Battle For Hill 881 Ends With Heavy Losses On Both Sides
Marines seized Hill 881 in a costly push against North Vietnamese forces near the DMZ while other U.S. troops trapped a Viet Cong battalion in the Mekong Delta. Reports say 95 Marines died and 276 wounded, with as many as 726 North Vietnamese killed. Additional fighting near Hue and air operations against North Vietnam are noted alongside a Chinese border claim.
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Saigon
UPS
Vietnams
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Hue
U.S
Radio Peking
Kwangsi Province
North Vietnam
Peking
Ull
Hill 881
Mekong Delta
U.S. 1 Sth
9Th Division
Dong Tam
Committee OKs 750 Million Education Bill
In Tallahassee the House Public Schools and Education Committee approved a 250 million education package with four Republican supporters and one dissenting vote by Fort Lauderdale Republican George Caldwell. Caldwell backed Gov. Kirk’s smaller plan earlier and called the larger bill discordant but said his vote favored realism and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
House
Public Schior Education Committee
Fort Lauderdale
George Caldwell
Caldwell
Kirk
Harry Pfeiffer
Cocoa Beach
Caldwel
Milk Famine Grips Chicago
A rapid milk shortage hit Chicago with empty refrigerators in most stores. Cafeterias switched to juice, mothers rushed to formula or evaporated milk, and some parents drove long distances for milk. The shortage began after the Milk Wagon Drivers Union struck one dairy and others retaliated with a lockout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Milk Wagon Drivers Union
Cyclone Devastates Munshiganj Area Near Dacca
Authorities say a cyclone battered Munshiganj near Dacca killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 200. More than 1,000 houses were demolished across seven villages leaving about 10,000 people homeless.
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Dacca
Pakistan
UPI
Munshigang
Seven Permanent OWJC Buildings Planned For 1968 Campus
Dr. J F E McCracken president of OWJC announced seven permanent buildings will be constructed at the Niceville campus this summer with bids set for June 15 for a project costing about three million dollars. The expanded plan follows a January 1966 site acquisition and a federal grant increase to over three million dollars, enabling full relocation of facilities to the new campus, which will be about 30 acres larger than FSU.
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Niceville
J. F E. McCracken
Olsa- Jonsa - Walton Junior Collegse
McCracken
Viceville
Niceville-Valparaiso
Iiil
Camerus
Florida State University
OWIC
Val-P Boy Hit By Car
Three year old Jim Marshall son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Marshall of 258 Glenview Valparaiso was struck by a car in Tallahassee on Sunday. Initial doctors described injuries as minor but Monday night he grew seriously ill with a ruptured spleen. He was operated on at the Valparaiso Niceville Hospital Tuesday and is reported in good condition.
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Jim Marshall
M Joseph Marshall
Glenvie Valparaiso
Tallahassee
Valparaiso
Valparaiso-Niceville Hospital
U.S. Plans Major Pullout From West Germany
The United States will withdraw 68 000 servicemen and 33 000 civilian dependents from West Germany to save about 800 million dollars yearly. A 5 000 man British brigade also withdraws. The move reduces U S forces by 15 percent and could start as early as mid 1968.
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Washington
UPI
United States
West Germany
U. S
NATO
Western
Europe
U.S
Germany
U. S. Air Force
24Th Infantry Division
Air Force
State Department
NATO Council
Paris
Arctic Cold Grips Much Of Nation Amid Blizzard
Arctic blast from the northern plains swamped more than half the country with record lows into Texas and New Mexico. Frost is forecast in 26 states as snow and eight foot drifts close roads in Wyoming and Montana. Four deaths are linked to the storm with a stranded car buried on Pine Ridge Reservation and a man dying in South Dakota while aiding motorists.
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United Press International
Great Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Canadian
Tennessee
Arizona
Wisconsin
Rockies
Colorado
Montana
South Dakota
Sheridan
Buffalo
Gillette
Sundance
Wyo
Wyoming Highway Department
Stan Hathaway
Wyoming National Guard
Wyoming
Highway Department
Missouri River
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Scenic
Hoffa New Trial Denied by 6th Circuit
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district ruling denying James R. Hoffa a new trial on jury tampering charges. Hoffa serves an eight year sentence from Nashville related to a 1962 conspiracy case. defense claims of new evidence include alleged DOJ eavesdropping and tapped phones.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U.S. District Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Moffa
Nashville
Justice Department
Hoffa
Kirk appoints SDC chairman in Florida shakeup
Gov Claude Kirk named C Shelby Dale a Fort Lauderdale attorney as new chairman of the State Development Commission. Dale succeeds Bal Detfoot of Jacksonville who resigned amid reports Kirk tried to push his press secretary John Smolko to be executive director. Smolko had been named to a $15 000 a year post.
