Viet Cong Storm U.S. Embassy In Saigon
Viet Cong fighters attacked Saigon, seizing the U.S. Embassy floors five through one for hours. American helicopters landed troops on the roof to retake the building and MPs battled Viet Cong around the eight story section for more than four hours. Casualties mounted among Americans and Viet Cong as fighting spread to other billets and the Tan Son Nhut base.
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Saigon
U.S
Grioine
11St Airborne Division
Washington
State Department
White House
Tan Son Nhut
da Nang
Elsworth Bunker
George Jacobson
Jacobson
Johnson seeks diplomatic path to free Pueblo crew
Washington AP reports the White House stressed diplomacy to free the 83 crew of the Pueblo after North Korea seized the ship on January 22. President Johnson, Sen. Fulbright and other leaders voiced hope for a peaceful resolution, with no deadline set for success. Medical care is being given to wounded crew members, and Red Cross involvement remains unconfirmed.
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Washington
White House
Puebla
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Johnson
North Korea
Fulbright
George Christian
Lloyd M. Bucher
Pueblo
Wonsan Harbor
Bucher
Actian
Christian
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Dirksen
U.S
Okaloosa Superintendent Questions Gov Kirk School Plans
Okaloosa County School Superintendent Max Gruner Jr doubts Okaloosa voters would approve Gov Claude Kirk’s school tax plans. He criticizes a 12 mill property tax, questions a 5 cent cigarette tax not going to schools, and discusses a 4 mill rise and 2 percent sales tax. Gruner supports local control and opposes an appointed superintendent and a state superboard.
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Charles Sweetland
Claude Kirk
Okaloosa County
Max Gruner, Jr
Okaloosa
Bruner
Florida
General Revenue
Oka- Joosa
Nations News Digest Highlights Vietnam North Korea and More
U S Command says communist attacks in South Vietnam aim to draw attention to a North Vietnamese buildup along the northern frontiers. The White House says USS Pueblo crew are being treated and cared for by their captors. A Cummins Prison Farm inmate recounts helping turn 10 to 12 fellow inmates in the 1940s, state police halt graves digging during the investigation. An AWOL soldier faces murder charges in San Angelo. UMWA protests trigger violence in Pennsylvania coal regions spreading to West Virginia and Ohio. Jets pursue a stolen plane in the Florida Keys. A Norwalk student group protests suspensions of 53 long haired students. parents may discuss with the ACLU.
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Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Harold Wilson
England
Cummins
Arkansas
Michael Robineau
San Angelo
Tex
Robineau
Colorado
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Air Force
Cubs
Florida Keys
New Mexico
Norwalk
Heart Fund Seeks Workers for Volunteer Drive
A Heart Fund volunteers appeal urged residents to call neighbors during a four day push ending Heart Sunday Feb 25. Volunteers will distribute child health literature and seek contributions to the 1968 Heart Fund, with contact info for Mrs. Emmett Brand at 242-5659.
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Heart Fund
Paul Weir
Stacey Civele
Heart Sunday
Emmett Brand
Priscilla Drive
FWB Grants Three Building Permits for Homes and Repairs
On Monday FWB issued three building permits valued at 27 000 dollars for two new houses in the northwestern area by the Miller and Rudy Co. at 229 and 231 Martisa Rd and a third by TH H Carnathan at 303 Hill Ave. The tornado damage repair in the same district totals 10 100 dollars for the home of W Pilkiltion at 204 Holmes Blvd.
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Miller and Rudy Co
Martisa Rd
TH. H. Carnathan
Hill Ave
W. Pilkiltion
Holmes Blvd
Egypt and Israel clash in two hour Suez Canal battle
Egypt and Israel fought a two hour artillery duel across the Suez Canal after Egypt tried to free an American ship blocked by Israeli objections. An Egyptian spokesman said Israeli fire damaged one survey launch and five soldiers were wounded on the Israeli side.
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Cairo
TPI
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Aunches
Ismailia
Ammani
al Baquara
Jordan River
Jordan
Um-Saf
Port Tewlick
Financing Change Labeled Unacceptable By FEA
Florida teachers threaten strike if financing is tied to a public vote on sweeping school system changes. FEA leader Dexter Hagman called the plan unacceptable citing a looming March deadline andOpposition to tying funds to structural reforms while supporting new money near 404 million dollars and opposing merit pay or differentiated pay schemes.
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FEA
Tallahassee
Fla
UPD
Florida Education Association
Dexter Tragman
Claude Kirk
House
Don Reed
Boca Raton
Kirk
Senate
C.W. Young
Seminole
Niceville Volunteer Fire Dept Meeting With City Manager
Niceville firefighters plan a 4 30 p m meeting with acting city manager Keith O Merrell at Niceville City Hall Roy Miller department secretary urges all members to attend In Manila a Filipino farmer killed 17 people with a jungle bolo and fled authorities search for Isidro Fromentera after the mass execution in Palompon village Lesicy Province.
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Daily News
Niceville
Manila
UPN
Philippine News Service
Isidro Fromentera
Palompon
Lesicy
New Pay Hike Begins Feb 1
The article details a federal minimum wage increase effective February 1 impacting Playground area employees at Eglin Air Force Base. It lists affected groups, wage rates from 1.15 to 1.60 per hour, overtime rules, and eligibility criteria for various industries, with guidance for workers to seek information from employers or the Pensacola Wage and Hour Division.
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Marilyn Hall
Eglin
Civil Service
Youth Opportunity
Motion Picture i
Robert Duncan
Pensacola
Department of Labor
State of
Florida
Destin Community Center to Hold Annual Meeting Friday
The Destin Community Center Inc will meet at 7 30 p m Friday in the center building to elect three new directors for three year terms and hear committee reports on the rodeo volunteer fire library and Woman s Club. All Destin residents in the playground area urged to attend.
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Destin
Destin Community Center, Inc
Community Center
Charles IX. Hughes
Woman's Club
Nationalist frogmen complete Lunar New Year aid run
A group of Nationalist Chinese frogmen on Quemoy Island finished a Lunar New Year Eve mission to the Communist mainland carrying medicine food and clothes for the needy a government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Taipei
UPI
Quemoy Island
Voter Reflects on 1964 Goldwater Vote and War
A 1964 voter recalls warnings that voting for Barry Goldwater would lead to war and asserts the outcome materialized, framing a personal political experience in historical context.
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Barry Goldwater
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N. J
Nguyen Cavasxy
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Mercy Mission
PTL
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