3 000 GIs Rushed to Battle in Khe Sanh Valley
U S and South Vietnamese forces pull back from Huong Hoa while reinforcements surge to the Khe Sanh front. More than 3 000 helicopter borne infantrymen of the First Air Cavalry and a Marine battalion are moved up as combined action platoons withdraw to the base. Air power pounds suspected North Vietnamese positions with over 2 000 tons of bombs in the last 24 hours. casualties mount on both sides but officials report 46 enemy killed and 29 Marines wounded or killed.
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Maine
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Moon Bug Test Goes Off Well
Moon bug test proceeds with uncrewed trial planned for spring if needed amid March decision on scrapping repeat test. Apollo 5 mission initially failed its engine burn, prompting officials to simulate return and abort procedures while a later landing engine test succeeded in a sequence of bursts to mimic lunar touchdown and ascent.
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Gene Kranz
Pilot Wins Top Medal in Viet War
The Pentagon announced the 24th Medal of Honor of the Vietnam war will go to Air Force Captain Hilliard A. Wilbanks who flew a light unarmed plane to save a South Vietnamese battalion near Dalat on Feb 24. Wilbanks was killed in action. his wife Rosemary A. Wilbanks of Glen Allen, Mississippi, will receive the Medal in a ceremony at the Pentagon led by Secretary Harold Brown.
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South Vietnam
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Rosemary A. Wilbanks
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Dangerous Prisoners Escape From Franklin County Jail
In Benton Illinois two extremely dangerous federal prisoners, serving life for murder, escaped from the Franklin County jail late Monday night. John Boles, 23, of Washington state, and Harrington Luna, 24, of Chandler Aziz, were identified in a nationwide FBI alert. They had been brought in Sunday to testify in a case involving two other inmates accused of attacking a prison guard. Jailer Bill Rice, 49, found the break during a routine bedcheck just before midnight.
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Tien
North Koreans Seize U S Ship on the High Seas
The Pueblo, an intelligence vessel, was seized 25 miles off the North Korean coast in the Sea of Japan after radio disruptions. North Korea claims its naval patrol captured the armed U S force and crew, while the Defense Department reports no contact since the ship sent it had come to all stop.
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Defense Department
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Military Armistice Commission
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State Withholding Tax Favored in State Poll
A state poll shows growing support for a personal income tax withholding system. Voters weigh benefits against administrative costs, noting evaders lose revenue while acknowledging opposition’s concerns. Northern California shows more backing than the south as campaigns intensify.
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British Troops Fly From Singapore to Mauritius
British transport planes began moving troops from Singapore to Mauritius amid rioting that left 14 dead on the Indian Ocean island. In London a Commonwealth Office spokesman cited fighting between rival gangs and factions as a trigger for emergency measures and rising communal tension.
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Indian Ocean
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Missing H Bombs Trigger Greenland Crisis
The United States hunts four H-bombs lost after a B52 and a jet tanker collision in Greenland. Denmark protests Denmark restricts nuclear flights over its territory as public fear and diplomatic risk grow. Airman Criss survives frostbite. co pilot Svitenko dies. mission began from Plattsburgh AFB New York.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Washington
Medic-Diplomat Dies in Trumbull at 86
Dr Francis Patrick Corrigan, 86, surgeon who became a career diplomat, died Sunday in Trumbull. He was the United States first ambassador to Venezuela in 1938 and later active in United Nations affairs after World War I.
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Conn
Francis Patrick Corrigan
Corrigan
Venezuela
United Nations
North Korean infiltrators wound 3 Americans in Seoul raid
Seoul police fought a running gun battle with a North Korean group that entered the city to assassinate leaders. Three American soldiers were lightly wounded as the raid unfolded, with several infiltrators killed or captured and a nationwide search underway.
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Park Chung Hee
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