Florida tax bill faces multiple committee hurdles in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee, a sales tax increase to fund property tax relief passed the House Ad Valorem Tax Committee 17-6 but faced a potential delay after Rep. Granville Crabtree moved to reconsider. Other measures cleared panels, including a jury service bill for women and a public service commission quality study with rate considerations.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
House
Sarasota
Granville Crabtree
House Appropriations and
Senate Judiciary Committee
Florida
Harold Wilson
R-Largo
House Commerce Committee
Public Service Commission
GOP backed JohnsonVietnam war course by Dirksen
Senate Republicans, led by Everett Dirksen from Walter Reed Hospital, declare support for President Johnsons Vietnam war strategy. Senator Aiken had criticized policy, but Dirksen pressed unity amid war tensions and urged peers to sideline a critical staff report.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Johnson
Lincis
GOP
Walter Reed Army
Vietnam
Dirksen
Ilinois
Southeast Asia
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Missing Fort Walton Beach store manager linked to large cash loss
A Fort Walton Beach clothing store manager on Main Street is missing with an estimated $7,500 to $10,000 cash. Pensacola owners traced him to Pensacola Airport and a Bahamas trip via Miami. A warrant for his arrest is expected soon.
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Main Street
Fort Walton Beach
Pensacola
Bahamas
Miami
Golf Course Lodge Planned Near Point
Okaloosa County officials in Crestview heard plans for Jonita Estates a new 600 acre development east of Shalimar near Black Point The project includes an 18 hole golf course a country club lodge and a large housing expansion centered on Lake Lorraine The developer John Boyce aims to secure a water supply and angeboten to install a system and sell it to the county at cost while avoiding water and sewage disputes The proposal shows 150 lots in phase one with bay access near Choctawhatchee Bay and Meigs Drive on city maps
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Shalimar
Black Point
Okaloosa
Boyce
County Commission
Choctamar Water Co
Choctawhatchee Bay
Let Other Countries Negotiate Peace Not U S
The Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake urged that the United States defer to other nations such as India and Japan to negotiate a Vietnam peace settlement. He said U S insistence on terms benefits only U S aims, and that free nations should set acceptable terms with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Blake spoke at a news conference in Cambridge during the AC COCU meeting, noting the church merger effort with 95 million members may proceed in the 1970s.
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Val
Johnson
Aiken
Cambridge
Mass
UPN
Eugene Carson Blake
World Council of Churches
United States
India
Japan
Vietnam
Blake
America
I. S
Dre. Blake
Asia
North Vietnam
Geneva
Consultation On Church Union
ACOCU
Sunion
Tlake
Unian
Tie
Two Men Die After Car Plunges From Quay at Nice
Two men in a car leaped into the sea off Nice after driving off a quayside. Passers by dived to help but the occupants resisted removal. The car sank. frogmen recovered both bodies including a 53 year old police officer and a senior businessman. One man had earlier telephoned saying they planned death by own action.
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Nice
France
Fargyer
Poiter
County Board Hears Report On Ambulances
Okaloosa County Commission again debated the ambulance service in Crestview. Operators said they’ve spent much of their own funds to keep it running as accounts remain unpaid and expenses exceed income. They noted some improvement in collections but short of covering current costs and asked for a full financial statement while awaiting possible state relief to allow franchising.
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Okaloosa County
Crestview
Florida Law May Bar New Press Aide
Florida statute requiring state employees to be two year residents may cast doubt on Governor Kirk’s appointment of James C. Wolf as top press aide. Wolf and Rick Froemke lack long residency and no other qualified Florida resident could be found to meet the statute’s requirements.
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Tallahass
Florida
Sov
Claude Kirk
James c. Wolf
New York State
Republican Party
John Smolrke
Florida Development Commission
Walf
Rick Froemke
Outdoor Recreation Council
Froemke
Unclear Report on Armistice Efforts and Israeli Officials
Fragmentary text notes multiple mentions of the Armistice Commission and Syrein shepherds with references to a denulian enamel and the Sea of Galilye. Israeli officials are cited as speaking on Tuesday about recent events.
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Tibertas
Tsrael
Svapl
Wised Armistice Commission
Syrein
Sea of Galilye
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Church of Santa Maria
San Sebastian
Spain
Bonn
London
New Hoffa
SDC
Eysterna
L.aahass Iee
Plearidia
U.S.1
Bulletin
Point
Garnier
South Vietnam
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