Beatings Reported by Pueblo Crew Members
Navy crewmen Law and Hayes described brutal abuse by North Korean captors during the Pueblo imprisonment. Law recounted 250 to 300 blows with improvised weapons and repeated beatings while Hayes said his jaw was broken multiple times and he was kicked in the stomach and groin. Secretary Clifford ordered an inquiry into the treatment. Senator Russell urged further investigation and questioned heroism statements.
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Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
San Diego
Clark M. Clifford
Navy
Paul Ignatius
North Korea
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Winder
Eirém
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Atlanta Rao
WSB
Faw
Chehats
Wash
Hayes
Columbia
Ohio
Law
Thieu pledges lighter U S war load in 1969
In a New Year Eve radio TV address President Nguyen Van Thieu said South Vietnam is prepared to gradually assume part of the fighting and defend itself. He stated the aim to replace some Allied forces starting in 1969 and to gain full control of the South Vietnamese population in the coming year.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
United States
Thien
Thieu
26 Believed Dead in Port Hedland Airliner Crash
Perth aviation officials say a Macrobertson Miller Airlines Viscount propjet carrying 26 people crashed while landing near Port Hedland after reporting fine weather eight minutes earlier. Search planes found no survivors. it marked the fourth Viscount crash in Australia.
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Perth
Australia
API
Port Hedland
Macrobertson Miller
Earch
Winton
Queensland
Police Captain's Son Slain in Compton Lynwood Incident
Manuel Correa reported the slain Lynwood High student Guindon was with three hitchhikers when shots rang out near Bullis Road and Catdlin Avenue. Three youths matching earlier sightings fled the scene, described as drunks or high, one wearing a natural hairstyle. Police ruled out robbery as motive. a shoe and a windshield bullet hole were recovered. Authorities seek tips from Compton and Lynwood residents.
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Catdlin Avenue
Lynwood
Compton
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Manuel Correa
Guinden
Susan Shaw
Long Beach Blvd
Burtis- Carlin
Correa
Young Guindon
Lynwood High School
Cornish Ave
Cheryl
Tom Merchant
Compton Police Department
Berserk gunman kills lawyer in San Francisco
An unemployed man fired four rifle shots from his apartment door in the San Francisco financial district, killing attorney Marvin W. Faanes as he ate lunch in his car. The gunman then killed himself. Earlier, Felice said Monte Yee stabbed a hospital administrator about 20 minutes earlier. A fourth shot narrowly missed a passing woman on Montgomery Street.
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UPD
Felice
Monte Yee
Financial District
Marvin W. Faanes
Woodacre
Montgomery Street
Health Dept names Howard Frazier to consumer services unit
Washington based report says Howard Frazier a former TVA employee was appointed associate director in the new office of consumer services within the Department of Health Education and Welfare on Monday.
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Richardson
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
Mass aide to hold No 2 State Dept post in Nixon era
Boston reports that Attorney General Elliot Richardson, a Republican, is expected to be named undersecretary of state in the Nixon administration, making him the No 2 official in the State Department. An informed source also says Robert H. Quinn appears poised to succeed Richardson as Massachusetts attorney general in June.
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Robert H. Quinn
Dhostun
House of Representatives
Richardson
United States
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Israelis and Arabs clash over territory near Eilat
Reported raids on each other’s zones leave questions on civilian casualties. Israeli troops say an Arab woman died and bystanders were wounded near Abrāham’s Tomb in Hebron after a suspect died during pursuit. Pope Paul VI’s Lebanons messages drew fire from Zerah Warhaftig on Vatican handling of terrorism. Lebanon faces internal crisis as Parliament plots resignation, while Lebanon’s air security and transport officials fault military bungling after Israeli helicopter incursions. Security Council debates sanctions with little support. session adjourned after three hours.
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Abraham
Hebron
Israel
Vatican
Paul VI
Leba
Beirut
Zerah Warhaftig
Romer Catholic
Athens
Pope Paul
Lebanon
Charles Helou
Thes
Raymond Edde
Security Council
Nation Council
Theft of U.S. Fuel in Thailand Exposes Flaws
The report details fuel theft in Thailand from April to October 1967 with 371000 gallons stolen via fictitious unit names and 220000 gallons misappropriated under service contracts. New controls are in place. several unnamed individuals were court-martialed. Senator William Proxmire criticized insufficient action and highlighted issues with Navy personnel handling McGee, a civilian fuel quality control rep who faced harassment and career setbacks.
Pueblo Crew Could Not Fire Guns During Captivity
Newsweek reports a Pueblo officer says the ship’s two .80-caliber machine guns were useless as North Koreans fired first, wounding 11 including Cmdr Lloyd Bucher. Lt Murphy says training for weapon use had not been completed. Navy spokesman in San Diego denies Murphy quote.
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New York
Newsweek
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
Edward R Murphy
Murphy
Navy
Pueblo
San Diego
American officer freed after five years with Viet Cong
U S Army captain James Nicholas Rowe of McAllen Texas, held since 1963, was rescued by South Vietnamese 21st Division troops in the Minh forest southwest of Saigon. He arrived at a hospital in satisfactory condition though emaciated and exhausted.
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Mekong Delta
James Nicholas Rowe
McAllen
Tex
U.S
21St Division
Oe RF
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