Air Power Diverted to Khe Sanh Battles Escalate
Eight Marines were killed and 44 wounded as new fighting erupted around Phu Cat and nearby bases. North Vietnamese forces reportedly moved toward Khe Sanh with about 20,000 troops involved, while U.S. jets joined attacks on multiple targets including airfields at An Khe and Pleiku and Marine HQ at Phu Bai.
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Phu Cat
South Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Marine Corps
Phu Bai
I.S. ‘1St Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Saigon
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Scar Tay Ninh
North Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Laos
Meningitis Outbreak Hits Ft Jackson. Four Die
An outbreak at Ft Jackson Army Recruit Training Center has claimed four lives with five more soldiers treated. The incident follows a months-long FBI probe into a secret ant Communist group linked to a plot against multiple banks. Conviction could bring five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine per man.
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Minutemen
FBI
Ft, Jackson
Ft. Jackson Army Recruit
Hee
Escaped Marines Return Home After Mountain Escape
Two Marines, Nelson and Roha, escaped a North Vietnamese outpost when they slipped past guards and trekked seven miles to reach a nearby Marine unit. They endured bleeding feet, sandals, and rough days in a bomb shelter before evading pursuit. At home, families expressed relief and pride as news arrived of their safe return.
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Roha
NVA
Aize
Roche
Nelson
Bopelous
Sth Marine Regiment
Reha
Elkhart
Steve
Ma- Tine
Willard Gene
Vietnam
Jan
Mike
Alamitos Pilots Report Ready Amid Activation Orders
At Los Alamitos Naval Air Station the activated reserve cadre prepared for squadron 776. Capt Lloyd D. Ruth received the directive around 4 pm Thursday, triggering readiness for inbound A4D Skyhawks while Lt Cmdr Lanny Goorman, among the first to report, traveled from Sydney, Australia to join the unit.
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Frank Oster
Navy Reserve
VA 776
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Johnson
Karaanerick
Alamitos Naval Air Station
Lloyd D. Ruth
California
Alameda Naval Air Station
Hamilton Air Force Base
Cmdr
Lanny Goorman
Pan American World Airways
Flyare
Los Alamitos
Radioactive Cloud Rises From A Test
PAHUTA MESA New UPI reports scientists rigged a small nuclear device to yield a 2 000 foot high radioactive dust cloud above the test site. The blast created a crater hundreds of feet wide and over 100 feet deep while releasing radiation. The AEC says the device had a 2 500 ton INT yield and planes chased the cloud as it drifted northeast at 20 miles per hour to monitor its dissipation.
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Pahuta Mesa
New
UPI
T He Atomic Energy Commission
Blast Rips Tron Mine Killing Dozen in Germany
A powerful blast at the Mathilde mine near Neugeds in Hanover, West Germany, killed 12 miners. Officials say three workers handling explosives triggered the explosion, adding to a past flood disaster in October 1963 that claimed 29 lives.
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Lengede
Germany
UPD
West Germany
Mathilde
Mining Company
Neugeds
Hanover
Varnish Oil Drink Kills Police Official and 60 Others
In Calcutta India a varnish kerosene and oil drink prepared at an illicit distillery beside a police station killed one police official and left many others seriously ill. Police seized the illicit setup as victims collapsed in a wide area.
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Calcuita
India
VPD
Koreans Warned on Trying Crew in Pueblo Crisis
Soviet officials resist US pressure to secure the release of the ship and its crew. Thompson pressed Moscow for action while Gromyko and Rusk signaled limited prospects for a quick settlement. U.S. hopes for UN action fade as Russia privately weighs pressure tactics and public support for North Korea.
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Soviet Union
North Korea
Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
State Department
White House
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
U.S
United Nations
Brooklyn
Rusk
United States
Fabelo
Pueblo
SN. Security Council
Pyon- Byang
See
Peking
Johnson
Congress
Asia
RedSay Captive Americans Were Criminals In Nuclear Standoff
A CIA report released today says North Korea labeled captive Americans as criminals amid a tense international waters incident. It notes the United States demanded an apology from North Korea for the capture and cites U S intelligence indicating the ship was in international waters when seized.
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United States
America
U.S
North Korea
Probe AF Crash Involving Four Crewmen At Eglin AFB
Air Force investigators probed the crash of a C123 troop and cargo carrier at Eglin Air Force Base Florida that killed four crew members. The victims were Capt Donald R Thomlingson 36 of High Rock Palite instructor pilot St Sgt James H Jefferies 26 Sutamit Miss the flight engineer and two student pilots 2nd Lt Francis G Guidry 22 Ville Platte La and 2nd Lt Stanley B Armstrong 23 Mesa Arizona. The crash occurred during a routine training flight.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla. 4
Air Force
Donald R. Thomlingson
High Rock
Palite
James H. Jefferies
Sutamit
Miss
Francis G. Guidry
Ville Platte
Stanley &. Armstrong
Mesa
Aziz
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Roger Coar
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Panmunjom
LAC
Iftelnde
Ken Crane
Magnavox
Magnavox Home Entertainment Centers
Enney
Lakewood Center
Graywood Avenue
Lakewood Boulevard
Dal Amo
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