Allies Open Sixth Major Push in Viet War
Allied forces press a broad offensive across central highlands and coast to strike Communist bunkers and tunnels. Operation Deckhouse 6 lands 2,000 Marines near La Huynh with 48 Viet Cong killed, six villagers dead, 29 wounded. Pershing division attack south of Deckhouse kills 92. Sam Houston fights near Kontunt as B52s strike. Marine Koreans and 4th Infantry part of the push amid heavy combat reports.
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Central Highlands
la Huynh
Iwo Jima
1St Cavalry Air Mobile
25Th Infantry Division
New Rio Grande
Cambodia
Hotel Mark Hopkins Leased to Snows Hotel Chain
San Francisco reports Snow's Hotel chain took over operation of the Mark Hopkins on a 99 year lease from film star Gene Autry. Lews Lurie still holds possession and says the Mark is not for sale. Lawrence Yisch will head the Mark organization as Loew group negotiates with adjacent Stanford Court for potential consolidation into a single hotel complex.
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San Francisco
UPI
Snow’s
Mark Hopkins
Gene Autry
Lews Lurie
Lawrence Yisch
Loew Organization
Cal Rossi
Stanford Court
Loew Group
Black Square
Meningitis Outbreak Reported in Guangdong Province
Hong Kong papers report meningitis spreading in Guangdong near Hong Kong due to doctor and medicine shortages. Authorities warn of rapid transmission as healthcare resources strain under regional outbreak.
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Hong Kong
Kong Kong
Today
Kwangtung Province
School Aid Bill Seeks 368 Million Increase
Sacramento Assemblyman Porter introduces Dr. Rafferty's school aid package seeking a 368 million dollar boost for elementary and secondary schools. The measure lacks financing details and contrasts with prior plans tied to a sales tax increase, aiming to balance funding, expand equal educational opportunity, and ease property tax burdens. It adds 249 million for core schools, 24 million for junior colleges, 40 million for unified districts, 10 million to reduce class sizes, 22.7 million for special education, and 19 million for urban programs.
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Sacramento
UPI
Carley W. Porter
D-Compton
Max Rafferty
Porter
Pentagon Press Chief Approved by Panel
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved Phil G. Goulding, former Washington correspondent for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, as the Pentagon's new press chief. The report notes his nomination followed a tragic incident in Vietnam where Vietnamese children were injured and homes destroyed by a ruptured pipeline burst near Qui Nhon.
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Saigon
UPI
Senate Armed Services
Phil G. Goulding
American Petroleum Pipeline
Washington
Cleveland Plain
Qui Nhon
Pentagon
U.S. Military Command
Plane fire in Celebes kills 22 of 57 aboard
An Indonesian Garuda Airlines Lockheed Electra caught fire shortly after landing in North Celebes. Twenty two of the 57 aboard died, 35 survived including the crew. Officials cited possible technical difficulties, with weather-related stops noted en route from Jakarta to Menado Surabaya.
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Jakarta
Celebes
Garuda
Menado
Surabaja
Wife recalls night of Stanton club shooting tragedy
Bernice Seagris describes the moments her husband James, 40, was fatally shot by robbers at a Stanton nightclub. She says she warned him not to chase the bandits, then watched him spring to action before being struck as panic spread and the killers fled.
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Jim
Bernice Seagris
James
Stanton
Hoe
Two Patrons Slain as Bandits Rob Stanton Club
At the Gaslight Club in Stanton two gunmen robbed patrons, killing Joe C. Gray 33 of Huntington Beach and Seagris, a Newport Beach machinist who had recently become a citizen. Gray died after a chest wound while Seagris, who hurled a chair, died at Orange County Medical Center. Police sought two armed men seen with a mustache as they fled.
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Joe C. Gray
Hungtington Beach
Seagris
Gray
Orange County
Dvintine
Newport Busch Firm
United States
Canada
Richard Brown
Bowers
Brown
Mariel Ferracioli
Los Altos
Stanton
Iscene
Stoddard
Compton
Jobless Fund Record Set Across Nation Amid Cold Wave
A national unemployment insurance record was set as employers paid 540.5 million to the state fund and 60 million to the federal fund, surpassing New York by over 100 million amid a severe snow episode impacting Italy and northern states.
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Rome
Airis Sacramento
Cali
Nortonia
Tieat
The
Unemployment Insurance Association
Parnas
New York
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