Cease-fire Near Narrowly Contested Saigon Outpost
Vietnamese 82MM mortar shells killed two men and wounded five in a 30 round attack on a government position 25 miles northwest of Saigon near Ben Cat. Curfews spread as cease-fire nears, with Binh Dinh Province instituting an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. Four American fliers shot down in Laos added to Indo-China toll. Preble hit by shore batteries but remained on station. Red national flags appear in cities as police increase presence while life proceeds normally in Saigon and Da Nang.
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Saigon
Ben Cat
Binh Dinh
South Vietnam
Hoang Dinh Tho
Laos
U.S
Indochina
Quang Tri
Preble
Nguyen van Thieu
da Nang
Wider lava flow hits Iceland harbor and town
Glowing lava streams reached Heymaey Harbor in Vestmannaeyjar as Helgafjall volcano erupts after last week. Five houses burned or collapsed, 5000 residents evacuated to the mainland, and the fishing sector stocks are being cleared for Portugal and Brazil. Volcanic activity continues with multiple craters erupting and hot water affecting ships and shore facilities.
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Vestmannaeyjar
Iceland
UPL
Heymaey Harbor
Helgafjell
Royisayilt University
Teeland
Portugal
Brazil
Johnson Funeral Fills Capitol Rotunda to Honor LBJ
President Nixon attended the service as 40,000 passed by the flag draped coffin in the Capitol Rotunda. Leontyne Price sang and Lady Bird Johnson sat in the front pew as officials, foreign dignitaries, and Johnson family members gathered for the Texas ranch burial arrangements.
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Johnson
Lady Bird
Nixon
Leontyne Price
Lord
Capitol
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mamie Fisenhower
Luci
Lynda
Lyn Nugent
Texas
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Johnson Ranch
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas Circle
Ediof
Rotunda
U.N
Kurl Waldheim
Chicago
Richard Daley
Johmson
Wagels
Martin Luther King
W. Averell Harriman
Winder Johnson
POW airlift to Hanoi to start within 17 days
Details of the POW return remain unclear as talks on a cease fire proceed. Kissinger indicated first releases within fifteen days of January 27, with timing and sites still to be decided. Officials caution against premature expectations and note possible direct flights to Clark Air Base after Hanoi.
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Hanoi
White House
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Vietnam
Project Homecoming
Vientiane
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Viet peace plan outlines troop pullout and prisoner release
U S negotiator Kissinger announces a 60 day cease-fire framework with a 5 60 day prisoner return plan and a four nation international control commission to supervise the truce. The agreement calls for pulling out forces from South Vietnam while keeping rival Viet Namese troops in place until further reductions.
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U. S
Hanoi
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Sharp
Vietnam
Paris
Rogers
North Vietnam
Nguyen Duy Trinh
United States
South
Neuyen van Thieu
Indochina
Hungary
Thieu
Buffalo Man Loses Three Of Six Ranch Buffalo
Will Olesen of Woscow Idaho raises a six buffalo herd for food and sale. Three buffalo weighing about a ton each have disappeared, worth between 400 and 3700 dollars per animal.
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Woscow, Idaho
UPI
Will Olesen
Olesen
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Watson
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Ban Methout
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Meadowbrook
Ment
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International Policing Group
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San Diego
Lisbon
Talara
American Tanaboat Association
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Wnz
Camboula
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Atkins
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C.O.D
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