Clifford hopeful on U S pullout from Vietnam talks progress
Defense Secretary Clark M Clifford said he hopes Paris peace talks can yield a mutual withdrawal of U S troops from South Vietnam within 40 days but cautioned that progress is not assured. He noted North Vietnam may press a winter offensive and said General Abrams is preparing for that possibility. Clifford also indicated the Pentagon may seek supplemental funds for a 1969 budget of 72 billion dollars after meeting required 3 billion in cuts.
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Washington (Ap
Clark M. Clifford
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Clifford
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Viet Cong’s NFL Leads In Charges
Paris AP reports the Viet Cong National Liberation Front claims U S bombing of North Vietnam has halted but war escalation continues. Spokesman Duong Dinh Thao says B52s doubled and sorties tripled since Johnson order, cites bomb tonnage near Da Nang and alleged civilian casualties. He also opposes Ky, likening him to Hitler, and frames the NLF as South Vietnam’s authentic representative amid diplomacy.
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Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Johnson
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
NLF
Duong Dinh Thao
U.S
da Nang
United States
Saigon
Thao
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hitler
Viet Cong battle north of Saigon and base towns bombed
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops fought American infantry in two locales north of Saigon, shelling a dozen bases and towns. In two encounters, 16 Americans and 59 enemy were killed, 19 Americans wounded, with heavy fighting about 60 miles north near Loc. Homes burned in two undefended hamlets.
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Saigon
Loc
U.S
Man Shot In Attempted Grocery Theft In Greenup
Charles Al Matthews, 53, of Maloneton is listed in critical condition at King's Daughters Hospital after grocer Dishman Quillen shot him inside Quillen's Grocery in Greenup County while Matthews attempted to fill mail sacks. George Jenkins, 27, of Portsmouth, Ohio, is in jail for questioning.
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Greenup
Lynn
Maloneton
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Ashland
Charles
al) Matthews
Dishman Quillen
Quillen
Greenup County
Ohio
George Jenkins
Matthews
J. B. Wright
Kentucky State Police and Sheriff's Department
Merger of Four Railroad Unions Gains Approval
In Chicago AP reports the merger of four railroad unions into The United Transportation Union received referendum approval. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen and Switchmen's Union of North America carried the consolidation proposal through votes by their memberships.
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Chicago
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Red Cross Workers Ousted In Nigeria Food Crisis
In Asaba Nigeria eight thousand Ibo villagers face hunger by Friday after a row between white International Red Cross workers and Nigerian officials. Major Adamu expelled the last five Red Cross staff, leaving 8,000 residents without aid while 500 tons sit locked 280 miles away in Lagos guarded by a former Peace Corps member. International observers seek reconciliation as gunfire echoes across the Niger.
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Asaba
Nigeria
International Red Cross
Hugh Conlon
T. K. Adamu
Biafran
Territo
Niger River
Adamu
Onitsha
Red Cross
Lagos
Robert G. Koepp
Peace Corps
Los Angeles
Calif
Conlon
International
William A. Millroy
Canada
Turn
Powell Probe Dropped for Lack of Evidence
Federal grand jury investigating Rep. Adam Clayton Powell expired without indicting him on misusing about 40 000 in public funds. DOJ said available evidence did not warrant prosecution and studying civil action to recover funds. Powell, excluded from the 90th Congress in 1967, later won re election. Turn to Powell, Page 16.
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H. L. Schwartz
Washington AP
Adam Clayton Powell
Justice Department
Powell
House
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Apollo 8 countdown halted by leaky valve
NASA halted a 102 hour Apollo 8 practice countdown two hours before completion due to a leaky valve at Cape Kennedy. Officials said the issue would not affect the planned December 21 launch to circle the moon by a three man crew. The final nine hours of the countdown were canceled as a precaution.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Prac
Saturn 5 countdown extended after leak on launch pad
The Times reports a leak found in a heat exchanger valve on the Saturn 5 launch pad service tower as countdown delays extend the launch window. Officials say four to five extra days remain for troubleshooting and fueling procedures, with nine hours left at restart.
Police Chase Protesters At SES College
Violence erupted at San Francisco State College as student demonstrators clashed with police. About 220 officers dispersed a crowd near 1,000 amid a five week strike demanding a black studies department and amnesty for all arrested. Acting president S I Hayakawa said he believes he is on the right track.
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Associated Press
San Francisco State College
Five of the Nations Colleges
San Francisco
UPI
Talks Begin On Swiss Bank Limits
Justice Department sources say talks with Switzerland to curb secret bank accounts used by Americans to dodge taxes and stock market rules will continue under the incoming Nixon administration. House Banking Committee hearings cited gangsters and others using numbered accounts to hide illicit funds. proposed measures include crime for dealings with foreign banks lacking U S government access and tighter supervision of foreign banks in the United States. Regulators urged audits and stricter margin rules amid doubts that domestic legislation alone can fix the abuses.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Switzerland
Justice Department
Nixon
House Banking Committee
U.S
Wright Patman
Dtex
Patman
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission
Domotic
Scranton Tour Lifts Arab Hopes for Nixon Policy
William W. Scranton’s Middle East tour for President-elect Nixon raises Arab hopes of a more even handed U S stance. He cites no immediate policy shift but urges balance across the region and independence from current Washington positions. Egypt and Jordan still seek UN resolution terms and a renewed peace force in Sinai and Tiran Strait.
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Beirut
William W. Scranton
Middle East
Nixon
Johnson
Pennsylvania
U.S
Allenby Bridge
Israel
United States
Scranton
Jerusalem
White House
State Department
U.N
Suez Canal
Strait of Tiran
Egypt
Joran
Sinai Desert
Tiran Strait
Navy funds $5 million contract for 2.75 inch launchers
The Navy awarded Alsco Inc. a $5,042,549 modification to an existing contract for 2.75 inch rocket launchers. Alsco, tied to a federal indictment over kickbacks in prior launcher deals, was already under scrutiny as the Navy seeks new suppliers and bids for two launcher contracts expected in January 1969 with deliveries to begin next August.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Navy
St. Louis
Pentagon
Alsco Inc
Alsco
Techfab
Vietnam
Associated Press
Congress
Naval Air Systems Command
Commerce Department
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