traffic flow and urges inter-state talks to end the walkout affecting 10,000 to 20,000 owner operators and possibly broader shipments nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
National Guardsmen
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
National Steel Haulers
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
West Virginia
Denver
Colo
Teamsters Union
Ray Travers
Picht For
Teamsters
Travers
Johnson
Taft
Hartley
William Kusley
Gary
Ind
Laird's Primer Casts Congress as Husband in Federal Spending
Rep Melvin Laird released a fiscal primer in the Congressional Record comparing Congress to a husband and the executive branch to a wife with access to the family checkbook He warned of a potential budget shortfall and offered options such as spending cuts or restricting checks The metaphor drew comment from committee leaders and sparked debate over federal appropriations and spending practices Ottawa Herald October 4 1967 page 12
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Executive Department
Wisconsin Republican
Congressional Record
Budget Bureau
Congressional Appropriations
Laird
Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Vienna Burgtheater Announces First World Tour
Europe’s oldest acting company the Vienna Burgtheater plans a three week New York run at City Center from March 19 presenting four plays and a separate two week Los Angeles engagement at the Ahmanson from April 15. Austrian government and the Association for International Theatre Exchange sponsor. An earphone translation will be offered for nonlinguists.
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New York
Europe
Vienna Burgtheater
Los Angeles
City Center
Ahmanson
Model of Geneva Academy Tells Allen County History
Two Iola area men built a near exact model of the Geneva Academy near Mildred, reflecting early Allen County settlement.Geneva, founded 1857, hosted the area’s first church and the academy, which later folded. the brothers plan to entrust the model to the Allen County Historical Society or the Old Jail Museum for display.
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Iola
Kan
Geneva
Allen County
John Call
Colony
Clifford
Mildred
Geneva Academy
Academy
Clifford Call
Carl
John
Alten
The
St. John’s
Mich
Kansas
Mer
Gilbert Northrup
Michigan
East
Presbyterian Church
S. M. Irwin
H. L. Henderson
Rhoades
Thompson and Robertson
Irwin
Call
Allen County Historical Society
Falling Star From Texas Shocks Woman in Memphis
Dorothy McClain watched a badge descend from a low flying plane in broad daylight. The deputy sheriff’s badge, marked Harris County Tex Air Patrol, dropped at her feet and is being mailed to Harris County officials for verification and return.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dorothy McClain
Harris County
Tex
Air Patrol
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Gaullist Party
Melvin Laird
Ottawa Herald
Association For International Theatrical Exchange
Kansasland Packing CO
Dundee
North Water Tower
del Monte
Florida
Lhs
Betty Crocker
Argo
Sweet Peas
Allen County History
Falling Star
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