Gunmen take hostages flee after chase near Denver
Gunmen abducted several hostages at a Vail Pass incident near Denver. The group fled in a car after robbing a hotel, with police blocking US 8 to pursue. Hostages identified include Vail Police Chief Ted Holmes and janitorial workers Leo Gonzales and Tony Goralo. Holmes later freed himself from a tree.
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Leo Gonzales
Tony Goralo
Weibel
Dick Jordan
Wedern Inn
Beverly Kretz
Silver Thorn
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Donna Schones
Bey
Dick Bradley
Sunny days and clear nights forecast for Long Beach
Forecast calls for sunny daytime skies and clear nights in the Long Beach area through Friday with highs near 70. Downtown Wednesday reached 82 as a weak storm system dropped scattered rain totaling up to .29 inch in the area and snow fell at higher elevations nearby.
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Los Angeles Civic Center
Viet Cong Offensive Grips Hue Saigon amid Heavy Losses
Amid renewed combat in Saigon and northern Vietnam, U S and allied forces faced mounting casualties as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops pressed through Hue, Da Nang region, and Quang Tri. Estimates show 2,253 allied casualties with 555 killed and 1,698 wounded. US forces report heavy fighting across cities, with Hue partly captured and hospital and citadel secured by VC overnight.
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Annam
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Johnson calls for tax boost and wage price curb
President Johnson urged Congress to raise taxes by a penny on the dollar and push for restraints on wages and prices to slow the 1968 wage price spiral. He warned management and labor must cooperate or economic stability could suffer. The Council of Economic Advisers said price rises in 1968 could ease only if union settlements stay below last year’s 5.5 percent average.
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McNamara Details Hiked Communist Aid To North Vietnam
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told Congress that Moscow and other Communist powers increased military and economic aid to North Vietnam, possibly reaching $1 billion in 1967, while South Vietnamese resolve and governance remain pivotal to eventual victory. He noted allied forces have won major battles but face new challenges from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units in highlands and delta regions.
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Soviet Union
Southam
Jet Clips Power Line Lands Okay
A jet landing at O'Hare reported a nose strike during approach when lightning was involved. FAA investigators noted damage to the fiberglass nose cone and radar antenna as a power outage hit eight Chicago suburbs. Ten passengers were sent to Dayton by bus, the rest returned to Chicago.
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Harry Flynn
John Lenz
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Commonwealth Edison Co
Elk Grove Village
Mrs Wallace Returns to Hospital After Radiation
Mrs Wallace of Alabama, wife of Governor Lurleen Wallace, was admitted to MBd Andersne Hospital with pelvic tumors. Officials said she was kept for observation after doctors planned to evaluate her condition before she completes her radiation treatments and returns home Friday.
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Brown Doubts Unruh Will Run For Senate
Former California governor Edmund Brown questions Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh’s seriousness about a U S Senate bid. Some Democrats doubt Unruh will give up his Assembly seat and speakership, while Los Angeles Mayor Yorty urges him to run and pledges support if he does.
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U.S. Senate
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Senate
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Ruchel
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Bul Warren
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Yorty
Jessi Unruh
Investigation Ends in Arrest of Two Suspects
Redondo Beach police booked two suspects on suspicion of robbing a DMV employee of 1900 dollars. James P. Tucker, 22, of Pier Ave Redondo Beach, and David L. Eskildsen, 28, transient, were arrested after a three day investigation. DMV employee Georgia Lewis, renewing a 1968 auto registration at a Bank of America branch, handed over the money when approached by an armed robber.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
James P. Tucker
David L. Eskildsen
Georgia Lewis
DMV
Bank of American
Tonkin Gulf Report Set by McNamara
Senate committee and McNamara agree he will testify on the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident before leaving office March 1 to head the World Bank. A closed session is possible, with date to be set, following staff study of the event in which North Vietnamese gunboats fired on U S destroyers in international waters. The Tonkin resolution backed the President for necessary measures to resist aggression.
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Gulf of Tonkin
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